Professor Jian Yang, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and a professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), has been officially invited to join the esteemed RAeS Medals and Awards Committee. This core committee is responsible for reviewing and awarding the Society’s most prestigious honours, which recognise outstanding individual and team contributions in aerospace. This appointment not only acknowledges Professor Yang’s distinguished personal achievements but also highlights the growing international influence of UNNC in related disciplines.
Founded in 1866, the Royal Aeronautical Society is one of the world's oldest and most authoritative professional aerospace institutions, enjoying high global esteem. It is dedicated to advancing aerospace science and engineering, and its awards are regarded as top honours in the field. Professor Yang joins a highly selective global panel comprising only 11 members of world-renowned experts. Notably, China’s Chang’e-4 mission team received the RAeS Team Gold Medal in 2019.
Professor Yang earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton (a global top 100 university) and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Bristol. Over the past decade, he has focused on pioneering research in nonlinear dynamics and vibration control, supported by national and provincial research grants. His work has resulted in an impressive academic output, with over 80 papers published in leading SCI-indexed journals, such as International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Journal of Sound and Vibration.
Consistently ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University/Elsevier) and recognised as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), he has also received the Elsevier Engineering Frontiers Young Scientist Award (2024) and the Springer Outstanding Academic Editor Award (2025). Professor Yang serves as an editorial board member for Nonlinear Dynamics and a lead guest editor for a special issue in the Q1 journal International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
Committed to integrating research with education, the module “Control and Instrumentation Professor” convened by Professor Yang is recognised as a Zhejiang Provincial First-Class Module. Several of his doctoral graduates now hold tenured faculty positions at prominent universities worldwide. In his new role, he will collaborate with fellow international experts to evaluate global aerospace achievements, contributing China's academic expertise to the advancement of the field.