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= Michael C. Wicks =

Professor of Electrical Engineering

Ohio Scholar for Sensor Exploitation and Fusion
http://www.udayton.edu/engineering/research_scholarship/endowed_chairs/index.php

University of Dayton Distinguished Research Scientist

University of Dayton Research Institute

300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469

Senior Scientist US Air Force (Retired in 2011)
http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7796

Relevant Experience
Michael C. Wicks is a leading research scientist in remote sensing, signal processing and systems engineering, with a current focus on distributed sensing and radio frequency technology. He has pursued a variety of research interests in his career, including: counter explosive sensor technology, cognitive radar and radio, space object sensing, deep earth sensing radar, multi-dimensional adaptive processing for airborne and space based radar, ultra-wideband radio and radar, passive and active multi-static systems, and concealed weapons/contraband detection and carrier identification. He pioneered the concept of knowledge-based signal processing and waveform diversity, and has led national and international research teams on the design, development and fielding of novel algorithms, architectures and systems for remote sensing from space, air and surface platforms. Dr. Wicks has published many papers, reports, book chapters, books and US patents.

United States Air Force
1981-1991	Rome Air Development Center

Electronics Engineer in the Signal Processing Laboratory

1991-1997	Rome Laboratory

Senior Research Engineer and Program Manager

1997-2002	Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

Principal Engineer in the Surveillance Facility

2002-2011	Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

Civilian Executive - US Air Force Senior Scientist

2005	Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

Chief Scientist AFRL Sensors Directorate (Acting)

2010/11	Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

Chief Scientist AFRL Sensors Directorate (Acting)

Earth Radar
1982 - 1987    Radar Engineer

Michael C. Wicks and Associates
1987 - 2002    Research Scientist

University College London
2005-	Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering

University of Dayton
2011-	Distinguished Research Scientist at UDRI

2012-	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Ohio Scholar for Sensor Exploitation and Fusion

Wright State University
2012-	Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering

Education
ASES	Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica NY    1979

BSEE 	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY    1981

MSEE	Syracuse University, Syracuse NY    1985

PhDEE	Syracuse University	    1995

MAPA	Maxwell School at Syracuse University    2000

Notable Professional Honors and Awards
IEEE Nathanson Award to the Young Engineer of the Year, 1998

IEEE Fellow, 1998

US Air Force Research Laboratory Fellow, 1999

Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council 1999 Engineer of the Year

MVCC Alumni of the Year, 2001

IEEE Warren White Award for Excellence in Radar Engineering, 2009

IEEE Dennis J Picard Medal for Radar Technologies Applications 2013

http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/picard_recipients.html

Selected Publications
“Cognitive Radio Communications and Networking, John Wiley and Sons, 2012.

“Imaging Under Irregular Terrain Using RF Tomography,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol 50, No. 9, Sept 2012.

“Compressed Statistical Testing and Application to Radar”, 1st International Workshop on Compressed Sensing applied to Radar, CoSeRa 2012, Bonn Germany, 14-16 May 2012.

Generalized Inner Product Method and Apparatus for Improved Detection and Discrimination, U.S. Patent 7,916,068, March 2011.

“Pareto-Optimal Radar Waveform Design”, IET Journal of Sonar, Radar, and Navigation, June 2010

“Radio Frequency Tomography for Tunnel Detection,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. GRS-48, No. 3, pp. 1128-1137, Mar. 2010.

Sensors Technology and Advanced Signal Processing Concepts for Layered Warfare/Layered Sensing, AFRL-RY-RS-TR-2010-100, April 2010.

“Wide Area Below Ground Imaging via Lateral Wave RF Tomography”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, June 2009.

“Detection Performance using Frequency Diversity with Distributed Sensors”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, July 2008.

“Concurrent Extraction of Target Range and Doppler Information by using Orthogonal Coding Waveforms”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, July 2007.

“Space-Time Adaptive Processing: A Knowledge-Based Perspective for Airborne Radar”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue on Knowledge-Based Systems, January 2006.

“Knowledge-Based Radar Signal and Data Processing”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue on Knowledge-Based Systems, January 2006.

“KB-GLRT: exploiting knowledge of the clutter ridge in airborne radar”, IEE Proceedings – Radar, Sonar and Navigation, December 2005

“Development of a Lower Confidence Limit for the Number of Signals”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, June 2003.

“Performance Characterisation of Hybrid STAP Architecture Incorporating Elevation Interferometry”, IEE Proceedings – Radar, Sonar and Navigation, April 2002.

“Development of a Statistical Procedure for Detecting the Number of Signals in a Radar Measurement”, IEE Proceedings Radar, Sonar Navigation, April 2001.

Recent Community Activities
Board of Directors, Foundation of the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 2009 – present

Board of Directors, Mohawk Valley Water Authority, 2009 - 2012.

Advisory Board Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, 2007 – present

Advisory Board Mohawk Valley Community College Engineering Science, 1992 – present

Trustee Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Blessed Sacrament Church Utica NY 2008 - present