Sergio Calderón Ochoa

Sergio is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He holds Bachelor's degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University. His research focuses on energy consumption model validation for Advanced Air Mobility, and data-driven parameter estimation techniques. His current work focuses on developing a Gaussian Process–Extended Kalman Filter (GP-EKF) framework for parameter estimation.

Publications:

• Calderon Ochoa, S., Negash, N. M., & Sun, L. (2026). Parameter Estimation for Flight Energy Consumption Models using Kalman Filtering. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 1994).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-1994
• Long, C., Calderon Ochoa, S., & Sun, L. (2026). Analytical and Numerical Analysis of UAV Energy Consumption Models for Advanced Air Mobility. In AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (p. 4496).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-4496
• Calderon Ochoa, S., Negash, N. M., Sun, L., & Gorospe, G. (2025). Flight Energy Consumption Modeling and Analysis for Advanced Air Mobility. In AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025 (p. 3310).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3310
• Calderon Ochoa, S., Gorospe, G. E., & Sun, L. (2024). Identifying thrust and aerodynamic drag forces in energy consumption models for advanced air mobility. In AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024 (p. 4007).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4007