EE 565: Position, Navigation and Timing

Instructor

Dr. Aly El-Osery
Office: Workman 207, Phone: 575-835-6432, email: elosery@ee.nmt.edu
Dr. Kevin Wedeward
Office: Workman 221, Phone: 575-835-5708, email: wedeward@ee.nmt.edu

Required Textbook:

Paul Groves, Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems, Second Edition, Artech House, 2013.

Recommended Software:

MATLAB Student Version or Octave

Lectures:

TR 11:00am - 12:30pm in Workman 117

Course Description:

This course will cover the basics of terrestrial location and navigation with an emphasis on practical exposure to the technology. In particular, the class will collaborate on the design, integration, and testing of a UGV or UAV.
Key components of the course include: GPS fundamentals; an overview of inertial navigation technology; principles of strapdown inertial navigation systems including coordinate frames, attitude representation, and mechanization in various coordinate frames; sensor technology covering a wide range of accelerometers and gyroscopes; sensor specifications and characterization; testing and calibration approaches; effects of inertial sensor error and compensation methods; and introduction to unmanned systems; analysis of real sensor data and simulation and modeling using MATLAB/Simulink.

Topics Covered:

Navigation Mathematics
- Introduction to Navigation
- Coordinate frames
- Kinematics
- Earth surface and Gravity
- Frame Transformations
Navigation Sensors and INS Mechanization
- Accelerometers
- Gyroscopes
- Error Characteristics
- Inertial Navigation Equations
INS/GPS Integration
- GPS
- Kalman Filtering
- Integration Architectures
- System Model
- Measurement Model
System Example

Grading:

Homeworks: 30%
Midterm: 20%
2 Mini-projects: 10% each
Final project: 10%
Final report: 10%
Class Participation: 10%

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