Washington Section


Washington Section Bylaws

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:
DateLocationSpeakerActivity
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, 2004National Research Laboratory Jay Oaks Satellite Time Transfer Presentation & Tour of NRL Facilities
Nov. 13, 2003Patuxent River Naval Air Station Frank AllenTour of Naval Air Station and Museum,
Lecture on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS)
Aug. 14, 2003U.S. Naval Observatory Jamie HellerTour of USNO and A Discussion of Russia's GLONASS,
Europe's Galileo, and China's Beidou Satellite Navigation Systems
Mar. 26, 2003FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center Glenn WasherTour of Federal Highway Administration's Nondestructive Evaluation Center
Jan. 27, 2003Russell Senate Office Building David LylesLegislative process, and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)
Nov. 13, 2002IDA Frank CzopekGPS Satellite Life
July 8, 2002IDA Dr. Scott PaceGPS Policy Development