The CARNATIONS Team
CARNATIONS brings together a consortium of partner institutions including Illinois Tech, Chicago State University, Stanford University, the University of California-Riverside, and Virginia Tech to form a research team working at the forefront of R-PNT in multimodal transportation

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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MMAE Department
Illinois Institute of Technology
Rettaliata Engineering Center, 252C
10 W 32nd St, Chicago, IL 60616
pervan@iit.edu | 630-853-6689

Assistant Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
460 Old Turner Street, 226 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
joerger@vt.edu | 540-231-6707

Deputy Director, Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Research Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech
Associate Dean for Research, College of Science, Virginia Tech
900 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA laura.freeman@vt.edu | 571-858-3352

Professor, Department of Computing, Information, Mathematical Sciences
and Technology
Chicago State University
9501 S. King Drive Chicago, IL 60628
mayyash@csu.edu | 773-995-2000

KA Endowed Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Winston Chung Hall
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521 |farrell@ucr.edu | 909-754-8856

Professor (Research) of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Stanford University
Durand 459, Stanford, CA 94305-4035
twalter@stanford.edu | (650) 723-7239

Research Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MMAE Department
Illinois Institute of Technology
Rettaliata Engineering Center, 243
10 W 32nd St, Chicago, IL 60616
khansam1@iit.edu | 312-753-9431‬

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MMAE Department
Illinois Institute of Technology
Rettaliata Engineering Center, 261
10 W 32nd St, Chicago, IL 60616
mspenko@iit.edu | 617-510-1874‬

Yeager Families Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Education, Bourns College of Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
barth@ucr.edu | (951) 827-2992

Senior Research Engineer
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics Executive Director, Stanford Center for Position Navigation & Time
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4035
sherman.lo@stanford.edu | (650) 725-9175

Senior Research Engineer
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4035 U
spullen@stanford.edu | 650-208–0971

Professor & Kevin T. Crofton Faculty Chair
Kevin T. Crofton Dept. of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Tel: 540.231.1907, E-mail: mlpsiaki@vt.edu

Director, Center for Sustainable Mobility, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute,
Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering | Civil & Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, VA 24061 | hrakha@vt.edu | 540.231.1505

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
Virginia Tech, Arlington, Virginia.
(571)-858-3160 (O), walids@vt:edu.

Senior Research Engineer
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4035
sherman.lo@stanford.edu | (650) 725-9175