Education:
Ph.D., Cornell University

Research Interests:

• Positioning, navigation, and timing technology and security
• Satellite communications and navigation
• Detection and estimation
• Software-defined radio

Dr. Humphreys specializes in the application of optimal detection and estimation techniques to problems in satellite navigation, autonomous systems, and signal processing. He directs the Radionavigation Laboratory and is associate director of UT SAVES. His recent focus has been on assured perception for autonomous systems, including navigation, timing, and collision avoidance, and on centimeter-accurate location for the mass market.

Dr. Humphreys is also on the graduate study committee of the UT Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a faculty member of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG). He received the UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012, the NSF Career Award in 2015, the Institute of Navigation Thurlow Award in 2015, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, via National Science Foundation) in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation and of the Royal Institute of Navigation. Dr. Humphreys joined the faculty of the Cockrell School of Engineering in Fall 2009.

Related Websites

• Radionavigation Laboratory
• Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG)
• 6G@UT
• Texas Robotics

Recent Awards and Honors

• Received Johannes Kepler Award, Institute of NavigationReceived Johannes Kepler Award, Institute of Navigation, 2023
• Elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, 2021
• Elected Fellow of Institute of Navigation, 2020
• Walter R. Fried Memorial Award, Best Overall Paper, 2020
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2019