{"id":2457,"date":"2020-05-26T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/eda-news\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2020-05-26T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:26:32","slug":"congratulations-to-professor-yong-yan-and-dr-lijuan-wang-upon-the-industrial-strategy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-news\/2020\/05\/26\/congratulations-to-professor-yong-yan-and-dr-lijuan-wang-upon-the-industrial-strategy-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Professor Yong Yan and Dr Lijuan Wang upon the Industrial Strategy Fund award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-digital-arts\/people\/739\/yan-yong\">Professor Yong Yan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">(principal i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">nvestigator) together with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-digital-arts\/people\/737\/wang-lijuan\">Dr Lijuan Wang <\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">(<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">co-investigator<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">)<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">from the School of Engineering and Digital Arts <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">upon the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">award from the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund-joint-research-and-innovation\">Industrial Strategy Fund<\/a> for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> project<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> entitled<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> \u2018Quality <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">identification<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> and density measurement of waste plastic bale<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">s through capacitive sensing<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">soft computing<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">\u2019.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">Under<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">auspices <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">of the UK\u2019s Industrial Strategy<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> Challenge Fund<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">, this <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">project is formulated <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">to address two of the four Grand Challenges, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">Clean Growth and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">Artificial Intelligence. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">The project<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">, funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/enterprise\">Kent Innovation and Enterprise<\/a>,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> aims to develop<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> an innovative solution to<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">the<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\"> automated <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174397395 BCX4\">identification and 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