personnel profile

J. David Powell

Title: Professor Emeritus Department(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering Affiliation(s): Co-Director, Navigation and Control Laboratories Location: Durand 383 Phone: 650.723.3425       650.712.9015 Fax: 650.712.9017 E-mail: jdpowell@stanford.edu URL: http://waas.stanford.edu/people/powell.htm Administrator: William B. Webster

Research Statement

Professor Powell's research is concerned with GPS-based aircraft and ground vehicle navigation. His research aims at the development of precision navigation for aircraft instrument landings in poor visibility conditions, the use of GPS for aircraft surveillance, the use of GPS to augment inertial instruments for an aircraft attitude reference, the use of pseudolites to augment GPS for ground vehicle navigation near obstructions, and automobile navigation using GPS.