Jason Speyer
Jason Speyer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jason Speyer

Distinguished Professor

Ronald and Valerie Sugar Endowed Professor of Engineering

Faculty Information

Research and Interests
Stochastic and deterministic optimal control and estimation with application to aerospace systems; guidance, flight control, and flight mechanics.
Notable Publications and Books
  1. Idan, M., and Speyer, J.L., “Cauchy Estimation for Linear Scalar Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1-14 (June 2010)
  2. Emadzadeh, A. A. and Speyer, J. L., “On Modeling and Pulse Phase Estimation of X-ray Pulsars”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 58(9):4496 – 4506 (September 2010)
  3. Or, A. C. and Speyer, J. L., “Empirical Pseudo-Balanced Model Reduction and Feedback Control of Weakly Nonlinear Convection Patterns”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 662:36 – 65 (November 2010)
  4. Emadzadeh, A. A. and Speyer, J. L., “X-ray Pulsar Based Relative Navigation Using Epoch Folding”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 47(4):2317 – 2328 (October 2011)
  5. Emadzadeh, A. A. and Speyer, J. L., “Relative Navigation Between Two Spacecraft Using X-ray Pulsars”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 19(5):1021 – 1035 (September 2011)
  6. Hwang, S. S. and Speyer, J. L., “Particle Filters with Adaptive Resampling Technique Applied to Relative Positioning using GPS Carrier-Phase Measurements”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 19(6):1384 – 1396 (November 2011)
  7. Michelin, A., Idan, M. and Speyer, J. L., “Merging of Air Traffic Flows”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(1):13 – 28 (January 2011)
  8. Arthur C. Or, A. C., Speyer, J. L. and Kim, J., “Reduced Balancing Transformations for Large Non-Normal State-Space Systems”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(1):129 – 137 (January 2012)
  9. Choukroun, D. and Speyer, J. L., “Mode Estimation via Conditionally-Linear Filtering: Application to Gyro Failure Monitoring”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(2):1 – 13 (March 2012)
  10. Idan, M., and Speyer, J.L., “State Estimation for Linear Scalar Dynamic Systems with Additive Cauchy Noises: Characteristic Function Approach”, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1971–1994.
Education
Harvard, 1968
Awards and Recognition
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Life Fellow, IEEE
  • Fellow, AIAA
  • Mechanics and Control of Flight Award, AIAA 1985
  • Dryden Lectureship in Research, 1995 AIAA
  • Third Millennium Medal, 2000 IEEE
  • Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, 1991 and 2001 USAF
  • NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award to UCLA Autonomous
  • Vehicle System Instrumentation Laboratory, 2002
  • Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering, 2013
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, the highest honor of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2013
  • Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award, AIAA 2014
  • 2016 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award