Prof. George Piper

Professional Experience

• Professor, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 2006 – Present 
• Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2013 - Present
• Chair, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 2008 – 2010 
• Associate Professor, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1998 - 2006 
• Assistant Professor, Department of Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1994 - 1998
• Lecturer, Rutgers University, 1992 - 1994
• Senior Member Technical Staff, Martin Marietta Astro Space, 1986 - 1994
• Associate Member Technical Staff, RCA Missile and Surface Radar Division, 1984 - 1986

Honors and Awards

• USNA Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineering, 2003
• John A. Curtis Lecture Award for best ASEE Computers in Education conference paper, 1997, 2001
• Merle K. Miller Award for best ASEE Computers in Education Journal paper on Educational Methods, 1998

Patents

• Paluszek, M.A. and Piper, G.E., “Spacecraft Attitude and Velocity Control System”, United States Patent # 5130931, July 14, 1992.

Significant Publications

• Thorp III, O.G., Piper, G.E., and Cortesi, R., “Frequency Domain Modeling and Experimental Validation of Surface Vehicle-Wave Interaction for Planar Motion Control”, Journal of Vibration and Control, February 2013. 
• Piper, G.E., and Watkins, J.M., “Investigating the Control Design of the Disturbance Reduction System for the LISA Mission”, IEE Proceedings of Control Theory & Applications, vol. 153, no. 1, January 2006.
• Piper, G.E., and Watkins, J.M., “Investigating the Effects of Cross-Link Delays on Spacecraft Formation Control”, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 29-36, January-March 2006.
• Piper, G.E., Watkins, J.M., Thorp III, O.G., “Active Control of Axial-Flow Fan Noise Using Magnetic Bearings”, Journal of Vibration and Control, vol 11, no. 9, pp. 1221-1232, September 2005.
• Piper, G.E., "Active Feedback Noise Control of a Magnetic Bearing Pump", Noise Control Engineering Journal, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 78-84, March-April 1997.
• Piper, G.E. and Kwatny, H.G., “Complicated Dynamics in Spacecraft Attitude Control Systems”, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 15, no.4, pp. 825-831, July-August 1992.
• Kwatny, H.G. and Piper, G.E., “Frequency-Domain Analysis of Hopf Bifurcations in Electric Power Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System., vol. 37, no.10, pp.1317-1321, Oct. 1990.