LianXiang Yang, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor Mechanical Engineering Department 410 EC; (248) 370-2283; Fax: (248) 370-4416 [email protected] secs.oakland.edu/~yang2 Ph.D., University of Kassel (Germany), 1997

Ph.D., University of Kassel (Germany), 1997

• Joined Oakland University in October 2001
• 03, 2019 – present: Distinguished University Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University
• 08, 2008 - 03, 2019: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University
• 10, 2001 - 08, 2008: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University
• 04, 2000 - 10, 2001: R&D Scientist, JDS-Uniphase, Ottawa, Canada
• 11, 1998 - 03, 2000: Senior Engineer, Dr. Ettemeyer GmbH & Co., Neu Ulm, Germany
• 11, 1991 - 10, 1998: Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow in Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany
• 01, 1986 - 11, 1991: Lecturer and Associate Professor, Dept. of Precision Mechanical Instruments, Hefei University of Technology, PR China
• Selected as Fellow of SAE in 2016
• Selected as Fellow of SPIE in 2008
• Chair (2015 -2017) and vice Chair (2013 -2015) of the Mechanical Engineering Activity (MEA) committee, SAE-International
• Chair (2009 – 2011) and vice Chair (2007-2009) of the Material Modeling & Testing (MM&T) Committee, SAE-International
• Associate Editor of "Optical Engineering" - a SCI Journal of SPIE (since 2011)
• Associate Editor of "Materials Evaluation" - a SCI Jounnal of ASNT (since 2007)
• Associate Editor of "International Journal of Materials & Manufacturing" - a peer reviewed Journal of SAE (since 2014)
• Editorial Board of “Optics and Lasers in Engineering” - a top SCI Journal from the Elsevier Publishing House (since 2013)
• Editorial Board of "the Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering" - a SCI Journal of the English Version of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (since 2009)
• Editorial Board of "Journal of Holography and Speckle" – a peer reviewed Journal from American Scientific Publishers (from 2003 to 2009)
• Advised over 15 PhD students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
• Advised over 20 Master Thesis
• Advising 6 PhD students and 6 Master Thesis  

Teaching

ME 4750/5750: Optical Measurement and Quality Inspection

ME 6750:  Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics

ME 3250:  Mechanics of Materials

ME 3700:  Materials Properties

Research

Development and application of advanced optical techniques for solving engineering problems. The research focuses on optical metrology, experimental strain/stress analysis, nondestructive testing and material evaluation, vibration measurement and analysis for design validation and optimization.

Selected Books and Book-Chapters Published

1. Book: Lian X. Yang and Xin Xie, “Digital Shearography: New Developments and Applications”, ISBN: 9781510601567, published in 2016 by SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA98227-0010, USA
2. Book: Wolfgang Steinchen and Lian X. Yang, “Digital Shearography: Theroy and Application of Digital Speckle Pattern Shearing Interferometry” ISBN 0-8194-4110-4, published in 2003 by SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA98227-0010, USA
3. Book Chapter: Lian X. Yang and Xinya Gao, “Chapter D4.5: Electronic speckle pattern interferometry-ESPI (30 pages)” in Handbook of Laser Technology & Application, to be published 2020 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
4. Book Chapter: Lian X. Yang and Junrui Li, “Chapter 5: Shearography (37 pages)” in Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation,” edited by N. Ida and N. Meyendorf, published by Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30050-4_3-1.
5. Book Chapter: Lian X. Yang, Thorsten Siebert, “ Chapter 22: Digital Speckle Interferometry in  Engineering (pp. 405 - 440)” in book of New Directions in Holography and Speckle edited by H. J. Caulfield and C. Vikram, published by American Scientific Publishers (ASP) in 2008, ISBN: 1-58883-101-9.