Ye Lu, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Spacecraft and Planetary Exploration. His research focuses on astrodynamics, hypersonic flight mechanics, and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC).

Dr. Lu received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 2019 and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from WPI in 2015. Before joining WPI, he was an Assistant Professor at Kent State University. He is also a member of the Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).