Professor Ruqiang Yan
Festival of Failure
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Ruqiang Yan is a Full Professor and Director of International Machinery Center at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is engaged in research on theoretical methods and engineering applications related to intelligent operation and maintenance of high-end equipment.
Dr. Yan is a Fellow of IEEE (2022) and ASME (2019). He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the First Prize for Technological Invention in Shaanxi Province in 2020, the First Prize for Natural Science from the Ministry of Education in 2020, and the 2019 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award. He has led the development of one IEEE standard and published over one hundred papers in IEEE and ASME journals, and other publications. Currently, he serves as an IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer and is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
During their IAS Fellowship, Professor Yan is collaborating with Professor Lisa Jackson & Dr Eve Zhang from the School of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering.