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My current research interests include software-defined radios, distributed radar and wireless system synchronization, interferometric arrays, synthetic aperture radar, joint radar-communications, and automotive radar applications.</p> <p>Previously, I received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University where I co-founded the Student Organized Autonomy Research group (<a href="https://canvas.msu.edu/avc0" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SOAR</a>) with the aim of enabling undergraduate and graduate students to become involved in autonomy research.</p> </div> <h2><a href="/news/" style="color: inherit;">News</a></h2> <div class="news"> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-sm table-borderless"> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">May 04, 2024</th> <td> Our paper <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3375085" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Fully Wireless Coherent Distributed Phased Array System for Networked Radar Applications”</a> has been selected as a <ins>finalist in the Student Paper Competition</ins>. It will be presented at the 2024 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) conference in Washington, DC, June 16-21, 2024. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Apr 23, 2024</th> <td> Our paper <a href="https://2024.apsursi.org/view_paper.php?PaperNum=1747" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Distributed Interferometric Radar for Radial and Angular Velocity Measurement” (WE-A6.1P.1)</a> has been accepted at the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting in Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2024, and has been nominated as a <ins>finalist in the Student Paper Competition</ins> . </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Mar 21, 2024</th> <td> Our paper <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3375085" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Fully Wireless Coherent Distributed Phased Array System for Networked Radar Applications”</a> has been published in the Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters Special Issue of <ins>“Top IMS 2024 Papers.”</ins> It will be presented at the 2024 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) conference in Washington, DC, June 16-21, 2024. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Feb 01, 2024</th> <td> Our paper <a href="https://ims-ieee.org/technical-program/technical-sessions?date=2024-06-19#bp--65e747660dd9e--content" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Fully Wireless Coherent Distributed Phased Array System for Networked Radar Applications” (We2D-3)</a> has been accepted at the 2024 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Washington, DC, June 16-21, 2024. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="width: 20%">Sep 07, 2023</th> <td> Presented our work at the GNU Radio Conference in Tempe, AZ on September 7th. The talk <a href="https://events.gnuradio.org/event/21/contributions/413/" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“High Accuracy Wireless Timing Synchronization Using Software Defined Radios”</a> covers our recent findings and techniques for high-accuracy time-frequency synchronization in software defined radios. </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <h2><a href="/publications/" style="color: inherit;">Selected Publications</a></h2> <div class="publications"> <ol class="bibliography"> <li> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-2 abbr"> <abbr class="badge">IEEE IMS/MWTL</abbr><award class="badge award">Top Papers of IMS 2024</award><award class="badge award">SPC Finalist</award> </div> <div id="10477599" class="col-sm-8"> <div class="title">Fully Wireless Coherent Distributed Phased Array System for Networked Radar Applications</div> <div class="author"> <em>Jason M. Merlo</em>, Samuel Wagner, John Lancaster, and <a href="http://www.jeffreynanzer.org/" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jeffrey A. Nanzer</a> </div> <div class="periodical"> <em>IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters</em>, 2024 </div> <div class="periodical"> </div> <div class="links"> <a class="abstract btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Abs</a> <a class="bibtex btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Bib</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2024.3375085" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">IEEE Xplore</a> <a href="/assets/pdf/2024_mwtl_distributed_radar_flat.pdf" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">PDF</a> <a href="/assets/pdf/2024_ims_slides.pdf" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Slides</a> </div> <div class="abstract hidden"> <p>In this work, we experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, a fully wireless coherent distributed antenna array (CDA) performing distributed transmit and receive beamforming for a down-range sensing application at microwave frequencies without the need for external frequency and time references such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs). We build on previous methods utilizing a continuous-wave (CW) two- tone frequency transfer system and a pulsed two-tone time synchronization system to align the distributed platforms in both time and frequency. Coherent transmit and receive beamforming was performed utilizing 100 MHz linear frequency modulation (LFM) waveforms for sensing. Two experiments were performed: one imaging a static scene and one imaging a moving pedestrian holding a corner reflector. The beamforming gain is quantified in the static measurements yielding a median beamforming gain of 2.12 dB and a maximum gain of 2.86 dB (96.5% coherent beamforming gain).</p> </div> <div class="bibtex hidden"> <figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-bibtex" data-lang="bibtex"><span class="nc">@article</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">10477599</span><span class="p">,</span>
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