Research Interests
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Flight dynamics and system identification
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Disturbance observer based control
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Model predictive control and its applications in aerospace engineering
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Bayesian estimation (Particle filters) and sensor fusion
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UAV operations and applications
Research Interests
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Flight dynamics and system identification
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Disturbance observer based control
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Model predictive control and its applications in aerospace engineering
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Bayesian estimation (Particle filters) and sensor fusion
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UAV operations and applications

I am a Reader in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering (AAE) at Loughborough University. I received my PhD in autonomous aerial vehicles from the same department in 2011. After completing PhD, I worked at Triumph Actuation & Motion Control Systems-UK Ltd briefly as a control engineer and then returned to the Autonomous System Laboratory at Loughborough University as a Research Associate. I was appointed as a Lecturer in Unmanned Vehicles, or Flight Dynamics and Control in October 2013 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018 and Reader in 2020. Prior to joining Loughborough University, I obtained my MSc in Guidance, Navigation and Control (in 2008) and BEng in Control Engineering (in 2005) both from Beihang University (BUAA), China.
Qualifications and awards
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Fellow of Higher Education Academy (2016)
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Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2016)
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Certificate of Practical Flight Assessment for Rotorcraft UAVs under 20kg by UAVAir (2016)
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IMechE Charles Sharpe Beecher Prize (2013)
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ICAC 2008 best student paper (2008)
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Hainan Airlines scholarship (2005)