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Researcher · Iowa State University · United States

Ping Lu

Ping Lu publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Guidance and Control Systems and Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems.

ORCID 0000-0003-3684-1365 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,719
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,598
of 358,040
Works
73
Citations
720
Citations per work
9.9

What does Ping Lu research?

Aerospace Engineering: 53.3%Control and Systems Engineering: 14.3%Civil and Structural Engineering: 10.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 3.8%other fields: 18.1%53%top field
Aerospace Engineering53.3%Control and Systems Engineering14.3%Civil and Structural Engineering10.5%Astronomy and Astrophysics3.8%other fields18.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering53% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics4% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ping Lu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optimal Control, Spacecraft Formation Flying, Trajectory Optimization, Control, Missile Guidance, Autonomous Aerial Refueling, Vision-Based Sensor and On-Orbit Servicing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Optimal Control292 topics
  2. Spacecraft Formation Flying161 topic
  3. Trajectory Optimization161 topic
  4. Control131 topic
  5. Missile Guidance131 topic
  6. Autonomous Aerial Refueling91 topic
  7. Vision-Based Sensor91 topic
  8. On-Orbit Servicing81 topic
  9. Space Debris81 topic
  10. Adaptive Control61 topic
  11. Sliding Mode Control61 topic
  12. Footbridges41 topic
  13. Solar System Abundances41 topic
  14. Terrestrial Planets41 topic
  15. Vibration Serviceability41 topic
  16. Inertial Navigation Systems31 topic
  17. Sensor Fusion31 topic

Where does Ping Lu work?

Ping Lu's main affiliation in the publication record is Iowa State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ping Lu have?

Science Explorer counts 73 works and 720 citations for Ping Lu, ranking #13,719 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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