Dr Yan HuangSenior Lecturer Gardiner Building 003a Email: yan.huang@brunel.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1895 266976 Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology Introduction Research Impact and outreach Selected publications PhD supervision PhD projects for research students Computer simulation of self-piercing riveting process for joining automotive structures. Development of new casting aluminium alloys: composition, microstructure and mechanical properties