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 in Aerospace Engineering

AI in GNC architectures for autonomous spacecraft.

Rahi Paragbhai Shah

Rahi Paragbhai Shah

Master’s Student in Aerospace Engineering

Space communication channels in the cislunar region.

Kyah Adams

Kyah Adams

Master of Space Operations Student

Space sustainability, space debris tracking and mitigation, space economy, and space policy.

Undergraduate Students

Tyler Barr

Tyler Barr

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Spacecraft autonomy and decision-making, explainable AI, and space sustainability.

Shiloh Cuffe

Shiloh Cuffe

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Reinforcement learning in trajectory generation and optimization.

Avi Waghray

Avi Waghray

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Space constellation systems and orbital propagation.

Maxwell Lewis

Maxwell Lewis

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Space intelligence in rendezvous and proximity operations.

Nicolas Riveiro

Nicolas Riveiro

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Retrieving intelligence through mixture-of-experts methods in close-proximity operations environments.

Sharanya Begur

Sharanya Begur

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering

Autonomous agents and decision-making for spacecraft proximity operations.

Visiting Scholars

Sriram Elango

Sriram Elango

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

Generative AI methods for interplanetary and halo-orbit transfer trajectories.

Alumni

Ashley Beck

Aerospace Engineering Alumna

Gabrielle Guirguis

Aerospace Engineering Alumna

Rohith Vinnakota

Aerospace Engineering Alumnus

Azhari Abbas

Master of Aerospace Engineering Alumnus