Contact Dr Miying Yang
- Email: Miying.Yang@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
I joined Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 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 Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é (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 £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 Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é.
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.