Educational Experience:

2012.09-2017.07, School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering

2010.09-2012.07, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Successive M.S.-Ph.D. Program

2006.09-2010.07, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Bachelor degree in Aircraft Design

Work Experience:

2020.01-Present, Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, Visiting scholar

2019.07-Present, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, Lecture

2017.07-2019.06, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, Postdoctoral research fellow

Major Journal Articles:

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. Reliability assessment of a hierarchical system subjected to inconsistent priors and multilevel data, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2020, 69(1): 277-292.

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

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

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

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

[7] Yang L.*, He K., Guo Y. A novel Bayesian melding approach for reliability estimation subjected to inconsistent priors and heterogeneous data sets, IEEE Access, 2018, 6(1): 38835-38850.

[8] Yang L.*, He K., Du Y., Guo Y., Wang P. Reliability analysis to a satellite-equipped harmonic gear drive subjected to multisource data and imbalanced information, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2018: 4256302.

[9] Yang L.*, Guo Y. 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, 2018, 40(7): 1660-1668. (In Chinese)

[10] Wang Q., Zhang J.*, Peng W., Yang L. Hierarchical response surface modeling and reliability analysis of complex mechanical system based on composite function, Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii, 2018, 39(3): 590-597. (In Chinese)

[11] Wang P., Zhang J.*, Kan L., Yang L. Time variant reliability approach with time-variant interval and upcrossing model, Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2017, 53(11): 1-9. (In Chinese)

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

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

[14] Yang L., Zhang J., Guo Y., Wang P.* A Bayesian-based reliability estimation approach for corrosion fatigue crack growth utilizing the random walk, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 2016, 32(7): 2519–2535.

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

[16] Wang S.*, Yang L. An analytical approximation method for strongly nonlinear oscillators, Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2012: 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 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Hannover, Germany, Sep. 22-26, 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, May. 2-5, 2019.

[19] Yang L., Zhang J.*, Wang P., Guo Y. A Bayesian approach for a complex system utilizing imperfect information, the 61st Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, Jan. 26-29, 2015.

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

Projects and Funding:

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

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

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

Achievements and Honors:

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

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

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

[4] Excellent graduate student, Beihang University, 2011.