Lecturer in Superconducting and Cryogenic Electric Machines Email hongye.zhang@ed.ac.uk Location 3.101 Faraday Building Personal Page Google Scholar Social Media Linkedln Engineering Discipline Electronics and Electrical Engineering Research Institutes Energy Systems Biography Hongye ZHANG (FHEA, MIEEE, MIET) received his BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2015 and 2018, respectively, a Diplôme d’ingénieur from École Centrale de Lyon, Lyon, France, in 2018, and his PhD degree in Applied Superconductivity from The University of Edinburgh, UK, in 2021.In 2021, he was awarded one of the six IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowships. He has been working on the £54-million collaborative H2GEAR project as a Research Associate at The University of Manchester since May 2021.He is currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Superconducting/Cryogenic Electric Machines at the University of Edinburgh and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.His research encompasses Design & Analysis & Testing of Superconducting/Cryogenic Electric Machines, Numerical Modelling & Measurement of Superconductors, Hydrogen Energy, and Artificial Intelligence.He is currently a Board Member of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS), a Board Member of the HTS Modelling Workgroup, and an Early Career Editorial Board member & Associate Editor for the Elsevier journal Superconductivity, etc.He is the Chairman of the international workshop HTS 2026. Academic Qualifications BSc (2015) and MSc (2018) in Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, ChinaDiplôme d’ingénieur (MEng, 2018) in General Engineering, École Centrale de Lyon, FrancePhD (2021) in Applied Superconductivity, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Professional Qualifications and Memberships Board Member of The European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS)Board Member of the HTS Modelling WorkgroupEarly Career Editorial Board Member & Associate Editor of Elsevier Superconductivity (Q1)Programme Committee Member of SMT 2023Technical Editor for IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, MT-28Guest Editor for a Special Issue of CrystalsWinner of the 2021 IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied SuperconductivityMember, IETMember, IEEE Teaching BEng - Power Engineering 2MEng - Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (IDCORE) Research Interests Hongye ZHANG’s interdisciplinary research combines Electric Machines & Drives, Clean Energy Conversion, Superconductor Technology, Cryogenic Techniques, Hydrogen Energy, and Artificial Intelligence to contribute to low/zero emission technology.His interests centre on Net Zero Transport and Hydrogen Energy with a focus on power-dense and highly efficient next-generation propulsion electric machines. His current research focuses on the design, analysis, build, and testing of cryogenic/superconducting motors for sub-regional electric aircraft exploiting hydrogen propulsion.His long-term vision is to build a world-leading research group at the interface of academia and industry that will further advance the decarbonisation of future transport. Specialities Numerical modelling of high temperature superconductorsDesign and analysis of electric machines High-speed propulsion machines for electric aircraft Hydrogen energy application Engineering AI