UNB's Prof. Richard Langley Named Fellow of The Royal Institute of Navigation
Photo: Success Photography, 2007-June-29

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Prof. Langley's research team in UNB's Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering has made many significant contributions to GPS positioning and navigation, including understanding how the Earth's atmosphere affects satellite signal propagation. Virtually every GPS receiver sold today contains a code module based on UNB atmospheric research. Also, Prof. Langley is the principal investigator for a GPS-based instrument, which will fly on Canada's future research satellite, CASSIOPE. In addition to determining the position and attitude of the satellite, the instrument will measure the density of electrons in the ionosphere - an important quantity for understanding space weather and its effects on technological systems such as electrical power lines and orbiting satellites.

As editor of the popular GPS World column "Innovation," Prof. Langley has overseen the publication of more than 170 articles covering the whole breadth of GPS theory and practice. The founding editor of the magazine, Glen Gibbons, once remarked in an editorial, "It has been to the great good fortune of the magazine, our readers, and myself personally that Richard has exercised this role. Whether writing the columns or editing the contributions of others, he has wielded the art of science and the craft of publishing with a ferocious glee."

The Royal Institute of Navigation, formed in 1947, is a learned society with charitable status. Its objectives are to unite in one organization those who are concerned with, or who are interested in, navigation and to further its development. As such, it embraces subjects traditionally associated with navigation such as astronomy, mathematics, cartography, electronics, and information technology. The RIN's patron is H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Read the associated UNB news release.

Dr. Langley (left) receives his award from Prof. David Last, RIN President.