Thursday, April 04, 2024
Meeting Time: 7:00 pm
Online event (via Zoom): Please register on meetup.com to obtain the Zoom link.
Lecture
In Part 1 of this two part series, we learned how GPS works. In Part 2, we will look at various GPS applications.
In this lecture, specific uses of the system will be discussed such as GPS in agriculture, maritime port navigation and airport landing systems. Its use in cell phone navigation known as Assisted GPS will also be discussed. The lecture will end with a description of a possible Galactic Positioning System that would use a GPS-like system for navigation in interstellar space.
Speaker Bio:
Richard Bova is a licensed PE and former embedded systems engineer who recently worked in the satellite communication systems industry. He has also worked as an analog/digital design engineer with hybrid integrated circuits, navigation systems and military ground support equipment. As a former adjunct and full-time professor at the DeVry College of NY, he served as the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Technology program and was a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Mr. Bova holds a BSEE and MSEE from the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU (formerly Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn) and is a Life Member of the IEEE. He is currently a volunteer workshop leader in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program at Stony Brook University where he leads workshops in drawing and technology related subjects.
Notes
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