1984年获南京工学院自动控制系陀螺仪及精密仪器专业学士学位，1991年和1998年分别获东南大学精密仪器及机械专业的工学硕士学位和工学博士学位。

至2018年12月，培养获硕士学位的研究生33名，获工程硕士学位的研究生7名，获工学博士学位的研究生9名。

1） 惯性导航与组合导航，包括航姿系统，捷联惯导系统，单轴旋转惯导系统，定位定向系统，稳定平台控制技术，组合导航；

2）地球物理场导航，主要研究地形辅助导航；

3）机器视觉与动态测量，主要研究视觉惯性紧耦合导航技术；

4） 天文导航技术与应用，星敏感器与惯性组合导航技术。

教学（目前讲授的课程）：
1）自动控制原理，本科生 
2）惯性导航系统原理，研究生 

主持国防973子课题、国家自然科学基金项目、国防预研基金项目和企业项目近30项，参加国家重点型号研制项目，目前已完成垂直参考基准80多台套生产。获教育部科技发明二等奖1项，省部级科技进步奖4项，获中国发明专利授权26项，在国内外核心刊物和国内外会议发表学术论文80多篇。

SCI期刊论文

[1] Lihua Zhu and Xianghong Cheng. An Improved Initial Alignment Method for Rocket Navigation Systems, The Journal of Navigation, Vol.66, No.5, pp737~749, 2013.
[2]Yuan Lu, Xianghong Cheng. Random Misalignment and Lever Arm Vector Online Estimation in Shipborne Aircraft Transfer Alignment, Measurement,Vol.47, pp756-764, 2014. 
[3]Hongmei Chen, Xianghong Cheng, Haipeng Wang. Dealing with Observation Outages within Navigation Data using Gaussian Process Regression, The Journal of Navigation, 2014, 67(4): 603-615.
[4] Lei Wang, Xianghong Cheng. Algorithm of Gaussian sum filter based on high-order UKF for dynamic state estimation, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 2015, vol.13, no.3, pp: 652-661.
[5] Lihua Zhu, Xianghong Cheng. High manoeuvre target tracking in coordinated turns. IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, 2015, vol.9, no.8, pp: 1078-1087. 
[6] Chen Hongmei, Cheng Xianghong, Chenxi Dai, Fengli Liu. Robust stability analysis of H infinity-SGUF and its application to transfer alignment. Signal Processing, 2015, vol. 117, pp. 310-321.
[7] Jie Hu, Xianghong Cheng. A Modified Attitude Algorithm for Fiber Strapdown Inertial Navigation System[J]. Optik. 2015, vol. 126, no. 24, pp. 5207-5212. 
[8] Zhu Lihua , Cheng Xianghong , Yuan Fuh-Gwo. A 3D collision avoidance strategy for UAV with physical constraints[J]. Measurement.2016, vol. 77, pp:40-49.
[8] Ling Zhou, Xianghong Cheng, Yixian Zhu. Terrain aided Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Coarse Maps[J]. Measurement Science and Technology, 2016, vol. 27, no. 9, pp: 1-9.
[9] Changyan Ran and Xianghong Cheng. A Direct and Non-singular UKF Approach Using Euler Angle Kinematics for Integrated Navigation Systems[J]. Sensors, 2016, vol. 16, no. 9, pp:1-23.
[10] Yixian Zhu, Xianghong Cheng, Lei Wang. A novel fault detection method for an integrated navigation system using Gaussian Process Regression[J]. Journal of Navigation, 2016, vol. 69, no. 4, pp: 905-919.
[11] Ling Zhou, Xianghong Cheng, Yixian Zhu, Chenxi Dai, Jinbo Fu. An effective terrain aided navigation for low-cost autonomous underwater vehicles[J]. Sensors, 2017, vol. 17, no. 4, pp: 1-19.
[12] Yixian Zhu, Xianghong Cheng, Jie Hu, Ling Zhou, Jinbo Fu. A novel hybrid approach to deal with DVL malfunctions for underwater integrated navigation systems[J]. Applied Sciences, 2017, vol. 7, no. 8, pp: 1-20.
[13]Weiwei Lyu, Xianghong Cheng. A Novel Adaptive H∞ Filtering Method with Delay Compensation for the Transfer Alignment of Strapdown Inertial Navigation Systems[J]. Sensors, 2017, vol. 17(12), no. 2753.   

国际会议论文

[1].Xianghong, Cheng, Ran Changyan, and Wang Haipeng. "Sparse-grid Quadrature Kalman Filter based on the Kronrod-Patterson rule." International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2013 IEEE International, pp. 1396-1401. IEEE, 2013. 会议地点: Minneapolis, MN会议日期: MAY 06-09, 2013.
[2]Lihua Zhu and Xianghong Cheng. An Improved Initial Alignment Method of Strap-Down Inertial Navigation System on a Swaying Base, International Conference on Automatic Control and Mechatronic Engineering (ICACME), VOL.415, pp143-148, 2013. 会议: 2nd International Conference on Automatic Control and Mechatronic Engineering (ICACME2013)会议地点: Bangkok, THAILAND会议日期: JUN 21-22, 2013.
[3]Lu Yuan, Cheng Xianghong. Non-linear Least Squares Large Misalignment Estimation in Transfer Alignment. International Symposium on Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEESYM), 2014，vol.989: 1962-1968. Online since July 2014 Conference date: June 14-15, 2014 Conference location:Tianjin, China.
[4] Lei Wang, Xianghong Cheng, Yixian Zhu. A federated filter based on innovation filtering interacting multiple model filter for multi-sensor navigation system, 2014 International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Services Sciences, 2014,会议: 4th International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Service Science (LISS)会议地点: Berkeley, CA会议日期: JUL 23-26, 2014.
[5] Ran Changyan，Cheng Xianghong and Wang Lei. SINS Alignment Using Velocity Matching and Simplified Cubature Kalman Filter, 2014 The 3rd International Conference on Automatic Control and Mechatronic Engineering (ICACME2014)，2014，vol.615: 255-258.会议: 3rd International Conference on Automatic Control and Mechatronic Engineering (ICACME)会议地点: Xiamen, PEOPLES R CHINA会议日期: JUN 13-14, 2014.
[6] Jie Hu, Xianghong Cheng. A New In-motion Initial Alignment for Land-vehicle SINS/OD Integrated System, 2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014, 407-412. Conference date:May 5-8, 2014 Conference location: Monterey, CA, United States.
[7] Hongmei Chen, Xianghong Cheng, Chenxi Dai, Changyan Ran. Accuracy, Efficiency and Stability Analysis of Sparse-grid Quadrature Kalman Filter in Near Space Hypersonic Vehicles, 2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014. Conference date:May 5-8, 2014 Conference location:Monterey, CA, United States.
[8] Yixian Zhu, Xianghong Cheng, Lei Wang, Ling Zhou. An intelligent fault-tolerant strategy for AUV integrated navigation systems[C]. 2015 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2015), Busan, Korea, July 7-11, 2015.
[9] Ling Zhou, Xianghong Cheng, Yixian Zhu, and Yuan Lu. Terrain Aided Navigation for Long-Range AUVs Using a New Bathymetric Contour Matching Method[C]. 2015 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2015), Busan, Korea, July 7-11, 2015.  

担任南京惯性技术学会第五届和第六届理事会秘书长、中国航空学会自动控制专业分会导航技术专业委员会委员，南京惯性技术学会第7届理事。

南京惯性技术学会理事

近年招生情况：2016年招收硕士3人，2017年招收硕士4人，博士1人，2018年招收硕士3人，博士1人，工程博士1人，2019年拟招收硕士3人，博士1人，工程博士1-2人。