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About the Author

Dr. Ahmed El-Rabbany obtained his Ph.D. degree in GPS from the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada. He is currently working as an associate professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He also holds an honorary research associate position at the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, and an adjunct professor position at York University. Dr. El-Rabbany has more than 20 years of research, instructional, and industrial...