{"id":414,"date":"2025-06-27T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:33:01","slug":"yang-wang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/yang-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Yang Wang<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>August 2025-Present<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>August 2022-July 2025<br><\/strong>Visiting Professor, University of Colorado Boulder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">ME, Nanyang Technological University, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">BE, Beihang University, Electronic and Information Engineering, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Satellite navigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">GNSS Reflectometry (GNSS-R)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">GNSS radio occultation (RO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">GNSS receiver design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Low Earth Orbit (LEO) SmallSat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Signal processing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Remote sensing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Space weather<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Ionosphere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Lower atmospheric measurement and retrieval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Earth surface observations: river, lake, ocean, sea ice, ice sheet, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institute of Navigation (ION), and American Geophysical Union (AGU)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Reviewer for <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE JSTARS, IEEE Access, IEEE Sensors Journal, Geophysical Research Letters, JGR &#8211; Machine Learning and Computation, Space Weather, NAVIGATION: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, GPS Solutions, Radio Science<\/em>, <em>Scientific Data<\/em>, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Workshop\/conference sessions co-chairing\/convening\/review committee: IEEE IGARSS 2025; AGU 2024; ION Pacific PNT 2024; IEEE IGARSS 2023; IEEE GNSS+R 2023; ION GNSS+ 2023; National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM) 2023, 2024; IEEE GNSS+R 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">NASA Heliophysics Early Career Investigator Award, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Bradford W. Parkinson Award, Institute of Navigation (ION), 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">NSF CEDAR Workshop Early Career Science Highlight, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Hydrology Section Remote Sensing Technical Committee Student Award, American Geophysical Union, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Lockheed Martin Corporation Endowed Graduate Fellowship, College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science, University of Colorado, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Session\u2019s Best Presentation Award, ION GNSS+, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang, J. T. Minear, and A. Putnam,&nbsp;\u201cPrecise Mapping of Relative Surface Elevation Using Spaceborne GNSS-R Phase Altimetry with Crossover Adjustment: A Case Study of Lake Ladoga,\u201d <em>Remote Sensing of Environment<\/em>, 2025. DOI: 10.1016\/j.rse.2025.114993.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">S. Anderson, Y. Wang, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cRelating GNSS Reflected Signal Coherence to Ice Shelf Surface Deformation and Roughness,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2025. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.2025.3538558.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang, Y. J. Morton, J. T. Minear, A. Putnam, A. Conrad, P. Axelrad, R. S. Nerem, A. Warnock, C. Ruf, D. M. Moreirae, and M. Talpe, \u201cMeasuring River Slope Using Spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry: Methodology and Performance Assessment,\u201d <em>Remote Sensing of Environment<\/em>, 2025. doi: 10.1016\/j.rse.2025.114597.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">P.-H. Cheng, Y. Wang, L. Liu, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cDetection of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Triggered by 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruptions through CubeSats Coherent GNSS-Reflectometry Measurement,\u201d <em>Journal of Geophysical Research \u2013 Space Physics<\/em>, 2024. doi: 10.1029\/2023JA032229.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang, \u201cTroposphere Sensing Using Grazing-Angle GNSS-R Measurement from LEO Satellites,\u201d <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, 2023. doi: 10.1029\/2023GL106249.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">E. Loria, I. M. Russo, Y. Wang, G. Giangregorio, C. Galdi, M. Di Bisceglie, B. Wilson-Downs, M. Lavalle, A. O\u2019Brien, Y. J. Morton, and C. Zuffada, \u201cComparison of GNSS-R Coherent Reflection Detection Algorithms Using Simulated and Measured CYGNSS Data,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2023. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.2023.3277411.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">J. Zhang, Y. J. Morton, Y. Wang, and C. Roesler, \u201cMapping Surface Water Extents Using High-rate Coherent Space-borne GNSS-R Measurements,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2022. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.2022.3218254.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">P. Wang, Y. Wang, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cAdaptive closed-Loop tracking algorithm and experimental results for multipath mitigation of LTE signals in urban environments,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109\/TAES.2021.3139569.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">L. Liu, Y. J. Morton, and Y. Wang, \u201cMapping arctic TEC using LEO satellite-based GNSS-reflection measurements: a simulation study,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.2021.3138692.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">C. J. Roesler, Y. J. Morton, Y. Wang, and R. S. Nerem, \u201cCoherent GNSS-reflection characterization over ocean and sea ice based on Spire Global CubeSat data,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109 \/TGRS.2021.3129999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang and Y. J. Morton, \u201cRiver slope observation from spaceborne GNSS-R carrier phase measurements: a case study,\u201d <em>IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109\/LGRS.2021.3127750.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">I. Collett, Y. Wang, R. Shah, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cPhase coherence of GPS signal land reflections and its dependence on surface characteristics,\u201d <em>IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109\/LGRS.2021.3094407.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang and Y. J. Morton, \u201cIonospheric total electron content and disturbances observations from coherent space borne GNSS-R measurements,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2021. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.2021.3093328.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang, B. Breitsch, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cA state-based method to simultaneously reduce cycle slips and noise in coherent GNSS-R phase measurements from open-Loop tracking,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2020. doi:10.1109\/TGRS.2020.3036031.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang and Y. J. Morton, \u201cCoherent GNSS reflection signal processing for high-precision and high-resolution spaceborne applications,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing<\/em>, 2020. doi: 10.1109\/TGRS.20 20.2993804.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Y. Wang, R. Yang, and Y. J. Morton, \u201cKalman filter-based robust closed-loop carrier tracking of airborne GNSS radio-occultation signals,\u201d <em>IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems<\/em>, 2020. doi: 10.1109\/TAES.2020.2972248.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">I. Collett, Y. J. Morton, Y. Wang, and B. Breitsch, \u201cCharacterization and mitigation of interference between GNSS radio occultation and reflectometry signals for low-altitude occultations,\u201d <em>NAVIGATION, Journal of the Institute of Navigation<\/em>, 2020. doi: 10.1002\/navi.375.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-390953e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3eb88a76 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Yang-Wang-400x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Yang Wang\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Yang-Wang-400x600-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Yang-Wang-400x600-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25c86d7f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-top-width:5px;margin-top:0;padding-top:2.26rem;padding-right:2.25rem;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:2.25rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ywang310@utk.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Email<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:yang.wang@utk.edu\">yang.wang@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yang Wang Assistant Professor Biography August 2025-PresentAssistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2022-July 2025Visiting Professor, University of Colorado Boulder Education Research Professional Service Awards and Recognitions Publications Contact Information ywang310@utk.edu Emailyang.wang@utk.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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