Dr. Tien M. Nguyen
Sr. Project Leader at The Aerospace Corp
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Author
Area of Expertise:
Satellite communications and ground systems , Machine Learning and AI for SATCOM Applications , Synchronization techniques , radar systems , non-traditional PNT , Acquisition and War-gaming for acquiring space systems
Websites:
Profile Summary

Currently, Dr. Tien Nguyen serves as a Sr. Project Leader and has held many technical and management positions at The Aerospace Corporation, including Deputy Chief System Architect, Principal Technical Staff, Sr. Engineering Specialist, Associate Director, Interim-Director, and Section Manager, 1996-2004 and 2014-Presence. Concurrently, he also serves as an Adjunct Research Professor at California State University in Fullerton (CSUF). Prior to CSUF, he was a Research Assistant Professor at The Catholic University of America. From 2004-2014, he was with Raytheon and recently retired as Engineering Fellow. He was a Technical Director, Chief Engineer, and Program Area Chief Engineer. From 2014-2015, he was with IFT and served as a Technical Advisor to the CTO. From 1985–1996, he was a NASA representative for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). Many of his works became CCSDS standards. He received a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Claremont Graduate University (CGU); a Ph.D. in EE; and four master degrees in mathematics, EM field, communications systems theory, and digital signal processing. He has published more than 250 papers and held 18 patents with two pending. He has received numerous awards, notably, 3 NASA honor and 22 NASA TechBrief innovation awards; 2 Raytheon innovation awards; 2022 Aerospace Corporation award, and 3 Aerospace Division awards along with numerous performance awards for his distinguished technological advancements; 3 IEEE awards for valuable contributions to technical program and session chairs; and the best paper award from IEEE WPTCE 2024 in Kyoto, Japan. He has served as the Editor for 4 books on satellite systems, SoS design-and-simulation, decision science, and program management. He is also serving as the (i) chairman of the advisory board at the CSUF-Center of Computational and Applied Mathematics, and (ii) Guest Editor for MDPI Journal on Information, Special Issues on Sensing & Wireless Communications.
Publications (15)

Proceedings Article | 14 June 2023 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12546, 1254605 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663425
KEYWORDS: Machine learning, Education and training, MATLAB, Satellites, Satellite navigation systems, Global Positioning System, Receivers, Artificial intelligence, Neural networks, Signal processing

Proceedings Article | 18 May 2020 Paper
Tien Nguyen, Charles Lee, Tom Freeze, Andy Guillen
Proceedings Volume 11422, 114220M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559313
KEYWORDS: Electromagnetic coupling, Satellites, Mathematical modeling, Satellite communications, Systems modeling, 3D modeling, Antennas, MATLAB, Databases, Telecommunications

Proceedings Article | 29 April 2020 Paper
Tien Nguyen, Tom Freeze, Tung Bui, Andy Guillen
Proceedings Volume 11422, 114220P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559317
KEYWORDS: Mathematical modeling, Aerospace engineering, MATLAB, Electroluminescence, Space operations, Artificial intelligence, Chemical elements, Optimization (mathematics), Visualization, Performance modeling

Proceedings Article | 24 April 2020 Paper
Tien Nguyen, Andy Guillen, Tom Freeze, Alexander Chang, Faisal Zahidi, Jake Singh, Jonathan Lee, Hung Nguyen, Vahe Avedissian, Anh Dang
Proceedings Volume 11422, 114220L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554219
KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Systems modeling, Computer architecture, Databases, Space operations, Data storage, Aerospace engineering, Visual process modeling, Patents, Model-based design

Proceedings Article | 5 May 2017 Presentation + Paper
Tien Nguyen, Andy Guillen, James Hant, Justin Kizer, Inki Min, Dennis J. Siedlak, James Yoh
Proceedings Volume 10196, 1019608 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263248
KEYWORDS: Missiles, Matrices, Data modeling, Systems engineering, Process engineering, Aerospace engineering, Physical sciences, Physical research, Computer architecture, Visualization, Picosecond phenomena, Phase modulation, Systems modeling, Manufacturing, Integration

Showing 5 of 15 publications
Conference Committee Involvement (15)
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVIII
13 April 2025 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVII
23 April 2024 | National Harbor, Maryland, United States
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVI
2 May 2023 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XV
4 April 2022 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV
12 April 2021 | Online Only, Florida, United States
Showing 5 of 15 Conference Committees
SIGN IN TO:
  • View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE
Is this your profile? Update it now.
Don’t have a profile and want one?

Advertisement
Advertisement
Back to Top