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Mark L Psiaki

Kevin Crofton Faculty Chair in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
  • Ph.D. (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Princeton University, 1987
  • M.A. (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Princeton University, 1984
  • B.A. (Physics), Princeton University, 1979

Mark Psiaki, professor, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Dr. Psiaki
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
Durham Hall, RM 335 MC0203
1145 Perry Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
  • Estimation and Kalman filtering.
  • GPS/GNSS signal processing, security, & integrity.
  • Radio navigation.
  • Inertial navigation.
  • Satellite attitude determination.
  • Satellite orbit determination.
  • Inverse problems in remote sensing.
  • Fellow of the AIAA, 2017-present.
  • Fellow of the Institute of Navigation (ION), 2014-present.
  • AIAA Mechanics of Control and Flight Award, 2022
  • ION Johannes Kepler Award, 2021
  • ION Tycho Brahe Award, 2013.
  • ION Burka Award, 2005, 2021.
  • Best-Paper-at-Conference Awards for 4 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, & Control Conferences: 1997, 2005, 2007, & 2009.
  • Best-Paper-at-Conference Awards for 2 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conferences: 1998 & 2002.
  • Mechanical Design Engineer, RCA Astro-Electronics, East Windsor, NJ, 1979-1982.
  • Graduate Student & Assistant in Instruction, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1982-1986.
  • Professor (acting assistant, then assistant, then associate, then full), Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 1986-2016.
  • Professor Emeritus, Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 2016-present.
  • Professor & Kevin Crofton Faculty Chair, Kevin Crofton Dept. of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2016-present.