Yawei (Johnson) Yang, PhD

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Yawei (Johnson) Yang, PhD

Biography

Johnson Yang joined George Brown in 2007 and he teaches mathematics, statistics and computer applications. Before that he was a faculty member at Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology from 1985 to 1996. After he finished his PhD at Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) at the end of 1999, he joined the faculty there.

Johnson has done research in bio-mathematics and intelligent control theory and has published many papers in both fields. He successfully stabilized the triple inverted pendulum system with a digital controller and subsequently developed his own model of the triple inverted pendulum. He holds a patent on the mechanical design of this new model and has manufactured it for use in many universities.

Academic Credentials

College Teacher Training Program for Internationally Trained Immigrants, George Brown College, 2007

Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, specializing in Navigation, Guidance and Control, Beihang University, 1999

Master of Science, Applied Mathematics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1990

Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, 1985

Areas of Specialization

Statistics for Analytics

Quantitative Methods

Business Statistics

Mathematics for Business and Management

Financial Mathematics

Mathematics Analysis for Marketers

Business Computer Applications

Areas of Expertise

Intelligent Control Theory

Dynamic System Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Career Highlights

2007-Present – Professor, George Brown College Centre for Business

2007-2009 – Part-time Professor at Centennial College

1999-2001 – Associate Professor, School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, and Vice Dean, Department of Automatic Control, Beihang University

1998-2001 – Director of Chinese Association for System Simulation

1985-1996 – Lecturer and Associate Professor, School of Mathematics, Physics and Biology

Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology

Other Activities

Volunteer tutor – JUMP math elementary school program

Awards

Excellent Dissertation for PhD, Ministry of Education of China, 1999

Excellent Teaching, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, 1994