Grace Xingxin Gao

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Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2008
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2003
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2001

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor (0% Appointment), Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 03/2017-Present
• Assistant Professor (0% Appointment), Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 12/2014-Present
• Assistant Professor (0% Appointment), Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4/2013-Present
• Assistant Professor (0% Appointment), Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10/2012-Present
• Assistant Professor (0% Appointment), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 01/2013-Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10/2012-Present
• Research Associate, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 09/2008-10/2012

Research Interests

• GPS/GNSS-based positioning, navigating and timing with applications to UAVs, power systems and robotics.

Teaching Honors

• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Fall 2013)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Spring 2015)
• Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence (2015)
• AIAA Teacher of the Year (2016)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Spring 2017)
• Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising (2017)
• Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising (2018)

Research Honors

• Student Paper Award, Institute of Navigation (2007)
• Early Achievement Award, , Institute of Navigation (2008)
• 50 GNSS Leaders to Watch, GPS World Magazine (2009)
• William E. Jackson Award (for outstanding graduate thesis in aviation electronics and telecommunications) (2009)
• Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow (2014)
• IEEE Senior Member (2015)
• Best Paper Award (2016)
• Center for Advanced Study (CAS) Fellow (2017)
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research (2017)
• CAREER Award (2018)
• Best Presentation/Paper Award (13 times), Institute of Navigation (2018, 2017 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007)