{"id":15027,"date":"2026-01-12T15:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/?page_id=15027"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:56:57","slug":"fan-yang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/fan-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Yang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"border-radius:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:75px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-lightgrey-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-4897f5cc wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fan-Yang-966x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15028 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fan-Yang-966x1024.png 966w, https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fan-Yang-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fan-Yang-768x814.png 768w, https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fan-Yang.png 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bbb8340375f497933e070217beeb62d4\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase\">Fan Yang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-header-footer-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac67703324b4f4ecf925f459e02f3d47\">Research Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-748d1069 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-top-width:6px;border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-right-width:3px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-bottom-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-left-width:3px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);flex-basis:25%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01bcb74ee5e0c838bcfbb56b1326f1e6\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase\">Email<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f8457dc188d154fad69b3099748c942\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:fyang38@utk.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fyang38@utk.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1acee7238774ab86961aa92424ab7fa6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/yang2051\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"linkedin.com\/in\/yang2051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-header-footer-color has-lightgrey-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-56469fca86f351249b51109234de73c2 has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25f74705 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary);border-top-width:10px;border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary);border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary);border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--tertiary);border-left-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">\n<p><strong>Fan Yang<\/strong> is a Research Assistant Professor with the University of Tennessee\u2013Oak Ridge Innovation Institute\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing for Affordable Building Construction Convergent Research Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His research focuses on applying advanced computational methods to improve construction standardization and automation. He focuses particularly on leveraging artificial intelligence for automated building code compliance checking and enhanced integration of construction information. His interests also include AI-driven prediction of material and structural performance to support lifecycle-oriented decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yang has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and technical patents in the fields of construction automation, intelligent construction technologies, and construction materials. He also serves as a reviewer for journals and conferences, including Automation in Construction, the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce), the Construction Research Congress, and the CIB World Building Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Ph.D., Construction Management Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>M.Eng., Architectural and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhejiang University, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>B.Eng., Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhejiang University, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f53d0f2000e7e509d3e7c91eff2b425b\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15027","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15029,"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15027\/revisions\/15029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utorii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}