Yang Wang is joining the Ann and H. J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) as a visiting faculty member, with a unique, three-year appointment created jointly with Smead Aerospace, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS), and Physics departments as well as the National Solar Observatory (NSO).
His faculty position is part of a cooperative agreement with CU Boulder and NSO. Smead Aerospace is serving as his home department, where he will teach one graduate-level course each academic year. He will also develop course materials and teach a class through the CU/NSO COLLAGE program, which offers remote courses for graduate students at CU Boulder and a variety of universities.
Yang has been a research associate at the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) since he obtained his PhD in aerospace engineering sciences from CU Boulder in 2021.
During his PhD study, he received the Outstanding Graduate Student in Research award and the Lockheed Martin Corporation Endowed Graduate Fellowship. Yang obtained his ME in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2016, and his BE in Electronic and Information Engineering from Beihang University in Beijing, China in 2013.
His research interests include developing GNSS receiver carrier tracking algorithms, using spaceborne GNSS measurements for the Earth’s atmosphere and surface sensing, and ionosphere and space weather monitoring and forecasting.
He enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, and skiing.