Dr. Jason Yao, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor
Office: Slay 203
Phone: 252-737-1029
E-mail: yaoj@ecu.edu
Teaching Interests
Dr. Yao values hands-on skills in engineering learning. He facilitates student learning through a project-driven pedagogic approach. Over the years, he has developed and taught more than ten courses and their previous versions. He enjoys teaching circuits, electronics, instrumentation, and controls.
Research Interests
Dr. Yao’s research interests fall in the areas of wireless/wearable medical sensors, sensor networks for home environments, telemedicine, and industrial process monitoring and control. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning, integration of research into undergraduate education, and development of electronic learning-tools for future engineering education.