Peng Wei

Associate Professor

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Contact:

Email: Peng Wei

web.seas.gwu.edu/pwei

SEH 3600 | Office Hours: By appointment

By contributing to the intersection of control, optimization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, Dr. Wei develops autonomy and human-in-the-loop decision making systems for aeronautics, aviation and aerial robotics. His current focus is on safety, efficiency, and scalability for decision making in uncertain and dynamic environments. Recent applications include: air traffic control/management, airline operations, UAS traffic management, eVTOL urban air mobility, and autonomous drone racing. Dr. Wei leads the Intelligent Aerospace Systems Lab (IASL).

Education

B.S., Tsinghua University, 2007
M.S., Stony Brook University, 2009
Ph.D., Purdue University, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Control
Optimization
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence

Publications

P. Pradeep and P. Wei, “Energy Efficient Arrival with RTA Constraint for Multirotor eVTOL in Urban Air Mobility”, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, vol. 16, no. 7, July 2019
X. Yang and P. Wei, “Scalable Multi-Agent Computational Guidance with Separation Assurance for Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Operations”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 43, no. 8, Aug. 2020
M. Brittain, X. Yang, and P. Wei, “A Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach to Autonomous Separation Assurance”, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Aug. 2021
G. Zhu, P. Wei, R. Hoffman, and B. Hackney, “Saturation Technique for Optimizing Planned Acceptance Rates in Traffic Management Initiatives”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Maui, Hawaii, Nov. 2018
S. A. M. Shihab and P. Wei, “A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Seat Inventory Control for Airline Revenue Management”, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Mar. 2021
X. Zheng and P. Wei, “Air Transportation Direct Share Time Series Forecasting: A Hybrid Model”, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, vol. 17, no. 12, Dec. 2020
J. Bertram and P. Wei, “An Efficient Algorithm for Multiple-Pursuer-Multiple-Evader Pursuit/Evasion Game”, AIAA SciTech, Virtual Conference, Jan. 2021

Distinctions

NSF CAREER Award, 2021
GW-SEAS Engineers' Council Professor of the Year Award, 2021
Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Symposium on Air Traffic Management for Civil Aviation, 2020
Honoree, Stony Brook University 40 Under Forty, 2019
Keynote Speaker, SITRAER XVIII - Brazil Air Transportation Symposium, 2019
Best Paper Award, IEEE/CSAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference (GNCC), 2018
Best Paper Award, International Conference for Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), 2018
Black and Veatch Faculty Fellow at Iowa State University College of Engineering, 2017
Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, 2013