Xiaoli Bai

Xiaoli Bai

Associate Professor

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Phone:848-445-4760
Email:xiaoli.bai@rutgers.edu
Office:ENG B-222
Office Hours: By appointment

Further Research Information:  http://x-bai.rutgers.edu/index.html

Education

  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2010
  • M.S., Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004
  • B.S., Automatic Control, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001

Research Interests

Modeling, control, and analysis of next generation air transportation system; Space situation awareness and next generation space catalog problems; Dynamics, control, and optimization for space systems and aerospace systems.

Selected Publications

  • • Xiaoli Bai, and P.K. Menon, “Optimal Terminal Area Flow Control using Eulerian Traffic Flow Model”, the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 38, No. 8 (2015), pp. 1495-1501, doi: 10.2514/1.G001129.
  • • Xiaoli Bai, and Lesley Weitz, “Evaluating the Impact of Estimated Time of Arrival Accuracy on Interval Management Performance”, accepted by the Invited Sessions of Guidance, Navigation, and Control at the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2016.
  • • Xiaoli Bai, Sai Vaddi, Daniel G Mulfinger, “Evaluation of Temporal Spacing Errors Associated with Interval Management Algorithms”, AIAA Aviation 2014, July. 16-20. 2014. Atlanta, GA, AIAA 2014-3154
  • • Xiaoli Bai and John L. Junkins, “Modified Chebyshev-Picard Iteration Methods for Orbit Propagation,” the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 59, No. 2, April–June 2012.
  • • Xiaoli Bai and John L. Junkins, “Modified Chebyshev-Picard Iteration Methods for Solution of Boundary Value Problems,” the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 59, No. 2, April–June 2012.
  • • Xiaoli Bai and John L. Junkins, “New Results for Time-Optimal Three-Axis Reorientation of a Rigid Spacecraft,” the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 32, No.4, Jul.– Aug. 2009, pp. 1071-1076