2010-2019

Jezabel Vilardell Sanchez, M.S. 2019, "The UMass eXperimental X-band Radar (UMaXX):  An upgrade of the CASA MA-1 to Support Cross Polarization Measurements," now pursuing Ph.D. at MIRSL.

 

Joseph Waldinger, M.S. 2018, "Improvements to the UMass S-band FMCW Vertical Wind-Profiling Radar:  System Performance and Data Analysis," now with Mercury Systems, Caldwell, NJ.

 

Dustin Lagoy, M.S. 2017, "Time Domain SAR Processing with GPUs for Airborne Platforms."

 

Kan Fu, Ph.D. 2017, "Topography Measurements using an Airborne Ka-Band FMCW Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar."  Now with Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive). 

 

Sheila P. Werth, M.S. 2016, "Evaluating Features for Broad Species-Based Classification of Bird Observations using Dual-Polarized Doppler Weather Radar."  Now with MITRE, Bedford, MA.

 

Yang Lei, Ph.D. 2016, "Electromagnetic Scattering Models for InSAR Correlation Measurements of Vegetation and Snow," now with National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

Robert A. Palumbo, Jr, Ph.D. 2016, "Applications in Low-Power Phased-Array Weather Radar," now with Raytheon, Integrated Defense Systems, MA.

 

Joseph W. Sapp, Ph.D. 2015, "Improving Sea-Surface Remote Sensing of Ocean Vector Winds by Scatterometers," now with Global Science and Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD.

 

Krzysztof A. Orzel, Ph.D. 2015, "X-Band Dual-Polarization Phased-Array Radar for Meteorlogical Applications," now with Restore Lab, Ltd., Wanaka, NZ.

 

Lauren C. (Izzy) Masiunas, M.S. 2014, "Development and Monitoring of an X-Band Dual-Polarization Phased-Array Weather Radar," now with MetaSensing BV, Noordwijk, NL.

 

Chad A. Baldi, M.S. 2014, "The Design, Validation, and Analysis of Surface- Based S-Band and C-Band Polarimetric Scatterometers," now with Baldi Designs, Inc., New Bedford, MA.

 

Rafael Medina-Sanchez, Ph.D. 2014, "Beam Steering Control System for Low-Cost Phased Array Weather Radars:  Design and Calibration Techniques," now with University f Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

 

Jorge Trabal, Ph.D. 2013, "Data Quality Assessment and Rainfall Estimatin Using Dense Radar Networks," now with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, MA.

 

Vijay Venkatesh, Ph.D. 2013, "Spaced-Antenna Wind Estimation Using an X-band Active Phased Array Weather Radar," now with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

 

Jorge Salazar, Ph.D. 2012, "The Feasibility of Low-Cost, Dual-Polarized, Phase-Tilt Antenna Arrays for Dense Radar Networks", now with Advanced Radar Research Center, U. Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

 

Razi Ahmed, Ph.D. 2012, "Accuracy of Biomass and Structure Estimates from Radar and Lidar", now with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.

 

Rockwell Schrock, M.S. 2012, "An Airborne 35 GHz Interferometric Radar", now with Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Santa Rosa, CA.

 

Benjamin St. Peter, M.S. 2012, "Terahertz Imaging for Cancer Detection," now with Spectral Sciences, Inc., Burlington, MA.

 

Jason Dvorsky, M.S. 2012, "Implementation of Dual-Polarization on an Airborne Scatterometer and Preliminary Data Quality," now with Lockheed-Martin, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

 

Brian Paulsen, M.S. 2011, "Inversion of Marine Radar Imagery to Surface Realizations and Dual-Polarization Analysis," now with RF Micro Devices, Billerica, MA.

 

Anthony Swochak, M.S. 2011, "Development, Deployment, and Characterization of a Ku-Band Interferometer", now with Haystack Observatory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA.

 

Anthony Hopf, Ph.D. 2011, "Informativeness and the Computational Metrology of Collaborative Adaptive Sensor Systems", now with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.

 

Shiril Tichkule, M.S. 2011, "On the Retrieval of Beam Transverse Wind Velocity using Angles of Arrival from Spatially Separated Light Sources," now with Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

 

Matthew McLinden, M.S. 2010, "Calibration of the UMass Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar", now with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.