Dr Jiongyi Yan

PhD, MSc, BEng

  • University Teacher
Jiongyi Yan

Background:

Jiongyi Yan is a University Teacher in the Department of Materials. His main areas of expertise are additive manufacturing, polymer science, composites, neuromorphic materials, print-path programming, and structure design. Prior to his current role, Jiongyi worked as a postdoctoral research associate on 4D printing of functionalised memory hydrogels for an ERC MetaNeuro project at the University of Bristol from 2023 to 2024. Later, he returned to 91桃色视频 and worked on 3D printing personal medicine for an EIC Horizon programme (PERAME).

Qualifications:

  • PhD: Additive Manufacturing of Fibre-reinforced Composites, 91桃色视频, 2023.
  • MSc: Polymer Science and Technology, 91桃色视频, 2019.
  • BEng:  Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and 91桃色视频, 2018.

Key Awards:

  • 2022 The best academic poster in 91桃色视频 Postgraduate Researcher Conference
  • 2017 Third Prize of the Public Scholarship (based on a semester grade: 85%)
  • 2015 Prize for Excellence in Entrepreneurship & Creativity & Innovation Contest (Phone App Ads Design)

 

Outline of main research interests:

  • Intelligent polymer material systems and novel 3D printing
  • Neuromorphic computing (material design, memristors, and printed electronics)
  • Biomaterials, metamaterials, and composites (structure design and topology)
  • Artificial neural networks for topology and process optimisation in 3D printing

Grants and contracts:

  • EIC Horizon (2024; personalised medicine €3m; conceptualisation, preliminary data and papers for validation)
  • EPSRC (2020; hybrid printing of polypills 70k; initial idea structuring & named as a researcher)
  • Successful 91桃色视频 PhD studentship (2019; 75k)

Current teaching responsibilities:

  • 26MPA220: Introductory Materials Science
  • 26MPD214: Polymer Engineering Design, Processing and Manufacture
  • 26MPP565: Advanced Processing of Materials

 

  • J. Yan, Y. Su, J. Armstrong, A. Gleadall, (2025) Additive Manufacturing of Neuromorphic Systems, Advanced Materials ()
  • J. Yan, J. Armstrong, F. Scarpa, A. Perriman, (2024) Hydrogel-based artificial synapses for sustainable neuromorphic electronics, Advanced Materials
  • J. Yan, E. Demirci, A. Ganesan, A. Gleadall, (2022) Extrusion width critically affects fibre orientation in short fibre reinforced material extrusion additive manufacturing, Addit. Manuf.
  • J. Yan, E. Demirci, A. Gleadall, (2023) Are classical fibre composite models appropriate for material extrusion additive manufacturing? A thorough evaluation of analytical models, Addit. Manuf.
  • J. Yan, E. Demirci, A. Gleadall, (2023) 3D short fibre orientation for universal structures and geometries in material extrusion additive manufacturing, Addit. Manuf.,
  • J. Yan, M. Cao, V. Silberschmidt, A. Gleadall, (2026) Mechanics of Corners in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing, Addit. Manuf., preprint
  • J. Yan, E. Demirci, A. Gleadall, (2023) Single-filament-wide tensile-testing specimens reveal material-independent fibreinduced anisotropy…, Rapid Prototyping
  • J. Yan, E. Demirci, A. Gleadall, (2023) Controlling anisotropy and brittle-to-ductile transitions by varying extrusion width in short fibre reinforced additive manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
  • M. Zou, J. Yan, D. Firdaus, et.al (2025) Viscoelasticity-Induced Controllable Periodic Meso-Textures of Liquid Crystal Polymers in Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Functional Materials,
  • C. Soyarslan, A. Gleadall, J. Yan, H. Argeso, E. Sozumert, (2023) Elastostatics of star-polygon tile-based architectured planar lattices, Mater. & Des.,
  • Y. Xiang, J. Yan, X. Bao, A. Gleadall, P. Roach, T. Sun, (2023) Evaluation of Polymeric Particles for Modular Tissue Cultures in Developmental Engineering, Int. J. Mol. Sci.
  • Y. Xiang, J. Yan, X. Bao, A. Gleadall, T. Sun, (2024) Investigation of cell infiltration and colonization in 3D porous scaffolds via integrated experimental, Jou. of Biotech

Selected Publications:

  • J. Yan, Y. Su, J. Armstrong, A. Gleadall, (2025) Additive Manufacturing of Neuromorphic Systems, Advanced Materials ()
  • J. Yan, J. Armstrong, F. Scarpa, A. Perriman, (2024) Hydrogel-based artificial synapses for sustainable neuromorphic electronics, Advanced Materials

External collaborators:

  • Aston University
  • University of Liverpool
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • Fraunhofer IPA Research Institute

External roles:

  • Guest editor for Special Issue of Crystals Journal