Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
Associate Professor

Professor Gebre-Egziabher’s area of research is in navigation, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles. A particular focus of his research is the application of estimation theory to the development of algorithms and design methodologies to optimally fuse the information from multiple sensors and systems. One of the challenges encountered when dealing with such problems for aerospace applications (where safety of life is an issue) is being able to precisely quantify (in statistical terms) the level of reliability of the algorithms and systems. Example of engineering application of his work are in the development of attitude determination systems for satellites, high accuracy navigation of aircraft and evaluating operations of small autonomous aerial vehicles in the national airspace system.

Degrees

Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, 2002
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The George Washington University, D.C., 1996
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson 1990

Experience

October 2002 – present: McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliate Faculty Member (Graduate Advising), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
January 1996 – October 2002: Research Staff and Graduate Research Assistant, Global Positioning System Laboratory, Stanford University
December 1990 - January 1996: System Engineer, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.

Five Recent Publications

D. Gebre-Egziabher, and G. H. Elkaim, 2007, MAV Attitude Determination by Vector Matching, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, to appear, (Journal Article) More Details
Alireza Razavi, Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Dennis M. Akos, 2007, Carrier Loop Architectures For Tracking Weak GPS Signals, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, No. 4., (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
Bevly, D., D Gebre-Egziabher and B. W. Parkinson, 2007, Parametric Error Equations for Dead Reckoning Navigators used in Ground Vehicle Guidance and Control, Navigation, Vol. 53. No., (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
Jan, S., D. Gebre-Egziabher, T. Walter, P. Enge, 2007, Improving GPS-Based Landing System Performance using an Empirical Barometric Altimeter Confidence Bound, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, Vol 43, No. 3. July, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
D. Gebre-Egziabher, 2007, Magnetometer Auto-Calibration Leveraging Measurement Locus Constraints, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 4. pp 1361 – 1368, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF

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Honors and Fellowships

McKnight Land-Grant Professorship (2006-2008): Background

Subjects and Courses Taught

Undergraduate: AEM 2011 -- Statics; AEM 2012 -- Dynamics; AEM 2301 -- Mechanics of Flight; AEM 4371 -- Helicopter Aerodynamics; AEM 4441 -- Structural Dynamics
Graduate: AEM 5431 -- Trajectory Optimization; AEM 5495 -- Topics in Aerospace Systems; AEM 8000 -- Seminar: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics; AEM 8431 -- Trajectory Optimization; AEM 8495 -- Selected Topics in Dynamical Systems and Controls; AEM 8495 -- Selected Topics in Dynamical Systems and Controls

Curriculum Vitae

Brief Biographical Sketch

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Demoz Gebre-Egziabher Associate Professor