Russ Paielli
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San Jose, California

Education

  • 1987: MS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University (plus 15 units beyond MS)
  • 1982: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University (graduated magna cum laude)

Employment

  • 1982-present: A major government research center

Achievements

  • Developed and tested a revolutionary continuous altitude rule for safer and more efficient enroute air traffic (designates cruising altitudes as a linear function of heading or course)

    • designed and developed a Monte Carlo simulation test of the continuous altitude rule
    • demonstrated the inherent safety superiority of the continuous altitude rule
    • demonstrated the enhanced efficiency of the continuous altitude rule
    • published a paper on the continuous altitude rule

  • Derived, developed, and tested the Conflict Probability Estimation (CPE) algorithm to estimate the probability of conflict for pairs of aircraft with uncertain predicted trajectories

    • derived an analytical CPE algorithm
    • programmed the CPE algorithm in object-oriented C++
    • successfully tested the CPE algorithm by Monte Carlo simulation
    • integrated the CPE algorithm into the Center-Tracon Automation System (CTAS)
    • successfully tested and calibrated the CPE algorithm with real air traffic data
    • published three papers on CPE

  • Researched and developed a category 3 landing guidance system to evaluate the feasibility of using GPS integrated with INS for landing aircraft in zero visibility

    • led object-oriented software design and development in C++ for a GPS/INS precision landing guidance system
    • designed and developed extended Kalman filters for GPS/INS integration
    • developed GPS code/carrier smoothing and carrier cycle ambiguity resolution algorithms
    • designed and developed GPS simulation and post-flight data replay software in C++
    • designed and developed data systems and Unix shell scripts to automate post-flight data processing
    • designed and developed real-time multitasking software in C++ on VxWorks
    • published four papers on GPS navigation

  • Advanced the state of the art of aircraft/spacecraft flight control theory

    • derived and tested the first attitude control law that properly realizes linear error dynamics
    • discovered the first global transformation of rotation matrices to Euler parameters
    • published five papers on attitude control

Computer Skills

  • object-oriented software design and development in C++
  • Python programming
  • Tcl/Tk scripting language for platform-independent graphical user interfaces
  • bash and csh shell programming on Solaris and Linux
  • XEmacs text editor and software development environment
  • LaTeX document preparation and mathematical typesetting
  • VxWorks real-time operating system (from WindRiver Systems)
  • HTML (HyperText Markup Language) for web-page design

Affiliations

  • Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Member, Institute of Navigation (ION)
  • Reviewer for AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD)

Publications

References

please inquire

RussP.org