Chuyang “Chris” Yang

A photo of Chuyang “Chris” Yang

Assistant Professor; Program Coordinator Aviation Management Technology

Technology and Professional Services Management

206G Roosevelt Hall

734.487.2476

[email protected]

Office Hours

By Appointment

Education

  • Ph.D., Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana, 2022
  • M.S., Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana, 2022

Professional Summary

  • Program Coordinator, Aviation Management Technology (2023 - present)
  • Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University (2022 – present)

Interests and Expertise

  • Data-driven Applications in Air Transportation
  • Airport Noise Modeling
  • Human Factors in Aviation

Courses Taught

  • AVMT 110: Aircraft Maintenance
  • AVT 320: Aviation Safety

Selected Publications

  • Jin, L., Mott, J., 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).
  • 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, 1-12.
  • Yang, C., Mott, J., & 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), 35-44.
  • 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, 2673(3), 44–50.

Selected Conference Proceedings

  • Yang, C., Marshall, Z. A., & Mott, J. H. (2021). A Novel Platform Design for Aircraft Noise Impact Assessment. In 2021 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), 1-6.
  • Yang, C., & Mott, J. H. (2021). Using Transponder Signals to Model Aircraft Performance at Non-Towered Airports. In 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), 1-8.
  • Yang, C., Marshall, Z. A., & Mott, J. H. (2020). A novel integration platform to reduce flight delays in the National Airspace System. In 2020 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), 1-6.
  • 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.

Selected Presentations

Yang, C., & Mott, J.H. (2023, September).  Leverage NextGen Technologies to Estimate Aircraft Noise at Non-Towered Airports: A Case Study at Purdue University. University Aviation Association, St. Petersburg, FL (Accepted).

Patents / Awards / Grants

  • Faculty Research Fellowship 2023-2024, “Applying Satellite-based Transponder Signals to Enhance Accessibility of U.S. National Airspace System.” Sponsor: Eastern Michigan University.
  • Summer Research/Creative Activity Award 2022-2023, “An Innovative Data-Driven Technology to Investigate Aircraft Noise Effects at the U.S. Airports.” Sponsor: Eastern Michigan University.
  • eFellows 2022-2023, “Immersive Simulation Technologies in EMU’s Aviation Program.” Sponsor: Eastern Michigan University.
  • James H. Brickley Endowment Award 2022-2023, “Leverage NextGen Technologies to Estimate Aircraft Operations near EMU Community.” Sponsor: Eastern Michigan University.
  • Research Support Award 2022-2023, “Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Air Transportation: Systematic Review of Research and Outlook into the Future.” Sponsor: Eastern Michigan University.
  • Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Award, $12,000, 2020-2021
  • First Place Winner, Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition, 2019-2020
  • Second Place Winner, Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition, 2018-2019
  • First Place Winner, Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition, 2017-2018

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • University Aviation Association
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • American Association of Airport Executives

Additional Information

SCHOLARLY SERVICES

02/2023 Invited Journal Reviewer: Collegiate Aviation Review International (CARi)

02/2023 Invited Grant Reviewer: Dutch Research Council

09/2022 Invited Journal Reviewer: Journal of Air Transportation