Principal Investigator

Dr. Di Wu

Dr. Di Wu

Assistant Professor, ERAU AE | Director, XDLab

Di Wu received his PhD from UC San Diego advised by Aaron Rosengren and worked as a Postdoc in MIT advised by Richard Linares. His research is positioned at the intersection of the rapidly proliferating field of space engineering, the continuous growth of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the solid foundations in computation, numerical methods, optimization, dynamics, and control, with the application in learning and autonomy in orbit environment and space systems.

XDLab aims at promoting deep integration of space engineering and artificial intelligence and pushing limit on space engineering methodology innovation for efficient and sustainable anthropogenic space development.

Graduate Students

Luca Sportelli

Luca Sportelli

PhD Candidate Student in Aerospace Engineering

AI in GNC architectures for autonomous spacecraft.

Rahi Paragbhai Shah

Rahi Paragbhai Shah

Masters in Aerospace Engineering

Space communication channels in the cislunar region.

Undergraduate Students

Shiloh Cuffe

Shiloh Cuffe

Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate

RL in trajectory generation and optimization.

Gabrielle Guirguis

Gabrielle Guirguis

Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate

Chaos and dynamics.

Rohith Vinnakota

Rohith Vinnakota

Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate

Perturbation effects in circumlunar environments.

Tyler Barr

Tyler Barr

Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate

RL for autonomy and AI in decision making.

Visiting Scholars

Sriram Elango

Sriram Elango

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

Generative AI method for interplanetary and halo-orbit transfer trajectories

Alumni

Ashley Beck

Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate, ERAU

Python toolbox for space sustainability