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Dr. Wouter Pelgrum

Dr. Wouter Pelgrum

Assistant Professor
Stocker Center 321E
Phone: (740) 597-1507
Fax: (740) 593-0007
pelgrum@ohio.edu

Wouter Pelgrum earned his Ph.D. in 2006 from Delft University, the Netherlands, and received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E from the same university. From 2001-2006, Dr. Pelgrum worked at Reelektronika, a firm specialized in integrated navigation systems, and he had his own company from 2006-2008. In January 2009, Wouter Pelgrum joined Ohio University’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.

Research Activities

At Ohio University, Wouter works on a variety of projects:

RIGR: Road-Mapping IMU GPS Receiver, GAEM: GPS Anomalous Event Monitoring, Measurement of the impact of ionospheric scintillations on GNSS signal propagation, NAVTEQ-ADAS: Advanced Driver Assistance System, Sub-terrain radionavigation, Robust Time and Frequency transfer, and terrestrial backups for GNSS.

Research Topics

  • Electronic Navigation Systems
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
  • Long Range Navigation (eLoran)
  • Distance Measurement Equipment (DME)
  • Time and Frequency


Avionics Engineering Center
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
131 McFarland Avionics Building
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: (740) 593-1534
avionics@ohio.edu

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