Dr. Yao Cheng

Dr. Yao Cheng

Assistant Professor, Department of Data and Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

Summary

Dr. Yao Cheng is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Data and Systems Engineering official website (previously named Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering), at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Her research aims to model and optimize the performance of complex systems by addressing their inherent failures and external hazards. To this end, she focuses on two interrelated areas: reliability engineering and resilience engineering, by developing innovative methodologies for reliability modelling, reliability testing, maintenance policy design, and resilience modelling and optimization.

Since joined HKU in 2018, Dr. Cheng has published a series of peer-reviewed papers in top and flagship journals in reliability engineering and industrial engineering, such as IISE Transactions, Technometrics, Naval Research Logistics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Transportation Science, and International Journal of Production Research. Dr. Cheng has been awarded several General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) grants from the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, and has also successfully implemented her research in the industry through contract-based research. Dr. Cheng is currently an Associated Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, and served as a guest editor for several academic journals. Dr. Cheng is also passionate about teaching. Her teaching innovations have led to an HKU Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and a Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (team award). She has successfully graduated several Ph.D. students, most of whom have gone on to faculty positions in academic institutions.

Research Interests

  • Reliability Modelling and Testing
  • Maintenance Policy Design
  • Resilience Modelling and Optimization

Experience

  • 2018.08-now, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
  • 2018.03-2018.06, Assistant Professor, Beihang University
  • 2018.01, Ph.D., Rutgers University