Tong Wang
Research
My research interest is Air Traffic Management for the NextGen. Our Purdue group has been working on the specific field of Dynamic Airspace Configuration (DAC), which is proposed to dynamically partition the airspace field into sectors due to time varying air traffic information. The primary objective of DAC is to improve the air traffic efficiency and ensure the air traffic safety as the traffic load increases fast in the near future.
We have proposed a three-step algorithm to partition the airspace into sectors, which is described in the research page. Also, abundant analysis work using ETMS data has been done to further explore our algorithm.
So far, the algorithm only considers the traffic information as the primary factor to determine the airspace configuration. My research is also motivated by the weather information oriented airspace configuration methods.
Publications
T. Wang, J. Li, and I. Hwang, "A Sectorization Method for Dynamic Airspace Configuration," In the Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.
T. Wang, J. Li, J. Wei, and I. Hwang, "Preliminary Assessment for a Graph-based Dynamic Airspace Configuration Algorithm", In the Proceedings of the 2010 Integrated Commnuications, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Herndon, VA, May 11-13, 2010.
T. Wang, J. Li, J. Wei, and I. Hwang, " Dynamic Airspace Configuration Analysis for the Current and Future Scenarios", In the Proceedings of the AIAA Aviation Technology, Information, and Operations Conference, Fort Worth, TX, September 2010.
J. Li, T. Wang, M. Savai, and I. Hwang, "A Graph-Based Algorithm for Dynamic Airspace Configuration," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 4, July-August 2010.
Background
2008 - 2011 Ph.D, in the Department of Mechatronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.
2008 - 2010 Visiting Ph.D Student, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, IN
2006 - 2008 M.S., in the Department of Mechatronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.
2002 - 2006 B.S., in the Department of Automation, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.