Frank Willis

Frank Willis has extensive work experience in the field of navigation engineering and systems development. Frank currently works as a Navigation Engineer at Bevilacqua Research Corporation since March 2019. Prior to this, they served as a Sr. Robotics Navigation Engineer at Leidos from February 2017 to March 2019.

From 2008 to 2016, Frank worked as an Engineering Specialist at Caterpillar Inc., where they performed research and development on GPS/INS navigation systems for autonomous mining machines. Frank developed a Kalman Filter to integrate various devices into a 6 DOF solution, implemented on a Linux platform.

Frank also served as a Systems Engineer at Rockwell Collins from September 2004 to July 2008. Frank'sresponsibilities included firmware development for government GPS systems, involving system design, coding, and testing.

Before that, Frank worked as a Software Engineer at Siemens Transportation Systems from January 2001 to September 2004. Frank primarily focused on developing a Kalman Filter for GPS/IMU integration in software for public transit and public safety organizations.

Finally, Frank served as a Technical Director at Dynamic Resonance Systems from April 1997 to December 2000.

Frank Willis has a strong educational background in the field of Physics. Frank first pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Physics at Western Illinois University from 1982 to 1986. Building upon this foundation, Frank went on to obtain a Master of Science (MS) degree in Physics at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, which they completed from 1988 to 1991. Continuing their academic journey, Frank pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Physics at Colorado State University, completing it from 1992 to 1996. Frank's educational history demonstrates a commitment to advancing their knowledge and expertise in the field of Physics.