Biography

Eric has been rather fickle with his interests in the past, but GPS has most recently ensnared his curiosity.  As an undergraduate aerospace engineering student at the University of Texas, Eric’s focus waned between the comprehensible reality of the skies and the murky mystery of the cosmos.  With his future still up in the air near the end of his bachelor degree, the success of his peers in developing the to-be-launched satellite known as FASTRAC inspired him to shoot for the stars.

The recurring realization of the revolutionary impacts of GPS on society has led Eric to focus his efforts in this budding industry, and because of Dr. Lightsey’s history and invaluable experience in the field, Eric has decided to stay at UT.  His current research involves the transition of UT-developed GPS code to a newer GPS receiver.

When not writing GPS code, Eric is the student project manager of the follow-up to FASTRAC – ARTEMIS.  This new pair of small satellites aims to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous where part of the sensor package includes the GPS receivers from Eric’s research.