Researcher

Dr Lily (Li) Qiao

My Expertise

Guidance Navigation and Control

Data fusion/Kalman filer design

Space system engineering

System modular analysis

System trade space exploration

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Aerospace engineering, Systems engineering, Navigation and Position Fixing, Aerodynamics, Automation and Control Engineering, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

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Biography

Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), UNSW Canberra campus

Lily completed her PhD in Guidance Navigation and Control in 2011, including a study exchange at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Before joining UNSW Canberra, she was research associate at the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) at UNSW...view more

Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), UNSW Canberra campus

Lily completed her PhD in Guidance Navigation and Control in 2011, including a study exchange at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Before joining UNSW Canberra, she was research associate at the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER) at UNSW Sydney from 2011 to 2014, working for the design of Garada Earth Observation Mission and EC0 CubeSat Mission. Then, she joined as a research associate at the Capability System Centre, School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Canberra. In 2018, she was promoted to lecturer. In 2023, she has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. 

Lily's teaching spans postgraduate and undergraduate.  She mainly engaged in PG teaching for UNSW Canberra Space Master Education Program since she is the course convenor for ZEIT8008 Space Systems Design, and ZEIT8009 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). For undergraduates, she is convenor of the course ZEIT4227 Radar Technology and Application. She has chaired the Space Panel of UG students' Final Year Project from 2022–2023.

Her research interests lie in space engineering systems design, and applying AI/CI based computational system engineering analysis methods on include, but not be limited to, space systems. Her area covers a wide range of topics, including autonomous spacecraft navigation based on Global Navigation Satellites System (GNSS) and celestial navigation, spacecraft attitude determination and control, tradespace exploration, system modular analysis, etc. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed conferences and journals. She has two PhD students to complete, and currently has six PhD students under supervision. You can view her Google Scholar profile here.

She is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. She has been an organization committee member for the Australian Space Research Conference since 2022, and has served as Deputy Chair of the Program Committee since 2023.  She is an IEEE member, and her current volunteer roles are IEEE Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Section Chair and the Aerospace Electronic Systems Society (AESS) chapter at the ACT Section.

Ph.D. scholarships ($35,000 per year) are available for high-achieving students (with H1/High Distinction in UG and/or Masters by Research) under my supervision. If you are interested, please feel free to get in contact with me. A self-assessment tool is available to get a general feel for your competitiveness. You need to meet the English language requirements. If you are eligible and interested in working on the listed PhD projects below (or closely related) topics or keywords, please send me your CV, academic transcripts, the result of the self-assessment, and a research proposal (less than 5 pages). Your research proposal should contain your research problems (what do you want to do), motivation (why do you want to do this), a brief review of the most relevant literature (what have you already known), proposed methodology (how to do) and expected outcome (what do you want to achieve). For more information, please refer to the following links on how and when to apply for a research degree. You can seek my advice/help during the construction of your Research Proposal.

 

 

 


My Grants

Internal:

  • UNSW Career Advancement Fund for Female Academics July 2018-  May 2020
  • Tradespace Exploration SEIT SFRG  2022


My Qualifications

Qualifications

  • PhD in Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), 2011.

Certificate

  • Certificate of Completion with Merit from Graduate Teaching Training Program UNSW Canberra. Feb - Jun 2015
  • Certificate of Completion from Fundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT) Program 2019
  • National Mental Health First Aid certificate, 2019 - 2021


My Awards

 


My Research Activities

Research interests

  • Spacecraft autonomous navigation/orbit determination based on GNSS, celestial navigation
  • Spacecraft attitude determination and control system (ADCS)
  • Kalman filter technology
  • Space system engineering
  • Digital system engineering


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Autonomous navigation and orbit control

Satellite orbit and attitude systems design

Space mission orbit design

Data fusion/Kalman filter design for blending multiple sensor inputs

Satellite design trade space exploration

System modular analysis

System complex management 


Currently supervising

Scholarships of $35,000 (AUD) are available for PhD students who achieved H1 /High Distinction in their UG program and/or have completed a Masters by Research. If you are interested, contact me. 

Currently, I have three PhD student under supervision. The topics are as follows:

  • Test and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Systems.
  • Real-time cybersecurity risk assessment and mitigation platform for national critical infrastructure.
  • A dynamic modular approach to system architectures across the Product Lifecycle

 


My Engagement

  • President of Women in Space Chapter (WiSC) of National Space Society of Australia (NSSA) http://wisc.nssa.com.au/
  • Founder and chair of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Chapter in the IEEE ACT section (500 members) since 2022. https://r10.ieee.org/act/
  • Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Executive committee member of IEEE Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Section, ADFA Students Councillor.
  • UNSW Canberra representative of Women in Research Network since 2021 (147 members and 35 in Canberra).


My Teaching

Teaching
  • Space Systems Design - ZEIT8008
  • Space Operations - ZEIT8007
  • Space Systems Engineering - ZEIT 8012
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - ZEIT8009

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Location

School of Engineering and Technology, UNSW Canberra
(Room 204, Level 2, Building 16)


Map reference (Google map)

Videos

In order to assist an understanding of Australian satellite fleet, this video shows all Australia-owned satellites launched from 1967 to 2022, beginning with the first Australian satellite WRESAT. The satellite orbit is visualized using AGI STK.
Navigation Satellite Constellation Visualisation
Japanese QZSS satellite orbit visualisation
Australia owned Satellites by Year Demonstration with STK
Various Navigation Constellation
Various Navigation Constellation