James Shau-Shiun Jan


I am a doctoral candidate in the Wide Area Differential GPS Laboratory at Stanford University.



My research interests:

  • Navigation, Guidance, and Control
  • Wireless Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Adaptive Distributed Network Systems


View a slideshow of my July 11, 2002 thesis defense



My research activities:

Spring 1998 ~ Spring 1999
Using GPS to Synthesize A Large Antenna Aperture When the Elements are Mobiles
Sponsor: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
presented at GPS Group Meeting, Stanford University. (January, 2000) (presentation)
presented at ION NTM 2000, Disneyland, Anaheim, California. (January 26~28, 2000) (presentation) (paper)
presented at Aero/Astro Industrial Affiliates Meeting 2000, Stanford University. (April 25~26, 2000) (presentation)
Part of this work was modified and submitted for EE373A Adaptive Signal Processing project.

Adaptive Noise Canceling in an Acoustic Duct (work with Lin Xiao) (report)
This work was submitted for EE373B Adaptive Neural Networks project.

Spring 1999 ~ Autumn 1999
Controlling Network of Mobile Sensors with Strategies that are Fault-Tolerant, Energy-Efficient and Adaptive
Sponsor: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
presented at AA278A Hybrid Systems Project Meeting, Stanford University. (June 6, 2000) (presentation)

Autumn 1999 ~ Spring 2000
Finding Source of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) to GPS Using a Network of Sensors
Sponsor: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
presented at ION NTM 2001, Westin Hotel, Long Beach, California. (January 22~24, 2001) (presentation) (paper)
Part of this work was modified and submitted for EE 359 Wireless Communications project.

Spring 2000 ~ Winter 2001
Develop WAAS Simulation MATLAB Toolbox for Service Volume Analysis, Multi-Frequency GPS Signal, and Interference Monitoring
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at GPS Group Meeting, Stanford University. (February 16, 2001) (presentation)

Winter 2001 ~ Summer 2001
MATLAB Simulation Toolset (MAAST: MATLAB Algorithm Availability Simulation Tool) for SBAS Service Volume Analysis
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at ION GPS 2001, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. (September 11~14, 2001) (presentation) (paper)

Summer 2001 ~ Winter 2002
Worst-Case Analysis of a Three-Frequency Receiver to Land a General Aviation Airplane
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at ION NTM 2002, The Catamaran Hotel, San Diego, California. (January 28~30, 2002) (presentation) (paper)

Winter 2002 ~ Autumn 2002
A Barometric Altimeter Confidence Model
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at GPS Group Meeting, Stanford University. (April 16, 2002) (presentation)

Analysis of a Three-Frequency GPS/WAAS Receiver to Land an Airplane
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at Aero/Astro Industrial Affiliates Meeting 2002, Stanford University. (April 23~24, 2002) (presentation)

Analysis of a Three-Frequency GPS/WAAS Receiver to Land an Airplane (ION GPS-2002 Student Competition, winner)
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at ION GPS 2002, The Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon. (September 24~27, 2002) (presentation) (paper)

Autumn 2002 ~
Techniques for Graceful Reversion from Dual to Single Frequency WAAS
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at ION NTM 2003, Disneyland Paradise Pier Hotel, Anaheim, California. (January 22~24, 2003) (presentation) (paper)

Maximizing the Benefits of New Frequencies to WAAS
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)
presented at FAA Stanford Research Review, Stanford, California. (March 04~05, 2003) (presentation)

Modernized GPS/WAAS + Galileo + XM Satellite Radio
Sponsor: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) (project overview)


Membership:

Student member, The Institute of Navigation (ION)
Student member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Student member, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)



Useful Links:

IEEE Online Paper Search
Engineering Paper Search
Stanford Library Search
Stanford GPS Laboratory Publications Page


Updated March 18, 2003
ssjan at stanford.edu