X. Jessie Yang, PhD Associate Professor Industrial & Operations Engineering School of Information (courtesy appointment) [email protected]

I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. I also hold a courtesy appointment at the School of Information and an affiliated position at the Robotics Institute. Prior to joining U-M, I was a postdoc at the Interactive Robotics Group of MIT and the SUTD-MIT International Design Center. I obtained my Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Human Factors) from Nanyang Technological University, working with Taezoon Park and Christopher D. Wickens. My research interests include human-autonomy/robot interaction, human factors in high-risk industries, and user experience design.

Awards and Honors

• IOE Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar, 2022
• NSF CAREER Award, 2021
• NATO Innovation Challenge (2nd prize), 2020
• Vincent Bendix (Best Article) Award, 2020
• Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award, 2020
• ZF TRW Automotive Endowed Research Award, 2019
• Late-Breaking Report Award (3rd Prize), HRI 2018
• SUTD-MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014 – 2016
• Best Poster Award (Silver), Singapore Health Congress, 2013
• Nanyang Graduate Research Scholarship, 2006 – 2008
• GLC-SM Undergraduate Scholarship, 2002 – 2006