EMPLOYMENT

July 2020 – Present

Associate Professor

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

January 2020 – September 2020

Visiting scholar

Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

July 2019 – July 2020

Lecturer

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

July 2017 – July 2019

Post-doctoral research fellow

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

EDUCATION

September 2012 – July 2017

Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering

School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University

Ph.D. Dissertation: Reliability modeling and analysis to complex mechanical-electronic system based on physical process and uncertain information

September 2010 – July 2012

Successive M.S.-Ph.D. Program

School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University

September 2006 – July 2010

Bachelor degree in Aircraft Design

School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University

PUBLICATIONS

Books or Book Chapters

[1] Yang L., Wang P., Gong Q., Zhang J., “Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction, Second Edition” Chinese National Defense Industry Press, 2019, ISBN 978-7-118-11866-7. (In Chinese)

Journal Papers:

[2] Yang L*, Guo Y, Wang Q. (2020): Reliability assessment of a hierarchical system subjected to inconsistent priors and multi-level data, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 69(1), 277-292.

[3] Zhong T, He K*, Li H, Yang L. (2019): Mechanical properties of lightweight 316L stainless steel lattice structures fabricated by selective laser melting, Materials and Design, 181, 108076.

[4] Yang L*, Guo Y. (2019): Combining pre- and post-model information in the uncertainty quantification of non-deterministic models using an extended Bayesian melding approach, Information Sciences, 502, 146-163.

[5] Yang L*, Guo Y, Kong Z. (2019): On the performance evaluation of a hierarchical-structure prototype product using inconsistent prior information and limited test data, Information Sciences, 485, 362-375.

[6] Yang L*, He K, Guo Y. (2018): Reliability analysis to a non-linear rotor/stator contact system in the presence of aleatory and epistemic uncertainty, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 32(9), 4089-4101.

[7] Yang L*, He K, Guo Y. (2018): A Novel Bayesian Melding Approach for Reliability Estimation Subjected to Inconsistent Priors and Heterogeneous Data Sets, IEEE Access, 6(1), 38835-38850.

[8] Yang L*, He K, Du Y, Guo Y. Wang P. (2018): Reliability Analysis to a Satellite-Equipped Harmonic Gear Drive Subjected to Multisource Data and Imbalanced Information, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 4256302.

[9] Yang L*, Guo Y. (2018): Bayesian melding approach of probability distribution fusion for system reliability analysis and prediction, Xi Tong Gong Cheng Yu Dian Zi Ji Shu/Systems Engineering and Electronics, 40(7), 1660-1668. (In Chinese)

[10] Wang Q, Zhang J*, Peng W, Yang L. (2018): Hierarchical Response Surface Modeling and Reliability Analysis of Complex Mechanical System Based on Composite Function, Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii, 39(3), 590-597. (In Chinese).

[11] Wang P, Zhang J*, Kan L, Yang L. (2017): Time Variant Reliability Approach with Time-variant Interval and Upcrossing Model, Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 53(11), 1-9. (In Chinese)

[12] Yang L*, Zhang J, Guo Y. (2017): Bayesian-based information extraction and aggregation approach for multilevel systems with multi-source data, Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 28(2), 385-400.

[13] Yang L*, Zhang J, Guo Y. (2016): Uncertainty representation and quantification for a nonlinear rotor/stator system with mixed uncertainties, Journal of Vibroengineering, 18(7), 4836-4851.

[14] Yang L, Zhang J, Guo Y, Wang P.* (2016): A Bayesian-based Reliability Estimation Approach for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Utilizing the Random Walk, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 32(7), 2519–2535.

[15] Yang L, Zhang J*, Sun J, Han J. (2014): Dynamics and reliability for rubbing rotor considering the characteristic of parameter's random distribution, Hangkong Dongli Xuebao/Journal of Aerospace Power, 29(8), 1961-1967. (In Chinese)

[16] Wang S*, Yang L. (2012): An Analytical Approximation Method for Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Article ID: 958121.

Conference papers:

[17] Yang L*, Guo Y, Wang Q, Kong Z. Reliability assessment of a complex system with unspecified structure and overlapping test data, the 29^th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Hannover, Germany, 22-26, Sep. 2019.

[18] Yang L*, Guo Y, Kong Z, Niu N. A likelihood-based approach of uncertainty quantification using both sparse point data and interval estimates, 2019 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference (PHM 2019), Paris, France, 2-5, May, 2019.

[19] Yang L, Zhang J*, Wang P, Guo Y. A Bayesian Approach for a Complex System Utilizing Imperfect Information, the 61^st Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Palm Harbor, Florida, the United States 26-29, Jan. 2015.

[20] Wang P, Zhang J*, Yang L, Kan L. Reliability modeling of complex mechanism system using GBN, the 61^st Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Palm Harbor, Florida, the United States 26-29, Jan. 2015.

[21] Yang L*, and Wang S. Research on the phase characteristics of a rotor/stator coupled system in dry whip, the 9^th National Conference on dynamics and control of China, XIAN city, SHANXI province, China, 21-25, Aug. 2012. (In Chinese)

PROJECT & FUNDING

[22] Research on the reliability modeling and analysis theory to a satellite-used driving device with hierarchical structure and cascading effects, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant number: 52005032, 2021-2023, PI

[23] Reliability evaluation and prediction of a space-borne antenna driving device based on multi-source information fusion, Grant number: FRF-TP-20-008A2, 2020-2021, PI

[24] Reliability analysis and assessment of an airborne transmission device using incomplete information, Aeronautical Science Foundation of China, Grant number: 2018ZC74001, 2018-2020, PI

[25] Reliability modeling and analysis of space-borne antenna positioning mechanism subjected to incomplete information, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant number: 2018M630073, 2018-2019, PI.

[26] Reliability modeling and analysis to an antenna tracking and pointing device considering the cascading effect, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China, Grant number: FRF-TP-17-056A1, 2017-2019, PI.

[27] Research on the reliability, dynamics and system control of Aerospace Engineering, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), Grant number: 2013CB733000, 2012-2017, participate

AWARDS & HONORS

[28] System reliability session chair in the 29^th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Hannover, Germany, 2019.

[29] 2019 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference (PHM 2019), Paris, France, best paper award, 2019.

[30] Excellent academic paper award, Beihang University, 2017.