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Dr Jin is a Professor of Smart Manufacturing and Robotics in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK (IMechE). He has been working in the school as a research fellow (2007-08), a lecturer (2009-15), a senior lecturer (2015-18) and a reader (2018-21). He obtained both his Bachelor and Master degree in mechanical engineering in Dalian University of Technology China, in 1998 and 2002 respectively, and received his PhD from Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2007. His research interest is in parallel kinematic machines, robotics, digital lean and green manufacturing, high performance machining, and production management. He has been a principal investigator or co-investigator for a number of research programmes, funded by DTI, EPSRC, Innovate UK, Royal Academy of Engineering, EU H2020, Invest Northern Ireland and industry (e.g. EADS/Airbus and Bombardier Aerospace Belfast). He is a member of the prestigious EPSRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, and a member of technical committee of UK-RAS network. He is an associate editor of IMechE Journal of Engineering Manufacture, and an editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. As general chair of ICMR2019 and Parallel2020 international conferences, Prof. Jin has organised 20+ international conferences as committee members. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed technical papers. He is a chartered engineer, chair of robotics committee in UK IFToMM, baord member of IMechE MICG, and a member of IEEE.
Details of his research are available at the following websites:
Smart Manufacturing & Robotics Research Group: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/smr/
Q-PreMan project funded by EPSRC: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/q-preman/
Eye surgery robot project funded by Cathedral Eye Clinic: https://cathedraleye.com/robotics/
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R3348ECS: UK-China Centre in Net-Zero Engineering Innovation
Johnson, C., Jin, Y. & Rooney, D.
25/11/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R3167MEE: Collaborative Grant for Research and Development - RDO41 8921 - Project Scenic
Butterfield, J., Jin, Y., McLoone, S., Murphy, A., Price, M. & Quinn, D.
30/10/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1085MEE: NetworkPlus In Digitalised Surface Manufacturing
Murphy, A., Behera, A. K., Butterfield, J., Jin, Y. & McLoone, S.
29/07/2019 → …
Project: Research
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A new fourier Q operator network based reinforcement learning method for continuous action space decision-making in manufacturing
Ni, Y., Li, Y., Liu, C. & Jin, Y., 01 Aug 2023, (Accepted) In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A New Job Priority Rule for the NEH-based heuristic to Minimize Makespan in Permutation Flowshops
Zhang, J., Dao, S. D., Zhang, W., Goh, M., Yu, G., Jin, Y. & Liu, W., 09 Jan 2023, (Early online date) In: Engineering Optimization. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new reconfigurable parallel mechanism using novel lockable joints for large scale manufacturing
Zhao, Y., Jin, Y., Anderson, H. & Higgins, C., Aug 2023, In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 82, 11 p., 102542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A review of design frameworks for human‐cyber‐physical systems moving from industry 4 to 5
van‐Lopik, K., Hayward, S., Grant, R., McGirr, L., Goodall, P., Jin, Y., Price, M., West, A. A. & Conway, P. P., 14 Sep 2023, (Early online date) In: IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A single-actuator four-finger adaptive gripper for robotic assembly
Sun, X., Wang, C., Chen, W., Chen, W., Yang, G. & Jin, Y., 17 Jan 2023, (Early online date) In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics
Jin, Yan (Recipient), 18 Aug 2019
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Best Conference Paper Finalist
Jin, Yan (Recipient), 27 Jul 2012
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Best Paper Award
Laverty, Eoghan (Recipient), A Rahman, Arfauz (Recipient), Jin, Yan (Recipient), Maropoulos, Paul (Recipient), Mohamad, Effendi (Recipient), Salleh, Mohd Rizal (Recipient) & Abdul Rahman, Azrul Azwan (Recipient), Sep 2023
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Best Paper Award: IMIOT & ICSEE Conference 2018
Adams, Jonathan (Recipient), Jin, Yan (Recipient), Barnes, David (Recipient) & Butterfield, Joseph (Recipient), 21 Sep 2018
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Best Paper Award - 2nd Classified
Jin, Yan (Recipient), 22 Jun 2021
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Activities
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PhD external examination: Xiaoyang Zhang, Coventry University
Yan Jin (Examiner)
11 Nov 2020Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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Parallel2020: The 4th International Conference on Fundamental Issues, Applications and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms / Manipulators / Machines
Yan Jin (Chair)
09 Sep 2020 → 11 Sep 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Yanqin Zhao
Yan Jin (Host)
15 Jan 2020 → 15 Jan 2021Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Intelligent Manufacturing and Variation Management for Automated Aircraft Assembly
Yan Jin (Invited speaker)
05 Nov 2019 → 08 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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PhD external examination: Xuerong Li, Aalborg University, Denmark
Yan Jin (Examiner)
23 Oct 2019Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Press/Media
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Publicity on Establishment of UK-China Consortium on Engineering Education and Research
09/02/2017 → 07/12/2017
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