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Wei hsiang Yang is an Associate Professor at Waseda University's Environmental Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering. He has been with Waseda University since 2015, initially in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and since 2023 in the Environmental Research Institute. Dr. Yang holds a Doctor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering, both from Waseda University.
Dr. Yang's research focuses on sustainable transportation technologies, with particular expertise in:
- Electric vehicles (buses, trucks, and other heavy-duty vehicles)
- Fuel cell vehicles and hybrid systems
- Environmental performance evaluation of alternative fuel vehicles
- Energy management and optimization for electric transportation
- Battery technology and thermal management systems
His recent work has centered on optimizing speed patterns for electric buses to improve energy efficiency, developing prediction models for electric bus energy consumption, and studying fuel cell hybrid train systems. Dr. Yang's research demonstrates a strong emphasis on practical applications and real-world validation through extensive field testing, including long-term operation tests of electric buses on public roads in Nagano prefecture as part of a project organized by the Japan Ministry of the Environment from 2011 to 2014.
Dr. Yang has received multiple awards for his research, including:
- Best Paper Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Kanto Branch (2023)
- Best Paper Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Kanto Branch (2017)
- Best Presentation Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Kanto Branch (2014)
- Best Paper Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Kanto Branch (2014)
He has been actively involved in teaching graduate courses related to environment and energy engineering at Waseda University's Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering and Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering. His research has been supported by projects such as "Performance Superior Domain Clarification of Various Electric drive Buses" funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.