GPSL Faculty

Senior Engineer

Steven Powell

Graduate Students

Paul M. Kintner

Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
302 Rhodes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.255.5304
E-mail: pmk1@cornell.edu

Paul M. Kintner is a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University and served as the school's associate director from 1997-2000. He earned his Ph.D. from the Physics Department of the University of Minnesota in 1974 and was a research associate at both the University of Iowa and Cornell University before accepting a faculty position at Cornell in 1981.

Professor Kintner's research has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the Geospace environment and to the development of instrumentation for both in situ sensing and remote sensing. His most well-known instrument is the plasma wave interferometer for measuring the phase velocity and wavelength of space plasma waves and the scale size of discrete plasma structures in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Using this and similar instruments, he is credited with the discovery of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves, double layers, and lower hybrid solitary structures in space. Recently his work with interferometers has been critical in understanding electron phase space holes. His work is frequently cited for understanding transverse ion acceleration and understanding the ionosphere as a mass source for the magnetosphere. During the past 10 years he has initiated a program to develop Global Positioning System receivers for scientific applications. Ground-based GPS receivers designed in this program are used to monitor ionospheric scintillations and ionospheric drifts. Space flight GPS receivers designed in this program are being used for time synchronization and precision positioning on multiple payload sounding rockets.

Dr. Paul Kintner has served as a co-convener for a variety of conferences, participated in innumerable NASA review panels and committees, and has chaired the LWS Geospace Mission Definition Team. He is a member of the AGU and a senior member of the IEEE, and has been a principal investigator for 9 sounding rockets. Dr. Kintner has developed and teaches courses such as "GPS: Theory and Design" and "Space Science and Engineering" at Cornell, for which he has received several teaching awards. He was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003.

Positions:

Education:

Ph.D. awarded 6/74 by Physics Department, University of Minnesota

B.S. awarded 6/68 by Physics Department, University of Rochester

Awards:

Professional Societies:

American Geophysical Union

International Scientific Radio Union (URSI)

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

American Physical Society

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Institute of Navigation

Professional:

Member Committee on Solar and Space Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 2004-present

Chair, Living With a Star Geospace Mission Definition Team, 2001-2003

Member, Science Architecture Team for Living with a Star, 2000

Member, NASA Headquarters SECAS Committee, 1998-2001

Member, NASA Sounding Rocket Advisory Panel, 1994-1997, 2004-present

Co-Convenor/Science Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005

Member, URSI Commission H on Waves in Space Plasmas, 1980-present

Swedish Visiting Scientist Fellow, 1985-1986

Evaluator, Accreditation Board on Engineering Technology 2001- present

University Service:

Member Local Advisory Committee 2004-present

Member, FCR Financial Policies Committee, 1986-1989

Member, Faculty Council of Representatives, 1984-1988

Chair, Executive Committee of the FCR, 1986-1987

Chair, Ad-Hoc FCR Committee on Day Care and Family Issues, 1986-1987

Member, Executive Committee of the FCR, 1985-1987

Mark L. Psiaki

Professor
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
206 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.255.9100
Fax: 607.255.1222
E-mail: mlp4@cornell.edu

Areas of Interest:

Estimation and filtering; GPS systems; spacecraft attitude and orbit determination; control system design and analysis; guidance; numerical trajectory optimization; dynamic modeling of satellites, rockets, aircraft, wheeled vehicles, and automated machinery.

Positions:

Education:

Ph.D. 1987, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

M.A. 1984, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

B.A. 1979, Physics (magna cum laude), Princeton University

Awards:

Professional Activity:

AIAA: Associate Fellow; Member of the guidance, navigation and control technical committee, 1992-1995

AIAA: Chairman of the best paper awards sub-committee 1994-1995

AIAA: Member of the best paper awards committee, 1998-1999

AIAA: Associate editor of the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2001-present

ASME: Faculty advisor of Cornell student section, 1988-1991

ION: (Institute of Navigation) Professional Member, 2000-Present

ION: Session organizer for ION GNSS 2004

Reviewer for J. of Guidance, Control, & Dynamics, J. of the Astronautical Sciences, Automatica, IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Optimal Control Appl. and Methods, and other journals and conferences