Bio


EDUCATION:
1960 - B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.
1966 - M.S. Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford
1970 - Ph.D. Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford

EXPERIENCE:
1960-1961 - Engine Design and Testing Engineer at Outboard Marine Corp.
1961-1967 – Engineer at Lockheed in the field of Aerospace Guidance and Control
1967-1968 – Engineer at Analytical Mechanics Associates
1968-1970 – Engineer, Systems Control, Inc. Parameter ID of aircraft models from flight data, automatic generation of approach paths for Air Traffic Control. Attended Stanford University specializing in control systems.
1971 – 1998 – Member of the Stanford Faculty in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. His research has included spacecraft pointing, space tether dynamics and control, internal combustion engine control, the design of aerospace digital flight control systems, GPS-based attitude determination augmented with inertial sensors, and the use of GPS for air and land vehicle surveillance and navigation. He taught courses in aerospace control including radio and inertial navigation, optimization and digital implementations and is a coauthor of two of the leading control textbooks. He is also an author or coauthor on over 100 papers.
1998 – present – Emeritus faculty carrying out research in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford Univ. Recent focus of research is the use of GPS-based attitude determination augmented with inertial sensors, applications of the FAA’s WAAS for enhanced pilot displays, flight inspection of aircraft landing systems, and the use of WAAS and new displays to enable closer spacing of parallel runways.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
AIAA (Fellow), ASME (Fellow), SAE, IEEE, ION

CONSULTANT TO: (over past several years)
Seagull Technology
Sequoia Instruments
Engine Control and Monitoring
Transparent Networks
Pratt and Whitney (Technical Advisory Committee)
Sensor Platforms

OTHER RECENT ACTIVITIES
Co-Founder, CEO, and Director of GyroSat Corp. 1999 – 2000
Director of Sequoia Instruments, 2001 – 2005
Aircraft owner and licensed instrument pilot
National Research Council Panel member for the review of NASA airspace activities, 2003
Board of Directors, Mechanics Bank, Richmond, CA., 2003 – 2015
Board of Directors, ExactBid, Inc. 2014-present.

Academic Appointments


Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Committee member, International Committee on Airspace Standards and Calibration (ICASC) (1995 - Present)

All Publications


  • Design and Flight Test of a Cable Angle Feedback Flight Control System for the RASCAL JUH-60 Helicopter JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HELICOPTER SOCIETY Ivler, C. M., Powell, J. D., Tischler, M. B., Fletcher, J. W., Ott, C. 2014; 59 (4)
  • Unaugmented GPS-Based Flight Inspection System IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Kim, E., Walter, T., Powell, J. D. 2010; 46 (2): 717-724
  • Wide area augmentation system-based might inspection system JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT Kim, E., Walter, T., Powell, J. D. 2008; 45 (2): 614-621

    View details for DOI 10.2514/1.32531

    View details for Web of Science ID 000254761600029

  • Probability of midair collision during ultra closely spaced parallel approaches JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS Houck, S. W., Powell, J. D. 2003; 26 (5): 702-710
  • Observer-based air-fuel ratio control IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE Powell, J. D., Fekete, N. P., Chang, C. F. 1998; 18 (5): 72-83
  • On-line adaptive optimal combustor control IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PADMANABHAN, K. T., Bowman, C. T., Powell, J. D. 1996; 4 (3): 217-229
  • AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL IN SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES USING ESTIMATION THEORY IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY Chang, C. F., Fekete, N. P., Amstutz, A., Powell, J. D. 1995; 3 (1): 22-31
  • IDENTIFICATION AND AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL OF A SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY Jones, V. K., AULT, B. A., Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D. 1995; 3 (1): 14-21
  • A bit of information on identification with a zirconia sensor 1995 American Control Conference Jones, V. K., Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D. AMER AUTOMATIC CONTROL COUNCIL. 1995: 1657–1661
  • Observed GPS signal continuity interruptions 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute-of-Navigation (ION GPS-95) COBB, H. S., LAWRENCE, D., Christie, J., Walter, T., Chao, Y. C., Powell, J. D., Parkinson, B. INST NAVIGATION. 1995: 793–795
  • Precision landing tests with improved integrity beacon pseudolites 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute-of-Navigation (ION GPS-95) COBB, H. S., LAWRENCE, D., Pervan, B., Cohen, C., Powell, J. D., Parkinson, B. INST NAVIGATION. 1995: 827–833
  • TETHERED ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SPACECRAFT DESIGN AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference KOWALSKY, C., Powell, J. D. UNIVELT INC. 1994: 645–664
  • THRUSTERLESS VIBRATION CONTROL FOR TETHERED ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SPACECRAFT AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference THORNBURG, S. L., Powell, J. D. UNIVELT INC. 1994: 839–857
  • FLIGHT TEST RESULTS OF AUTOCOUPLED APPROACHES USING GPS AND INTEGRITY BEACONS 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite-Division of the Institute-of-Navigation (ION GPS-94) Cohen, C., LAWRENCE, D., Pervan, B., COBB, H. S., Barrows, A., Powell, J. D., Parkinson, B., Wullschleger, V., Kalinowski, S. INST NAVIGATION. 1994: 1145–1153
  • AUTONOMOUS INTEGRITY MONITORING FOR GPS-BASED PRECISION LANDING USING GROUND-BASED INTEGRITY BEACON PSEUDOLITES 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite-Division of the Institute-of-Navigation (ION GPS-94) Pervan, B., Cohen, C., LAWRENCE, D., COBB, H. S., Powell, J. D., Parkinson, B. INST NAVIGATION. 1994: 609–618
  • ENGINE CONTROL USING CYLINDER PRESSURE - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Powell, J. D. 1993; 115 (2B): 343-350
  • TETHER DAMPING IN SPACE JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS He, X. H., Powell, J. D. 1990; 13 (1): 104-112
  • MULTIRATE DIGITAL-CONTROL SYSTEM-DESIGN IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL Berg, M. C., Amit, N., Powell, J. D. 1988; 33 (12): 1139-1150
  • FUEL-AIR RATIO DETERMINATION FROM CYLINDER PRESSURE TIME HISTORIES JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Gilkey, J. C., Powell, J. D. 1985; 107 (4): 252-257
  • COMPUTER-AIDED PROCEDURES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ENGINE CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEHICLE DESIGN TENNANT, J. A., Cohen, A. I., Rao, H. S., Powell, J. D. 1983; 4 (3): 258-269
  • IMAGE MOTION COMPENSATION SYSTEM FOR THE SHUTTLE INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITY AUTOMATICA LORELL, K. R., PARSONS, E. K., Powell, J. D. 1981; 17 (4): 555-562
  • SAMPLE RATE SELECTION FOR AIRCRAFT DIGITAL CONTROL AIAA JOURNAL Powell, J. D., Katz, P. 1975; 13 (8): 975-979
  • DESIGN METHOD FOR MINIMIZING SENSITIVITY TO PLANT PARAMETER VARIATIONS AIAA JOURNAL HADASS, Z., Powell, J. D. 1975; 13 (10): 1295-1303