He is also a consulting associate professor with Stanford University and a visiting professor at Lule University of Technology in Sweden. Dr. Akos obtained a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio University in the Avionics Engineering Center. Dr. Akos' research interests include global navigation satellite system receiver architectures, RF design, embedded systems, and software defined radios. Dr. Akos has received a number of awards for his research efforts, including The Institute of Navigation Thurlow Award (2009), the Samuel M. Burka Award from The Institute of Navigation (2005), Best paper at IEEE Position Location and Navigation Symposium (2002), RTCA William E. Jackson Award (1997), and the Ohio University Gustavus E. Smith Award (1996).