Dr. Santiago Perea Diaz Receives Prestigious Bradford W. Parkinson Award at ION GNSS+

The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented Dr. Santiago Perea Diaz with its Bradford W. Parkinson Award at the recent ION GNSS+ Conference in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Perea Diaz was recognized for graduate student excellence in Global Navigation Satellite Systems in his thesis, “Design of an Integrity Support Message for Offline Advanced RAIM”.

The Bradford W. Parkinson Award is granted annually to recognize an outstanding graduate student in the field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and is presented in honor of Bradford W. Parkinson for his leadership in establishing the U.S. Global Positioning System and for his work on behalf of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation.

Any graduate student who is a member of the ION and is completing a degree program with an emphasis in GNSS technology, applications, or policy is eligible for the award.

The Institute of Navigation is a national organization whose membership spans worldwide. Additional information about ION can be found at ion.org.