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Expertise And 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
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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Multiphysics modelling of S3-type flexible tube WECs with distributed DEG PTO: bulge wave dynamics and fluid-structure-electric coupling
Huang, Y., Xiao, Q., Yang, L., Dai, S., Lotfian, S. & Brennan, F., 3 May 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Energy Conversion and Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sustainable design of cationic waterborne polyurethanes from hydroxyl-terminated natural rubber: effects of isocyanate index and chain extension on colloidal stability and film performance
Chailad, W., Limrungruengrat , S., Saetung, N., Yang, L. & Sukhawipat, N., 28 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 54 p., 129620.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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Recycling of Fiber Reinforced Composites by Solvolysis
Yang, L. (Examiner)
20 Feb 2026Activity: Examination
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Recycling of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer
Yang, L. (Speaker)
20 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk