The University of Arizona: 6th Annual Raytheon Day Fall 2026 Symposium
September 18 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
University of Arizona – Program in Applied Mathematics
Raytheon – Systems Effectors: Processing, Guidance, and Controls
Fall 2026 Symposium
Friday September 18, 2026
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: UofA Campus, Grand Challenges Building, Room 140
Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/89108988225?pwd=wNbtYabZmsyXmsLoxxAqtyAgmnyksq.1
Password: RTX
2:00-2:20 Welcome
Linda Bixby (Chief Research Partnerships Officer, University of Arizona)
Su-Yee Chu (Director, Processing, Guidance & Controls Center, Raytheon)
2:20-2:30 Refreshments (coffee, tea, cookies)
2:30-3:30 Applied Mathematics Colloquium: Strapdown Inertial Navigation and Schuler Tuning
Michael Vaujin (Technical Fellow, Raytheon)
3:30-3:45 Transitioning from Applied Math to PG&C
Nitesh Shah (Hiring Manager, Signal Processing Department, Raytheon)
3:45-4:15 Enhanced Image Resolution with Nearest Neighbor Pixel Deconvolution (NNPD) Method
Jonathan Cain (Senior Manager, Raytheon)
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-4:45 Accelerated Data Fusion Algorithms
Carter Montag & Jack Murphy (Graduate Students, Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona)
4:45-5:15 Multidisciplinary Thrills
Jonathan Hess (Senior Principal Engineer, Raytheon)
5:15-5:45 On the De-phasing Problem in Non-resonantly Excited Solids: A Computational Perspective
Miroslav Kolesik (Professor, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
5:45-6:00 Closing
Patrick Shipman (Professor, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona)
Social Hour with Raytheon Staff