Yue Chen

Professor  Yue Chen

PhD, MBA, CEng, MIET, SMIEEE, FHEA
Professor of Telecommunications Engineering
Director of Scholarship, EECS, QMUL

Yue Chen is a Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Director of Scholarship at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). She received her BEng in Radio Engineering and MEng in Optical Communications from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing, China, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. She received her PhD in Telecommunications from QMUL, London, UK, in 2003 and MBA degree from Open University, UK, in 2013.

Yue Chen is a Senior Member of IEEE and holds a Fellowship with Advance-HE. Her current research interests span across education and technical fields, including Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), Quality Assurance (QA) in HE, Educational Leadership, and Wireless Communications, Mobile Edge Computing, Smart Grid and Internet of things.


Education and Qualifications


MBA, Open University, UK2013

CMI Level 3 Diploma in Management, Chartered Management Institute, UK2009

PGCAP, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Queen Mary University of London, UK2006

PhD in Telecommunications, Queen Mary University of London, UK2003

MEng in Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China2000

BEng in Radio Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China1997


Achievements and Awards


  • Awarded Education & Student Engagement Excellence Awards, Faculty of Science and Engineering, QMUL, 2023

  • Best Paper Award, "A Data-Driven Analysis of the Correlation between English Language Proficiency and Academic Performance in Transnational Education", IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, IEEE TALE 2023

  • Co-Investigator of Project "SPOC-APP: SPatial big data & OCcupancy analysis and APplication research on resources and environment management auxiliary decision-making Platform", Newton Fund, UK, 2018-2020

  • Awarded Charted Engineer (CEng), IET, 2016

  • Awarded Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE) , 2016

  • Guest Professor in Wireless Communications, BUPT, China, 2014-2019

  • Co-Investigator of Project "Smart Grid: IRENE Improving the Robustness of Urban Electricity Networks", funded by ESRC/TSB, UK, 2014-2017

  • Co-Investigator of Project "Research on Multi Link Cooperative Diversity Based on Multimode Satellite Mobile Terminal", funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014-2017

  • Best Research Poster Award, Networks research group, EECS, QMUL, 2015.

  • Project Coordinator of EPSRC Global Engagement Grant EP.K004484.1, UK, 2012-2013

  • Cathay Pacific China Business Awards 2011, Winner of New horizons Award, 2011

  • Best Paper Award, "QoS Aware Mixed Traffic packet Scheduling in OFDMA-based LTE-Advanced Networks", the Fourth International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM) 2010

  • British Business Awards 2009, Winner of the right partner award, 2009

  • Asian Women of Achievement 2005, Young Achiever of the Year Runner-up, 2005