Biography
Dr. Xiaoou Yang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Georgia in 2024 and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in 2019. Her research area is in advanced manufacturing and system design, with a focus on human-AI interaction in manufacturing settings to advance cyber-physical-social systems. She is also interested in developing computational model-based approaches to optimize collaborative team construction for workforce development. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and in ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education).
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, 2024
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2019
Courses Taught
MECH 114: Machine Design I
MECH 194: Advanced Design I
Recent Publications
Carroll, C., Yang, X., Cheng, C., Morkos, B., 2024, Exploring Latent System Description and Requirement Similarities Using Transformer Based Contextual Embeddings, Proceedings of the ASME 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Yang, X., Floyd, A., Smith, L., Morkos, B., 2023, Analysis of Engineering Students’ Perception towards Hands-on Tasks-Preparation for Collaborative Workplace in the Era of Industry 4.0, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference
Vrampas, G., Kado, C., Yang, X., Kames, E., Morkos, B., 2023, Collecting Product Design Data: Examining the Applicability of Utilizing Gaze Data to Obtain Customer Feedback on Product Designs, Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Yang, X., Lim, A., Nicolaides, A., Morkos, B., 2022, Towards the Understanding of Nudging Strategies in Cyber-Physical-Social System in Manufacturing Environments, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Shah, D., Yang, X., Morkos, B., 2020, Can Empathy Be Taught? The Results of an Assignment Targeted at Improving Empathy in Engineering Design, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
