Prof. Dr. Dong Yang is a second-level professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in aircraft propulsion engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a master’s degree in aerospace engineering, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include digital/intelligent oil and gas fields; development of unconventional oil and gas intelligent equipment; downhole permanent optical fiber technology; optical fiber sensing and optoelectronic remote transmission technology; pipeline integrity and flow monitoring; stress corrosion mechanism, fatigue and experimental research of metal pipes; optical fiber carbon dioxide displacement monitoring; optical fiber microseismic monitoring technology; high temperature, high pressure, and high corrosion downhole instruments; downhole multi-parameter monitoring and real-time intervention technology; and the industrial application of the above technologies and related products. He has presided over and participated in nearly 20 scientific research projects of various types, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. oil and gas industry, and the U.S. paper industry. He has more than 50 patents, including 11 international invention patents and more than 40 domestic patents. He has published more than 30 academic papers in English and 3 monographs.