Daniel J. Biezad is professor emeritus in the aerospace engineering department of the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). He received the B.S. in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT-1966), the M.S. in astronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT-1972), and the Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Purdue University (1984).
He has received the Outstanding Scholar Award from Cal Poly with a cash prize of $1500, along with three other teaching and research cash awards plus student council recognition for outstanding service. He has been chair of the aerospace engineering department at Cal Poly (2001-2004), the associate dean of AFIT (1988-1989), and chair of the electrical engineering dept. at AFIT (1986-1987). He is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a senior member of the IEEE. Dr. Biezad has authored a book published in 1999 in the AIAA Education Series titled Integrated Navigation and Guidance Systems, along with 70 technical articles, book chapters on systems identification, three magazine articles, and eight journal publications. He has taught short courses in satellite navigation and integrated aircraft systems to the Navy at China Lake and Pt Mugu Naval Air Stations, the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, and to the national AIAA guidance and control conference.
Dr. Biezad has over 4,700 hours of flight experience in both fixed-wing and rotorcraft including pilot instructor duties at the Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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