Feng Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Department
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV, 26506
Phone: 304-293-9477
Fax: 304-293-4970
Email: feng.yang@mail.wvu.edu
Web: http://www2.cemr.wvu.edu/~yang/
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Industrial
Engineering and Management Sciences, June 2006
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
M.S. in Industrial
Engineering and Management Sciences, Dec 2002
Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL.
B.E. in Electronic
Engineering, July 2000
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
RESEARCH
INTEREST
·
Applied
statistical methods
·
Design
of experiment methodology and application
·
Computer
Simulation of stochastic systems
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant
Professor, Industrial
and Management Systems Engineering Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WV, 2006–2013
Research
Assistant, Department
of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL, 2002–2006
Intern,
General Motors R&D, Warren, MI, 06/2004
– 08/2004.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal
Articles
1.
F. Yang, Z. Geng*, A. Koneru, M. Zhi, H. Li and N. Q. Wu,
2013, “Dynamic calibration of an electrochemical sensor for accelerated analyte quantification,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 13 (4): 1192-1199.
2.
F. Yang and J. Liu*, 2012, “Simulation-based transfer
function modeling for transient analysis of general queueing
systems,” European
Journal of Operational Research 223:
150-166.
3.
C. Xiang, F. Yang, M. Li, M. Jaridi,
and N. Q. Wu, 2012, “Experimental and statistical analysis of surface charge,
aggregation and adsorption behaviors of surface-functionalized titanium dioxide
nanoparticles in aquatic system,” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15
(1), doi: 10.1007/s11051-012-1293-7.
4.
M. Zhi,
A. Koneru, F.
Yang, A. Manivannan, J. Li and N. Q. Wu, 2012, “Electrospun La0.8Sr0.2MnO3
nanofibers for high-temperature electrochemical
carbon monoxide sensor,” Nanotechnology
23: 305501, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/23/30/305501.
5.
D.
W. Porter, N. Q. Wu, A. Hubbs, R. Mercer, K. Funk, F.
Meng, J. Li, M. Wolfarth,
L. Battelli, S. Friend; M. Andrew, R. Hamilton, K. Sriram, F. Yang,
V. Castranova and A. Holian,
2012, “Differential
mouse pulmonary dose- and time course-responses to titanium dioxide nanospheres and nanobelts,” Toxicological Sciences 2012, doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs261.
6.
F. Meng, Z. Hong, J. Arndt, M. Li,
M. Zhi, F.
Yang, and N. Q. Wu, 2012, “Visible light photocatalytic
activity of nitrogen-doped La2Ti2O7 nanosheets originating from band gap narrowing,” Nano Research 5 (3): 213-221, doi: 10.1007/s12274-012-0201-x.
7.
Z. Geng*, F. Yang
and N. Wu, 2011, “Optimum design of sensor arrays via simulation-based
multivariate calibration,” Sensors
& Actuators: B. Chemical 156 (2): 854-862.
8.
J. Liu*, F.
Yang, H. Wan and J. W. Fowler, 2011, “Capacity planning through queueing analysis and simulation-based statistical methods:
a case study for semiconductor wafer fabs,” International Journal of Production Research
49 (15): 4573-4591.
9.
F. Yang, J. Liu, B. L.
Nelson, B. E. Ankenman and M. Tongarlak,
2011, “Metamodeling for cycle time-throughput-product
mix surfaces using progressive model fitting,” Production Planning and
Control 22 (1): 50-68.
10.
F.
Yang, 2010, “Neural network metamodeling
for cycle-time based performance profiles in manufacturing,” European
Journal of Operational Research
205 (1): 172-185.
11.
F. Yang, B. E. Ankenman
and B. L. Nelson, 2008, “Estimating cycle time percentile curves for
manufacturing systems via simulation,” INFORMS Journal on Computing 20
(4): 628-643.
12.
F. Yang,
B. E. Ankenman and B. L. Nelson, 2007, “Efficient
generation of cycle time-throughput curves through simulation and metamodeling,” Naval Research Logistics 54: 78-93.
*WVU students
under supervision of Dr. Feng Yang
Book Chapter
B. E. Ankenman, J. M. Bekki, J. W. Fowler, G. T. Mackulak,
B. L. Nelson and F. Yang, 2011,
“Simulation in production planning, an overview with emphasis on recent
developments in cycle time estimation,” Chapter 19 in Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise: A State
of the Art Handbook, Volume 1, eds. By K. G. Kempf,
P. Keskinocak, and R. Uzsoy,
Springer
Refereed
Proceedings
J. Liu*, C.
Li*, F. Yang, H. Wan and R. Uzsoy, 2011, “Production planning for semiconductor
manufacturing via simulation optimization,” Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
Simulation Conference, 3617-3627.
F. Yang and J. Liu*, 2010, “Transient analysis of general queueing
systems via simulation-based transfer function modeling,” Proceedings of the
2010 Winter Simulation Conference, 1110-1122.
J. Liu* and F. Yang, 2008, “Evaluating the
transient behavior of queueing systems via simulation
and transfer function modeling,” Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation
Conference, 516-524.
J. Xu*, F. Yang and H. Wan, 2007, “Controlled sequential bifurcation for software reliability study,” Proceedings
of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, 281-288.
F. Yang, J. Liu*, M. Tongarlak,
B. E. Ankenman and B. L. Nelson, 2007, “Metamodeling for cycle time-throughput-product mix
surfaces using progressive model fitting,” Proceedings of the 2007 Winter
Simulation Conference, 322-330.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES
Member, Institute for Operations
Research and Management Science (INFORMS), 2001- Present.
Member, INFORMS Simulation
Society, 2003- Present.
Chair, the Committee of Under-represented Minorities and
Women (CUMW) for the INFORMS Simulation Society, 2012-2013.
Member, the Committee of Under-represented Minorities and
Women (CUMW) for the INFORMS Simulation Society, 2011-2014.
Judge, INFORMS QSR
(Quality, Statistics, and Reliability) Best Student Paper, 2008.
Judge, Student Paper Contest, IIE
2006 Region IV Conference, West Lafayette, IN, Feb 10-12, 2006.
Academic Co-Chair, INFORMS
Northwestern Student Chapter, 2005-2006.
TEACHING
IENG
314 Advanced Analysis of Engineering Data
IENG 455 Simulation by Digital Methods
IENG 756 Introduction
to Applied Stochastic Processes
HONORS/AWARDS
· “A statistical procedure for multivariate calibration of
sensor arrays,” $25,000, 2012-2013, NASA WV Space Grant Consortium, 2012-2013;
Role: PI; Responsibility: 100%.
· “Transient analysis of manufacturing systems: a simulation-based
transfer function modeling approach for responsive production planning,”
$196,815, NSF, 2011-2014; Role: PI; Responsibility: 100%.
· “Efficient design of biological experiments for dose-response
modeling in nanomaterial toxicology studies,” $196,815, NSF, 2011-2014; Role:
PI; Responsibility: 100%.
· “Bioactivity of engineered fiber-shaped nanomaterials,”
$900,000, NIH, 2009-2011 (PI: A. Holian and N. Wu);
Role: Co-PI; Share: $191,051.
·
“Sensitivity
Analysis of Reliability for Structure-Based Software via Simulation,” $49,900,
the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) Software Assurance
Research Program (SARP) managed through the NASA Independent Verification and
Validation (IV&V) Facility, Fairmont, West Virginia, 2006-2007; Role: PI;
Responsibility: 100%.