Contact Dr Miying Yang
- Email: Miying.Yang@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
I joined 探花精选 in August 2021 as Reader in Sustainability. Prior to this, I obtained my PhD degree at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, worked as Research Fellow in Sustainable Manufacturing at 探花精选 (2016), and at the University of Exeter as a Lecturer in Engineering Management (2017-2021) and subsequently Senior Lecturer (2021). I was a visiting scholar at Stanford University (2018). I have been the external examiner for Master programmes for Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (2022-2025) and Bath University (2019-2023), and PhD external examiner for the University of Cambridge (four times) and University De Technologie Troyes (2022).
Research opportunities
As an academic, I am passionate about my research in Sustainability Innovation. My work focuses on how to make manufacturing and supply chain more sustainable and circular through digitalisation and business model innovation. I have received research grants from EPSRC, ESRC, STFC, Royal Society and EU COST, and have published paper in leeading journals, including Nature Reviews Clean Technology. I have received three Most Cited/Downloaded Paper Awards and two Best Paper Awards at international conferences.
Currently, I am leading the Circular Economy Theme of 拢1.8m EPSRC Robotriage project and serve as Chair of Early-Career Researchers Committee for the EU COST MultiViewLCAS project.
I am looking for highly motivated PhD students to join our group in one or more of the following areas:
- Digital Innovation for Energy and Resource Efficiency
- Digital Technologies for Circular Economy
- Circular Business Model Innovation
- Industrial Decarbonisation through Efficiency
As a teacher, I like working with highly motivated students and love to see my students making progress. I initiated and led the Sustainable Manufacturing module at University of Exeter and am currently leading the Leading Sustainable Business module on MBA and EMBA programmes at 探花精选.
Current activities
As a trained engineer transitioning to a management school, I like to explore the synergies between engineering and management studies. I like working with industries and I am enthusiastic about developing new methods from my research to solve real problems faced in companies. I've developed a Sustainable Value Analysis Tool to help over 100 firms identify their sustainable value opportunities.