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About Jason Yao

Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2004. Dr. Yao joined Campbell University as Professor of Engineering in Fall 2019. Prior to Campbell, he has been a founding faculty of the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His research interests include novel medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, and control systems. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Institute of Health, and other funding agencies including North Carolina Department of Transportation. Dr. Yao is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), where he has held multiple leadership roles on the IEEE-Education Activities Board since 2014, including Chair for the Continuing Education Committee and Chair of Educational Product Editorial Committee. 

Positions

Present Professor of Electrical Engineering, Campbell University ‐ School of Engineering
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Disciplines

Grants

2017 Collaborative Research: A Device for Objective Edema Examination and Assessment
East Carolina University Interdisciplinary Research Award
Role: Principal Investigator
$26,242
2016 ECU-SIM (Simulation, Imaging, and Modeling)
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
Role: Senior Personnel
Colleague(s): Stephanie George
$10,000
2016 Flipping the Classroom for an Advanced Controls Course with Lecture Video Modules
East Carolina University Teaching Grant
$10,000
2015 Collaborative Research: EDEMA-HF (Examination and Depth of Edema and Monitoring Assessment in Heart Failure)
East Carolina University Interdisciplinary Research Award
Role: Co-Investigator
Colleague(s): Stephanie George
$21,772
2015 ECU-SIM (Simulation, Imaging, and Modeling)
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
Role: Senior Personnel
Colleague(s): Stephanie George
$300,000
2013 Development of a Suite of Project Modules Related to Real World in an Instrumentation and Controls Course
East Carolina University Teaching Grant
$10,000
2012 Evaluation of a New Portable Teaching Tool: myPlant
Quanser LLC
Role: Principal Investigator
$1,200
2011 Heal the Hearing: from Combat to Re-Entry
Department of Defense
Role: P.I. for pilot project
$89,989
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Faculty Advisor, IEEE-HKN Honor Society, East Carolina University
2012 - Present Electrical Engineering Concentration Coordinator, East Carolina University
2018 Chair, EPEC Educational Products and Editorial Committee of IEEE-EAB
2017 - 2018 Member, Appellate Committee, East Carolina University
2017 - 2018 Member and Provost's Representative (2017-2018), Teaching Grants Committee, East Carolina University
2017 Chair, Continuing Education Committee, IEEE-EAB
2017 Board member, Educational Activities Board, IEEE
2016 - 2017 Board member and EAB liaison, IEEE Publications and Services Board
2015 - 2017 Chair, Department Personnel Committee, East Carolina University
2015 - 2016 Faculty Senator, East Carolina University
2015 - 2016 Chair, Products and Services Committee, IEEE-EAB
2014 - 2015 Founding Faculty Advisor, IEEE ECU Student Branch
2013 - 2014 Member, Products and Services Committee, IEEE-EAB
2012 - 2013 Faculty Representative, College of Engineering and Technology Leadership Council, East Carolina University
2010 - 2013 Member, Committee on Intellectual Property, East Carolina University
2008 - 2009 Member, College of Technology and Computer Science International Committee , ECU
2007 - 2009 Member and Secretary (2009), Teaching Grants Committee, East Carolina University
Member, Biomedical Engineering Concentration Committee, East Carolina University
Member, Department of Engineering Assessment Committee, East Carolina University
Member, Engineering Core Committee, East Carolina University
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Honors and Awards

  • Inducted to the IEEE-HKN, June 2016
  • NC-IDEA Grant Competition Finalist, May 2016. Webhearing, Inc. Cofounder, May 2016
  • ENC Entrepreneurship Summit Competition, First place. Webhearing, Inc., Cofounder, 2014
  • Best Paper Award, Annual ASEE Conf., Vancouver, BC, Canada “Temperature Alarm Laboratory Design Project for a Circuit Analysis Course in a General Engineering Curriculum,” (coauthor Limberis, L.), 2011
  • ECU Scholar Teacher Award, 2011
  • The Oppenheimer Award: 64th ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division’s Mid-Year Conference, (coauthors: William Howard, Rick Williams), 2009
  • Treasured Pirate Award 2009 for Display of Creativity and Initiative, East Carolina University
  • International Travel Award to present papers at Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, ECU International Affairs Office, 2008.
  • Best Paper Nominee, Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies, ASEE 2008, (coauthor: Loren Limberis), 2008
  • Elevated to IEEE Senior Member in 2007
  • New Faculty Research Award. East Carolina University, 2006
  • Graduate Travel Award, Kansas NSF EPSCoR, 2004
  • Graduate Travel Award, Kansas State University Graduate Student Council, 2003

Education

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2004 Ph.D., Kansas State University ‐ Electrical Engineering
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1995 M.S., Shaanxi University of Science and Technology ‐ Electrical Engineering
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1992 B.S., Shaanxi University of Science and Technology ‐ Electrical Engineering
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Publications (18)

Conference Papers (43)