Instructor Bio#
Colonel Juan “Silv” Jurado is the Permanent Professor and Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He previously served as the Dean of the Faculty at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and a Classified Flight Test Squadron Commander. He holds a B.S.EE from Texas A&M University, an M.S.FTE from the Air Force Test Pilot School, and M.S.EE and Ph.D. degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology. His research interests include air data calibration, real-time modeling and validation, sensor fusion, and navigation systems.