Tong Yang

Tong Yang (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in automation and the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, in 2017 and 2022, respectively. She is currently a Lecturer with the Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information Systems, Nankai University. Her research interests include the nonlinear control of pneumatic artificial muscle-actuated robots and underactuated systems, including rotary cranes, offshore cranes, and tower cranes. Dr. Yang was the recipient of the IEEE RCAR 2023 Best Paper in Control Award, among others. She is an Associate Editor (Editorial Board Member) for Measurement and Control and Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control.