Dr. Yang’s research involves using modeling methods to create innovative and effective solutions to engineering environmental and safety problems. Much of his work focuses on the development of quantitative and qualitative approaches for environmental, risk, and safety management for oil and gas operations.
Dr. Yang aims to establish a collaborative research program in process environmental and safety engineering for oil and gas operations. The challenges of environmental, safety and integrity management of oil and gas operations arise from technological, economic, and environmental constraints. It requires a focused multidisciplinary approach to identify, understand, assess and evaluate challenges, and to develop appropriate safe and economical solutions. The proposed research program will contribute towards the advancements of knowledge, technology, and training in multidisciplinary areas such as process safety, occupational safety and environmental management of operations in any subsections of oil and gas or other energy industries.
Dr. Yang joined the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University in March 2017. After graduation from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Yang worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Centre for Risk, Integrity, and Safety Engineering led by Prof. Faisal Khan (Canada Research Chair, Tier 1 in Process Safety Engineering). Since 2012, Dr. Yang has been course instructors of varieties of undergraduate and graduate courses related to safety and risk engineering and environmental management, which includes Safety and Risk Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Methods in Engineering, Sustainable Engineering in Process Industries, Pollution Prevention, Industrial Pollution Control, etc. As a subject team leader, Dr. Yang has participated in the projects, which include:
- Environmental management for offshore oil and gas (OOG) operations (Project title: Development of A Novel Integrated Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations, funded by NSERC through STPGP program 2006-2008);
- Risk-based winterization of vessels operating in Arctic environments (Project title: Risk-based Winterization Guidelines for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in Arctic Environments, funded by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), 2011-2012);
- Dynamic risk and safety management for process operations (Project title: Development of Dynamic Operational Risk Management Tool for Processing System, funded by NSERC through CRD program);
- Oil spill accident modeling in Arctic environments (Project title: Scenario-based Risk Management for Arctic Shipping and Operations, funded by Lloyd’s Register, 2013-2017);
- Marine transportation risk assessment for Arctic shipping (funded by Lloyd’s Register, 2016)
- Risk management of Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurred Radioactive Material (TENORM) wastes in oil and gas operations.
- Risk-based inspection and maintenance of offshore facilities in a harsh cold environment (funded by NU Social Policy Grant 2017-2018)
Dr. Yang is a frequently invited reviewer of some well-known journals related to Safety and Risk Engineering, which include:
- Risk Analysis (SRE)
- Reliability Engineering and System Safety
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection
- Safety Science
- Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries and etc.
Dr. Yang is a Section Editor of Springer’s Journal of Safety in Extreme Environment.
Dr. Yang teaches courses covering a wide range of topics in the field of environmental, safety, and sustainability engineering. The courses are Safety and Risk Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Occupational Safety, Environmental Risk Assessment, Probabilistic Methods, Sustainable Engineering in Process Industries, Industrial Pollution Control, Pollution Prevention, Process Control and Dynamics. and Etc.
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Safety and Risk Engineering Group (SREG) (http://www.sreg18.com) is being established based at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences. SREG currently has 16 members including 5 master and 6 undergraduate students of NU, 4 external academic advisors, and Dr. Yang himself. The group is expanding and welcoming new members who are interested in any topic related to safety and risk engineering.
An integrated framework for subsea pipelines safety analysis considering causation dependencies Xinhong Li, Ming Yang, Guoming Chen,
2019 In : Ocean Engineering. 183 , p 175-186
Probabilistic assessment of integrated safety and security related abnormal events: a case of chemical plants Guozheng Song, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2019 In : Safety Science. 113 , p 115-125
Quantitative Resilience Assessment for Process Units Operating in Arctic Environments Altyngul Zinetullina, Ming Yang, Boris Golman,
2019 In : .
Review of risk-based design for ice-class ships P. Kujala, F. Goerlandt, B. Way, D. Smith, M. Yang, F. Khan, B. Veitch,
2019 In : Marine Structures. 63 , p 181-195
Risk assessment of process systems by mapping fault tree into artificial neural network Makhambet Sarbayev, Ming Yang, Haiqing Wang,
2019 In : Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 60 , p 203-212
An Integrated Approach for Dynamic Economic Risk Assessment of Process Systems Sunday Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
An Operational Risk Analysis Tool to Analyze Marine Transportation in Arctic Waters Bushra Khan, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 129 , p 485-502
A numerical fire simulation approach for effectiveness analysis of fire safety measures in floating liquefied natural gas facilities Ruochen Yang, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang, Depeng Kong, Changhang Xu,
2018 In : Ocean Engineering. 157 , p 219-233
Dynamic modeling of TENORM exposure risk during drilling and production Khalid Alnabhani, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 8 , p 1 , p 175-188
Failure analysis of the offshore process component considering causation dependence Samir Deyab, Mohammed Taleb-berrouane, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
Incorporation of inherently safer design principles in process safety assurance: Association with risk assessment and use of risk-based approach Ming Yang,
2018 In : . 2018
Integrated risk management of hazardous processing facilities Guozheng Song, Faisal I. Khan, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Process Safety Progress.
Kick control reliability analysis of managed pressure drilling operation Idris Sule, Faisal Khan, Stephen Butt, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 52 , p 7-20
Major process accidents: Their characteristics, assessment, and management of the associated risks Ming Yang,
2018 In : Process Safety Progress. 37 , p 2 , p 268-275
Security assessment of process facilities – Intrusion modeling Guozheng Song, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2018 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 117 , p 639-650
A probabilistic ecological risk model for Arctic marine oil spills Mawuli Afenyo, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 5 , p 2 , p 1494-1503
Aquatic ecotoxicological models and their applicability in Arctic regions Faisal Fahd, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Arctic shipping accident scenario analysis using Bayesian Network approach Mawuli Afenyo, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Ocean Engineering. 133 , p 224-230
A risk-based tool to evaluate oil spill prevention and mitigative measures in arctic marine environments Mawuli Afenyo, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2017 In : . , p 275-285
Dynamic failure analysis of process systems using neural networks Sunday A. Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 111 , p 529-543
Dynamic failure analysis of process systems using principal component analysis and Bayesian network S.A. Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Product Research and Development. 56 , p 2094-2106
Dynamic modeling of TENORM exposure risk using SMART approach Khalid Al Nabhani, Faisal I. Khan, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 3 , p 1-14
Dynamic risk analysis of process systems using neutral networks S.A. Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 111 , p 529-542
Management of TENORMs produced during oil and gas operation Khalid ALNabhani, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2017 In : Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 47 , p 161-168
An exploratory review of weathering and transport modeling of accidental releases in arctic waters M. Afenyo, F. Khan, B. Veitch, M. Yang,
2016 In : .
Application of loss functions in process economic risk assessment Faisal Khan, Hangzhou Wang, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 111 , p 371-386
Dynamic fugacity model for accidental oil release during Arctic shipping Mawuli Afenyo, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 111 , p 1-2 , p 347-353
Dynamic safety analysis of process systems using nonlinear and non-sequential accident model Sunday A. Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 111 , p 169-183
Modeling oil weathering and transport in sea ice Mawuli Afenyo, Faisal Khan, Brian Veitch, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 107 , p 1 , p 206-215
Predictive abnormal events analysis using continuous Bayesian network G.Z. Song, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering .
Process accident model considering dependency among contributory factors Sunday A. Adedigba, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 102 , p 633-647
Risk-based Winterization on a North Atlantic-based ferry design Ming Yang, Faisal Khan, Dan Oldford, Leonard Lye, Heri Sulistiyono,
2016 In : Journal of Ship Production and Design. 32 , p 2 , p 99-109
Risk-based winterization to prevent hydrate formation in northern harsh environment Dinesh Herath, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Ocean Engineering. 119 , p 208-216
Scenario-based risk assessment of TENORM waste disposal options in oil and gas industry Khalid ALNabhani, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 40 , p 55-66
Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in oil and gas production Khalid Al Nabhani, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 99 , p 237-247
The importance of public participation in legislation of TENORM risk management in the oil and gas industry Khalid ALNabhani, Faisal Khan, Ming Yang,
2016 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 102 , p 606-614
A risk-based approach to developing design temperatures for vessels operating in low temperature environments Heri Sulistiyono, Faisal Khan, Leonard Lye, Ming Yang,
2015 In : Ocean Engineering. 108 , p 813-819
Estimating design temperatures in Arctic environments Heri Sulistiyono, Leonard M. Lye, Faisal I. Khan, Ming Yang, Dan Oldford, John Dolny,
2015 In : .
Multimedia fate modeling of oil spills in ice-infested waters Ming Yang, Faisal Khan, Vikram Garaniya, Shuhong Chai,
2015 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 93 , p 206-217
Operational risk assessment Ming Yang, Faisal Khan, Paul Amyotte,
2015 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 97 , p 70-79
Risk assessment of rare events Ming Yang, Faisal Khan, Leonard Lye, Paul Amyotte,
2015 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 98 , p 102-108
Safety challenges in harsh environments Faisal Khan, Salim Ahmed, Ming Yang, Seyed Javad Hashemi, Susan Caines, Samith Rathnayaka, Dan Oldford,
2015 In : Process Safety Progress. 34 , p 2 , p 191-195
Integrity challenges in harsh environments Faisal Khan, Salim Ahmed, Seyed Javad Hashemi, Ming Yang, Susan Caines, Dan Oldford,
2014 In : Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series. , p 159
Transportation risk analysis framework for Arctic waters Faisal Khan, Ming Yang, Brian Veitch, Soren Ehlers, Shuhong Chai,
2014 In : . 10
A rough set-based game theoretical approach for environmental decision-making Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan, Rehan Sadiq, Paul Amyotte,
2013 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 91 , p 3 , p 172-182
Precursor-based hierarchical Bayesian approach for rare event frequency estimation Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan, Leonard Lye,
2013 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 91 , p 5 , p 333-342
Risk-based winterization for vessels operations in arctic environments Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan, Leonard Lye, Heri Sulistiyono, John Dolny, Dan Oldford,
2013 In : Journal of Ship Production and Design. 29 , p 4 , p 199-210
Safety challenges in harsh environments Faisal Khan, Salim Ahmed, Ming Yang, S. Javad Hashemi, Susan Caines, Dan Oldford,
2013 In : . , p 450-459
Pollution prevention in offshore oil and gas operations Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan,
2012 In : . 2 , p 1240-1253
A rough set-based quality function deployment (QFD) approach for environmental performance evaluation Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan, Rehan Sadiq, Paul Amyotte,
2011 In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 19 , p 13 , p 1513-1526
Prioritization of environmental issues in offshore oil and gas operations Ming Yang, Faisal I. Khan, Rehan Sadiq,
2011 In : Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 89 , p 1 , p 22-34
