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Mechanical Engineering

Yang Shi

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Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Contact:
Office: Engineering Office Wing, Room 519 250-853-3178
ORCID:
Credentials:
PhD (University of Alberta)
Area(s) of expertise:
Model predictive control, robust control and filtering, networked and distributed control, cyber-physical systems; mechatronics, robotics, autonomous aerial vehicles, autonomous marine vehicles

About Yang

Yang Shi joined the 樱花影视 in 2009. He is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His current research interests include networked and distributed systems, model predictive control (MPC), cyber-physical systems (CPS), robotics and mechatronics, navigation and control of autonomous systems (AUV and UAV) and energy system applications.

On teaching and mentorship, Dr. Shi received the University of Saskatchewan Student Union Teaching Excellence Award in 2007, the UVic Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award in 2012 and the 2023 REACH Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision and Mentorship.

On research, he is the recipient of the JSPS Invitation Fellowship (short-term) in 2013, the UVic Craigdarroch Silver Medal for Excellence in Research in 2015, the 2017 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award, the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2018, the CSME Mechatronics Medal (2023), the IEEE Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award (2023) and the 2024 IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineer Award.

He was VP on conference activities of IEEE IES and the chair of IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. Currently, he is IFAC council member and editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He also serves as associate editor for Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Annual Review in Controls, etc.

He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), IEEE, ASME, CSME and a registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia, Canada.

Publications

 See for a list of publications.

Office hours

 Monday afternoons between 4 and 5 p.m.