Yang, Weifang, BEng, MSc PhD Student, GeoSTARS Lab Department of Geography & Environmental Management Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Phone: E-mail: w38yang@uwaterloo.ca

  Research Interests
   • Check and Verification of Surveying Instruments
   • Spatial Data Processing Techniques
  Education
   • September 2011-present: PhD student in Geomatics, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada
   • September 1993-June 1996, MSc. in Optoelectronic  Engineering, Wuhan University, China
   • September 1987- June 1991: B. Eng. in Optical Instruments, Wuhan University, China
    Work Experience
   • July 1996- August 2011, Lecturer/Associate professor/professor, Surveying Department, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China
   • July 1991-August 1996, Teaching Assistant, Surveying Department, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China
       Publications
  • Yang W., Han H., Yan H., 2010, Professional English in Geomatics, Beijing：Science Press.
  • Yang W., 2009, On Automatic Computation of Minimum-Area Encasing Rectangles of Arbitrary Polygons，The 2nd International
    Conference on Image and Signal Processing, Tianjin,China.
  • Yang W., 2009, Field procedures for testing electro-optical distance meters: an introduction of ISO 17123-4:2002. Standardization of
    Surveying and Mapping. 25(1):25-30. (in Chinese)
  • Yang W., 2009, Practice of bilingual teaching of course "Surveying Principles", Mine Surveying, 36(1):74-76. (in Chinese)
  • Yang W., Yang B., 2008, Principle and analysis of field Baseline Design for Electronic Distance Measuring Instruments. Journal of
    Geodesy and Geodynamics., 28(2):123-126. (in Chinese)
  • Yang W., 2008, Verification, testing and calibration of geodetic and surveying instruments. Metrology and Measurement Technique.
    35(2):5-6+8 . (in Chinese)
  • Yang W., 2008, On necessity of laboratory accreditation for verification laboratory of geodetic and surveying instruments. Laboratory
    Science. 45(1):185-186. (in Chinese)
  • Yang W., Yang B. Fu H.. 2007, On Weighted Additive Constant and Multiplication Constant in Verification of Electro-optical Distance
    Measurement. Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics.,27(2):125-127
    Awards and Scholarships
  • Science & Technology Progress Award in Surveying & Mapping (Provincial), the Society of Surveying and Mapping, Gansu
    Province, China, 2009.
  • Excellent Paper Award (Provincial), the Society of Surveying and Mapping, Gansu Province, China, 2009.
  • Teaching Excellence Award (Institutional), Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2008.
  • Teaching Excellence Award (Institutional), Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2005.
  • First Prize in Teaching Competition (Provincial), the Ministry of Education, Gansu Province, China, 2004.
  • Teaching Excellence Award (Institutional), Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2002.
  • First Prize in Teaching Competition (Institutional), Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2001.
  • Youth Opportunity Program (Institutional), Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2000-2001.


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