Chuyang Yang

Title
Assistant Professor
Email
Department
School of Graduate Studies (SGS)
College
College of Aviation

Office Hours

M/W 10:00 AM -12:00PM & By appointment Office: COA 110 Phone: (386)-241-6164 Cell: (909)-327-7241

Areas of Expertise

Aviation Safety and Security

Airport Operation and Management

Artificial Intelligence (Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision)

Aviation Data Analytics

Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Chuyang Yang

Dr. Chuyang Yang is an assistant professor at the School of Graduate Studies. Dr. Yang holds a Ph.D. in Technology and an M.S. in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University. In 2020, he was one of the twelve recipients of the Graduate Research Award from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP).

Dr. Yang specializes in data-driven solutions to enhance aviation safety, accessibility, and sustainability, focusing on airports, traditional aircraft and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). His expertise lies in statistical methods, interdisciplinary mixed study design, artificial intelligence and natural language processing to improve national airspace system (NAS) safety and efficiency.

From 2022 to 2024, Dr. Yang was an assistant professor and program coordinator of the Aviation Management Technology Program at the Eastern Michigan University School of Technology and Professional Services Management. He co-founded the Center of Autonomous Machine Computing and Cybersecurity (CAMC2)) at EMU. Despite only two years as a tenure-track faculty member at Eastern Michigan University, Dr. Yang led the successful Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) accreditation of EMU Aviation Programs and has been recognized as Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty (the most prestigious award at Eastern Michigan University).

With over 20 publications in journals and conferences, Dr. Yang is widely recognized for his valuable contributions to interdisciplinary design methodologies, aviation data analysis and related subjects. 

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Technology, Purdue University-Main Campus
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Aviation and Aerospace Management: Aviation Technology, Purdue University-Main Campus
  • Ground Instructor - Federal Aviation Administration
  • Remote Pilot - Federal Aviation Administration
  • MSA 619: Airport Certif & Ops Safety
  • AS 323: CRM for UAS
  • DAV 901: Dissertation Research 1
  • MSA 625: Uncre Syst Interop & Control

Assistant Professor, School of Technology and Professional Services Management, Eastern Michigan University, 2022-2024

Program Coordinator, B.S. in Aviation Management Technology, Eastern Michigan University, 2023-2024

Certified Member (C.M.) American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Member University Aviation Association (UAA)

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Member American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)


Editorial Board Collegiate Aviation Review International


ACRP Project Panel on IOT Ecosystem as It Applies to the Airports

Review Panel Dutch Research Council

Review Panel Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Workforce Development Program

FUNDED PROJECTS

Research

University PI, ACRP 11-08 (25-01) ACRP Insight Event: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Airport Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, April 2025 - July 2026, $179,990; Institutional: $31,923.26.

Co-PI, Integrate & Analyze sUAS Survey, Registration and Airspace Data for Enhanced Risk Assessment & Forecasting, Federal Aviation Administration, Contract No. 692M15-18-D-00018, September 2024 - August 2026, $1,250,000. 

PI, Accelerating AI Adoption in Aviation Safety: A Benchmark Dataset for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detection Using Diffusion Models. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, July 2025 - June 2026, $24,000.

PI, An innovative Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) framework to Improve Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) Detection and Classification at U.S. Airports. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, January 2025 - June 2025, $20,000.

Training

University PI, FY24 FEMA First Responder UAS Training. Federal Emergency Management Agency from the United States Department of Homeland Security, Feb 2025-Sep 2027, $1,800,000; Institutional: $255,450.

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS 

  • 09/2024 University Aviation Association (UAA) 2024 Faculty Conference Scholarship 
  • 03/2024 Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Research I Award
  • 09/2023 Advisor to Third Place, 2023 University Aviation Association Student Research Poster Contest Graduate Category
  • 09/2023 Advisor to Third Place, 2023 University Aviation Association Student Research Poster Contest Undergraduate Category
  • 07/2021 ACRP University Design Competition – Honorable Mention
  • 03/2021 ACRP Next Step Award
  • 07/2020 ACRP University Design Competition – 1st place
  • 07/2020 ACRP GRA Research Award
  • 07/2019 ACRP University Design Competition – 2nd place
  • 04/2019 Purdue University Ross Fellowship
  • 04/2019 OpenSky Aircraft Localization Competition Category I – 3rd place
  • 10/2018 UAA Student Virtual Poster Contest – Honorable Mention
  • 07/2018 ACRP University Design Competition – 1st place