The Consortium
There are over 40 people working across the UK-MaRes Hub, including the Director, Co-Directors, Co-Investigators, Researchers, Technicians and Professional Service Staff, all passionate about driving forward the research and innovation needed to create meaningful change across the sector. See below to find out more about the people involved.
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Dr Janie Ling Chin
Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University
Dr Janie Ling Chin is Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering of Durham University, UK. Janie’s PhD focussed on life cycle assessment (LCA) of conventional, retrofit, and state-of-the-art power systems for cargo ships, and her areas of research cover LCA (and sustainability), energy systems integration, hydrogen technology, and thermal management.
Janie is Co-Director (Responsive Research Fund and EDI Champion) of the Hub, leading the Hub’s Responsive Research Working Group, EDI Action Group, and WP4.4 Energy system, energy consumption, lifecycle emissions and cost analysis. Also, she contributes to the Hub’s Co-Innovation Impact Group and Networking, Secondments and Mentoring Working Group.
Professor Yaodong Wang
Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University
Professor Yaodong Wang is an active researcher working on energy systems.
Yaodong has conducted research on “Optimising the operation of a large two-stroke marine engine for slow steaming”; and “Investigation of ‘slow steaming’ operation on the performance and fuel consumption of a ship”. He has taught MSc marine engineering for over 10 years in the past.
Research expertise/interest:
- Biofuel or biomass trigeneration/cogeneration with energy storage;
- energy systems such as wind, solar; biomass, biomass/coal thermal power plants;
- Miller Cycle diesel engines;
- biofuel petrol/diesel engine;
- organic Rankine cycle;
- thermal energy management; energy saving using passive and active methods.
