Dr. Hever Moncayo earned a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Universidad del Cauca (Colombia), an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad del Valle (Colombia), and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University. His research focuses on guidance, navigation, and control, with emphasis on intelligent and adaptive fault-tolerant flight control systems, nonlinear modeling, and AI-enabled autonomy for aerospace applications.
He has published extensively in aeronautics and space science, served as lecturer at undergraduate and graduate levels, and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). He is Associate Editor of Aerospace Science and Technology and The Aeronautical Journal, a member of the Editorial Board of the AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, serves on the AIAA Intelligent Systems Committee, and is the Deputy Technical Chair of AIAA SciTech Technical Session. His work has been supported by NASA, the FAA, and the Department of Defense.
His research interests include:
Adaptive flight control laws for manned and unmanned systems
Nonlinear modeling, simulation, and control of aerospace vehicles
Automated fault diagnosis and prognosis for safety-critical aerospace systems
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for aerospace autonomy
Swarm systems and collective behavior estimation
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
Member of Editorial Board of AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series
Deputy Technical Chair of AIAA SciTech Technical Session
AIAA Intelligent Systems Technical Committee
Associate Editor of the Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology
Associate Editor of The Aeronautical Journal
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visiting Researcher
2022-2023 Aerospace Engineering Research Award