Publications
Data Collection and Mathematical Modeling for Flight Energy Consumption and Battery Performance
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).
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).
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).
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).
- Calderon Ochoa, S., Gorospe, G. E., & Sun, L. (2026). Parameter and Variable Estimation for Validating Drone Energy Consumption Models. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. Manuscript under revision.
Energy-Aware Planning and Control for AAM Operations
Publications:
Aranda Rocha, S., & Sun, L. (2026). Generalized 3D Energy-Aware Path Planning Under Dynamic Turbulent Wind Conditions. In AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum (p. 4636).
Aranda Rocha, S., Negash, N., & Sun, L. (2026). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Aware Path Planning of Multicopters in 3D Dynamic Environments. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 1589).
S. A. Rocha, N. M. Negash and L. Sun, "Energy-Efficient Path Planning for Multicopters in Dynamic Wind Conditions Through Deep Reinforcement Learning," 2025 AIAA DATC/IEEE 44th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2025, pp. 1-10,
- Aranda Rocha, S., & Sun, L. (2025). Energy-Efficient Control for Multicopters in the Presence of Wind for Advanced Air Mobility. In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum (p. 2281). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-2281
- Aranda Rocha, S., Negash, N., & Sun, L. (2026). A Unified Physics-Informed Framework for Energy-Aware Multicopter Path Planning Under Wind Disturbances. Manuscript ready for submission.
Flight Demand Modeling and Trip Request Generation
Kamal Acharya, Katherine Vasiloff, Zhenbo Wang, Houbing Song and Liang Sun. "Urban Air Mobility Flight Demand Modeling for Airports in New York City," AIAA 2026-1475. AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. January 2026.
Natnael M. Negash and Liang Sun. "Synergistic Skies: Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization for eVTOL Dispatching and Charging in Advanced Air Mobility," AIAA 2026-2366. AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. January 2026.
Kamal Acharya, Mehul Lad, Houbing Song, and Liang Sun. "Regional Air Mobility Flight Demand Modeling in Tennessee State," AIAA 2025-2783. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. January 2025.
Safe and Efficient AAM Operation
Nathan Lindsay, Md Arifin Arif, Liang Sun, and Fengyu Wang. "Emission and Energy Aware Operation of Electric Aircraft for Advanced Air Mobility," AIAA 2024-3940. AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024. July 2024.
AAM Portal Siting
Katherine N. Vasiloff, Zhenbo Wang, and Liang Sun. "Energy-Aware Portal Siting for Regional Air Mobility: A Case Study on the New England Region," AIAA 2024-3853. AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024. July 2024.
AAM Infrastructure Readiness Assessment
Hannah E. Wilhelms, Liang Sun, J. Brian Jordan, Paul G. Allison, Timothy W. Rushing and Abby R. Cisko. "Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure With Expeditionary Landing Surfaces for eVTOL Aircraft," AIAA 2026-2272. AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. January 2026.