Washington Section
| Chair: | Mr. Chuck Schue Ursa Navigation Solutions, Inc. Tel: (703) 623-5212 cschue@ursanav.com |
| Vice-Chair: | Dr. John Carl Adams NASA GSFC Tel: (301) 286-2618 john.c.adams@nasa.gov |
| Secretary: | Christopher C. Varner, Ph.D. ARINC Engineering Services, LLC Tel: (240) 725-7265 Fax: (301) 863-2331 cvarner@arinc.com |
| Treasurer: | Mrs. Karen Barker NOAA (202) 482-8314 barker571@earthlink.net |
| Student Scholarships: | Dave Winfield Terry McGurn |
Past Meetings:
Date Location Speaker Activity Dec. 3, 2007 Al Crostino Restaurant Dr. Mikel Miller Presentation on the ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition Jan. 10, 2007 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Dr. Carl Adams Presentation on Recent Advances in Spacecraft GPS Applications Sep. 14, 2006 Gov. Calvert House, Annapolis Mr. Joe Brannan Presentation on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Student Competition May 31, 2006 University of Maryland Dr. Darryl Pines, Dr. Suneel Sheikh Presentation on XNAV (Spacecraft Navigation using Pulsars) Dec. 12, 2005 U.S. Naval Observatory Ms. Francine Vannicola Presentation on upcoming Air & Space Museum Exhibit on Navigation and Time Keeping Sep. 28, 2005 US Capitol Mr. Larry Hothem Presentation on USGS activities in Antarctica. June 8, 2005 NASA HQ Mr. Jason Soloff Presentation on NASA's Long Term Navigation and Communications Architecture Aug. 24, 2004 DOT Headquarters Ralph Braibanti Lecture on GPS-Galileo Cooperation Agreement June 22, 2004 William Paca House, Annapolis, MD CAPT Curtis Dubay, P.E. Lecture on Classical Navigation Techniques Jan. 22, 2004 National Research Laboratory Jay Oaks Satellite Time Transfer Presentation & Tour of NRL Facilities Nov. 13, 2003 Patuxent River Naval Air Station Frank Allen Tour of Naval Air Station and Museum,
Lecture on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS)Aug. 14, 2003 U.S. Naval Observatory Jamie Heller Tour of USNO and A Discussion of Russia's GLONASS,
Europe's Galileo, and China's Beidou Satellite Navigation SystemsMar. 26, 2003 FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center Glenn Washer Tour of Federal Highway Administration's Nondestructive Evaluation Center Jan. 27, 2003 Russell Senate Office Building David Lyles Legislative process, and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Nov. 13, 2002 IDA Frank Czopek GPS Satellite Life July 8, 2002 IDA Dr. Scott Pace GPS Policy Development
