Laboratory for Dynamics of Machines and Structures
UNNC-UL Joint Laboratory of Advanced Dynamics and Vibration Control
Prof. Jian Yang (left) and Prof. Janko Slavič at the opening, 19 October 2026.
On 19 October 2026 the UNNC-UL Joint Laboratory of Advanced Dynamics and Vibration Control
was opened at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), Ningbo, China.
The joint laboratory connects LADISK, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana (UL), and the
research group of Prof. Jian Yang at UNNC.
At the opening, Prof. Janko Slavič gave the seminar Structural Dynamics at LADISK: Vibration Fatigue,
High-Speed Cameras, 3D-Printed Smart Structures and Open Source.
Prof. Jian Yang
Jian Yang is Professor in Mechanical Engineering (Dynamics and Control) and Head of the Department of Mechanical,
Materials and Manufacturing Engineering at UNNC. He received his BEng from Huazhong University of Science and
Technology and his PhD in nonlinear mechanical vibrations from the University of Southampton, UK, and was a
postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol.
Research topics include nonlinear dynamics and oscillations, passive and active vibration and noise control,
inerter-based vibration suppression, vibration power flow analysis, vibration and acoustics of composite
structures, aeroelasticity and morphing wing structures, and smart structures.
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China was founded in 2004 in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, as the first
Sino-foreign cooperative university in China. It has nearly 10,000 students in three faculties: the Faculty of
Science and Engineering, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Nottingham University Business School
China.
The University of Nottingham, UK, traces its origins to University College Nottingham, founded in 1881, and
received its royal charter in 1948. It is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities and
has campuses in the UK, China (Ningbo) and Malaysia.
