About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, advised by Dr. Inseok Hwang.
I develop control and estimation methods that help autonomous systems operate safely under cyberattacks, uncertainty, and limited energy resources.
CV updated August 2026
Research at a glance
Resilient autonomyCooperation under cyberattacks 
Safety-critical controlAnticipating and avoiding risk 
Energy-aware systemsCoordination with battery constraints View the full research map
Experience & recognition
- Research recognition
Recipient of Purdue University's Magoon Award for Research Excellence (2026).
- Industry experience
Controls research at Cummins and servo-control development at Pangolin Laser Systems.
- NASA-supported research
Cyberattack resilience and risk assessment for urban air mobility through the NASA Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy (S2A2) University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project.
Recent news
Our paper Energy-Aware Consensus Control for Multi-Agent Systems with Guaranteed Battery Safety via H-Infinity LMI Design was accepted for publication in IEEE Control Systems Letters!
Our paper Koopman-Based State-of-Charge Observer Design for Lithium-Ion Batteries: An LMI-Based Framework was accepted for publication in ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control! I look forward to presenting my work in the 2026 Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC 2026).
Summer internship: Control Systems Servo R&D Intern at Pangolin Laser Systems, focusing on motion planning and precision control for optical scanning systems.
I received the Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Research Excellence from the Purdue University College of Engineering in recognition of my Ph.D. graduate research!
Earlier news
Our paper LMI-Driven Reachability Analysis for Fuzzy Model-Based Nonlinear Systems Subject to Norm-Bounded Input Perturbations was accepted for publication in IEEE Control Systems Letters!
Our two papers, C-Rate Constrained Path Planning for Battery Pack Health Management in Long-Term eVTOL Operations and LMI-Driven Tracking Control of Fuzzy Nonlinear Cyber-Physical Systems: Application to Quadrotor UAVs in Urban-Like Environment were presented at 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum!
I became a Ph.D. Candidate at Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics! My thesis title is "Toward Secure, Safe, and Resilient Multi Agent Cyber-Physical Systems: A Control-Theoretical Approach".
Our paper Resilient Tracking Control For Leader-Follower Multi-Agent Systems Against Sinusoidal Sensor Attacks: An LMI-Based Framework was accepted for publication in IEEE Control Systems Letters!
Summer internship: Controls Research Engineer at Cummins Inc.
Our book chapter abstract Proactive Risk Assessment of Multi-Vehicle Transportation Systems via Reachability Analysis against Stealthy Attacks has been accepted for Advances in Transportation Cybersecurity and Resilience by World Scientific Publishing!
I received the First place poster award at the 2024 NASA ImaginAviation Annual Conference. The title of my presentation is "Reactive and Proactive Cyberattack Defense Strategy for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Applications".
I will give a talk on cybersecurity for UAM systems at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT). This work is part of the NASA Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy (S2A2) project.