Short CV

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence for space mission design and optimisation
Off-Earth Mining, Moon-Asteroids-Mars
Space Resource Utilization
Asteroid resources identification and modelling
Low-thrust trajectory optimisation, direct/indirect/machine learning based approaches
Multi-target mission design and optimisation
Remote sensing
Guidiance, Navigation and Control System (GNC)

2022.03 “Low-thrust Accessibility Evaluation for Near-Earth Asteroids”, 2022 IEEE Aerospace conference, Presenter
2022.01 “A framework for campaign level asteroid mining pre-feasibility study”, 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Presenter
2021.11 “11th Global Trajectory Optimization Competition（GTOC 11)”, Team Leader.
2021.08 “Feasible low-thrust trajectory identification via a deep neural network classifier”, 2021 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Presenter
2021.08 “Search and evaluation of near-earth asteroid long term mining missions”,43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Presenter
2019.11 Off-Earth Mining Forum 2019 (OEMF2019), Presenter/poster
2019.09 “Long stay-time mission opportunities’ search for NEAs”, 19TH Australian Space Research Conference, Presenter

Bennett, N.J., Xie, R. and Dempster, A.G., 2022. The Moon and NEAs as sources of cislunar propellant; removing some constraints from a recent paper drives down lunar sourced propellant cost. Acta Astronautica, 190, pp.409-412.
Xie, R., Saydam, S. and Dempster, A., 2022. A framework for campaign level asteroid mining pre-feasibility study. In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (p. 2583).
Xie, R. and Dempster, A.G., 2022. Low-thrust Accessibility Evaluation for Near-Earth Asteroids. IEEE Aerospace Conference.
Xie, R. and Dempster, A.G., 2021. An on-line deep learning framework for low-thrust trajectory optimisation. Aerospace Science and Technology, 118, p.107002.
Xie, R., Bennett, N.J. and Dempster, A.G., 2021. Target evaluation for near earth asteroid long-term mining missions. Acta Astronautica, 181, pp.249-270.
Xie, R., Dempster, A. and Bennett, N., 2021. Search and evaluation of near-earth asteroid long stay-time mining missions. 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January-4 February, 43, p.183.
Liu, Y., Xie, R., Zhao, L. and Hao, Y., 2016. Machine learning based on-orbit distortion calibration technique for large field-of-view star tracker. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 45(12), p.1217004.
ZHAO, L., XIE, R., LIU, Y. and HAO, Y., 2017. Offline calibration method of low frequency error of star sensor and gyroscope drift [J]. Acta Aeronautica ET Astronautica Sinicaˈ, 38(5), pp.42-50.