Dr Yu Jia is a Senior Lecturer at Aston University since 2019, having previously been an Associate Professor at University of Chester. Dr Jia has a PhD from University of Cambridge's Nanoscience Centre. Dr Jia's research expertise is on nonlinear micro-dynamics, functional nanomaterials, energy harvesting and smart sensing. Dr Jia has:

• published 62 journal articles, 58 international conference papers, filed 12 patents,
• been a PI/Co-I for £3.8 million (£1.3M to institution) worth of funding, and a named researcher for £800k worth of projects,
• 2770 citations, h-index: 28, i10-index: 57
• collaborated with about 30 universities, 10 companies and 2 charities,
• co-founder of the Cambridge spin-out company: 8power Ltd,
• reviewer for 52 journals, grant reviewer for UKRI and IRC,
• Senior Member of the IEEE, Senior Fellow of HEA, Santander Fellow,
• Chair of the Energy Harvesting Network,
• Chair/host of Energy Harvesting 2024, 2020 & 2017 events
• Steering Committee member of PowerMEMS community,
• Co-Chair, PowerMEMS 2023, PowerMEMS 2021

• Nonlinear dynamics
• Energy harvesting
• Micro/nano-systems
• Embedded systems & smart sensors
• Condition monitoring
• Functional nanomaterials
• Air pollution

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

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Fellow, Santander Universities
• Convenor, Energy Harvesting Network
• Steering committee member, PowerMEMS community

• PI, KTP, SPRESS, £300k
• PI, H2020-MSCA-RISE project, INTAKE, 795k Euroes (211,600 Euroes to institution).
• PI, DASA/QinetiQ funding, £37k
• PI, KTP, AutoAlign for cars and vans, £250k
• PI, IUK funding on tackling non-exhaust and non-road vehicle air pollution, 2020-2021, £1.5M (£250k to institution)
• 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

• IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019 (SMS)
• 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

Dynamics, mechatronics and MEMS