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Isaac I. Kaminer
Professor and NPS Director of Aerodynamic Decelorator Systems Center
Mail Code: MAE/Ka
Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-3459
Email: kaminer@nps.edu
EDUCATION:
PhD - Univ of Michigan, 1992
ME - Univ of Minnesota, 1985
BS - Univ of Minnesota, 1983
NPS EXPERIENCE:
  • 2006-Present: Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2000-2006: Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
  • 1985 - 1992 - Research Consultant, MARIUS Underwater Vehicle Project, Technical Univ of Lisbon, Portugal, 1990-1992
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineer and Computer Science, Univ of Michigan, 1989-1992
  • Consultant, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Company, Seattle, WA, 1990-1991
  • Research Engineer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Company, Seattle, WA, 1986-1989
  • Senior Engineer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Company, Seattle, WA, 1985-1986
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Unmanned Air Vehicles
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Flight Controls
  • Conventional Weapons
AWARDS:
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Outstanding Service Award, 1999
  • Menneken Annual Faculty Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 1999
  • ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1995
  • NATO Fellowship for Scientific and Technological Exchange, 1995
  • NATO Fellowship for Scientific and Technological Exchange, 1994
  • NASA Certificate of Recognition for the Creative Development of a Technical Innovation, 1991
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Panel Member, NATO Research Technology Organization, SCI-023 on Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
  • Keywords: Flight Control Gain-Scheduled Controllers, Nonlinear Robust Guidance Control GPS Inertial navigation Kalman Filtering Tail Sizing Optimation UAVs



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