Peng WEI [CV]
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
Department of Computer Science (by courtesy)
School of Engineering and Applied Science
George Washington University
I am an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the George Washington University, with courtesy appointments at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Computer Science Department. By contributing to the intersection of control, optimization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, I develop autonomous systems and decision support tools for aviation, aeronautics and aerial robotics. My current focuses are (1) safety, efficiency, and scalability of aircraft autonomy, multi-agent autonomy and human-autonomy teaming; (2) aviation operations including air traffic management/control (ATM/C), airline operations, UAS traffic management (UTM), advanced air mobility (AAM) and aviation electrification; and (3) AI safety, security and certification for safety-critical systems. I am leading the Intelligent Aerospace Systems Lab (IASL). I am an AIAA Associate Fellow. I serve as an associate editor for AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems and Journal of Open Aviation Science. I received my Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University in 2013. Here is my latest CV.
Highlights
- Dec. 2024, Amin and I attended the first NIST Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) Plenary Meeting, where we shared our experience in AI safety from aviation applications.
- Oct. 2024, I gave a talk at the GovAI Summit 2024 in Arlington, VA.
- Aug. 2024, we welcomed four new PhD students Alex, Arsyi, Mahyar and Iman join our research team.
- June 2024, I was invited to give a talk to the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on our newly funded NASA ULI project.
- May 2024, Shulu started his research internship at Wisk in Mountain View, CA.
- Feb. 2024, we have been awarded the 3-year $6M NASA University Leadership Initiative (ULI) grant on AI safety and security for aircraft/airspace autonomy in urban air mobility operations. Our collaborators include Vanderbilt University, Purdue University, UT Austin, UC Irvine, Tennessee State University, Northern Virginia Community College, and Collins Aerospace.
- Aug. 2023 to Nov. 2023, I spent a wonderful semester of sabbatical visit at UC Berkeley. I also visited many collaborators on the west coast, including Airbus A^3, NASA Ames, Joby Aviation, Archer, Zipline, Xwing, Reliable Robotics, Supernal, NMSU, Stanford, University of Washington, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UCLA.
Contact
800 22nd St NW
SEH 3000
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: (202) 994-0895
Email: pwei@gwu.edu
