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Dr Yu Zhang
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering
College of Science
About Yu Zhang
Dr. Yu Zhang is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of Lincoln. She has a broad Engineering background, complemented with specific mathematical and computing skills. Her current research interests focus on the development of data analysis techniques and novel modelling approaches, especially with efficacy in industrial applications, such as clustering analysis, artificial neural networks and grey-box modelling techniques. Her future research will focus on Intelligent Industrial Systems and Advanced Materials Modelling.
Department Responsibilities
International Collaborations (Engineering)
Module Leader: Solid Body Mechanics (Year 2)
Module Leader: Materials Science and Engineering (Year 3)
Module Leader: Intelligent Systems and Control (MEng)
Subject Specialism
Remote Condition Monitoring, Intelligent Systems, Data Analysis, Advanced Materials Modelling
Qualifications
- PhD — Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., 2011
- MSc — Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., 2005
- BEng — School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2004
Awards
- Visiting Professor Scheme Award, Academic Champion — Royal Academy of Engineering, 2016
- MSc Civil Engineering: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Prize — Balfour Beatty, 2005
- Outstanding University Graduate of Shanghai, China 2004 — Shanghai city government, China, 2004
Research Interests
Research Group Memberships
Research Projects
- Intelligent Sensor System for Engine Test of Industrial Gas Turbines, PI — Awarded £148,494 by Innovate UK (KTP), Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd. in 2016
- Dynamic Modelling of Industrial Gas Turbines for Fault Diagnosis, PI — Awarded £124,526 by Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, Siemens, Germany in 2016
- Research on Industrial Networks and Equipment Fault Diagnosis, Major International Cooperation Projects of Colleges in Guangdong Province (No.2015KGJHZ026), CI — Awarded £174,955 by Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China in 2016
- Phase 2: The Development of a Dynamic Energy Control Systems for Food Retailing Refrigeration Systems, CI — Awarded £830,099 by Innovate UK in 2016
- Phase 1: The Development of a Dynamic Energy Control Systems for Food Retailing Refrigeration Systems, Feasibility Study, CI — Awarded £15,924 by Innovate UK in 2015
Research in the Lincoln Repository
- Huo, Zhiqiang and Zhang, Yu and Francq, Pierre and Shu, Lei and Huang, Jianfeng (2017) Incipient fault diagnosis of roller bearing using optimized wavelet transform based multi-speed vibration signatures. IEEE Access. ISSN: 2169-3536
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Garlick, Mike and Gallimore, Michael (2017) Applied fault detection and diagnosis for industrial gas turbine systems. International Journal of Automation and Computing. ISSN: 1476-8186
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Martinez-Garcia, Miguel and Cox, Darren (2017) Detection of emerging faults on industrial gas turbines using extended Gaussian mixture models. International Journal of Rotating Machinery. ISSN: 1542-3034
- Zhang, Yu and Gallimore, Michael and Bingham, Chris and Chen, Jun and Xu, Yong (2016) Hybrid hierarchical clustering: piecewise aggregate approximation, with applications. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications, 15 (4). ISSN: 1469-0268
- Martinez-Garcia, Miguel and Zhang, Yu and Gordon, Timothy (2016) Modelling lane keeping by a hybrid open-closed-loop pulse control scheme. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 12 (6). pp. 2256-2265. ISSN: 1551-3203
- Huang, Jianfeng and Chen, Guohua and Shu, Lei and Chen, Yuanfang and Zhang, Yu (2016) Impact of fouling on flow-induced vibration characteristics in fluid-conveying pipelines. IEEE Access, 4. pp. 6631-6644. ISSN: 2169-3536
- Maleki, Sepehr and Bingham, Chris and Zhang, Yu (2016) Development and realisation of changepoint analysis for the detection of emerging faults on industrial systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 12 (3). pp. 1180-1187. ISSN: 1551-3203
- Huang, Jianfeng and Chen, Guohua and Shu, Lei and Wang, Shihua and Zhang, Yu (2016) An experimental study of clogging fault diagnosis in heat exchangers based on vibration signals. IEEE Access, 4. pp. 1800-1809. ISSN: 2169-3536
- Zhang, Qinghua and Zhao, Guangchang and Shu, Lei and Qin, Aisong and Zhang, Yu (2016) Research of dimensionless index for fault diagnosis positioning based on EMD. Journal of Computers, 27 (1). pp. 62-73. ISSN: 1991-1599
- Shukla, Pratik and Lawrence, Jonathan and Zhang, Yu (2015) Understanding laser beam brightness: a review and new prospective in material processing. Optics & Laser Technology, 75. pp. 40-51. ISSN: 0030-3992
- Shu, Lei and Zhu, Xufeng and Huang, Xiwei and Zhou, Zhangbing and Zhang, Yu and Wang, Xiaolei (2015) A review of research on acoustic detection of heat exchanger tube. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 15 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN: 2410-0218
- Zhang, Yu and Liu, Hua and Bingham, Chris (2015) Integrated evaluation of soil fertility based on grey correlation analysis at regional scales. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 10 (12). pp. 1450-1456. ISSN: 1991-637X
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Yang, Zhijing and Ling, Wing-Kuen and Gallimore, Michael (2014) Machine fault detection by signal denoising—with application to industrial gas turbines. Measurement, 58. pp. 230-240. ISSN: 0263-2241
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael (2013) Applied Sensor Fault Detection, Identification and Data Reconstruction. Advances in Military Technology, 8 (2). pp. 13-26. ISSN: 1802-2308
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael (2013) Fault detection and diagnosis based on extensions of PCA. Advances in Military Technology, 8 (2). pp. 27-41. ISSN: 1802-2308
- Chen, Jun and Gallimore, Michael and Bingham, Chris and Mahfouf, Mahdi and Zhang, Yu (2014) Intelligent data compression, diagnostics and prognostics using an evolutionary-based clustering algorithm for industrial machines. In: Fault detection: classification, techniques and role in industrial systems. NOVA Science Publisher, New York. ISBN: 9781628089998
- Huo, Zhiqiang and Zhang, Yu and Sath, Richard and Shu, Lei (2017) Self-adaptive fault diagnosis of roller bearings using infrared thermal images. In: 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017), 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2017, Beijing, China.
- Huo, Zhiqiang and Zhang, Yu and Shu, Lei (2017) A comparative study of WPD and EMD for shaft fault diagnosis. In: 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017), 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2017, Beijing, China.
- Huo, Zhiqiang and Zhang, Yu and Zhou, Zhangbing and Huang, Jianfeng (2017) Crack detection in rotating shafts using wavelet analysis, Shannon entropy and multi-class SVM. In: 3rd EAI International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 4 September 2017, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Cruz-Manzo, Samuel and Panov, Vili and Zhang, Yu and Latimer, Anthony and Agbonzikilo, Festus (2017) A thermodynamic transient model for performance analysis of a twin shaft Industrial Gas Turbine. In: Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, 26-30 June 2017, Charlotte, NC, USA.
- Zhang, Yu and Martinez, Miguel and Garlick, Mike and Latimer, Anthony and Cruz-Manzo, Samuel (2017) Condition monitoring of combustion system on industrial gas turbines based on trend and noise analysis. In: ASME TURBO EXPO 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition, 26-30 June, 2017, Charlotte, NC USA.
- Huo, Zhiqiang and Zhang, Yu and Shu, Lei (2017) A short survey on fault diagnosis of rotating machinery using entropy techniques. In: 3rd EAI International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 4 September 2017, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Cruz-Manzo, Samuel and Maleki, Sepehr and Zhang, Yu and Panov, Vili and Latimer, Anthony (2017) Performance analysis of a twin shaft Industrial Gas Turbine at fouling conditions. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (ICPHM), 19-21 June 2017, Dallas, Texas.
- Rossetti, Damiano and Zhang, Yu and Squartini, Stefano and Collura, Stefano (2016) Classification of bearing faults through time-frequency analysis and image processing. In: 17th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2016, 7-9 December 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Rossetti, Damiano and Squartini, Stefano and Collura, Stefano and Zhang, Yu (2016) Exploiting heterogeneous data for the estimation of particles size distribution in industrial plants. In: 17th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2016, 7-9 December 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Grebenik, Jarek and Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Srivastava, Saket (2016) Roller element bearing acoustic fault detection using smartphone and consumer microphones. In: 17th International Conference on Mechatronics - Mechatronika (ME), 2016, 7 - 9 December 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Zhang, Yu and Cruz-Manzo, Samuel and Latimer, Anthony (2016) Start-up vibration analysis for novelty detection on industrial gas turbines. In: XI International Symposium on Industrial Electronics - INDEL 2016, 3-5 November 2016, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Maleki, Sepehr and Bingham, Chris and Zhang, Yu (2015) An online changepoint detection algorithm for highly correlated data. In: 3rd International Conference on Advances in Information Processing and Communication Technology - IPCT, 10 - 11 Dec 2015, Rome, Italy.
- Maleki, Sepehr and Bingham, Chris and Zhang, Yu (2015) 2-D online changepoint detection algorithm for sensor-based fault detection. In: Third International Conference on Advances in Computing, Electronics and Communication, 10 - 11 October 2015, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Maleki, Sepehr (2015) Measurement reconstruction in sensor networks for industrial systems. In: Third International Conference on Advances in Computing, Electronics and Communication, 10 - 11 October 2015, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Cox, Darren (2015) Novelty detection based on extensions of GMMs for industrial gas turbines. In: IEEE international conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 12-14 June, 2015, Shenzhen, China.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Maleki, Sepehr (2015) Operational pattern analysis for predictive maintenance scheduling of industrial systems. In: IEEE international conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 12-14 June, 2015, Shenzhen, China.
- Zhang, Yu and Chen, Jun and Bingham, Chris (2015) Variational Bayesian modified adaptive Mamdani Fuzzy Modelling for use in condition monitoring. In: IEEE international conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 12-14 June, 2015, Shenzhen, China.
- Zhang, Yu and Gordon, Timothy (2014) Decomposition of steering angle measurements inspired by pulse control model for lane keeping. In: 16th International Conference on Mechatronics - Mechatronika (ME) 2014, 3-5 December 2014, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Zhang, Yu and Chen, Jun and Gallimore, Michael (2014) Hybrid HC-PAA-G3K for novelty detection on industrial systems. In: International Conference on Advanced Technology & Sciences (ICAT'14), 12-15 August, 2014, Antalya, Turkey.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael (2014) Applied sensor fault detection and identification during steady-state and transient system operation. In: International Conference on Advanced Technology & Sciences (ICAT'14), 12-15 August, 2014, Antalya, Turkey.
- Zhang, Yu and Chen, Jun and Bingham, Chris and Mahfouf, Mahdi (2014) A new adaptive Mamdani-type fuzzy modeling strategy for industrial gas turbines. In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 6-11 July, 2014, Beijing, China.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Chen, Jun (2013) Steady-state and transient operation discrimination by Variational Bayesian Gaussian Mixture Models. In: IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP 2013), 22-25 September 2013, Southampton, UK.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Chen, Jun (2013) Machine fault detection during transient operation using measurement denoising. In: IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 15-17 July 2013, Milan, Italy.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Chen, Jun (2013) Sensor fault detection and diagnosis based on SOMNNs for steady-state and transient operation. In: IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 15-17 July 2013, Milan, Italy.
- Gallimore, Michael and Riley, Mike and Bingham, Chris and Yang, Zhijing and Zhang, Yu (2013) Intelligent diagnostics and prognostics for industrial machines using an optimization approach. In: 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure, 23-27 June 2013, Funchal, Portugal.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Stewart, Paul (2013) Applied sensor fault detection, identification and data reconstruction based on PCA and SOMNN for industrial systems. In: 12th WSEAS International Conference on Applications of Electrical Engineering (AEE '13), January 30th - February 1st 2013, Cambridge, Mass..
- Zhang, Yu and Sansour, Carlo and Bingham, Chris (2013) Single-walled carbon nanotube modelling based on Cosserat surface theory. In: 12th WSEAS International Conference on Applications of Electrical Engineering (AEE '13), January 30th - February 1st 2013, Cambridge, Mass..
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Stewart, Jill (2012) Fault detection and diagnosis based on y-indices and Residual Errors. In: 15th International Symposium on Mechatronics, MECHATRONIKA 2012, 5-7 December 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Yang, Zhijing and Gallimore, Michael and Stewart, Paul (2012) Applied sensor fault detection and identification using hierarchical clustering and SOMNNs, with faulted-signal reconstruction. In: 15th International Symposium on Mechatronics - MECHATRONIKA 2012, 5-7 December 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Yang, Zhijing and Bingham, Chris and Ling, Wing-Kuen and Zhang, Yu and Gallimore, Michael and Stewart, Jill (2012) Unit operational pattern analysis and forecasting using EMD and SSA for industrial systems. In: 11th International Symposium, IDA 2012, October 25-27, 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
- Chen, Jun and Mahfouf, Mahdi and Bingham, Chris and Zhang, Yu and Yang, Zhijing and Gallimore, Michael (2012) An evolutionary based clustering algorithm applied to Dada compression for industrial systems. In: 11th International Symposium, IDA 2012, October 25-27, 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Chen, Jun (2012) Applied sensor fault detection and validation using transposed input data PCA and ANNs. In: IEEE Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), 13-15 September 2012, Hamburg, Germany.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Gallimore, Michael and Yang, Zhijing and Chen, Jun (2012) Sensor fault detection for industrial systems using a hierarchical clustering-based graphical user interface. In: IEEE Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), 13-15 September 2012, Hamburg, Germany.
- Zhang, Yu and Bingham, Chris and Yang, Zhijing and Gallimore, Michael and Ling, Wing-Kuen (2012) Sensor fault detection for industrial gas turbine system by using principal component analysis based y-distance indexes. In: 8th IEEE, IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 18–20 July 2012, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland.
