Stanley F. Schmidt
Stanley F. Schmidt (January 21, 1926 – August 13, 2015) was an American aerospace engineer who pioneered the
Early life and education
Schmidt was born on January 21, 1926, in Hollister, California, to Fred and Edith Schmidt. He married Meredith Hallenbeck in 1949.[2][3]
Schmidt began his training in engineering in 1944 in the Navy Air Corps.[4] He received the B.E.E. degree from Marquette University in 1946, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1952 and 1959, respectively.[5]
Career
From 1946 to 1961, Schmidt worked with
From 1962 to 1966, Schmidt was a senior staff scientist with Philco's Western Development Laboratory. There he directed studies of navigation and guidance systems for space vehicle systems and development of digital computer programs for analysis and design of space vehicle systems. Also at Philco, he conceived the fan beam navigation satellite technique and pursued studies to prove the feasibility and accuracy of this concept. He also developed a formulation of the Kalman filter which was named the Schmidt–Kalman filter in his honor.
In 1966, Schmidt joined
As a consultant to Northrop from 1992-2001, he led a team in the first aircraft application of a Kalman filter for the C-5A navigation system.[8] Continuing to consult to Northrop, he led the design of the Kalman filter for the navigation system in the B-2 bomber.[5][4]
Organizations
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics[9]
- Member, Eta Kappa Nu[6]
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[4]
- Member, Tau Beta Pi[10]
See also
References
- ^ Tabor, Abby. "Math Invented for Moon Landing Helps Your Flight Arrive on Time." NASA. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Stanley F. Schmidt," obituary. Legacy.com. Originally published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times, 30 Aug 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019. This was Schmidt's only marriage; his wife survived him.
- ^ "Meredith Hallenbeck." MyHeritage genealogy site. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Stanley F. "Stan" Schmidt Oral History Interviews". NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. July 15, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ a b "Stanley Schmidt Former NASA Ames Aerospace Engineer Dies". October 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ doi:10.2514/3.19713. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ Leonard A. McGee & Stanley F. Schmidt (November 1985). "NASA Technical Memorandum 86847, Discovery of the Kalman Filter as a Practical Tool for Aerospace and Industry". Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ Schmidt, S. F.; Weinberg, J. P.; Lukesh, J. S. (June 1968). "Case study of Kalman filtering in the C-5 aircraft navigation system". Joint Automatic Control Conference, University of Michigan. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ AIAA Associate Fellows. List at website. Jan. 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Tau Beta Pi Member Lookup." Stanley Francis Schmidt, Los Altos, CA; WI Beta, 1946. Deceased. 2019. The Tau Beta Pi Association. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links
- Discovery of the Kalman Filter as A Practical Tool for Aerospace and Industry (PDF) Photocopy of 18-page NASA Technical Memorandum 86847 by Leonard A. McGee and Stanley F. Schmidt. This memo is referenced in the article but is behind a paywall. This photocopy is complete and free.
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