Dr. Ying Shang

Dean of the Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences

Phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 2102

Office: Zollner Engineering Building 111E

Bio

Dr. Ying Shang became dean of the Indiana Tech’s Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences in June 2021.

She came to Indiana Tech from the University of Evansville, where she has served as dean of its College of Engineering and Computer Science and professor since 2018. While dean at Evansville, she built strong industry and community partnerships, developed new academic programs, established numerous articulation agreements with international institutions, built alternative revenue models for the college through industry-sponsored research and projects, launched a technology transfer and commercialization engine, improved philanthropy and fundraising and worked to enhance diversity and inclusion at the university.

Prior to her work at Evansville, Dr. Shang spent 12 years at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ultimately rising to become its chair. As the department chair, she fostered faculty growth in teaching and research, secured ABET accreditation, spearheaded the launch of the university accelerator and improved industry partnerships. Dr. Shang also served as the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers Student Chapter at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 2007 to 2015 and initiated the first annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering event, which has grown to attract hundreds of middle school girls each year.

Dr. Shang earned her B.S. in Control Science from Shandong University in Jinan, China, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Shang’s research expertise includes discrete-event control systems and hybrid systems with applications in communication networks, transportation systems, and manufacturing systems. She is professional member of the American Society of Engineering Education, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers.

My Office Hours

M-F: 8:30am-5:00pm

Classes I Teach

ECE 3000 – Signals and Systems
ECE 3100 – Linear Controls

Educational Background

Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, Electrical Engineering
M.S. University of Notre Dame, Electrical Engineering
B.S. Shandong University, Control Science

Professional Experience

Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Evansville
Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Publications/Presentations

Laurent Hardouin, Bertrand Cottenceau, Ying Shang and Jörg Raisch, “Control and state estimation for max-plus linear systems”, Foundations and Trends® in Systems and Control, Vol. 6: No. 1, pp 1-116, 2018.
Laurent Hardouin, Ying Shang, Carlos Andrey Maia, Bertrand Cottenceau, “Observer-based controller for max-plus linear systems,” IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, Vol. 62, Issue 5, pp. 2153-2165, 2017.
Ying Shang, Laurent Hardouin, Mehdi Lhommeau, Carlos Andrey Maia, “An integrated control strategy in disturbance decoupling of max-plus linear systems with applications to a high throughput screening system,” Automatica, vol. 63, pp. 338-348, 2016.
Ying Shang, “Towards geometric control of max-plus linear systems with applications to queueing networks,” International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 44, Issue 1, pp.34-49, 2013.
Ying Shang, Michael K. Sain, “Fixed zeros in the model matching problem for systems over semirings,” Linear Algebra and its Applications, Vol. 434, Issue 1, pp. 18-43, 2011.
Ying Shang, “Robust invariance in uncertain discrete event systems with applications to transportation networks,” IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 145-164, 2010.
Ying Shang, Michael K. Sain, “Fixed poles in the model matching problem for systems over semirings,” Linear Algebra and its Applications, Vol. 430, Issue 8, pp. 2368-2388, 2009.