Yuchun joined the Aston School of Engineering and Applied Science in July 2017. His main background is in manufacturing engineering, mechatronics, instrumentation, and life cycle engineering. Prior to Aston, Yuchun worked as a Lecturer in Manufacturing Division at Cranfield University. Even before, Yuchun worked as postdoctoral researcher in Queen’s University Belfast, Cardiff University in UK, and Tianjin University in China, respectively. Yuchun also worked in IT industry shortly in Shanghai, China before he moved to UK in 2002.

Phone number: 44(0)121 204 3291                             
Email: y.xu16@aston.ac.uk
Room: MB 147C

Dr Xu’s research lies in the areas of Industry 4.0, Digital & Smart Manufacturing, Life Cycle Engineering, and Operations Management. His research work are closely linked with industry, including Rolls-Royce, Airbus, and Network Rail etc. 

• Design for Manufacturing, Engineering for Industry

• 2008 – 2017: Lecturer, Manufacturing Division, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, UK. 
• 2005 – 2008: Research Fellow, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. 
• 2003 – 2005: Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering Centre, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK. 
• 2001 – 2002: Department Manager, Technical Centre, Great Wall Broadband Network Ltd., Shanghai, China. 
• 1999 – 2001: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, School of Precision Instrument & Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, China.

• PhD in Manufacturing Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1999
• BEng with 1^st Class Honours in Automotive Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1993