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Yang Chaoxiang
Associate Professor
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Email:yangchaoxiang@qq.com
Office address:Chenyuan 115
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Ph.D. in Engineering, Associate Professor, and Master’s Supervisor in the Design Science, Industrial Design Engineering, and Design

Nationally sponsored visiting scholar at Loughborough University and the Royal College of Art in the UK.


Selected Design Awards

[1] Coffee 100% – Red Dot Design Award, Germany, 2017

[2] DroneRay – Red Dot Design Award, Germany, 2017

[3] Holter-In – iF Design Award, Germany, 2017

[4] Purifier Computer – IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards), USA, 2016

[5] Excellent Advisor Award, “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Shanghai Regional, 2019

[6] Excellent Advisor Award, The Challenge Cup” Shanghai Undergraduate Academic Science and Technology Competition, 2019

 

Selected Patents

[1] Pediatric Medication Delivery Device and Method, CN201710310809.8, granted in 2023

[2] Portable Child Potty and Its Usage Method, CN201510985408.3, granted in 2019

[3] Modular Barbecue Grill and Its Usage Method, CN201510985403.0, granted in 2019

Granted patents include 56 items in total.

 

Selected Student Competitions Supervised

[1] China “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, National Bronze Award, 2019

[2] “The Challenge Cup” Shanghai College Student Academic Science and Technology Competition, Gold Award, 2019

[3] IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards), USA, Silver Award, 2022

[4] Spark Design Awards, USA, Gold Award, 2021

[5] Milan Design Week – National Finals of Excellent Student Works from Chinese Universities, First Prize, 2023

A total of 103 student projects has won awards at the provincial level or above under my supervision.

 


Research Direction

Product design method, Computer aided design, User centered design, Kansei engineering

Research paper

Main Publications

[1] Expert decision support system for biologically inspired product design integrating emotional preferences and image generation[J]. Advanced Engineering informatics, 2025, 66: 103431. (JCR Q1, IF=9.9)

[2] Aesthetic evaluation method for interactive interface layouts on the basis of visual cognitive multi-attribute fusion decision making[J]. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2025, 105: 103673. (JCR Q2, IF=2.5)

[3] A Kansei-inspired product design approach for the Liao Dynasty Pagoda: bridging cultural heritage and physiological signals[J]. Journal of Engineering Design, 2025, 1-30. (JCR Q1, IF=2.5)

[4] A product form generative green design method based on consumer aesthetic preference[J]. Research in Engineering Design, 2025, 36(2): 1-22. (JCR Q2, IF=2.3)

[5] Effects of Task Type and Task Duration on Visual Fatigue on Smartphones at Different Ages[J]. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 2025, 35(3): e70009. (JCR Q2, IF=2.2)

[6] Applying TRIZ and Kansei Engineering to the eco-innovative product design towards waste recycling with latent Dirichlet allocation topic model analysis[J]. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence2024, 133(107962): 1-19. (JCR Q1, IF=8) 

[7] Form generative approach for front face design of electric vehicle under female aesthetic preferences[J]. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024, 62(102571): 1-16. (JCR Q1, IF=9.9) 

[8] A Product Form Design Method Integrating Kansei Engineering and Diffusion Model[J]. Advanced Engineering Informatics2023, 57(102058): 1-14. (JCR Q1IF=9.9)

[9] Applying Latent Dirichlet Allocation and Support Vector Regression to the Aesthetic Design of Medical Nursing Beds[J]. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering2023, 23(051014-1):1-12. (JCR Q3, IF=3.1)

[10] A user-centered development model for innovation design in automated nursing beds[J]. Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing2023, 17(5): 1-21. (JCR Q4, IF=0.8)


Literature


Research Project
[1] Innovative Design Theory and Method of Intelligent Nursing Beds under the COVID-19

[2] Exploration of Generative AI-Integrated Product Design Methods

[3] Cultural and Creative Product Design Driven by User Value

[4] Product Design and Technology Development of Outdoor Equipment (Collaborative)

[5] Form Development and Design of Desktop Workstation Enclosure