Overview
James Steck is a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Wichita State University. He has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He did postdoctoral work in artificial intelligence and worked for two years at McDonnell Aircraft Company on the AV-8B Harrier II aircraft program.
As a professor of Aerospace Engineering, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in flight dynamics and controls, artificial neural networks, and computational methods.
His research work has included: intelligent adaptive control systems and loss of control advanced pilot displays for general aviation aircraft, big data for aircraft maintenance prediction, and the use of artificial neural networks for system modeling and control.
His recent research is in the areas of machine learning methods applied to quantum computing, adaptive control for general aviation aircraft and spacecraft, and flight simulation for urban air mobility flight corridors. He currently lives in the Wichita, Kansas area.