Gaoyang achieved his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Beihang University in Beijing, and he completed his MSc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow in 2017. During his previous study, he gained experience related to the forming mechanics of engineering fabrics including glass and carbon fibre. He started his PhD in 2019 on the mechanical modelling of advanced composites. Gaoyang’s current interests involve the development of mapping algorithms to transfer information from one finite element mesh to another and the development of multi-variant interpolation algorithms to help predict the forming mechanics of engineering fabrics.