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
- Feb. 2025, I was invited as a panelist of "Science of AI Safety and Security" at the AI, Science, and Society Conference hosted by the École Polytechnique. This conference is a key part of the Paris AI Action Summit.
- Feb. 2025, I was invited to give a talk on "AI Safety in Aviation and Avionics Applications" at the inaugural International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI) conference, hosted by the OECD La Muette Headquarters, Paris, France.
- 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.
- June 2024, I was invited to give a talk at the Capitol Hill to the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on our newly funded NASA ULI project.
- 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
