Yang Wang

• Lead R&D projects in topic “Wear/life-time prediction” for relevant Freudenberg products and applications • Scout R&D competences in China for technologies such as battery, H2 fuel-cell, and sealing • Technology scout, market and opportunity analysis in technology-foresight projects, e.g. CCUS • Modelling of wear mechanisms via physics- and AI-based approach • Support material development of new high-performance thermoplastics • Train in-house technicians, supervise students

• Lead EU and international R&D projects with European and Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) consortiums • Model & develop precision molding (PGM) process for scale-up & mass production of ultra-precision freeform and wafer-level glass optics • Modelling of friction between hot glass and molding tools in PGM under extreme operating conditions • Modeling (multi-phase simulation, wear (erosion) simulation) of water-jet polishing process for ultra-precision glass optics • Supervise bachelor/master students

• Crash simulation and design optimization of structure parts for enhancement of passive safety of passenger cars

• Assist technical communication and translation between German and Chinese engineering teams for technology-transfer of body-in-white manufacturing for high-speed railway trains (ICE) for China

• In Subject Area: "Fine Machining and Optics" • Ph.D. Topic: “Multiscale Modeling of Friction and Adhesion Behavior between Glass and Steel Mold Contact Interface in Precision Glass Molding Process”

• with emphasis on “manufacturing technology”, “machine tools”, “automatic control”, “production management”, “quality management”, “industrial logistics”

• with emphasis on “operation research”, “ergonomics / human factor”, “manufacturing, production and distribution”, “process optimization”, “supply chain management”, “logistics”, “quality control”, “enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) and material-requirement-planning (MRP)”