Yisha Xiang
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
Texas Tech University
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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATIONPh.D., Industrial Engineering - University of Arkansas, 2009 |
CONTACT INFORMATION
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BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH
RESEARCH GROUP WEBSITE: myweb.ttu.edu/yxiang
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering - University of Arkansas, 2009
M.S., Industrial Engineering - University of Arkansas, 2006
B.S., Industrial Engineering - Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, 2003
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INTERESTS
- System reliability modeling and optimization
- Maintenance Optimization
- Inventory Control
- Operations Research
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University 9/2018 - present
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University 9/2015 - 8/2018
Associate Professor of Management Science, Sun Yat-sen University, China 7/2014 - 7/2015
Assistant Professor of Management Science, Sun Yat-sen University, China 2/2010 - 6/2014
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Best Paper Award, International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering, 2019
- Doug Ogden Best Paper Award, Society of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2019
- Best Track Paper Award, Production and Scheduling Track, IISE Conference, 2017
- Most Helpful Professor from the LU IIE Student Chapter, 2017
- Stan Oftshun Best Paper Award, Society of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2013, 2017
- Ralph A. Evans/P.K. McElroy Best Paper Award, Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2013
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
- Xiang has recruited and advised 15 female students in undergraduate and graduate programs (2 PhD, 6 MS and 8 BS). She is also actively involved in in the Society of Women Engineers program at Texas Tech University, promoting the recruitment and retention of female students in the College of Engineering.
- Xiang has collaborated with several industrial companies (most recent: Schlumberger, Delek, Covestro) to transition research findings. Many of the research findings were used to inform maintenance policies for complex engineering systems at these companies.
- Xiang has organized many invited sessions at national and international conferences (e.g., IISE annual conference, INFORMS annual conference).
- Xiang has served as a reviewer for more than 10 journals such as Productions and Operations Management, IISE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, and European Journal of Operational Research.
- Xiang has developed new online courses “Maintenance Modeling and Optimization” and “Production and Inventory Control” for innovative teaching.