Academic Staff
Dr Haoyang YANG
Research Assistant Professor
- PQ508
- 3400 2467
- haoyang.yang@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
BEng (HIT), PhD (BUAA)
Short Description
Dr Haoyang Yang is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received the BEng degree in Measurement and Control Technique and Instruments from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2017 and PhD degree in Navigation Guidance and Control from Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, China in 2023 and exchanged to National University of Singapore for over 12 months during his PhD study. Before becoming a Research Assistant Professor, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in AAE and a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. He also gained industry and research experience through internships at DJI and the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Area of Specialisation
Safety-critical control; Intelligent and adaptive control; Guidance, navigation, and control applications in UAV and spacecraft
Selected Publications
- H. Yang, Q. Hu, X. Shao, and D. Li, “Time-Synchronized Estimator-Based ADP for Spacecraft Optimal Pose Tracking,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025
- H. Yang, H. Dong, and X. Zhao, “Integration of Prescribed Performance with Control Barrier Functions for Attitude Control and Allocation with Reaction Wheels,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 1775–1786, 2025.
- H. Yang, H. Dong, and X. Zhao, “Safety-Critical Control Allocation for Obstacles Avoidance of Quadrotor Aerial Photography,” IEEE Control Systems Letter, vol. 8, 2024.
- H. Yang, Q. Hu, H. Dong, X. Zhao, and D. Li, “Optimized Data-Driven Prescribed Performance Attitude Control for Actuator Saturated Spacecraft,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1616–1626, 2023.
- H. Yang, Q. Hu, H. Dong, and X. Zhao, “ADP-Based Spacecraft Attitude Control Under Actuator Misalignment and Pointing Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 9342–9352, 2022.
