Gérard Lachapelle
| ← Previous revision | Revision as of 06:13, 20 April 2026 | ||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Gérard Lachapelle''' is a Canadian [[geomatics]] engineer and Professor Emeritus (CRC/iCore Chair in Wireless Location) at the [[University of Calgary]] [[Schulich School of Engineering]] which he was instrumental in founding.Hassanali, Lisha (23 April 2015). [https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/news/geomatics-engineering-pioneer-gerard-lachapelle-retires "Geomatics engineering pioneer Gerard Lachapelle retires"]. ''Schulich School of Engineering News''. He was named [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) in 2015 for "contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems".{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330134212/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2015|title=2015 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} |
'''Gérard Lachapelle''' is a Canadian [[geomatics]] engineer and Professor Emeritus (CRC/iCore Chair in Wireless Location) at the [[University of Calgary]] [[Schulich School of Engineering]] which he was instrumental in founding.Hassanali, Lisha (23 April 2015). [https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/news/geomatics-engineering-pioneer-gerard-lachapelle-retires "Geomatics engineering pioneer Gerard Lachapelle retires"]. ''Schulich School of Engineering News''. He was named [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) in 2015 for "contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems".{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330134212/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2015|title=2015 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} |
||
Lachapelle holds degrees from [[Laval University]], the [[University of Oxford]], the [[University of Helsinki]] and the [[Graz University of Technology|Technical University at Graz]]. He and colleagues founded Calgary-based Nortech Surveys to develop GPS equipment and applications in the early 80s. Part of the company was later acquired by NovAtel Inc (now part of [[Hexagon_AB|Hexagon]]), a high end GPS product manufacturer. |
|||
Lachapelle is co-author of several patents and hundreds of technical papers. He is also Fellow of the [[Royal Institute of Navigation]], the [[Institute of Navigation]], the [[International Association of Geodesy]], the [[Royal Society of Canada]] and the [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]]. He received the coveted Johannes Kepler Award from the Institute of Navigation in 1997 |
|||
Lachapelle is married to [[M. Elizabeth Cannon|Elizabeth Cannon]], the eighth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary.Nelson, Chris (2 October 2011). [http://www.pressreader.com/canada/calgary-herald/20111002/282067683679741 "Cannon Positions U of C for the Future"]. ''[[Calgary Herald]]''. |
|||
== References == |
== References == |
||
