Education

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
    Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, May 2013
    Dissertation title: Maximizing algebraic connectivity in air transportation networks
    Advisor: Professor Dengfeng Sun

  • Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 2009

  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    B.S. in Information Science and Control Theory, July 2007

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, IEEE/CSAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference (GNCC), 2018

  • Best Paper Award, International Conference for Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 2018

  • Black and Veatch Faculty Fellow at Iowa State University College of Engineering, 2017

  • Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award, 2013

Academic Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Iowa State University, January 2015 - Onward

  • Research Assistant, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, January 2010 - May 2013

Industry Experience

  • Operations Research Consultant, American Airlines, June 2013 - December 2014, development of IOC flight operation automation, decision support and machine learning tools.

  • Research Intern, NASA Ames Research Center, May 2012 - August 2012, investigation of climate models and environmental impact of aviation.

  • Research Intern, Intelligent Automation Inc., May 2011 - August 2011, advanced analytics in a FAA NextGen project.

Professional Affiliations