David Aalfs, Georgia Tech Research Institute senior research engineer, has more than 12 years experience in the development of adaptive digital beamforming algorithms and simulation tools.
Ryan Hersey, research engineer II with Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory with the Adaptive Sensor Technology Project Office, specializes in adaptive array processing, modeling, and simulation. His current research interests include various applications of digital signal processing to advanced sensors. Hersey has published several papers on adaptive processing for conformal arrays and SAR-GMTI and received the "Best Student Paper" award at the 2002 IEEE Radar Conference. He received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Tech and his M.S. and B.S. in engineering science and mechanics from Penn State University.
E. Jefferson Holder, principal research scientist with Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has directed research in digital beamforming, including the development, fabrication, and testing of a non-cooperative bistatic radar receiver.
William Melvin, a GTRI principal research engineer and Director of the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, focuses a technology portfolio involving all aspects of sensor systems engineering. He specializes in sensor signal and array processing, modeling and simulation, and aerospace radar systems engineering. He holds three U.S. patents on adaptive radar technology and has published in excess of 135 technical articles.
Aram Partizian, a GTRI/SEAL senior research engineer, has been actively involved in the design, development, and field testing of radar; advanced electronic attack; and electronic protection technologies for more than 20 years. He specializes in the EP of coherent radar against deceptive and masking EA techniques.
Samuel O. Piper, a GTRI/SEAL principal research engineer and chief of the Radar Systems Division, has performed radar systems engineering and analysis for ground-based, airborne, and space-based radar systems for more than 30 years, including a variety of applications such as surveillance, airborne intercept, missile seekers, altimeters, missile warning radars, and terrain mapping systems.
Mark A. Richards, a principal research engineer and adjunct professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the author of the Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (McGraw-Hill, 2005). He is researching radar imaging and embedded real-time signal processors and has 20 years of experience in radar signal processing.
Gregory Showman, a Georgia Tech Research Institute senior research engineer and head of the Adaptive Signal Processing Program Office within the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, conducts research in advanced radar signal-processing algorithms. His research areas include spatial adaptive processing, two-dimensional image processing, and EP for airborne radar modes.
