Dr Yeshui Zhang

Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang
Dr Yeshui Zhang

MRSC, AFHEA, AMIChemE, PhD, MSc.(Engineering), BSc.

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
yeshui.zhang@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273699
Office Address
282 Fraser Noble Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UE

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School/Department
School of Engineering

Biography

Yeshui joined in School of Engineering at University of Aberdeen, UK as a Lecturer in Dec 2021. She was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at University College London, UK since January 2018 .She has completed her BSc. from University of Birmingham in 2012 and MSc. (Engineering) from The University of Sheffield in 2013. She finished her PhD in September 2017 at University of Leeds. Her research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Qualifications

  • BSc. Environmental Management 
    2012 - University of Birmingham 
  • MSc.(Engineering) Energy and Environmental Engineering 
    2013 - University of Sheffield 
  • PhD. Chemical and Process Engineering 
    2017 - University of Leeds 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Committee member Industry Academia Seminars-CPM Research Group
  • Retention officer School of Engineering Retention Group at the University of Aberdeen
  • Lab coordinator Meston lab 155 at the University of Aberdeen
  • Committee member REF Steering group at the University of Aberdeen
External Memberships

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member EPSRC Peer Review College;
  • Reviewer RSC Researcher Grants Peer Review Group;
  • Associate Fellow of Higher Education of Academy PR181319;
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership No. 550333;
  • Associate Member of IChemE. Membership No. 100196549;
  • Member of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub SHARE network;
  • Member of IGEM (Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers); Membership No. 161003;
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Eco-Impact Assessments;
  • Associate Editor & Social Media Editor of IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology (ISSN: 2772-6568).
  • Guest editor for the special issue of Process Safety & Environmental Production & Catalysts about ‘Plastics Recycling’; special issue of ‘Catalysts’ about ‘Catalytic Recycling of Waste’; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about Sustainable Upcycling of Biomass Waste; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about ‘Biomass Waste Management for a Sustainable Future’; Special issue of Frontiers in Catalysis about “Supported Metal Catalysts in Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications”.
  • Reviewer of Small, Catalysis Today, Renewable energy, Journal of Analytical & Applied catalysis, Energy Conversion & management, Energy Science & Engineering, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, Waste & Biomass Vaporization, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
  • Review editor & editorial board of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research).
  • Reviewer editor of Frontiers in Catalysis (specialty section in Heterogeneous Catalysis).

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

  • Emerging Investigator Award from IChemE Carbon Capture Science & Technology 2022;
  • Travel Award for the ToScA UK & Europe 2022;
  • IAAM Young Scientist Medal 2022 from International Association of Advanced Materials;
  • Frontier Lab Young Scientist Award at 22nd International Symposium on Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis-Pyro 2018;
  • 1st Poster prize from the Chinese Society of Chemical Science & Technology in the UK & Society of Chemical Industry’s Chinese UK Regional Group (UKCSCST-SCI) (12/09/2020);
  • Best paper award on the 21st CCSSTA (09/09/2020);
  • Telford Premium Award (Journal Prize for the best paper) from Institution of Civil Engineers publishing (05/06/2017).
  • 1st Poster presentation prize from Royal Academy of Engineering’s Leeds Region Research day (12/10/2016);
  • Shortlist of “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad” by China Scholarship Council in 2015, 2016, 2017.
Research

Research Overview

My research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.


Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Engineering

Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Ultrasound

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Supervision

Supervisees

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

EG551Y/2L Oil & Gas Chemistry                                             

EG2011/EG20G2 Process Engineering 

EG552Q Catalyst and Reactor Design

EG4013, EG4014, EG4513, EG45PA (2021-22) UG Individual Project 

EG555N, EG59F1, EG59F2, EG59M2 (2021-22) MSc Individual Project

Publications

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  • Pyrolysis–catalysis of waste plastic using a nickel–stainless-steel mesh catalyst for high-value carbon products

    Zhang, Y., Nahil, M. A., Wu, C., Williams, P. T.
    Environmental Technology, vol. 38, no. 22, pp. 2889-2897
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Hydrogen and carbon nano-materials from the pyrolysis-catalysis of wastes

    Zhang, Y.
    Leeds: University of Leeds
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Influence of silica–alumina support ratio on H2 production and catalyst carbon deposition from the Ni-catalytic pyrolysis/reforming of waste tyres

    Zhang, Y., Tao, Y., Huang, J., Williams, P.
    Waste Management & Research, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1045-1054
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Co-production of hydrogen and carbon nanotubes from catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics on Ni-Fe bimetallic catalyst

    Yao, D., Wu, C., Yang, H., Zhang, Y., Nahil, M. A., Chen, Y., Williams, P. T., Chen, H.
    Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 148, pp. 692-700
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Fe–Ni–MCM-41 Catalysts for Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production from Waste Plastics by Pyrolysis–Catalytic Steam Reforming

    Zhang, Y., Huang, J., Williams, P.
    Energy & Fuels, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 8497-8504
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Development of Ni- and Fe- based catalysts with different metal particle sizes for the production of carbon nanotubes and hydrogen from thermo-chemical conversion of waste plastics

    Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Nahil, M. A., Williams, P. T., Wu, C.
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , vol. 125, pp. 32-39
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Carbon nanotubes and hydrogen production from the pyrolysis catalysis or catalytic-steam reforming of waste tyres

    Zhang, Y., Williams, P. T.
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis , vol. 122, pp. 490-501
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • High-value resource recovery products from waste tyres

    Zhang, Y., Wu, C., Williams, P., Nahil, M.
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management, vol. 169, no. 3, pp. 137-145
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pyrolysis–Catalytic Reforming/Gasification of Waste Tires for Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen

    Zhang, Y., Wu, C., Nahil, M., Williams, P.
    Energy & Fuels, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 3328-3334
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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