Dr. Xiaoli Bai is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Dr. Bai obtained her PhD degree of Aerospace Engineering in 2010 from Texas A&M University. One consequence of her dissertation is a set of methods which significantly enhances and accelerates the fundamental processes underlying the creation and maintenance of space debris catalogs. Her current research interests include astrodynamics and Space Situational Awareness with a focus on the unstable and inactive space debris that are out of control and have uncertain origins; spacecraft guidance, control, and space robotics; and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle navigation and control.
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Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
M.S. Navigation, Guidance, and Control
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
B.E. Automatic Control
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Supported by NASA Early Career Faculty (ECF) Award.
We have received a new award from AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research). The project focuses on two fundamental questions: …
Supported by Air Force Fiscal Year 2016 Young Investigator Research Program.
Supported by Office of Naval Research.
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Professor Bai was featured by Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).
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Professor Bai has been awarded as a fellow in 2021 Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program at AFRL-Space Vehicles. About: The U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through 8- to 12-week research residencies at participating Air Force research facilities for full-time science, mathematics, and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities. For more information: https://afsffp.sysplus.com/ Awardees 2021: https://afsffp.
Professor Bai has been elected to the grade of Associate Fellow for the Class of 2021 in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
AIAA Associate Fellows are individuals of distinction who have made notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.
See the AIAA news: https://www.aiaa.org/news/news/2020/09/28/aiaa-announces-class-of-2021-associate-fellows
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We have received a new award from AFOSR. The project focuses on two fundamental questions: How can we quantify the performance uncertainty of the learning-integrated orbit predictions? How can we fuse the newly developed machine learning (ML) approach with the classical orbit prediction? Success of this project will create performance-guaranteed learning strategies, and enhance our SSA capabilities with safer, more robust, and higher accuracy orbit predictions. We appreciate the AFOSR for the continuous support!
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The group’s current research interests include autonomous, intelligent, and informative observation planning for satellite constellations; space science with a focus on thermospheric density predictions based on solar eruptions; astrodynamics and Space Situational Awareness with a focus on the unstable and inactive space debris that are out of control and have uncertain origins; spacecraft guidance, control, and space robotics; and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle navigation and control.
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