Lu Cao Editor

Dr. Lu Cao is an associate research fellow. He is one of the world leading scholars in the field of nonlinear filtering/state estimation for spacecraft control systems. He is a productive researcher by publishing 50+ SCI journal papers, and has been authorized with 7 invention patents. Dr. Cao has been the pioneer to establish advanced filtering algorithms in practice such as satellites and other. He designed the attitude determination and control system of Tian-Tuo (TT) series micro/nano satellites (totally 8 satellites), and has rich theoretical research and engineering application experience. As recognition for his significant contributions, he is a review expert in aerospace major journals such as Acta Astronautica, Advances in Space Research, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Aerospace China. Moreover, he has won many major awards, which include: the Excellent Master’s Thesis, the Excellent Doctorate Thesis, and has been selected in“Yong Talent Lift Project”. Prof. Xiaoqian Chen is one of the world leading scholars in the field of spacecraft design. Prof. Chen took in charge of developing Tian-Tuo (TT) series micro/nano satellites (totally 8 satellites). Under his leadership, his team accomplished Tian-Yuan 1 on-orbit refueling satellite flight test, which is the second time in the world after the United States. He established advanced overall design theory of flight vehicles featuring multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO). He has been elected as an academician in International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), a member in International Astronautical Federation (IAF), a member in the robotics committee of Chinese Society of Astronautics, and an editorial board member in some major journals. He has won many major awards, which include: the “‘Qiu Shi’ Outstanding Youth Prize for Practical Engineering”, “Science & Technology Award for Chinese Youth”, “Science & Technology Award for Chinese Youth by Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA)”. Bing Xiao is an Associate Professor in the School of Automation, at Northwestern Polytechnical University, in China. His work focuses on spacecraft fault tolerant systems design. He has been elected as a senior member of the Chinese Youth Automation Committee, a platform for leading automation researchers in China. He has published over 70 papers.