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Congratulations to ECE/ARRC Ph.D. student Jon Knowles on being awarded an FY2023 Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship! The DoD NDSEG Fellowship Program, established in 1989 by direction of Congress and sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Office of Naval Research under the direction of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, serves to increase the number of United States citizens receiving doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines of military importance.
This program is designed to encourage Baccalaureate recipients to enter graduate school and ultimately gain a doctorate degree, which aligns with the DoD services Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) in research and development. Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend, healthcare and travel budget, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution. The NDSEG program received 3,080 submissions this year, resulting in only the top 5% of applicants selected for this highly meritorious fellowship.
Jon's proposed research was titled “Multi-sensor Fusion Framework for Enhanced Relative Navigation Accuracy in Cooperative Multi-Agent Networks.” The research goal of the project is to develop an overall mathematical framework for distributed sensor navigation to achieve unprecedented relative position accuracy of mobile radar nodes with and without GPS access. This research will provide critical insights into next-generation inertial navigation system (INS) design, precise relative navigation in non-ideal environments, cooperative flight dynamics, and future distributed sensing modalities. Mr. Knowles is advised by Dr. Jay McDaniel and will continue his Ph.D. studies at the University of Oklahoma.
Congratulations to Morgan Gammons, ARRC program management staff member, who recently received one of the 2023 Distinguished Performance Awards, given annually for outstanding job performance.
The award was presented by OU President Joe Harroz and Staff Senate Chairman Heather Todd during a Staff Week ceremony.
ARRC professor Dr. David Schvartman is presenting at the 2023 IEEE Germany YP Webinar. His talk is titled "Capabilities and Applications of Digital Phased Array Radar Technologies." The webinar will focus on the potential of phased array radars (PARs) for atmospheric remote sensing and their unique and flexible capabilities that have the potential to improve weather radar products. PAR technology allows for almost instant steering of the radar beam in any direction, the flexibility to redefine sampling parameters for each beam position, and the ability to form multiple simultaneous beams in different directions. The talk will also touch on the feasibility of producing high-accuracy dual-polarization PAR observations, which has gained attention in the research community recently. Join the webinar to learn more about the current developments in PAR technology and its potential applications in atmospheric science.
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Congratulations to ECE/ARRC master's student Cora DeFrancesco on being awarded and selected into the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). As the country’s oldest fellowship program of its kind, the GRFP recognizes and directly supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Fellows share in the prestige and opportunities of being selected, including a three-year annual stipend, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution. They are crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation's technological infrastructure and national security, as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.
Cora's NSF GRFP proposal was focused on the idea of combining the power of distributed navigation and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging techniques as a translatable technology and testbed for future space-based radio telescope missions. The fundamental research question being asked is “How can a distributed network of several cooperative linked radars be precisely located in a GPS-denied environment to achieve high-resolution space-based imaging?" Cora plans to investigate the feasibility of a system containing a star tracker as an alternative navigational system input, evaluate different estimation filters to combine information from heterogeneous sources, and finally design a cooperative distributed navigation prototype system for a next-generation, space-based Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) concept. A network of cooperative and coherent CubeSat based radars would allow for extremely large baselines (synthetic apertures) with faster revisit times to enable unprecedented image clarity of astronomical objects. Ms. DeFrancesco is a masters student advised by Dr. Jay McDaniel and currently plans to continue her Ph.D. studies at the University of Oklahoma after her masters.
ARRC professors, Drs. Tian Yu and Robert Palmer, recently participated in the 6th Global Summit of GADRI (Global Alliance Disaster Research Institute) in Kyoto, Japan. The goal of GADRI is to bring awareness and provide solutions to reduce the risk of global disasters.
Gokhan is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, advised by Dr. Hjalti Sigmarsson.
How long have you been part of the ARRC:
"It has been about four years that I have been at the ARRC."
Any scholarships/journal awards/publications ect. that you have received:
• William Barkov Scholarship (3 times)
• Ph. Robinson Scholarship
• Gallogly College of Engineering Scholarship
• 2nd place paper in the student paper competition at WAMICON conference, 2022.
Current Research:
"Two different projects. As a student: Integrated filters for the Horus Antenna Panel, As a co-PI: Active, Tunable, and On-chip microwave filters for communication systems and Radar (Funded by Texas Instruments Corp)."
What do you like to do in your spare time:
"I really enjoy Argentinian tango dancing, playing drums on my small portable drum kit, travelling, and spending time with friends."
Plans for after graduation:
"I am considering of switching to industry as a core researcher and chip designer."
Dr. Jay McDaniel, ECE Assistant Professor and member of the ARRC, has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.
This five-year project will allow the McDaniel Microwave Group to develop a custom unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV-based radar suite with sophisticated signal processing techniques to measure the depth and distribution of snow and ice to support actionable risk management strategies and socioeconomic resiliency from snow-related weather events.
Read more here.
Yoon is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, advised by Dr. David Schvartzman.
How long have you been part of the ARRC:
"I joined ARRC in October 2021."
Any scholarships/journal awards/publications ect. that you have received:
• Award: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology Student Paper Award (Second Place)
• Publication: "Kim, Yoon-SL, et. al., Fast Adaptive Beamforming Using Deep Learning for Digital Phased Array Radars."
Current Research:
"I've studied machine learning and digital beamforming for phased array radars. I built a new deep learning algorithm to perform fast adaptive digital beamforming for my Masters thesis."
What do you like to do in your spare time:
"I have two dogs, Bee and Cream, and I like to spend most of my free time with them. We go for a walk, hike, and swim."
Plans for after graduation:
"I just defended my thesis this semester, Fall 2022, and plan to continue for Ph.D. with David Schvartzman. I'm very excited to start a long new journey with him!"
