Contact Dr Miying Yang
Background
I joined Cranfield University in August 2021 as Reader in Sustainability. Prior to this, I obtained my PhD degree at the Centre for Industrial Sustainability at the University of Cambridge, worked as Research Fellow in Sustainable Manufacturing at Cranfield University (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 (twice) and University De Technologie Troyes (2022).
Research opportunities
Fully funded PhD studentship:
1. Evaluating the impact of sustainability education (Deadline: 28 February 2023):
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/phd-scholarship-in-evaluating-the-impact-of-sustainability-education#Projectaim
2. Sustainability Performance Measurement and Management (Deadline: 28 April 2023):
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/phd-studentship-in-sustainability-performance-measurement-and-management
Current activities
As an academic, I am passionate about my research in digital sustainability. My work focuses on how to make manufacturing and supply chain more sustainable and circular through digitalisation and business model innovation. I have received five research awards from EPSRC, ESRC, STFC and Royal Society, and won two Best Paper Awards in international conferences.
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 Cranfield University.
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.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Qin W, Zhuang Z, Sun Y, Liu Y & Yang M. (2023). An available-to-promise stochastic model for order promising based on dynamic resource reservation policy. International Journal of Production Research, 61(16)
- Liu W, Liu X, Liu Y, Wang J, Evans S, .... (2023). Unpacking Additive Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities in Moving towards Sustainability: An Exploratory Study. Sustainability, 15(4)
- Liu H-C, Liu R, Gu X & Yang M. (2023). From total quality management to Quality 4.0: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 10(2)
- Liu Q & Yang M. (2023). Sustainable Value Co-creation in the Circular Economy through Digitalization. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1)
- Liu Y, Yang M & Guo Z. (2022). Reinforcement learning based optimal decision making towards product lifecycle sustainability. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 35(10-11)
- Liu Q, Trevisan AH, Yang M & Mascarenhas J. (2022). A framework of digital technologies for the circular economy: Digital functions and mechanisms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(5)
- Bleischwitz R, Yang M, Huang B, XU X, Zhou J, .... (2022). The circular economy in China: Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 183(August)
- Li H, Ma W, Wang H, Liu G, Wen X, .... (2022). A framework and method for Human-Robot cooperative safe control based on digital twin. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 53
- Yang M, Fu M & Zhang Z. (2021). The adoption of digital technologies in supply chains: Drivers, process and impact. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 169
- Liu Q, Yang L & Yang M. (2021). Digitalisation for Water Sustainability: Barriers to Implementing Circular Economy in Smart Water Management. Sustainability, 13(21)
- Wang N, Ren S, Liu Y, Yang M, Wang J, .... (2020). An active preventive maintenance approach of complex equipment based on a novel product-service system operation mode. Journal of Cleaner Production, 277
- Liu Y, Zhang Y, Ren S, Yang M, Wang Y, .... (2020). How can smart technologies contribute to sustainable product lifecycle management?. Journal of Cleaner Production, 249
- Liu H-C, Yang M, Zhou M & Tian G. (2019). An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach to Location Planning of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(1)
- Li H, Yang M & Evans S. (2019). Classifying different types of modularity for technical system. International Journal of Technology Management, 81(1-2)
- Yang M & Evans S. (2019). Product-service system business model archetypes and sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220(J. Clean. Prod. 141 2017)
- You J, Liu W & Yang M. (2019). An Improved FMEA for Supplier Risk Assessment. Tongji Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tongji University, 47(1)
- You J, Guo R & Yang M. (2019). Risk Analysis of Blended Fuel Engine Based on an Improved Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Method. Tongji Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tongji University, 47(5)
- Yang M, Smart P, Kumar M, Jolly M & Evans S. (2018). Product-service systems business models for circular supply chains. Production Planning & Control, 29(6)
- Zhang W, Shi Y, Yang M, Gu X, Tang R, .... (2017). Ecosystem evolution mechanism of manufacturing service system driven by service providers. International Journal of Production Research, 55(12)
- Yang M, Vladimirova D & Evans S. (2017). Creating and Capturing Value Through Sustainability. Research-Technology Management, 60(3)
- Evans S, Vladimirova D, Holgado M, Van Fossen K, Yang M, .... (2017). Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models. Business Strategy and the Environment, 26(5)
- Yang M, Evans S, Vladimirova D & Rana P. (2017). Value uncaptured perspective for sustainable business model innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 140
- Yang M, Vladimirova D, Rana P & Evans S. (2014). Sustainable value analysis tool for value creation. Asian J. of Management Science and Applications, 1(4)
- Yang MY, Xu FY, Gu XJ, Zhang YW, Dai F, .... (2011). Enterprise knowledge network based on cognitive navigation mode. Zhejiang Daxue Xuebao (Gongxue Ban)/Journal of Zhejiang University (Engineering Science), 45(7)
- Li H, Liu G, Wang H, Wen X, Xie G, .... Mechanical movement data acquisition method based on the multilayer neural networks and machine vision in a digital twin environment. Digital Twin, 1
Conference Papers
- Yang M, Luis M, Hermawan D, Herlina L, Nayak R, .... (2022). Designing a Research Tool for Sustainable Aquaculture Project
- Lobo A, Trevisan AH, Liu Q, Yang M & Mascarenhas J. (2022). Barriers to Transitioning Towards Smart Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review
- Trevisan AH, Zacharias IS, Liu Q, Yang M & Mascarenhas J. (2021). CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH STREAMS
- Li H, Ji Y, Li Q, Yang M & Evens S. (2018). A methodology for module portfolio planning within the service solution layer of a product–service system
- Despeisse M, Yang M, Evans S, Ford S & Minshall T. (2017). Sustainable Value Roadmapping Framework for Additive Manufacturing
- Ruan X, Ochieng E, Zuofa T & Yang M. (2016). An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction
- Holgado M, Evans S, Vladimirova D & Yang M. (2015). An Internal Perspective of Business Model Innovation in Manufacturing Companies
Books
- Kuang X, Yang M & Evans S. (2021). Re-envisioning sustainability: circular economy and flourishing as promising paths In Gupta K & Salonitis K (eds), Sustainable Manufacturing. Elsevier.
- Kuang X, Yang M & Evans S. (2021). Re-envisioning sustainability: Circular economy and flourishing as promising paths In Sustainable Manufacturing.
- Yang M, Rana P & Evans S. (2018). Engineering for Sustainable Value In Value Creation through Engineering Excellence. Springer International Publishing.
- Evans S, Fernando L & Yang M. (2017). Sustainable Value Creation—From Concept Towards Implementation In Sustainable Manufacturing. Springer International Publishing.