George H. Born Director of CCAR Professor B.S. 1962, M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1968, The University of Texas at Austin Member, NAE Fellow, AIAA, AAS Director of CCAR Office: Engineering Center North Tower 316 (ECNT 316) Phone: (303) 492-8638 Email: georgeb@colorado.edu

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• Guest Editor of Journal Special Issues
• books
• Ph.D. Graduates and Dissertation Titles
• Honors and Awards

Links:

• ASEN 5519
• Project Geryon

Current Research :

• Lunar Comm./Nav.

Principle Publications of Last Five Years:

• "Shallow and Deep Water Tides from Altimetry and Numerical Modeling", J. Geophysical Research, vol 105, No. C5, May 15, 2000, pp 11259-11278, co-authored with C. Tierney and L. Kantha.

• "GPS Signal Scattering from Sea Surface: Comparison Between Experimental Data and Theoretical Model," Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 73, 2000, pp 162-174 co-authored with A. Komjathy, V. Zavorotny, P. Axelrad, and J. Garrison.

• "Modeling the Anomalous Acceleration and Radiation Pressure Forces for the TOPEX/Poseidon Spacecraft", Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society, Vol. 359, 2001, pp 2191 – 2208, co-authored with D. Kubitschek.

• "An Analytical Theory for Orbit Determination", Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 49, No.2, April-June 2001 co-authored with D. Goldstein and B. Thompson.

•  "Gulf of Mexico Ocean Monitoring System", Oceanography, vol. 13, No. 2, 2001, co-authored with J. Blaha, R. Leben, et al.

• "Real-time, Autonomous, Precise Orbit Determination Using GPS", Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Fall 2001, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp 169–179, co-authored with D. Goldstein and P. Axelrad.

• "Orbit Determination for the Quikscat Spacecraft", Spacecraft and Rockets Nov-Dec, 2002  vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 852-858,co-authored with B. Thompson, M. Meek, D. Kubitschek, K. Gold, and P. Axelrad.

•  "Operational Altimeter data processing for mesoscale monitoring", Marine Geodesy, Vol. 25, No. 1-2, January-June, 2002, pp 3-18, co-authored with R. Leben, and B. Engebreth.

• "The Harvest Experiment: Monitoring Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon from a California Offshore Platform", Marine Geodesy, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, July-Dec, 2003, co-authored with B. Haines, D. Dong, and S. Gill.

• "Using GPS Signals for Satellite Remote Sensing", Acta Astronautica, Vol. 55, 2004, pp. 39-49, co-authored with D. Mickler and P. Axelrad.

• "Orbit Determination Strategy Using Single Frequency GPS Data" Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 42, No. 5, Sept.-Oct 2005, co-authored with Y. Hwang.

•  "Automated Operational Orbit Determination for the ICESat Mission", Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 43, No.5, Sept-Oct 2006, co-authored with M. Meek and P. Axelrad.

•  "Autonomous Interplanetary Orbit Determination using Satellite-to Satellite Tracking", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, in press, co-authored with K. Hill.

Guest Editor of Journal Special Issues:

Special Issue on Seasat Ephemeris Analysis, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1980.

Seasat Special Issue II, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 88, No. C3, Feb 28, 1983.

Special Issue on Satellite Altimetry, Marine Geodesy, Vol. 8, No. 1-4, April 1984.

Special Issue on TOPEX/Poseidon Calibration and Validation, Marine Geodesy, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, January - June 1995.

Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration and Validation (part 1), Marine Geodesy, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, July-Dec, 2003.

Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration and Validation (part 2), Marine Geodesy, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, Jan-June, 2004.

Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration and Validation (part 3), Marine Geodesy, Vol. 27, No. 3-4, July-Dec, 2004.

Books:

 Statistical Orbit Determination, co-authored with B. Tapley and B. Schutz of The University of Texas at Austin, Academic Press, 2004.

Ph.D. Graduates and Dissertation Titles:

1. Darrel Zimbelman (1990): Thermal Elastic Shock and Its Effect on Spacecraft Attitude Control. 
2. Patrick Allen (1990): An Altimetric Study on the Branching of the Gulf Stream System into the North Atlantic and Azores Currents. 
3. Kuang-Chung Tu (1990): Precise Real-Time Orbit Determination for Applications to GPS Differential Positioning. 
4. Bruce Haines (1991): Evaluation of SEASAT/GEOSAT Altimetry with Application to Long-Term Sea Level Changes in the North Pacific. 
5. Gregg Jacobs (1991): An Analysis of Rossby Waves in the Pacific Ocean from GEOSAT Altimetry. 
6. Thomas Kelecy (1991): Application of Precise Orbit Determination and Astrodynamics to Satellite Altimetry and Satellite Geodesy. 
7. Shyam Bhaskaran (1991): Application of Satellite Altimetry to Study the Gulf of Alaska Gyre. 
8. William Schreiner (1993): Error Analysis of Real-Time and Post-Processed Orbit Determination for the GEOSAT Follow-On Altimetric Satellite Using GPS Tracking. 
9. Ramesh Govind (1994): Absolute Sea Level Monitoring in Australia: The Geodetic Fixing of Tide Gauge Benchmarks using the Global Positioning System. 
10. James LaMance (1994): Evaluation of Global Sea Surface Height Estimates from Combined ERS-1 and TOPEX Altimetry. 
11. John Rodell (1994): A Study of the Impact of Enhanced Non-Conservative Force Models for Spot-2 Upon Gravitational Model Estimation. 
12. Kenneth Gold (1994): GPS Applications to EUVE Precise Orbit Determination. 
13. Denis Trembley (co-chair with L. Kantha,1995): Simultaneous Estimation of the Orbit Error, the Geoid, the Dynamic Topography, and the Oceanic Tides from Geosat Data. 
14. Theodore Olson (1996): Geopotential Improvement from Explorer Platform Single-Frequency GPS Tracking. 
15. Douglas Engelhardt (co-chair with L. Kantha, 1996): Estimation of North pacific Ocean Dynamics and Heat Transport from TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry and A Primitive Equation Ocean Model. 
16. James Hendricks (co-chair with R. Leben, 1996): Global Sea Level Rise and Upper ocean Heat Storage Estimates From TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry. 
17. Jennifer Myrick (1996): Improvement of Environmental Correction Models for Satellite Altimetry Using Empirical Analysis. 
18. Kelly Irish (1996): Precision Orbit Determination for the GEOSAT Follow-On Satellites Using GPS. 
19. Patrick Binning (1997) GPS Absolute and Relative Satellite Navigation. 
20. Kevin Key (1997): Theory and Applications of Using GPS and Buoys for the Accurate Measurement of Sea Level. 
21. Dan Kubitschek (1997): The Anomalous Acceleration and Radiation Pressure Force Calculation for the TOPEX/POSEIDON Spacecraft. 
22. David Curickshank (1998): Autonomous Satellite Navigation Using GPS Measurements. 
23. Craig McLaughlin (1998): Autonomous Orbit Determination and its Effects on Geolocation. 
24. Craig Tierney (co-chair 1998): Global Estimation of Ocean Tides in Deep and Shallow Water from TOPEX/Poseidon and Numerical Models with Application to Geophysics, Oceanography, and Precision Altimetry. 
25. David Goldstein (2000): Real-Time, Autonomous, Precise OD Using GPS. 
26. Suzanna Barth (co-chair, 2002):  Estimating Real-Time Ocean Temperature Profiles from Satellite Altimetry for Use in a Coupled Model of Hurricane Intensification
27. Clifton Minter (2002):  Thermospheric Composition Forecasting Using Kalman Filtering Techniques
28. Yoola Hwang (2003):  Orbit Determination Strategy Using Single Frequency GPS Data
29. Matthew C. Meek (2004):  Automated Operational Orbit Determination
30. Moriba Jah (2005):  Mars Aerobraking Spacecraft State Estimation by Processing IMU data.
31. Rodney Anderson (2005):  Low Thrust Trajectory Design for Resonant Flybys and Captures Using Invariant Manifolds.

Honors and Awards:

• National Academy of Engineering, 2004
• AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight Award for Contributions to Precise Orbit Determination and Satellite Geophysics and Oceanography, 1999
• AAS Dirk Brouwer Award for Contributions to Spaceflight Technology, 1998
• 1994 Research Award, University of Colorado, College of Engineering and Applied Science
• NASA Public Service Metal, TOPEX/Poseidon Mission Support, 1994
• NASA Group Achievement Award, TOPEX/Poseidon Verification Team, 1994
• NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award, TOPEX/Poseidon Precision Orbit Determination, 1994
• NASA Group Achievement Award, TOPEX Mission Design, 1993
• Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991
• Fellow, American Astronautical Society, 1990
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Pilot Ocean Data System Development Team, 1985
• NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Seasat Geophysical Evaluation Management, 1980
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Seasat Algorithm Development and Information Processing, 1980
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Phobos Flyby Experiment, 1977
• NASA Sustained Superior Performance Award, 1970

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