Contact Dr Yan Xu

Areas of expertise

  • Aeronautical Systems
  • Aviation Management & Operations
  • Computing, Simulation & Modelling

Background

Dr. Yan Xu is a Lecturer in ATM/CNS, with the Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems in the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing. Before taking the academic role, he conducted his postdoc research with the Centre for Aeronautics in the same school as a Research Fellow in UTM. Prior to joining Cranfield University, he received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Science and Technology from the Technical University of Catalonia, and received his M.Sc. and B.Eng. in Traffic Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He performed a visiting study in early 2017 at the Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile. His main research interests include air traffic management, UAS traffic management and Urban Air Mobility.

Research opportunities

Self-motivated PhD candidate with strong operations research, algorithm/software development and aviation background are encouraged to apply. Experience with air/unmanned traffic management are highly valued.

Current activities

He is currently leading the ATM Laboratory based in the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC), supervising 4 Postdoc Research Fellows, 5 PhD students and 3 Visiting PhD students.

Course Director of MSc in Advanced Air Mobility Systems.

Ongoing research projects:

Cranfield PI of project ISOBAR (artificial Intelligence to forecaSt meteO-Based DCB imbAlances for netwoRk operations planning), 2020-2022, funded by SESAR JU, under the EU H2020 programme, ID: 891965.

Cranfield PI of EPSRC DTP programme in partnership with Boeing Research & Technology Europe: Contingency Management of the Advanced Air Mobility System of Systems: UAS/UAM, Integrated ATM/UTM and Infrastructures.

Cranfield Co-I of project AMU-LED (Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstrations), 2021-2022, funded by SESAR JU, under the EU H2020 programme, ID: 101017702.

Cranfield Co-I of project AMEC (Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium), 2022-2024, funded by UKRI under the Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 programme, ID: 10023201.

Cranfield Co-I of project HADO (High intensity Autonomous Drone Operations), 2022-2024, funded by UKRI under the Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 programme, ID: 10024815.

Cranfield Co-I of project Blueprint, 2022-2024, funded by UKRI under the Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 programme, ID: 10025964.

He was also involved in the GAUSS (Galileo-EGNOS as an Asset for UTM Safety and Security) project.

Clients

SESAR
EUROCONTROL
EPSRC
GSA
CRIDA
NATS
Everis
Boeing
ANRA

Publications

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