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Dengfeng Sun is a Professor and Associate Head of the Gambaro Graduate Program in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He holds a B.Eng. in Precision Instruments Mechanology from Tsinghua University, an M.S. in Industrial Systems Engineering from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. His research interests include distributed control, optimization, autonomy, resilient network control optimization, optimal resource management for large-scale infrastructure systems, robotics, drone technology, smart infrastructure systems, and advanced air mobility. He has published extensively in these areas, contributing to numerous conference proceedings and invited lectures. Sun's work aims to tackle complex challenges in aerospace systems and automate processes to improve efficiency and safety in air transportation. He is actively involved in research that intersects fundamental theory with practical applications, driving advancements in autonomous systems and control methodologies.
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