Dr. Xianzhang Xu

Assistant Professor

Aerospace Engineering

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
M.S. Maritime Engineering Science, University of Southampton
B.Eng. Maritime Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology

Artificial Intellgence in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Machine Learning Aided Flow Field Reconstruction from Sparse and Noisy Measurements
Configurable Parametric Aeroservoelastic Reduced-order Models for Aerostructural Sensing and Control
Modeling and Control of Wing Maneuvers in Transverse Gust Encounters
Application of a Nonlienar Disturbance Observer (NDOB) to a Planar Manipulator
Quasi-steady Effective Angle of Attack and Its Application in Lift-equivalent Design
Nonlinear Control of Longitudinal Aircraft Dynamics with a Slung Payload

Publications

X. Xu, D. Skalitzky, and K. Mahesh,`Machine learning-aided estimation of minimum pressure from sparse velocity data in vortex flows', Physical Review Fluids, Vol. 11, 054604, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/3hbh-przx
X. Xu, A. Gementzopoulos, G. Sedky, A. R. Jones, and F. D. Lagor, `Design of Optimal Wing Maneuvers in a Transverse Gust Encounter through Iterated Simulation or Experiment', Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 37, pp. 465–484, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-023-00659-w
X. Xu, A. Gementzopoulos, G. Sedky, A. R. Jones, and F. D. Lagor, `Iterative Maneuver Optimization in a Transverse Gust Encounter', AIAA Journal, Vol. 61, pp. 2083–2099, 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J062404
X. Xu and F. D. Lagor, `Quasi-Steady Effective Angle of Attack and Its Use in Lift-Equivalent Motion Design', AIAA Journal, Vol. 59, pp. 2613–2626, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J059663

AE 361: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics