Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee

Members

  • Dr. Steven E. Everett, Boeing, Chair
  • Ellen Gillespie, longtime United Space Alliance engineer
  • Jeff Tave, Lockheed Martin
  • Douglas Yazell, Honeywell 1981-2011, retired, Horizons newsletter editor 2011-2014
  • Murugan Subramaniam, Akima Tech-Link, LLC
  • Alicia Baker, Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP)
  • Gabe Garrett, TASC (Engility)
  • Michael Frostad, Past Chair (2014-2015), AIAA Houston Section

We are always looking for professional members.See the organization chart for contact information. While we update the web site and related items as of June 2012, additional contact information is douglas.yazell[at]me.com.

Charter

To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding the state of the art and the future of aerospace guidance, navigation and control. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.

Goals

  • Recruit members for the technical committee and AIAA
  • Recruit one technical committee member from each “GN&C” company in the Clear Lake Area
  • Encourage lectures from government, industry, and universities
  • Monitor and contribute to the mirror committee on the national level
  • Organize lunch-and-learn sessions in the the Houston Clear Lake area (one to four per year)
  • Focus on the technical challenges of the next 3-5 years
  • Meet in person three to four times per year, sometimes with national committee
  • Interact with other AIAA technical committees (including the AIAA Houston Section Annual Technical Symposium [ATS] in May of each year), other professional societies, and universities
  • Survey tools and techniques
  • Contribute articles to AIAA Houston Section newsletter Horizons
  • Initiate and review reports on GN&C aspects of missions to Mars

Lunch-and-Learns

  • March 31, 2015
    Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering and Estimation in Aerospace Engineering
    Chris D’Souza, PhD, NASA/JSC
    Presentation charts from Chris D’Souza (PDF, 1.7 MB): KF_seminar_AIAA_LnL.pdf
    Attendance: 14
    Location: NASA/JSC Gilruth Center Longhorn room
    Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
    TC Chair: Dr. Steven E. Everett
    Section Chair: Dr. Michael Martin

    Above: Christopher D'Souza, PhD, NASA/JSC. AIAA Houston Section Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) technical committee lunch-and-learn, March 31, 2015, Kalman Filtering & Estimation. Location: NASA/JSC Gilturh Center Longhorn room. TC Chair: Dr. Steven E. Everett. Section Chair: Dr. Michael Martin. Image credits: Douglas Yazell, TC member.

    Above: Christopher D’Souza, PhD, NASA/JSC. AIAA Houston Section Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) technical committee lunch-and-learn, March 31, 2015, Kalman Filtering & Estimation. Location: NASA/JSC Gilturh Center Longhorn room. TC Chair: Dr. Steven E. Everett. Section Chair: Dr. Michael Martin. Image credits: Douglas Yazell, TC member.

  • September 22, 2006
    Emerging Software Tools for Satellite Design
    James D. Turner/Director of Operations, Consortium for Autonomous Space Systems
    Flier: DOC
    Presentation: PDF
  • February 10, 2006
    NanoMaterials for Space Exploration
    Padraig Moloney/NASA/JSC
    Flier: PDF
  • February 2, 2006
    Where Did That Equation Come From?
    John Goodman/United Space Alliance
    Flier: PDF ; a newer link (Horizons newsletter directory) for that publicity flyer
    Presentation: PDF
  • July 26, 2005
    In Pursuit of the Phantom Torque
    Jack Bacon/NASA JSC/OM3
    Flier: PDF
  • May 19, 2005
    Hierarchical Navigation Algorithms in Support of Mars Exploration
    Robert H. Bishop / The University of Texas at Austin
    Flier: DOC
    Presentation: PDF
  • September 17, 2004
    Trajectory Optimization from Euler to Lawden to Today
    Christopher D’Souza / The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
    Flier: PDF
    Presentation: PPT, 2.61 MB 
  • July 7, 2004
    Some Aspects of N-Dimensional Theoretical Mechanics Dr. John E. Hurtado, Texas A&M
  • January 8, 2004
    Vision Based Relative Navigation for Autonomous Proximity Operations
    Dr. John Valasek, Texas A&M, Dr. Declan Hughes, Starvision Technologies
    Flier: DOC
    Presentation: PPT, 5.99 MB 
  • October 21, 2003
    Linear Parameter Varying Control and Applications to Active Microgravity Isolation
    Dr. Karolos Grigoriadis, University of Houston
    Flier: DOC
    Presentation: PDF, 1.67 MB 
  • August 19, 2003
    Formation Flying of Satellites-a Generalization of Proximity Operations
    Dr. Srinivas Vadali, Texas A&M University
    Flier: PDF | DOC
    Presentation: PDF, 1.34 MB | PPT, 2.45 MB 
  • June 18, 2003
    Graduate Curriculum in Space Architecture
    Professor Larry Bell, University of Houston
    Flier: DOC
  • June 11, 2003
    Flower Constellations-Continuous Coverage of Non-Equatorial Regions with Repeating Tracks
    Dr. Daniele Mortari, Texas A&M University
    Flier: DOC
    Presentation: PPT, 1.9 MB (Updated: 11/10/2004)
    Flower Constellations Group’s Web Page at Texas A&M University 
  • April 2, 2003
    Geometry of Sun Tracking from Earth Orbit and Related Simulation Initialization
    Douglas Yazell, Honeywell
  • June 18, 2001
    StarNav and VisNav: A New Generation of Electro-Optical Spacecraft Navigation Sensors and Algorithms
    Dr. John Junkins, Texas A&M University
    Flier: DOC
    Abstract and Speaker’s Bio: DOC
  • February 24, 2000
    MEDS, the Space Shuttle Orbiter’s Multifunction Electronic Display System
    Mr. James Newsome and Mr. Danny Siner presented MEDS, the ‘glass cockpit’ upgrade (shortly before its first flight).