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Professor Yan Jin

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Yan Jin

Professor Yan Jin

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Parallel robot / manipulators / mechanisms
Design and development of robots for eye surgery
Variation propagation modelling and control in manufacturing processes
Robotised intelligent manufacturing
Drilling metallic/composite materials
Scheduling and lean digital manufacturing
Socio cyber physical systems
Sustainable design and manufacturing

Contact info

  • y.jin@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4102

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Design and development of robots for eye surgery
  • Quality modelling and control in robotised manufacturing
  • Energy oriented process optimisation in robotised machining
  • Future adaptable hybrid human-machine supply chain

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • General Chair of International Conference on Manufacturing research 2019 (ICMR2019);
  • General Chair of The 4th International Conference on Fundamental Issues, Applications and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms/ Manipulators/ Machines (World Parallel 2020)

Alumni: Where are they now

Dr Weibo Liu, Scheduling Algorithm Development for Permutation Flowshop under Static and Dynamic Environment, 2017

Dr Vincent McKenna, Variation Propagation Modelling and Cost-Oriented Process Optimisation for Aircraft Assembly, 2020

Dr John McClelland, An analytical tool wear model for drilling of continuous fibre reinforced composites, 2020


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  • Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  • Centre for Intelligent and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems
  • Smart Manufacturing and Robotics Research Group

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