The First finalist in the Engineer magazine’s "Collaborate to Innovate" award in the category of Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability (2016)

Professor Yan has led AgriRover project which was shortlisted as the first project in the list for the award of Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) in the category of Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability, the Engineer’s prestigious new awards initiative 2016; AgriRover was selected as an exemplar demonstrator, representing the Science Technology Facilities Council of Research Councils UK to showcase leading scientific research and innovation through research collaboration at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) Conference in Manchester in 2016.