Dr. Yang joined C.W. Post in 2004 after graduating from the Tepper business school in Carnegie Mellon. He is interested in the modeling and analysis of supply chain management and revenue management using financial, economic and game-theoretical fundamentals, as well as providing useful, industrial strength decision support tools using operations research models and algorithms.

Before joining C.W. Post, Dr. Yang spent one year visiting the Weatherhead School of Management in Case Western Reserve University. He received Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, and Bachelor in Automation from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology in China.

~ Supply Chain Management
~ Revenue Management
~ Energy Risk Management
~ Vehicle Routing

1. Supply Chain Management (BA, MBA/Elective)
2. International Business Seminar (MBA/Elective), Paris, France
3. Operations Management(MBA/Core)
4. Business Statistics (MBA/Core)

1. With I. Karaesman, P. Keskinocak and S. Tayur, (8/2006), “Aircraft and Crew Scheduling for Fractional Ownership Programs”, forthcoming in “Annals of Operations Research”.

2. With B. Xiao (8/2006), "Revenue Management with Multiple Capacity Features", Submitted.

3. With V. Tilson and Y. Wang, (2/2006), “Channel Strategies for Durable Goods: Coexistence of Selling and Leasing to Individual and Corporate Consumers”, Submitted.

4. With I. Karaesman, P. Keskinocak and S. Tayur, (7/2005), “Scheduling Multiple Types of Time Shared Aircraft: Models and Methods for Practice”, Proceedings of The 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications, p19-38, Stern School of Business, New York University, USA.

5. With K. Sycara, (2002) “Risk Management in Storable Energy Markets”, Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi-agent Systems. Rome, Italy.

6. With S. Tayur, (2004), “Equilibrium Analysis of a Natural Gas Supply Chain”, Working Paper, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon.

7. With K. Sycara, (2003), “Decentralized Matching Schemes for the Navy Detailing Process”, CMU-RI-TR-03-51, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon.

8. With K. Sycara, (2003), “Two-Sided Matching for the Navy Detailing Process with Market Complication”, CMU-RI-TR-03-49, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon.

1. "Revenue Management with Multiple Capacity Features", INFORMS international, Hong Kong, June 2006.

2. “Scheduling Multiple Types of Time Shared Aircraft: Models and Methods for Practice”, Proceedings of The 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2005

3. "Supply Chain Management – Overview and Trends", invited corporate presentation by Purolator (www.purolator.com) at W Hotel, Time Square, NYC, Feb 2005

4. “Channel Strategies for Durable Goods: Coexistence of Selling and Leasing to Individual and Corporate Consumers”, INFORMS, Denver, 2004

5. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve Univ, May, Nov 2003

6. Graduate Business School, University of Chicago, Feb 2003

7. Wharton Business School, Feb 2003

8. Graduate Business School, University of Michigan, Jan 2003

9. Graduate Business School, University of Miami, Jan 2003

10. Johnson Business School, Cornell University, Summer 2002

1. Operations Consultant at Tepper, CMU
Key member in consulting / IT projects for Flight Options Inc. (www.flightoptions.com)
-- Developed a scheduling optimization package, FlightOptimizer, for the second largest fractional ownership business jet company which has been put into production successfully since Jan. 2002.

2. INFORMS Member

1. 2001-02 Best Student Teacher Award for Teaching in the Undergraduate Business Administration Program, voted by students and faculty members, presented by Department of Business Administration, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2002

2. Doctoral Fellowship, William Larimer Mellon Foundation, 1998-2001

3. GE China Scholarship, 1997