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)

Aviation Data Analytics

Uncrewed Aerial Systems

Chuyang Yang

Dr. Chuyang Yang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Graduate Studies of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach. 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
  • AS 323: CRM for UAS
  • MSA 625: Uncre Syst Interop & Control

Referred journal articles

Yang, C., & Mott, J. H. (2024). An Experimental and Analytical Approach to Evaluate an Innovative Aircraft Noise Monitoring Technology. Aerospace, 11(3), 199.


Li, Z.; Yang, C.; Huang, C. (2023). A Comparative Sentiment Analysis of Airline Customer Reviews Using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) and Its Variants. Mathematics, 12(1).


Jin, L., Yang, C., Berezovski, M., Lo, Ed. C., & Yu, D. (2024). Using XGBoost in Aviation Accident Analysis: A Review of Taxiway Takeoff Cases from 1982-2020. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research (Revision Submitted).


Ha, S., Yother, T., & Yang, C. (2023) Bayesian Network Training Method to Produce a Condition-Based Maintenance Strategy in Aviation Maintenance Programs. Collegiate Aviation Review International, 42(2).


Yang, C., & Huang, C. (2023). Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Aviation Safety: Systematic Review of Research and Outlook into the Future. Aerospace, 10(7), 600.


Jin, L., Mott, J. H., Yang, C., & Lu, C. (2022). A panel study of outsourced maintenance impact on major U.S. passenger airlines’ profitability (1995-2019). Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.15394/jaaer.2022.1917


Yang, C., & Mott, J. H. (2022). Developing A Cost-Effective Assessment Method for Noise Impacts at Non-towered Airports: A Case Study at Purdue University. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221097705.


Yang, C., Mott, J. H., & Bullock, D. M. (2021). Leveraging Aircraft Transponder Signals for Measuring Aircraft Fleet Mix at Non-Towered Airports. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 8(2), 1.


Mott, J. H., Yang, C., & Bullock, D. M. (2020). Atmospheric pressure calibration to improve accuracy of transponder-based aircraft operations counting technology. Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering, 9(2), 35.


Yang, C., Mott, J. H., Hardin, B., Zehr, S., & Bullock, D. M. (2019). Technology Assessment to Improve Operations Counts at Non-Towered Airports. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2673(3), 44-50.


Peer-reviewed proceedings

Shueb, M., Yang, C., & Che, X. (2024). NextGen Cybersecurity at U.S. Airports. Proceedings of 2024 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) Charlottesville, VA, USA, 2024, pp. 232-237, doi: 10.1109/SIEDS61124.2024.10534684.


Yang, C., Marshall, Z. A., & Mott, J. H. (2021). A Novel Platform Design for Aircraft Noise Impact Assessment. Proceedings of 2021 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.


Yang, C., & Mott, J. H. (2021). Using Transponder Signals to Model Aircraft Performance at Non-Towered Airports. Proceedings of 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.


Yang, C., & Mott, J. H. (2020). HFACS Analysis of U.S. General Aviation Accidents Using Bayesian Network. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 64(1), 1655–1659.


Yang, C., Marshall, Z. A., & Mott, J. H. (2020). A novel integration platform to reduce flight delays in the national airspace system. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium. Charlottesville, VA: IEEE.


Pan, W., Yang, C., Tian, L., Zuo, Q., Li, X., & Zuo, J. (2017). Optimization of China Civil UAV Regulations. DEStech Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering.


Pan, W., Pan, Y., Yang, C., Zuo, Q., Luo, J. & Zhang, Q., (2017). Research on Air Traffic Center Control Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Cloud Model. Proceedings of 2016 4th International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Information Technology Applications (pp. 989-993). Atlantis Press.

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


  • 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