Tianyi He
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor

Educational Background
Biography
Dr. Tianyi He has been an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at USU since Fall 2020. He recieved PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State Univesity in 2019, M.Phil degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2015, and B.S. degree from Beihang University in 2013.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Tianyi He's teaching interest is in the dynamics and control, mechatronics and optimizaiton. He teaches Optimization for Engineers, and Mechatronics, Robust control.
Research Interests
Dr. Tianyi He's research interests include robust control, learning-based control, linear parameter varying (LPV) system, and broad applications to autonomous vehicles and aerospace systems (UAVs/eVTOL).
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- He, T., Burton, S., Spencer, C., (2026). Projection-based Online Parameter Estimation of a Tilt-Rotor VTOL Aircraft and Experimental Validation. ASME Letter of Dynamic System and Control
- Catalansa, L., He, T., (2026). Memory-Dependent Dynamic Modeling of Cable-Driven Soft Robots Using the Mori-Zwanzig Koopman Operator. Nonlinear dynamics
- He, T., (2025). Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Stabilizing Tiltrotor Urban Air Mobility Aircraft Under Control Effector Failures. Aerospace Science and Technology
- He, T., (2025). Moving-Window Integrated Physics-Data-Based Modeling of Four-Wheel Vehicle Lateral Dynamics. Automotive Innovation
- He, T., (2025). Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Urban Air Mobility Aircraft with Gust Disturbance. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
- He, T., (2025). LPV eBoost assisted pressure and EGR rate control of a diesel engine air charge system. International Journal of Engine Research, doi: 10.1177/14680874251316034
- He, T., (2025). Vibration Suppression and Trajectory Tracking with Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for UAM Aircraft. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 1-38. doi: 10.1115/1.4067770
- He, T., (2024). Physics-Informed Data-Based LPV Modeling and Validations of Lateral Vehicle Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 9:1, 2459-2468. doi: 10.1109/tiv.2023.3303013
- Wei, W., He, T., (2023). Online Modeling of Lateral Vehicle Dynamics via Recursive Integrated Physics-Data-Based Method. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
- He, T., Su, W., (2023). Robust Control of Gust-Induced Vibration of Highly Flexible Aircraft. Aerospace Science and Technology, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2023.108703
- He, T., (2023). Co-design of active vibration control and optimal sensor and actuator placement for a flexible wing using reinforcement learning. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 237:10, 2240-2251. doi: 10.1177/09544100221149231
- Qu, S., He, T., Zhu, G., (2023). Model-Assisted Online Optimization of Gain-Scheduled PID Control Using Iterative Genetic Algorithm NSGA-II. Applied Sciences
- He, T., (2021). A Sequential Design Approach for Switching Hinf LPV Control. Springer/International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, doi: doi.org/10.1007/s12555-020-0363-3
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
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Publications | Other
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