Yang Yang
Senior Lecturer in Space Engineering,
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney
I am a Senior Lecturer in Space Engineering at UNSW Sydney. My research advances astrodynamics, space navigation, orbit determination, and space situational awareness to support safer, more sustainable space operations.
I develop estimation and tracking methods for space systems, lead collaborations in space domain awareness, and educate the next generation of space engineers. I also lead the AUStronauts Vertically Integrated Project team developing a 3U CubeSat with an electrodynamic tether for space-weather applications.
Experience
| Title | Institution | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer | UNSW Sydney | Sydney, Australia | 2026–Present |
| Lecturer | UNSW Sydney | Sydney, Australia | 2022–2026 |
| Research Fellow | The University of Adelaide | Adelaide, Australia | 2022 |
| Assistant Professor | Sun Yat-sen University | Guangzhou, China | 2020–2021 |
| Postdoctoral Research | RMIT University | Melbourne, Australia | 2015–2019 |
| PhD Student | Northwestern Polytechnical University | Xi’an, China | 2010–2015 |
