Hever Moncayo

Title
Professor and Program Coordinator for M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Office Hours

Tuesday and Thursday 9:45am to 12pm

Areas of Expertise

Resilient Flight Dynamics and Control

Guidance, Navigation and Control

Unmanned and Autonomous Systems

Artificial Intelligence

Multi-agent Systems and Distributed Control

Hever Moncayo


Dr. Moncayo earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from Universidad Del Cauca (Popayan/Colombia), and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Del Valle (Cali/Colombia). He obtained his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University.

As a researcher, Dr. Moncayo has devoted his efforts to performing research and development of algorithms for guidance, navigation, and control, including simulation of comprehensive/integrated methodologies for intelligent/adaptive fault-tolerant flight control systems. He has contributed to the study of technologies to ensure increased aerospace system safe operation and autonomy by providing alternative and innovative comprehensive solutions.

Dr. Moncayo has contributed to the scientific literature in aeronautics and space with publications in journals/conferences and performed teaching activities as a lecturer for undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Moncayo is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), an Associate Editor of the Journal Aerospace Science and Technology, an Associate Editor of The Aeronautical Journal, a member of the AIAA Intelligent Systems Committee, and Chair of the SciTech Technical Area Guidance, Navigation and Control in Intelligent Systems (joint GNC/IS). His research has been supported by internal and external grants that include Defense Department, NASA, and FAA.

His research interests also include intelligent/adaptive fault tolerance flight control systems, in particular:

  • Development of adaptive flight control laws for manned and unmanned aerospace robotic systems
  • Nonlinear modeling, simulation, and control of aerospace systems
  • Control for automated diagnosis of aircraft under damage and/or flutter conditions
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  • Swarm systems and estimation of collective behavior.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University

  • AE 800: Dissertation
  • AE 623: Navigation, Guidance & Control
  • AE 700: Thesis

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



NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visiting Researcher

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

​2021 Best Reviewer of the year for ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering