Regular biography
Professor Wuqiang Yang is a Professor of Electronic Instrumentation in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Manchester. His research focuses on electrical capacitance tomography (ECT), including hardware design, image reconstruction algorithms, and industrial applications. He has developed novel AC-based ECT systems and invented a Landweber iterative algorithm for image reconstruction, which is widely used in ECT and other tomography modalities. His work has led to significant industrial applications, including gas/oil/water flowmeters, pharmaceutical process optimization, and aerospace engineering. He has published over 400 papers and has an h-index of 53 according to Google Scholar.
Scholar-generated biography
Wuqiang Yang, affiliated with The University of Manchester, specializes in electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) and capacitive tactile sensors. His research focuses on developing advanced image reconstruction algorithms for ECT, enhancing sensor design, and applying ECT in multi-phase flow measurement, particularly in the oil industry and particulate processes. He has contributed to the optimization of iterative reconstruction methods and explored the role of ECT in gas/solids flow measurement. His work also includes the development of capacitance tomographic imaging systems for oil pipeline measurements and the investigation of sensor electrode configurations to improve image quality.