A Robust INS/PnP Fusion Method for GNSS-Denied Navigation of Small UAVs
Chen-Chi Chu · University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota) · 2014
There are many people I would like to pay my deepest gratitude to who made this dissertation possible. Foremost, I would like to thank my thesis advisor Prof. Demoz Gebre-Egziabher for his guidance and invaluable advices throughout my PhD years. I sincerely appreciate the freedom he gave me for exploring the research direction and searching for my interests. His insightful comments on my research have always inspired me to seek out and discover the uncharted territory. I enjoyed having discussion with him and was always motivated by his enthusiasm in navigation research. I also want to thank for his careful revision of my dissertation and papers. Last but not least, I can focus on my PhD research because of his financial support throughout the years. I owe him a great debt. I would like to acknowledge my committee members Prof. Gary Balas, Prof. Niko-laos Papanikolopoulos and Prof. Peter Seiler for their constructive comments and sug-gestions which make this dissertation complete. I would also like to thank my Pre-liminary Oral Exam committee member Prof. Yiyuao Zhao who shared the words of wisdom and life experiences with me.