Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise & Capabilities
- Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
- Multi-scale Material Modelling
- Aerogel composites
- Composites Recycling
- Composites Interface
- Reinforcement Fibres
- Surface Coating
- Mechanical Testing
- Polymer and Elastomer
- Thermomechanical Analysis
Research Interests
Current research activities focus on
Composites recycling and reuse (This work includes the development of economically viable routes to recycling fibre reinforced composites and reusing recyclates in new industrial applications)
Composites interface (This work centres around fibre-matrix physicochemcial interactions through surface characterisation, coating development, and fibre-matrix adhesion engineering)
Aerogel composites (This work includes the design and development of ultralight, strong, superinsulating aerogel composites for energy saving applicaitons)
Self-healing elastomer (This work centres on the chemical design and material engineering of elastomer materials for improving wear resistance and damage self-mitigation)
Multi-scale material modelling (This work revolves around understanding and engineering of structure-property relationship through multi-scale material modelling)
Teaching Interests
ME16232 Engineering Mechanics: Structural Mechanics
ME523 Polymer and Polymer Composites
Industrial Relevance
Industrial Links
- PPG Industries (The Netherlands)
- 3B Fibreglass (Belgium)
- Blueshift International Materials (USA)
- BOSCH (Germany)
- Sain-Gobain (France)
- Weir Group PLC (UK)
- Composites Scaffolding Company (UK)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Award Date: 1 Jan 2011
Master in Science, University of Sheffield
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Development of a numerical analysis framework for the pump-pipeline system design and optimization
Deng, Z. (Researcher) & Yang, L. (Principal Investigator)
3/03/25 → …
Project: Research
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SRSS - Innovative manufacturing of sustainable composites using natural fibres and biopolymers
Felfel, R. (Principal Investigator) & Yang, L. (Co-investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Elastomeric dielectric materials from natural rubber/copper-modified coconut-shell-derived activated carbon composite: combined experimental and density functional theory study
Chailad, W., Ariyawiriyanan, W., Pavasupree, S., Sosa, N., Wongnongwa, Y., Yuennan, J., Martwong, E., Ayutthaya, S. I. N., Yang, L. & Sukhawipat, N., 11 Jul 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Industrial Crops and Products.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aeroelastic investigations of composite blade on floating offshore wind turbine: insights into stress responses on multi-hierarchy blade structures
Deng, Z., Xiao, Q., Yang, L., Liu, Y. & Wang, E., 30 Jun 2025, In: Ocean Engineering. 330, 17 p., 121305.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: "Investigation of the mechanical properties of carbon and glass fibres exposed to cryogenic temperatures and cryogenic cycling"
Minty, R. (Supervisor), Kelly, L. (Creator), Yang, L. (Supervisor) & Liggat, J. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 21 Nov 2024
DOI: 10.15129/2dda4231-3dc2-43a6-bf8f-3896a7379e5e, https://www.nccuk.com/events/eccm21/
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Data for: "Assessment of insulating package performance by mathematical modelling"
Kucharek, M. (Creator) & Yang, L. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 3 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.15129/b38d9692-1b2e-47f5-a4cd-d14e776028fd
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Prizes
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Industry Fellow of Royal Academic of Engineering
Yang, L. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Strategic Themes - EPSRC (Critical Mass) - Sustainable & Circular Materials & Manufacturing
Kay, T. (Organiser), O'Hare, M. (Organiser), Felfel, R. (Participant), Oterkus, E. (Participant), Oterkus, S. (Participant), SARKER, S. (Participant), Mariotti, D. (Participant), Tapinos, E. (Participant), Lau, K. H. A. (Participant), Bellingham, R. (Participant), Henderson, K. (Participant), Deans, F. (Participant), Johnston, K. (Participant), Liggat, J. (Participant), Yang, L. (Participant), Minty, R. (Participant), Gangasa Walvekar, R. (Participant), Macdonald, E. (Participant), Vieira de Souza, W. J. (Participant) & Kumar, A. (Participant)
11 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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MET International Symposium 2025
Yang, L. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2025Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences