Issue 9: Contributors
Dr. Bobrowski has published research articles in such professional journals as including Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Technology Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Logistics and Transportation Review, National Productivity Review, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Project Management Journal, and Quality Management Journal.
Dr. Bobrowski has also served on the editorial review boards for the Journal of Operations Management and Quality Management Journal. He has delivered scholarly papers at more than 15 conferences nationwide and has been honored for his research and teaching, including the prestigious Stanley T. Hardy Award for the Best Article in Operations Management (1989). Dr. Bobrowski has more than 20 years of teaching experience at various universities including Indiana University, University of Oregon, and Syracuse University. In addition, he has served as a consultant for Aerojet Corporation, Hazeltine Corporation, Avco, General Electric and many others. He is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute, the American Society for Quality and Beta Gamma Sigma. Dr. Bobrowski has served on the Board of Directors of SSPI.
Read Bobrowski's editorial.
Qishan Zhang is a professor at Beihang University in the People's Republic of China and a nationally recognized researcher in electrical engineering and satellite communications. He has received numerous national awards including China's second grade National Award of Invention and two second grade prizes for scientific progress from the National Scientific Department. His accomplishments include 6 books and 151 scientific papers on such topics as telemetry, remote control, ITS, and the Global Positioning System.He proposed the concept of Bridge functions in 1982, and developed the first prototype of the Sequency Division Multiplex (SDM) telemetry system in 1983. Professor Zhang is the chief scientist of School of Electronic and Information engineering of Beihang University. His current research interests include telemetry, wireless communication, RFID, GPS and Galileo systems.
Issue 9 guest editors were assisted by Randy Johnson.
Randy Johnson received his Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. His research interests include the political and historical development of the aerospace industry and the infrastructure that supports flight. Recent publications include "Aerial Radio Navigation," "The Global Navigation Satellite System," "The History of the NACA" and "'Blind Flying On the Beam,' Aeronautical Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS): Its Origins and The Politics of Technology." Dr. Johnson is a retired U.S. Coast Guard aviator and holds Air Transport Pilot and Commercial Rotorcraft- Helicopter certificates. He has been an active member of the Society of Satellite Professionals International since 1999.
Günther Abwerzger received his Diploma degree in 2001 and his
Doctoral degree in 2004 from Graz University of Technology. Since 2001 he has been employed at TeleConsult Austria GmbH, where he is
mainly involved in algorithm and software development for sensor fusion in the context of positioning and navigation applications.
Read Abwerzger's article.
Mounir Adjrad received the State Engineering degree in electronics
and the M.Sc. degree in signal processing and communication in 1999 and 2002, respectively, both from the National Polytechnic School
of Algiers, Algeria. He is currently with the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, as a Research Assistant.
Read Adjrad's article.
Miguel Aguilera received the M.S degree in Electrical Engineering
from the University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain) in 2003. Since 2004 he is with the Satellite Navigation Department in INECO. Previously,
he was with ESA and EADS as a researcher.
Read Aguilera's article.
Michael Albright is a graduate of Bridgewater College with a B.S in
Computer Science. His past experiences at Datatel Inc. include GUI, database, and network application development. He is currently a
software engineering consultant and has provided these services to The XYZs' of GPS, Inc. for the past three years.
Read Albright's article.
Yasuo Arai graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University in 1969,
and holds a Bachelor's degree (Engineering). He is a professor at the Marine Technical College. He is a director of Japan Institute of
Navigation, a vice chairman (Area Representative of Asia and Pacific Ocean) of the International Marine Simulator Forum, a member of the
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, and the Society of Naval Architects of Japan. His major research fields
are Marine Education and Training, radio navigation aids, nautical instruments and simulation technology.
Read Arai's article.
Gary Bachman is a systems/software engineer and technical director
for military ground-based GPS products within the Sensor Systems Government Systems division at Rockwell Collins, Incorporated. He
has been involved in the development of navigation capabilities for various military and commercial products and applications for
over twenty years. He earned his B.S. in computer engineering from Iowa State University, IA.
Read Bachman's article.
D.r Xavier Bertrán is the Deputy Director of the Galileo Program
within EADS SPACE Services. He holds a doctorate in engineering from the University of Technology Aachen (RWTH Aachen) in Germany. His
current responsibilities include managing the project teams within the merged consortium in the Galileo concession process. He was
previously the bid manager for the iNavSat consortium during the competitive bidding phase.
Read Bertrán's article.
David M. Bevly is an assistant professor at Auburn University and head
of the GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Lab. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2001, his M.S. in M.E.
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997, and his B.S. in M.E. from Texas A&M University in 1995.
Read Bevly's article.
Mike Bobye has been a Geomatics EIT at NovAtel Inc. since he graduated
with a BSc in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary in 1999. He worked in customer support until the fall of 2000,
when he became a member of the research group assisting with the development of GPS/INS integration.
Read Bobye's article.
Chris Brown is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Design at
Brunel University. Having graduated from Leeds University in Civil Engineering he went to Brunel University in 1974, transferring to Mechanical
Engineering in 1984. He is a Fellow of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. His research interests in structural mechanics encompass bridge
monitoring, silo design, and design of biomedical devices amongst others.
Read Brown's article.
Hank Cabler is the manager of Flight Technology Requirements in the
Federal Aviation Administration's Flight Technologies and Procedures Division located in Washington, DC. He has been an aviation
safety inspector with the FAA Flight Standards Service for the past 17 years. Formerly a U.S. Air Force C-141 pilot, he holds an
airline transport pilot certificate with over 5,500 hours of international, heavy jet flying time.
Read Cabler's article.
Luis Chocano received the Aeronautical Engineer degree from the
Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). He is currently Head of the Satellite Navigation Department in INECO. Previously, he has
worked in McDonnel Douglas, Iberia and INTA (Institute for Aerospace Technology and Research).
Read Chocano's article.
Al Cleveland served more than 28 years in the U. S. Coast Guard.
His accomplishments include redesign of Coast Guard communication station transmit control systems and design & fabrication of the
first multi-mode multi-agency mobile communications facility. He has served as lead engineer for the Coast Guard's next generation
tactical & navigational system and is currently assigned as lead Reference Station (RS) and in Integrity Monitor (IM) architecture
engineer at Coast Guard Command and Control Engineering Center (C2CEN).
Read Cleveland's article.
Karen Cove received her B. Sc. in Geomatics Engineering in 2002 and her
M. Sc. E. in 2005 from the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She is
currently working at CARIS Ltd. Her research interests include GPS positioning and marine boundaries.
Read Cove's article.
Mr. Stig Erik Christiansen is GNSS Product Manager for
the EGNOS and Galileo activities in the R&D department at Kongsberg Seatex. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Geodesy from the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is a member of ION and the Nordic Institute of Navigation.
Read Christiansen's article.
J.C. De Mateo is a Microelectronics Engineer supporting the Galileo
Project at ESA in the technical development of test user receivers and ground reference receivers. He was previously involved in
the development of simulations tools and signal analyses for Galileo and EGNOS projects.
Read Mateo's article.
Bärbel Deisting is Research Associate at the Institute of
Geodesy and Navigation at the University FAF Munich. She has a degree in mathematics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
and is working in the field of GPS and Galileo. She is member of the team which is promoting the Bavarian area in the field of
Satellite Navigation.
Read Deisting's article.
Dr. Per Enge is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at
Stanford University, where he is the Kleiner-Perkins, Mayfield, Sequoia Capital Professor in the School of Engineering. He
is also the Director of the GPS Research Laboratory, which works with the FAA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast
Guard to pioneer systems that augment the Global Positioning System (GPS). Per has received the Kepler, Thurlow and Burka
Awards from the Institute of Navigation for his work. He is also a Fellow of the ION and the IEEE.
Read Enge's helicopter article and receiver performace article.
Dr. Michael Fairbanks is a senior associate in Booz Allen
Hamilton's Global Transportation Team and has extensive experience in the radionavigation, aviation and maritime sectors. He has
been deeply involved in policy, strategic and business aspects of the European radionavigation programme since its very early days,
working on EGNOS, LORAN-C and Galileo. Dr Fairbanks holds Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degrees from Oxford
University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation (FRIN), a Member of the US Institute of Navigation, and is also a
Member of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist.
Read Fairbanks' article.
Xie Fei received B.S. (1990) in Electrical Engineering and M.S. (2000)
in System Reliability Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China. He also received M.S.
(2003) in Electrical Engineering and MBA (2005) from Auburn University, Alabama. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in
electrical engineering, where his research efforts are focused on reliability and fretting corrosion in electrical connectors.
As an Engineer, he worked three years at the Institute of Railway Science and seven years at the Beijing University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics. His work mainly focused on system reliability, vibration, electrical system in hardware and software design. He
is currently an IEEE member.
Kendall Ferguson is a graduate of George Mason University with
a B.S. in Computer Science. He has over 20 years experience in GPS Software development, realtime operating system use and development,
and real-time software development. During his employment in DoD related contracting, Mr. Ferguson was a key member in development of
the real-time, safety critical, launch control systems of the Tomahawk & Harpoon missile systems. While employed at Ashtech
(1988-1992), he was responsible for the development of Ashtech's GPS post-processing software, support software, and other innovative
GPS software. At The XYZs of GPS, Inc., Mr. Ferguson leads the development of the company's real-time GPS capabilities and other GPS
software. Currently, he is the XYZs lead engineer on the NDGPS Architecture Modernization and the FHWA/USCG High Accuracy-NDGPS projects.
Read Ferguson's article.
Tom Ford is a GPS specialist at NovAtel Inc. He has a BMath degree from
the University of Waterloo (1975) and a BSc in survey science from the University of Toronto (1981). He became involved with inertial
and GPS technologies at Sheltech and Nortech surveys in 1981. He is a member of the original group of GPS receiver developers at
NovAtel Inc., where he has helped develop many of the core tracking, positioning, attitude determination and inertial technologies
used there. His current focus is the modernization of the RTK processes used at NovAtel Inc.
Read Ford's article.
Chuck Frey is a Senior Staff Systems Engineer with Lockheed Martin. He
holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Science Degree
in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University. Chuck developed the suite of tools, Precise Real-time Orbits (PRO) capable of
ground or orbit determination which was used for this analysis. He has also been involved in several integration efforts for
large-scale ground/satellite programs. Chuck currently supports the GPS III program as the integrated program thread lead for Position,
Velocity and Timing requirements.
Read Frey's article.
Glen Gibbons is the managing director of Gibbons Media &
Research LLC, a Eugene, Oregon-based business providing news and analysis in the field of global navigation satellite systems.
He founded GPS World in 1989. For sixteen years, he led the magazine and developed the journalistic model for covering space-based
positioning, navigation, timing, and the leading technologies with which GNSS is integrated. He is launching a new magazine, Inside
GNSS, in 2006.
His creation of Galileo's World in 1999 anticipated the development of Europe's emerging global navigation satellite system. He has covered GLONASS since publishing what was probably the first trade article on the Russian satellite system in 1990. For ten years (1991-2000), Gibbons also wrote and edited the biweekly GPS World Newsletter. During 1998-99, he launched and edited GeoConvergencia, a Spanish- and Portuguese-language supplement to GPS World. He was editor of the reference publication, GPS World's Big Book of GPS 2000. During the last six years he served as group editorial director and associate publisher of three geospatial magazines, which also included Geospatial Solutions and GeoIntelligence.
Gibbons received the U.S. Institute of Navigation's 2003 Norman P. Hayes Award for outstanding encouragement, inspiration, and support contribution to the advancement of navigation. He is a frequent invited speaker and panelist at international events, as well as an often-quoted source for news media. Gibbons holds a B.A. in political science from Willamette University and studied Chinese language and culture at the East-West Center in Hawaii. He earned an M.A. in journalism from the University of Oregon.
Read Gibbons' marine application article and GPS & Galileo article.
Scott Gleason received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University. Since September
2001, he has worked at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in Guildford, UK, where his duties include GPS, AODCS and Remote Sensing
software development and applications research. He is presently researching a Ph.D. thesis in the area of GNSS bistatic remote
sensing at the University of Surrey.
Read Gleason's article.
Dr. Alan Grant is a Radionavigation Expert for the General Lighthouse
Authorities of the UK and Ireland. He received the degrees of B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Staffordshire University and the University of
Wales respectively. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation, the US Institute of Navigation, and is a Chartered Physicist.
Read Grant's article.
Umberto Guida is the ESSP Business Development Manager, responsible
for the ESSP participation in European Research and Development projects and contributing to the EGNOS Safety of Life Service
Provisions set-up activities. Before joining ESSP, he was the technical responsible at Alenia Spazio for projects and studies
with ESA, EC, GJU, national Institutions and Public/Private Companies, related to the applications for Satellite Navigation,
in view of the next EGNOS start of operations and the Galileo system development.
Read Guida's article.
Joe B. Hanna (PhD., New Mexico State University) currently serves as
Associate Professor of Logistics at Auburn University. Dr. Hanna has published numerous logistics and transportation related articles
in a variety of publication outlets and has co-authored several books in the logistics field. Dr. Hanna is also active in supply chain
consulting and holds memberships in several professional organizations.
Mark Hardesty is an Associate Technical Fellow at The Boeing
Company - Integrated Defense Systems in Mesa, Arizona. For the last 19 years, he has been designing and directing helicopter flight
tests, focusing on exploiting COTS technology. He has developed and employed acoustic, atmospheric, and Time Space Position
Information (TSPI) data systems for a variety of research and FAA certification flight tests, and holds a U.S. Patent for a precision
flight test guidance system based on the NovAtel series of precision RTK DGPS receivers. Mark has B.S. and Master's Degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Read Hardesty's article.
Richard Hartnett is Head of the Engineering Department
at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). He graduated from USCGA with his BSEE in 1977, and earned his MSEE from Purdue in
1980, and his PhD in EE from University of Rhode Island in 1992. He holds the grade of Captain in the U. S. Coast Guard,
and has served on USCGA's faculty since 1985.
Read Hartnett's article.
Marko Jandrisits received his Diploma degree in
Interdisciplinary Management from the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt in 2001. Since 2000 he is with
via donau, the Austrian waterway management agency, where he has been working on positioning and navigation applications
in the inland waterway environment. He is member of the board of the Austrian Institute of Navigation and delegate of
Inland Navigation Europe (INE) to the European Maritime Radionavigation Forum.
Read Jandrisits' marine application article and EGNOS article.
Gregory Johnson is a Senior Program Manager at Alion Science
& Technology, JJMA Maritime Sector. He heads up the New London, CT office which provides research and engineering support
to the Coast Guard Academy and Coast Guard R&D Center. He has a BSEE from the USCG Academy (1987) a MSEE from Northeastern
University (1993) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island (2005). Dr. Johnson is a member of the
Institute of Navigation, the International Loran Association, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Armed
Forces Communications Electronics Association. He is also a Commander in the Coast Guard Reserves.
Read Johnson's article.
After his doctorate in EEE from BITS, Pilani, Dr. S.V. Kibe joined ISRO
HQ in 1978. Currently he is the Programme Director, SATNAV and Deputy Director in the INSAT Programme Office. As Deputy Director
in the INSAT Programme Office, he is responsible for future planning of the INSAT System. He is actively involved in the development
of software signal processing technology for hand-held receivers such as GPS receivers and IMT-2000 receivers.
Read Kibe's article.
Robert Kingdon is a M. Sc. E. student at the Department of
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick. He completed his undergraduate degree in Geomatics Engineering
with the Department in May, 2005; He has assisted with GPS processing; although his primary interest is with physical geodesy.
He is working under Dr. Marcelo Santos.
Read Kingdon's article.
Dr. John O. Klepsvik is Principal Engineer for R&D at
Kongsberg Seatex and project manager for Galileo maritime application projects. His area of specialisation includes radionavigation,
sonar and laser radar imaging. He is currently a member of the RTCM SC104 and IEC TC80 committees and holds a MA and Dr. Ing. degree
in Applied Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Read Klepsvik's article.
Nobuyoshi Kouguchi received the B.Sc. degree from Maritime
University of Kobe in 1978 and Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering from Osaka University in 1998. He is currently a professor
at Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University. His research interests include evaluation method for Maritime Education and
Training, signal processing for RADAR and GPS signal and navigator's cognitive and decision-making process.
Read Kouguchi's article.
Nobuaki Kubo received his Master of Engineering (Electrical) in 1998
from Hokkaido University. After that, he joined NEC and had worked on GBAS and MSAS project especially in the area of GPS software
development for several years. Currently he works as a research associate at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology in
the area of some GPS receiver and software development and the mitigation of multipath.
Read Kubo's article.
Stacey D. Lyle, PhD., PLS is an Assistant Professor at
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi in the Computing and Mathematical Science Geographic Information Science
program at the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science.
Read Lyle's article.
Ashley Lyon graduated in France in Engineering, complementted by a
Master of Science Degree in Aerospace applications, Cranfield University, United Kingdom. His professional experience encompasses
six years in France for a Telecommunication and Radar company, before working as a sales and Marketing Manager in Belgium for an
aircraft equipment manufacture. He then jpined the ESSP as Business and Marketing Manager, where he is in charge of promoting and
developing the EGNOS business.
Read Lyon's article.
Donald M. Mulcare, NOAA, National Geodetic Survey is Texas State
Advisor and an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in the Computing and Mathematical Science Geographic
Information Science program at the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science.
Read Mulcare's article.
Kirsten Musgrove is the Assistant Manager of the Space
and Terrestrial Regulation Section at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). She has been with ACMA and
its predecessor the Australian Communications Authority for six years. The Space and Terrestrial Regulation Section is
responsible within ACMA for the development and implementation of radiocommunications licensing policy in Australia. She
holds qualifications in the areas of Science, Education and Law.
Read Musgrove's article.
Felipe Nievinski is a M. Sc. E. student and research assistant
at the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick. His supervisor is Dr. Marcelo Santos. At the
end of 2004 he received his Geomatics Engineering degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is mainly
interested in computational problems in geodesy.
Read Nievinski's article.
Shigeyuki Okuda received a Bachelor's degree in 1977, and a
Master's degree in 1981 from Kobe University of Mercantile Marine. Presently he is employed as Professor of Navigation
Department at Marine Technical College. He is a Professional Member of Institute of Navigation, a member of Japan Institute
of Navigation and a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. His major research
fields are nautical instruments, radio navigation system, especially GPS, and simulation technology.
Read Okuda's article.
Mike Parsons is a 23-year veteran of Coast Guard radio
navigation systems support and engineering. He is currently assigned to the land-based systems hardware engineering
section at the Coast Guard Command and Control Engineering Center in Portsmouth, VA.
Read Parsons' article.
Javier Pérez received the Aeronautical Engineer degree from the
Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). He is currently Head of the European and Space Projects Division, within the Area of Systems
and Air Navigation, in INECO. Before that, he has worked as engineer in Airbus, SENER and INTA.
Read Pérez's article.
Dr. Benjamin Remondi worked for NASA and NOAA, completing his
government career at NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. He received engineering degrees from The University of Delaware, The Johns
Hopkins University, and The University of Texas at Austin. He worked for Ashtech, Inc. during Ashtech's first years. He is currently
the President of The XYZs of GPS, Inc. which is a GPS R&D company emphasizing real-time applications and precise (RTK) applications.
Read Remondi's article.
Dr. Günther Retscher is Assistant Prof. at the Institute of
Geodesy and Geophysics of the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, since August 2001. He received his Ph.D. from the same
university in 1995. His main research and teaching interests are in the fields of engineering geodesy, satellite positioning
and navigation as well as application of multi-sensor systems in geodesy and navigation. He is Secretary of IAG Sub-Commission
4.2 and chairs the working group WG 4.1.2 on "Indoor and Pedestrian Navigation" under Sub-Commission 4.1.
Read Retscher's article.
Martin U. Ripple joined EADS shortly after the merger of DASA,
Aerospatiale Matra and CASA in 2000. His original position was head of the Group Strategic Planning process. Since July 2002,
he has been responsible for the Galileo program within the EADS SPACE division. He graduated with a degree in mechanical and
aeronautical engineering from the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, in 1994.
Read Ripple's article.
Dr. Gethin Roberts is a senior lecturer at the University of Nottingham.
He holds a PhD in Engineering Surveying and a Bachelors degree in Mining Engineering, both from The University of Nottingham. He is also
the chairman of the FIG's Working Group 6.4 "Engineering Surveys for construction works and structural engineering," as well as chair of
Task force 6.1.1 "Measurements and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Structural Vibrations." He is also the UK's commission 6 delegates.
Read Roberts' article.
Jennifer Ruiz is a Systems Engineer for the Lockheed Martin
Corporation. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware and
is currently pursuing her M.S.E.E. at Villanova University. She has supported several programs at Lockheed Martin that
use GPS technology as a means of navigation and is currently supporting the GPS III program in the areas of Integrity
and Position, Velocity, and Timing (PVT) system requirements.
Read Ruiz's article.
Marcelo Santos is Associate Professor at the Department of Geodesy
and Geomatics Engineering at UNB. He holds a M. Sc. in Geophysics from the National Observatory, in Rio de Janeiro, and a Ph.D.
in Geodesy from UNB. He has been involved in research in the fields of space and physical geodesy, GNSS and navigation.
Read Santos' article.
Ryosuke Shibasaki is a professor at center for spatial
information science, the University of Tokyo. He obtained B.S. degree in 1980, M.S. degree in 1982 and Doctoral Degree of Eng.
In 1987 in civil engineering from the University of Tokyo. From 1982 to 1988, he worked in Public Works Research Institute,
Ministry of Construction. From 1988 to 1991, he was associate professor of civil engineering department, the University of
Tokyo. His research interest covers 3D data acquisition for GIS, conceptual modeling for spatial objects and agent-based micro
simulation in GIS environment as well as GPS.
Read Shibasaki's article.
Ronald Sicker is a graduate of the Ohio University BSEE program.
From 1983-1989 he was a USAF Flight Test Engineer on a fleet of EC-135 Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA). He provided
in-flight support for 38 space and missile tests plus planning and managing the satellite and telemetry support for over 50 launches
form the USAF Eastern Test Range. Moving to NASA in 1989 he was an original member of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
(ACTS) Experiment Office. ACTS launched in 1993 and opened the Ka band and proved the feasibility of hopping spot beam technology.
From 1991-1993 he managed the power system protection sub element of the electrical power management and distribution system on the Space Station, 1994-2004 he managed the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) and the Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE) for 15 Shuttle launches. After the tragic loss of the Crew along with SAMS and OARE on Columbia (STS-107) Ron has been working in the Satellite Based Technology (SBT)/Advanced Communication Navigation and Surveillance Architectures System Technology (ACAST) as the Deputy Project Manager.
Read Sicker's article.
Peter F. Swaszek is a Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. His
research interests are in digital signal processing with a focus on digital communications and navigation systems.
Read Swaszek's article.
Dipl. Ing. Michael Thienelt is research assistant at the
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics of the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, since April 2004. He studied surveying
and received his diploma from the Technology University Berlin in September 2003. His main research interests are in the fields
of engineering geodesy (especially railway surveying) and navigation as well as application of multi-sensor systems in geodesy
and navigation.
Read Thienelt's article.
William Travis is pursuing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn
University. He graduated from Auburn with a B.S. in M.E. in 2004. He works in the GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Lab studying navigation
of unmanned vehicles.
Read Travis's article.
Martin Unwin heads the GPS team at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd,
responsible for spaceborne GPS receiver design and operation. He holds a B.Sc. from Lancaster University and a Ph.D. from the
University of Surrey.
Read Unwin's article.
Alexis Vidal holds a specialized masters degree in project management
from HEC School of Management, Paris (France) and originally graduated as an aerospace engineer from École Centrale, Lyon (France)
and Imperial College, London (UK). He has been working on the Galileo concession, since he joined EADS SPACE Services in 2004 as
project manager.
Read Vidal's skynet article and GPS policy article.
Dr. Nick Ward is Research Director of the General Lighthouse Authorities
of the UK & Ireland, with responsibility for strategy & planning of research & development. His area of specialisation
is in radionavigation and communications, including Automatic Identification Systems (AIS). He is current chairman of the International
Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) Radionavigation and AIS Committees and UK Observer on the
Northwest European Loran System Steering Committee. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a Member
of ION.
Read Ward's article.
Dave Wells is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics
Engineering at UNB, as well as Professor in the Dept. of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), and Adjunct
Professor in the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire. Dave's academic interests include geodesy,
applied bathymetry, kinematic positioning, water levels and tides, and hydrographic data management.
Read Wells' article.
Jon Westbrook graduated from the Univesity of East Anglia
in the UK with a degree in Electronics with Business Studies. He is employed by National Air Traffic Services UK and is currently
detached to teh ESSP. Prior to joining the ESSP he was detached to work for the European Space Agency in Toulouse as part of the
ESA EGNOS projectoffice and was the system engineer responsible for overseeing the design, development and procurement of the EGNOS
Central Processing Facility. He was the first member of the ESSP operations team and has project managed the operations preparation
phase contract and managed the negotiations with ESA for the EGNOS Initial Operations Phase.
Read Westbrook's article.
Jeffrey T. Williams is the manager for Area Navigation (RNAV)
and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) programs for the Federal Aviation Administration. In this position he is responsible for
developing and implementing a plan to transition the National Airspace System from the current ground-based navigation system to a
performance-based system. He currently serves as the US Member to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) RNP Study
Group. Prior to being named RNAV/RNP Division Manager in 2003, he served as manager of the Air Traffic RNAV Implementation Staff.
Williams served three years as co-chair for the Communications/ Surveillance Operational Implementation Team and two years as the Air
Traffic Services GPS Integrated Product Team Lead. He also served six years as the US Member to the ICAO Global Navigation Satellite
System Panel. He has 10 years air traffic control experience at Boston Tower and Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control, where he was
a supervisor.
Williams graduated from Daniel Webster College with a bachelor-of-science degree in management. He is also a commercial pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings and he is a certified flight instructor. Williams resides with his family in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Read Williams' article.
David Wolfe is the Senior Engineer & Project Manager for the
Nationwide & Maritime Differential GPS and Short Range Aids to Navigation projects at C2CEN, the US Coast Guard's primary
engineering facility for land-based navigation systems. He is an active member of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime
Services (RTCM) Special Committee 104 (SC-104) for Maritime Differential GPS; International Electro technical Commission (IEC),
Technical Committee 80, working group 4A for GNSS and DGNSS receiver standards; and the International Association of Lighthouse
Administrations (IALA) radio navigation committee. He earned his BSEE from Drexel University in 1990. Mr. Wolfe is a member of
the Institute of Navigation council as Marine Representative.
Read Wolfe's article.
Dr. Xiaolin Meng is a senior research fellow at the Institute of
Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy, the University of Nottingham and Professor in Space Geodesy of Chinese Academy of
Surveying and Mapping. He holds a PhD in Highway, Urban Road and Airport Engineering from Tongji University in Shanghai, China
and a PhD in Space Geodesy from the University of Nottingham. His research interests are in engineering surveying, satellite
geodesy, spatial database development and quality control, GIS for Transportation (GIS-T), Intelligent Transportation System (ITS),
integration of GIS and GPS, and GPS, pseudolites and INS for structural integrity monitoring.
Read Meng's article.
Akio Yasuda is a professor at Tokyo University of Marine Science and
Technology. He received his doctorate in engineering from Nagoya University. He is the president of GPS Society, Japan Institute of
Navigation (JIN GPS). His major subjects are satellite communication and positioning system, including GPS application and the
development of the instruments for marine researches.
Read Yasuda's article.
Dr. Yujie Zhang is a senior GPS software engineer with NavCom Technology,
Inc., Torrance, California. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In addition, she
received a Master in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; and, a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from
Xian Institute of Technology, Xian, China. Dr. Zhang is a member of the Institute of Navigation and the IEEE. She has been recognized at
the IEEE PLANS 2004 Conference for best GPS track paper and at ION GNSS 2003 Conference for best session paper on algorithms and methods.
In addition, she received the very first Section-Sponsored Graduate Student Award from the ION and the Gus Smith Memorial Engineering Award
from the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. Dr. Zhang has previous work experience in data network and mobile
communication engineering since 1996. Her research and development interests concentrate on all aspects of high-accuracy positioning using
GNSS technology. Dr. Zhang is a U.S. licensed professional engineer.
Alexei E. Zinoviev received his MS in geodetic astronomy from Moscow
Institute of Engineers for Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography (now - Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography). He joined
Institute for Space Device Engineering (ISDE) in 1988, Ashtech Inc. in 1993 and Javad Positioning Systems in 1997. At present, he is with
Topcon Positioning Systems as the leader of the Firmware Development team.
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Contents
Issue No. 9:
Global Navigation
Satellite System
Global Navigation
Satellite System
Winter 2006
Growth and Expansion
Ground Applications
Air Applications
Water Applications
Space Applications
Local Applications
Future Directions and Research
Critical Perspectives
Contributors
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