Founder/Ceo

Xiaoyu Wu
Ph.D.

Xiaoyu received an Undergraduate Degree in Engineering at the Civil Aviation Flight University of China. Whilst interning as an Air Traffic Controller, he decided to further his education in the United States, receiving a Master’s in Science at Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He was rewarded a Ph.D. in Aviation degree in 2018 at Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology.

Having industrial and research experiences in air traffic control, airspace operation, airport modeling, and safety management. Previously he interned at the Air Traffic Control Bureau of Eastern China. In 2012, he interned at the Florida NextGen Test Bed, a Federal Aviation Administration research facility. Participating in several NextGen research, such as flight data object exchange, and air traffic flow management.

As an academic, he continues research on cockpit culture forming as well as the machine learning application in pilot training. His newest research topic is about using weather radar data to monitor birds’ activities to tackle potential risks of bird-UAV conflicts.