Yinan Wang
Simulation Development Engineer
London
Summary
Experienced simulation engineer with a strong background in dynamics and optimization. Driven, keen, and innovative professional with a comprehensive understanding of multi-physics simulations. Strong coding skills in C++, Python, and Matlab for developing efficient and accurate simulation models. Committed to delivering high-quality results and continuously seeking opportunities to enhance simulation methodologies for improved performance and problem-solving.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Simulation Development Engineer
BWT Alpine F1 Team
01.2024 - Current
- Development of Alpine's next generation vehicle dynamic simulation tools including solvers, optimisers and multiphysics models, headed the development in laptime simulations
- Maintenance of existing simulation tools and solvers, supporting performance/race engineers in diagnosing simulation issues and improving data correlation,
- Automating software testing that reduced man-hour cost for version release by 5x, developed of performance and reliability data visualisation tools and trackers in Python
- Building knowledge base and mentoring junior engineers in vehicle simulation and modelling, proposed and developed simulation tools wiki for developers
Lecturer in Aeronautics, Department of Mechanical, Material and Aeronautics
University of Liverpool
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Conducting research in dynamic flow separation and multibody aerial vehicle simulation and control
- Developing curriculum, delivering and assessing UG and PG courses in aerospace engineering, maintained a strong 4.1/5 student satisfaction
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
University of Warwick
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Principle Investigator, ECF-2018-727, GBP 18000, project funded by Leverhulme Trust, in numerical modelling and control of wind turbine blades
- Published research in peer-reviewed academic journals and presented in world-class conferences.
Simulation and Modelling Engineer
Red Bulls Advanced Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Designed and analysed performance and safety of active suspension control system for the Aston-Martin Valkyrie supercar
- Developed offline simulation and simulator models of vehicle suspension and control
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
Imperial College London
01.2015 - 01.2016
- EPSRC funded research on simulation and control of flexible air vehicles
Education
PhD -
Imperial College London
01.2011 - 01.2015
MSc - Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction
Imperial College London
01.2009 - 01.2010
MEng - Material Science and Metallurgy
University of Oxford
01.2005 - 01.2009
Skills
Constrained optimisation
Flexible multibody modelling
Data science
CFD
C
MATLAB
Python
Unity engine
Selected Publications
- Trim Analysis and Robust Structured H-infinity Control of Wing-docked Multibody Aircraft, P Qi, Q Li, Wang Y, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2023
- Multibody Constraints in the Geometrically-Nonlinear Intrinsic Formulation, Wang Y, Otsuka K, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 18, 12, 121007, 2023
- Vortex force map for incompressible multi-body flows with application to wing-flap configurations, Wang Y, Zhao X, Graham M, Li J, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 953, A37, 2022
- Flow Completion Network: Inferring the Fluid Dynamics from Incomplete Flow Information using Graph Neural Networks, He X, Wang Y, Li J, Physics of Fluids, 34, 8, 2022
Timeline
Simulation Development Engineer
BWT Alpine F1 Team
01.2024 - Current
Lecturer in Aeronautics, Department of Mechanical, Material and Aeronautics
University of Liverpool
01.2022 - 01.2024
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
University of Warwick
01.2018 - 01.2022
Simulation and Modelling Engineer
Red Bulls Advanced Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2018
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
Imperial College London
01.2015 - 01.2016
PhD -
Imperial College London
01.2011 - 01.2015
MSc - Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction
Imperial College London
01.2009 - 01.2010
MEng - Material Science and Metallurgy
University of Oxford
01.2005 - 01.2009
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