Director
Dr. Boris Pervan is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at IIT, where he conducts research on advanced navigation systems. Prior to joining the faculty at IIT, he was a spacecraft mission analyst at Hughes Aircraft Company (now Boeing) and a postdoctoral research associate at Stanford University. Prof. Pervan received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame, M.S. from the California Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was the recipient of the IIT Sigma Xi Excellence in University Research Award, Ralph Barnett Mechanical and Aerospace Dept. Outstanding Teaching Award, Mechanical and Aerospace Dept. Excellence in Research Award, IIT University Excellence in Teaching Award, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society M. Barry Carlton Award, RTCA William E. Jackson Award, Guggenheim Fellowship (Caltech), and the Albert J. Zahm Prize in Aeronautics (Notre Dame). He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation (ION), and Editor-in-Chief of the ION Journal Navigation. pervan@iit.edu
Research Faculty
Dr. Samer Khanafseh is currently a Research Assistant Professor at Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at IIT. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from IIT, in 2003 and 2008, respectively. Dr. Khanafseh has been involved in several aviation applications such as Autonomous Airborne Refueling (AAR) of unmanned air vehicles, autonomous shipboard landing for NUCAS and JPALS programs and Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS). He published 13 journal articles and more than 30 conference papers. His research interests are focused on high accuracy and high integrity navigation algorithms for close proximity applications, cycle ambiguity resolution, high integrity applications, fault monitoring and robust estimation techniques. He was the recipient of the 2011 Institute of Navigation Early Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the integrity of carrier phase navigation systems. khansam1@iit.edu
Post Doctoral Researchers
Ph.D. Students
Sahil Ahmed is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the Navigation Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. He also works as a Pre-Doctoral Researcher in the Advanced Mobility Technology Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory. His research interests include Spoofing Detection in GNSS receivers, Software-defined Radios, Sensor Fusion for autonomous systems, Sense and Avoid algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms. sahmed53@hawk.iit.edu
Birendra Kujur is currently a PhD candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2014. His research interests include multi-sensor navigation systems and navigation integrity monitoring. Currently, he focuses on detecting GNSS spoofing attacks and developing anti-spoofing solution. bkujur@hawk.iit.edu
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Wengxiang Zhao obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2016. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). His research focuses on GPS receiver interference detection and Phase Lock Loop design. wzhao42@hawk.iit.edu
Kana Nagai received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and Bachelor of Architectural and Structural Design from Hokkaido University, Japan. She works on evaluating the navigation safety of autonomous vehicles in urban area. . knagai@hawk.iit.edu
Logan Bednarz obtained his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in 2022. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at IIT, as well as a Navigation Engineer at TruNav. His current research focuses on the development of an SDR platform to fuse GNSS/INS for a comprehensive PVT and fault detection platform. His research interests also include novel methods for IMU data generation - as well as using pilot signals and multi constellation signal planning, to subvert jamming and spoofing scenarios. lbednarz@hawk.iit.edu
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Master Students
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
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Ph.D.
Dr. Elisa Gallon (2023) Dr. Jaymin Patel (2022) Dr. Adriano Canolla (2018) Dr. Yawei Zhai (2018) Dr. Stefan Stevanovic (2018) Dr. Cagatay Tanil (2016) Dr. Michael Jamoom (2016) Dr. Jing Jing (2014) Dr. Steven Langel (2014) Dr. Livio Gratton (2011) Dr. Mathieu Joerger (2009) Dr. Fang-Cheng Chan (2008) Dr. Samer Khanafseh (2008) Dr. Moon-Beom Heo (2004) Dr. Irfan Sayim (2003) |
M.S.
Chloe Benz (2022) Ryan Cassel (2017) Aniruddha Katre (2014) Joel Meno (2013) Jason Neale (2011) Julien Eymard (2010) Hao-Chen Tang (2009) Raquib Pramanik (2008) Dwarkanath Simili (2007) Bartosz Kempny (2006) John Christ (2003) John Andreacchi (2000) |
M.Eng.
Kevin Starr (2023) Batiste Allilaire (2021) Pau Martinez Jimenez (2018) Tejas Desai (2018) Jaymin Patel (2017) Raisa Vitto (2015) Sooraj Kumar (2014) Naeem Roshan (2014) |
B.S.
Julia Briden (2021) Titilayo Fasoro (2020) Soowon Kim (2016) Fan Yang (2011) Elliot Barlow (2009) Jichul Kim (2008) |