Hever Moncayo
- Title
- Professor
- Hever.Moncayo@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Aerospace Engineering Department
- College
- College of Engineering
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 12:30pmAreas of Expertise
Resilient Flight Dynamics and Control
Guidance, Navigation and Control
Unmanned and Autonomous Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Multi-agent Systems and Distributed Control
External Links
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Biography
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
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
Currently Teaching
- AE 413: Airplane Stability & Control
- AE 413HON: Airplane Stability & Control
- AE 800: Dissertation
- AE 623: Navigation, Guidance & Control
- AE 700: Thesis
Courses Taught
AE 413 - Aircraft Stability and Control
AE 432 - Flight Dynamics and Control
AE 442/443 - Experimental Dynamics and Control
AE 626 - Advanced Discrete Control Theory
AE 623 - Navigation, Guidance and Control
Publications
- Bio-inspired adaptive fault-tolerant attitude control for spacecraft with actuator failures Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Deep-Learning based Unobtrusive Estimation of Pilot Adverse Interactions and Loss of Energy State Awareness BCAAS Annual Safety Research Symposium (2025)
- Reinforcement Learning Control with Reciprocal Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Multi-Agent Systems Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Machine-learning based Validation of a Digital Twin Spacecraft for Health-Management Systems Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Correction Pure Portfolio (2025)
- A Physics-Informed Deep Learning Model for Estimating Human Pilot Behavior and Mitigating Adverse Interactions Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Machine-Learning based Pose and Attitude Estimation for Enhanced Spacecraft Proximity Operations Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms to Human-Pilot-Model Parameter Estimation Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Artificial-Intelligence-Assisted Geomagnetic Navigation Framework Pure Portfolio (2025)
- Vision-based relative position and attitude determination of non-cooperative spacecraft using a generative model architecture Pure Portfolio (2024)
- In-Flight Testing Verification of an Adaptive Distributed Fault-Tolerant Control Architecture Pure Portfolio (2024)
- Machine Learning Approach to Estimation of Human-Pilot Model Parameters Pure Portfolio (2024)
- Robotic Spacecraft Testbed for Validation and Verification of AI-Based Attitude Controllers Pure Portfolio (2024)
- Deep-learning based Multiple-Model Bayesian Architecture for Spacecraft Fault Estimation Pure Portfolio (2024)
- Vision and Wireless-based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION) Faculty Research Projects (2023)
- Mitigating GPS and ADS-B Risks for UAS Faculty Research Projects (2023)
- Shielded UAS Operations Detect and Avoid Faculty Research Projects (2023)
- Mitigating GPS and ADS-B Risks for UAS Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Vision and Wireless-based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION) Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Shielded UAS Operations Detect and Avoid Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Distributed Intelligent Adaptive Controller for Disturbance Rejection in Multiagent Systems Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Q-Learning Model Covariance Adaptation of Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filtering in Airborne Geomagnetic Navigation Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Data and Model-Based Approaches in Fault Detection and Identification for Connected Vehicles Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Performance Analysis of UAV Control Architectures Over Urban Environments with Degraded GNSS Accessibility Pure Portfolio (2023)
- On-Board Artificial Intelligence for Failure Detection and Safe Trajectory Generation Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Modeling of GPS Degradation Conditions for Risk Assessment of UAS Operations in Urban Environments Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Machine Learning Based Architecture for Generation of Synthetic Flight Test Data Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Correction Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Geomagnetic Navigation using Rao Blackwellized Particle Filter Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Data-driven Health Management System for Multi-Spacecraft On-orbit Servicing Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Performance Analysis of Flight Control Laws Applied to a Simplified Analog of the Dual-Aircraft Platform Concept Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Artificial Immune System Optimized Support Vector Machine for Satellite Fault Detection Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Comparison of an Adaptive-Immunized and an Adversarial Deep Learning Control Laws to Increase Resiliency in Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Disturbance Observer-based Reinforcement Learning Control and the Application to a Nonlinear Dynamic System Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Development of a Simulation Environment for Validation and Verification of Small UAS Operations Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Machine Learning Application to Estimation of Magnetospheric Contributions for Geomagnetic-based Navigation Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Bio-Inspired Feedback Linearized Adaptive Control For a Thrust Vectoring Free-Flyer Vehicle Pure Portfolio (2021)
- A Geomagnetic-based Integrated Architecture for Dead-Reckoning Navigation Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Spacecraft Testbed to Support Control System Design for Space Missions Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Immunity-based Consensus Algorithm for Increased Resilience in Multiagent Missions Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Comparison of Discrete Direct and Indirect Adaptive Control Laws for UAV Fault-tolerance Pure Portfolio (2021)
- An Online Machine Learning Paradigm for Spacecraft Fault Detection Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Immunity-based consensus algorithm for increased resilience in multiagent missions Pure Portfolio (2021)
- An online machine learning paradigm for spacecraft fault detection Pure Portfolio (2021)
- A geomagnetic-based integrated architecture for dead-reckoning navigation Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Spacecraft testbed to support control system design for space missions Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Vision Based Relative Navigation for Close-Formation Flight Missions Pure Portfolio (2020)
- UAS Model Identification and Simulation to Support In-Flight Testing of Discrete Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control Laws Pure Portfolio (2020)
- Hybrid Immunized Swarm Optimization Concept for Resilient Coordinated Missions Pure Portfolio (2020)
- Comparison of Optimal and Bioinspired Adaptive Control Laws for Spacecraft Sloshing Dynamics Pure Portfolio (2020)
- Comparison of Adaptive Control Laws for Wind Rejection in Quadrotor UAVs Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Robust Control Architecture for Wind Rejection in Quadrotors Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Artificial Immune System for Comprehensive and Integrated Aircraft Abnormal Conditions Management Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Design and Development of a Test Bed with Active Tracking Control to Support Gravity Off-loading Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Comparison of MRAC and L1 Adaptive Controllers for a Gimbaled Mini-Free Flyer Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Design and Implementation of Intelligent Decision-Making Algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Mission Protection Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Development and Demonstration of a Flight Simulator for the Dual-Aircraft Platform Concept Pure Portfolio (2018)
- Evaluation and Comparison of Sailing Flight Optimization Algorithms for a Stratospheric Dual Aircraft Platform Concept Pure Portfolio (2018)
- Spacecraft Heath Monitoring Using a Biomimetic Fault Diagnosis Scheme Pure Portfolio (2018)
- Modeling, Simulation and Flight Testing to Support Proof of a Stratospheric Dual Aircraft Platform Concept Pure Portfolio (2018)
- Free-Flying Robotic System for Interplanetary Prospecting and In Situ Resource Utilization Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Spacecraft Health Monitoring Using a Biomimetic Fault Diagnosis Scheme Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Immunity-Based Accommodation of Aircraft Subsystem Failures Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Spacecraft heath monitoring using a biomimetic fault diagnosis scheme Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Immunity-based aircraft actuator failure evaluation Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Low cost implementation of a biomimetic approach for UAV health management Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Comparison of immunity-based schemes for aircraft failure detection and identification Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Structured Non-Self Approach for Aircraft Failure Identification within an Immunity-Based Fault Tolerance Architecture Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Vision-Aided Navigation for a Free-Flying Unmanned Robotic System to Support Interplanetary Bodies Prospecting and Characterization Missions Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Control Laws Development for a Free-Flying Unmanned Robotic System to Support Interplanetary Bodies Prospecting and Characterization Missions Pure Portfolio (2016)
- A Bio-Inspired Adaptive Control Compensation System for an Aircraft Outside Bounds of Nominal Design Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Simplified Estimation Algorithms for Aircraft Structural Damage Effects Using an Artificial Immune System Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Evaluation of Aircraft Sensor Failures Effects Using the Artificial Immune System Paradigm Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Immunity-based flight envelope prediction at post-failure conditions Pure Portfolio (2015)
- A dendritic cell mechanism for detection, identification, and evaluation of aircraft failures Pure Portfolio (2015)
- In-Flight Testing of a Bio-Inspired Approach for Assessment of an UAV Outside Bounds of Nominal Design Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Development and Testing of an Unmanned Aerial System with Micro-Fiber Composite Actuators Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Pilot-in-the-Loop Evaluation of a Bio-Inspired Adaptive Fault Tolerant Control System in a Motion Based Flight Simulator Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Development of a Surrogate Autonomous Aircraft for Entry in the NASA Airspace Operation Challenge Pure Portfolio (2015)
- A Graduate Program in Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Engineering Pure Portfolio (2015)
- A Graduate Program in Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Engineering Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Development of a surrogate autonomous aircraft for entry in the NASA airspace operationschallenge Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Pilot-in-the-loop evaluation of a bio-inspired adaptive fault tolerant control system in a motion based flight simulator Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Artificial Immune System for Flight Envelope Estimation and Protection Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Immunity-Based Abnormal Condition Accommodation of Aircraft Sub-system Failures Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Development of Immunity Based Adaptive Control Laws for Aircraft Fault Tolerance Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Bio-Inspired Approach for Aircraft Health Assessment and Flight Envelope Estimation Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Low Cost Autopilot System for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial System Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Biologically-Inspired Approach for Aircraft Management under Upset Conditions Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Evaluating Aircraft Abnormal Conditions Using an Artificial Dendritic Cell Mechanism Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Neurally-augmented Immnity-based Detection and Identification of Aircraft Sub-system Failures Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Artificial Dendritic Cell Mechanism for Aircraft Immunity-Based Failure Detection and Identification Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Design, characterization, and testing of macro-fiber composite actuators for integration on a fixed-wing UAV Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Generation of Artificial Immune System Antibodies Using Raw Data and Cluster Set Union Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Integrated Immunity-Based Framework for Aircraft Abnormal Conditions Management Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Development and Flight Testing of a Model Based Autopilot Library for a Low Cost Unmanned Aerial System Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of an Extended Non-linear Dynamic Inversion Augmented with an Immunity-Based Adaptive Control System Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Development and Flight Testing of a Model Based Autopilot for a Low Cost Unmanned Aerial System Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Development of Immunity-based Framework for Aircraft Abnormal Conditions Detection, Identification, Evaluation, and Accommodation Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Dendritic Cell Mechanism for Aircraft Immunity-based Failure Detection and Identification Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Tracking Algorithms Comparison Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Performance Analysis of Fault Tolerant UAV Baseline Control Laws with L1 Adaptive Augmentation Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Simulation Environment for UAV Fault Tolerant Autonomous Control Laws Development Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Dendritic cell mechanism for aircraft immunity-based failure detection and identification Pure Portfolio (2013)
- UAV Adaptive Control Laws Using Non-Linear Dynamic Inversion Augmented with an Immunity-based Mechanism Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Extended Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Control Laws for Unmanned Air Vehicles Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Artificial Immune System-Based Detection Scheme for Aircraft Engine Failures Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Testing of Immunity-Based Failure Detection and Identification Scheme with the NASA Generic Transport Model Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Simulation Environment for the Development and Testing of Immunity-Based Aircraft Failure Detection Schemes Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Testing of Artificial Immune System Failure Detection with the NASA Generic Transport Model Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Development of a Simulation Environment for Autonomous Flight Control Algorithms Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Artificial Immune System Based Aircraft Failure Evaluation over Extended Flight Envelope Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Aircraft Fault Tolerance: A Biologically Inspired Immune Framework for Sub-System Failures Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Aircraft Failure Detection and Identification over an Extended Flight Envelope Using an Artificial Immune System Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Simulation environment for the development and testing of immunity-based aircraft failure detection schemes Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Evolutionary Algorithm for Artificial Immune System Based Failure Detector Generation and Optimization Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Integrated Framework for Artificial Immunity-Based Aircraft Failure Detection, Identification, and Evaluation Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Artificial Immune System – Based Aircraft Failure Evaluation over Extended Flight Envelope Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Development of a Detection Scheme for Aircraft Engine Failures Based on the Artificial Immune System Paradigm Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Aircraft Failure Detection and Identification Using an Immunological Hierarchical Multiself Strategy Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Identification and Monitoring of Modal Parameters in Aircraft Structures using the Natural Excitation Technique (NExT) Combined with the Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA) Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Integrated Framework for Aircraft Sub-System Failure Detection, Identification, and Evaluation Based on the Artificial Immune System Paradigm Pure Portfolio (2009)
- In-flight Actuator Failure Detection and Identification for a Reduced Size UAV Using the Artificial Immune System Approach Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Evolutionary Algorithm for Artificial Immune System Based Failure Detector Generation and Optimization Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Immunity – Based Aircraft Failure Detection and Identification Using an Integrated Hierarchical Multi-Self Strategy Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Immunity-based detection, identification, and evaluation of aircraft sub-system failures Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Evolutionary algorithm for artificial immune system-based failure detector generation and optimization Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Modal Identification and Monitoring of Human-induced Vibration of Cali’s Olympic Stadium Pure Portfolio (2006)
- The Natural Excitation Technique (NExT) combined with the Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA) to identify modal parameters in aircraft structures Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Aspectos del Modelamiento de Estructuras para la Implementación de Sistemas de Control Activo Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Análisis Comparativo de Vibraciones de Dos Aviones AC-47T Fantasma de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Análisis de Vibraciones en Vuelo del Avión de Tipo Acrobático T-34A Mentor de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Análisis de Vibraciones en Vuelo del Avión de Tipo Acrobático T-34A Mentor de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Aspectos del Modelamiento de Estructuras para la Implementación de Sistemas de Control Activo Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Efectos de Polarización en sistemas WDM (Multiplexación por División de Longitud de Onda) Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Desarrollo de un Sistema de Monitoreo del Comportamiento Dinámico para el Edificio de la Gobernación del Valle del Cauca Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Método de compensación de los efectos de polarización en sistemas de telecomunicaciones ópticas Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Efectos del Desacoplamiento entre Fibras Opticas Teniendo en Cuenta la Apertura Numérica y el Diámetro del Núcleo Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Caracterización de un Enlace de Fibra Optica con Empalmes Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Análisis de la Propagación de una Señal Optica en un Medio Dicroico Usando el Modelo de Cuaterniones Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Uso de Cuaterniones Para el Estudio de los Efectos de Polarización en Sistemas de Transmisión por Fibra Optica Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Uso de Cuaterniones Para el Estudio de los Efectos de Polarización en Sistemas de Transmisión por Fibra Optica Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Análisis de la Propagación de una Señal Optica en un Medio Dicroico Usando el Modelo de Cuaterniones Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Caracterización de un Enlace de Fibra Optica con Empalmes Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Efectos del Desacoplamiento entre Fibras Opticas Teniendo en Cuenta la Apertura Numérica y el Diámetro del Núcleo Pure Portfolio (2002)
Professional Experience
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visiting ResearcherMemberships and Credentials
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
Awards, Honors and Recognitions
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