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William R. Michalson

Professor

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Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 309
Phone: +1-508-831-5766
Fax: +1-508-831-5491
wrm@wpi.edu
wrm@ece.wpi.edu

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Educational Background

B.S., Syracuse University, 1981
M.S., WPI, 1985
Ph.D., WPI, 1989

Research & Teaching Interests

Global positioning systems performance prediction in distributed; real-time; multiprocessor systems; performance optimization of highly parallel computer systems

Recent Publications

W. R. Michalson, J. Single, M. Spadazzi, and M. Wehr, "A Real-Time GPS System for Monitoring Forestry Operations," in review, Sixth Biennial Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference.
W. R. Michalson and R. L. Labonte, "Capstone Design in the ECE Curriculum: Assessing the Quality of Undergraduate Projects at WPI," to appear, American Society of Engineering Educators 1996 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June, 1996.
W. R. Michalson, "Ensuring GPS Navigation Integrity using Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring," IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 31-34, October 1995.
J. Bernick and W. R. Michalson, "UDSRAIM: An Innovative Approach to Increasing RAIM Availability," to appear, ION GPS-95, 8th International Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Sep 12-15, 1995.
C. Easton and W. R. Michalson, "Effects of Worst Case Geometries on RAIM Testing," to appear, ION GPS-95, 8th International Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Sep 12-15, 1995.

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Honors & Awards

1985: Aldo Miccioli Scholar.
1994: Joseph S. Satin Distinguished Fellow in Electrical Engineering.

Years of Service at WPI

1990 - 1991: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.
1991 - 1992: Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.
1992 - present: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Professional Societies/Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Navigation
Association for Computing Machinery
American Society for Engineering Education
Eta Kappa Nu

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