Queensland Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society Chapter

The Queensland Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS) provides local activities for Queensland-based AESS members. Since forming in 2008 we have sought to become a technical forum for members of the aerospace (civil & military), complex systems & systems engineering and their feeder technology industries in Queensland. We have held several seminars on topics such as EMI/EMC certification and Complex Systems integration.

If you are in the academic, research or industry sectors of (or have an interest in) the aforementioned areas we encourage you to join the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society.

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Seminar: Navigation Warfare: GPS Protection Techniques by Dr John Davies, Parallax Project Management jdavies@parallaxprojects.com

• Time, date & venue: 5:30 for 6pm, Wednesday 12 Oct 2011, UQ St Lucia, GP-South Bldg 78 room 420 http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&id=71
• Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the threats facing contemporary and future GPS capabilities and techniques available to counter these threats. The presentation will explore the use of ground planes, choke rings and controlled reception pattern antennas to counter intentional and unintentional GPS jamming. The application of these technologies to systems and platforms will also be discussed.
• Bio: Dr John Davies is a systems engineer and project manager with extensive experience in the acquisition of large complex projects. John spent ten years in the Royal Australian Air Force as an armaments engineer and for the past 12 years has been engaged as a consultant for numerous defence acquisition projects. John is a course convenor for several units on the Defence Material Organisation's Executive Masters program in Complex Project Management as well as presenting post graduate units in guided weapon engineering and explosive ordnance technology through the University of New South Wales. John also presents procurement law courses at Monash and Griffith University.
• RSVP: An RSVP to Prof Peter Lindsay p.lindsay@uq.edu.au by Friday 7 October for catering purposes would be appreciated. Note that this event is free and all interested are welcome to attend.
• For more details contact p.lindsay@uq.edu.au
• Parking: http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.html?menu=1&id=266

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• Professor Alberto Broggi from the University of Parma, Italy presented a talk on “An extreme test for autonomous driving systems” at CSIRO QCAT on 20 Sept 2011.

• Gianluca Falco, from the Electronics Dept. at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, presented a talk on “Advanced techniques for GPS/INS integration” at QUT on 1 March 2010.
• H. Jin Kim and Youdan Kim, presented “UAV research activities at Seoul National University”, and Min-Jea Tahk gave a seminar entitled “UAV research activities at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)” at Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), Brisbane Airport on 22 April 2010.
• Franco Tecchia, from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, spoke on “Virtual and Augmented Reality Research” at CSIRO on 7 July 2010.
• Mike Borgelt, from Borgelt Instruments, spoke on “History and engineering development of sailplane instruments” and GPCAPT Ross Thomasson, Directorate of Strategic Planning, RAAF, provided a seminar entitled “How technology advancements impact on operational decision making in the military” at UQ on 21st October 2010.
• Phillip Griggs presented a seminar on “Military Mission Planning Systems - Assisting the Warfighter” at UQ on 25th October 2010.

Global Positioning System and Inertial Sensor Technology Trends for Highly Integrated Platform Navigation Systems

Presented by George T. Schmidt, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

We were privileged to have George Schmidt, an IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecturer, visit Brisbane on the 19th of October to present on GPS/INS technology trends and integration. The lecture was very well attended by academia and industry with approximately 50 people in total.

Several papers are available that relate to the lecture topic.

• The full set can be found here: http://www.rta.nato.int/Pubs/RDP.asp?RDP=RTO-EN-SET-116
• They can also be found by going to http://www.rta.nato.int, choosing Search Scientific Publications and finding RTO-EN-SET-116 Low Cost Navigation Sensors and Integration Technology.
• A few are available to download directly:
  • GPS INS Technology Trends
  • GPS INS Integrated Architectures
  • GPS INS Integrated Architecture Performance Comparisons

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