Yu Jia

Engineering & Applied Science
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering & Design

School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Prospective students are welcome to apply for one of the following topics: - Broadband vibration energy harvesting - Vibrational structural health monitoring - MEMS nonlinear resonant oscillators - Advanced multi-functional materials and nano-composites - Urban air quality and socioeconomic inequality

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Personal profile

General

Dr Yu Jia is currently a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Aston University. Dr Jia's research expertise focuses on nonlinear dynamics, energy harvesting and smart sensing with applications in transport, energy, industrial and medical sectors. Dr Jia's teaching specialities revolve around dyanmics, statics, mechatronics and MEMS. Dr Jia has/is:

published 35 journal articles, 35 international conference papers, filed 12 patents,
been aa PI/Co-I for ~£2.1 million worth of funding and £400k worth of scholarships, generated £200k in IP royalty, and a named researcher for £800k worth of projects,
collaborated with about 20 universities, 10 companies and 2 charities,
co-founder of the Cambridge spin-out company: 8Power Ltd,
reviewer for 47 journals, grant reviewer for UKRI,
Senior Member of the IEEE, Fellow of HEA, Santander Fellow,
Steering Board member of the Energy Harvesting Network,
Chair/host of Energy Harvesting 2020, Birmingham, UK, 29 April 2020,
Sessional Chair of PowerMEMS-in-Action and Poster, Poland, 4 Dec. 2019,
Co-chair/host of Energy Harvesting 2017, Manchester, UK, 5 April 2017.

Research Interests

Nonlinear vibration dynamics
Energy harvesting
MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems)
Sensors and transducers
Structural health monitoring
Smart microsystems
Smart multi-functional composites
Conformal antenna
Printed flexible electronics and senors
Air pollution

Qualifications

PhD in Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2014
MEng in Electromechanical Engineering, 1st Class Honours, University of Southampton, 2010

Membership of Professional Bodies

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Fellow, Santander Universities
Steering board member, Energy Harvesting Network

Funding Applications and Awards

PI, IUK funding on tackling non-exhaust and non-road vehicle air pollution, 2020-2021, £1.5M
PI, Industry consultancy, 2019, £12k
PI, Academic consultancy, 2019, £8k
PI, Learning and Teaching pedagogy dissemination grant, 2018: £0.4k
Co-I, 2018-2020, Innovate UK Industrial challenge: £500k
PI, 2017, Industrial funded feasibility study phase 1: £25k
PI, 2016, International Research Excellence Award 2016/17: £1k
PI, 2015-2017, Vibration dynamics and MEMS lab: ~£50k
Co-I, 2015, CSIC core project on vibration powered WSN for automotive applications: £2k
Co-I, 2013-2014, CSIC core small project - energy harvesting prototype and benchmark: £25k

Awards

Publons Top Peer Reviewer, Global Peer Review Awards 2019
IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award 2018 (SMS)
Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer status, MSSP, Oct 2018
Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer status, Applied Acoustics, Oct 2018
Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer status, Sensors and Actuators A, July 2018
Research Informed Teaching Award, University of Chester Learning and Teaching Conference, June 2018
IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017 (SMS)
Santander International Research Excellence Award 2016/2017
Best Student Oral Presentation Award at PowerMEMS 2013, the Royal Society, London, UK

Teaching Activity

Dynamics, mechatronics and MEMS

PhD Supervision

Prospective PhD students are welcome to apply for one of the following topics:
- Broadband vibration energy harvesting
- Vibrational structural health monitoring
- MEMS nonlinear resonant oscillators
- Advanced multi-functional materials and nano-composites
- Urban air quality and socioeconomic inequality

External positions

Associate Professor, University of Chester

1 Jan 2019 → 1 Mar 2019

Senior Lecturer, University of Chester

1 Oct 2017 → 31 Dec 2018

Visiting Academic, University of Cambridge

1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2017

Lecturer, University of Chester

22 Jun 2015 → 30 Sep 2017

Research Associate, University of Cambridge

19 Mar 2014 → 19 Jun 2015

Keywords

TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QC Physics

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Harvesters Engineering & Materials Science

Energy harvesting Engineering & Materials Science

vibration Physics & Astronomy

Vibrations (mechanical) Engineering & Materials Science

microelectromechanical systems Physics & Astronomy

MEMS Engineering & Materials Science

energy Physics & Astronomy

output Physics & Astronomy

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Research Output 2012 2020

34 Article
19 Conference article
7 Conference contribution

A Nail-size Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System Integrating a MEMS Transducer and a CMOS SSHI Circuit

Du, S., Jia, Y., Zhao, C., Amaratunga, G. A. J. & Seshia, A. A., 1 Jan 2020, In : IEEE Sensors Journal. 20, 1, p. 277 - 285 9 p., 8835123.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Nails

Harvesters

Energy harvesting

inductors

microelectromechanical systems

A Fully Integrated Split-Electrode SSHC Rectifier for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Du, S., Jia, Y., Zhao, C., Amaratunga, G. A. J. & Seshia, A. A., 14 Feb 2019, In : IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 54, 6, p. 1733-1743 11 p., 8642406.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Energy harvesting

Capacitors

Switches

Electrodes

Electric charge