Yuan Wang

Dr Yuan Wang is interested in developing advanced manufacturing solutions and materials processing strategies to enhance functionality, as well as understanding the underlying optimisation mechanisms.

Yuan has a strong passion for conducting industry-focused work, particularly in exploring how cutting-edge technologies can be applied to generate manufacturing innovations and practical benefits. He is now working with a multinational medical device manufacturer to explore intelligent manufacturing solutions for the medical device industry.

As an early-career researcher, he has published 36 papers attracting >3100 peer citations. All his first/co-first or corresponding authored papers were published in top 2% journals by 2023 CiteScore, and 54.5% of his publications are the global top 10% most cited papers.

Yuan joined UQ in 2020 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and is now an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow/Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. As the lead CI, he has secured competitive grant funding totalling >$500,000. He has been awarded several research excellence and leadership awards. Yuan conducted his PhD at UniSQ working on thermoelectric energy materials and devices and graduated in 2020 with the UniSQ Research Excellence Award (supervisors: Prof Zhigang Chen, Prof Jin Zou, and Prof Hao Wang). He obtained his bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Northeastern University (China) in 2016 (supervisors: Prof Zhouhua Jiang and Prof Huabing Li), with his third year at UQ where he received the Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence Award.

Yuan is a lecturer for one undergraduate course and one master's course at UQ, where he has received high SECaT scores for his teaching quality. He is also responsible for a variety of supervision and administration duties.