Fred Faxvog, PhD, Technology

Dr. Frederick R. Faxvog, BS, MS, PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, brings more that 30 years of research, engineering and management experience at General Motors Research Labs and Honeywell. While at Honeywell he was Director of Marketing and Product Management for the gyro, accelerometer and inertial measurement businesses. Earlier he was the Manager of Sensor Systems at Honeywell’s Systems and Research Center (SRC). Fred made significant contributions to the growth of Honeywell’s guidance and navigation business as well as other sensor based product areas. Before joining Honeywell he was Group Leader in the Physics Department at the General Motors Research Laboratories. He is the author of thirty-two publications in refereed journals and fifteen patents.

He serves on the University of Minnesota Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, and is past President of the Minnesota Section of the American Optical Society.