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 91²Ö¿â and worked on 3D printing personal medicine for an EIC Horizon programme (PERAME).

Qualifications:

  • PhD: Additive Manufacturing of Fibre-reinforced Composites, 91²Ö¿â, 2023.
  • MSc: Polymer Science and Technology, 91²Ö¿â, 2019.
  • BEng:  Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and 91²Ö¿â, 2018.

Key Awards:

  • 2022 The best academic poster in 91²Ö¿â 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 91²Ö¿â 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