2018
AWARD WINNERS
MR. ANDREW ADAMS Research Leadership
Chief Engineer Wireless Capabilities Group The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
In his 18 years of professional experience, Andrew Adams has established himself as a thought leader and has research skills in the fi elds of cognitive radio engineering
DR. NATHAN RAEN BROOKS Senior Technology Fellow
Associate Technical Fellow, Technical Lead Engineer – Argon ST The Boeing Company
and intelligent radio frequency spectrum monitoring. His contributions have directly impacted the nation’s critical communications capabilities and the ability to defend these systems against adversarial jamming, remotely detonated explosives, and cyber attack. Adams earned an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Now at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physical Laboratory (JHU/APL), he assists in leading a section of seven staff members focused on military radio waveforms. He leads and inspires engineers to close radio frequency (RF) communications gaps and develops solutions to address diffi cult problems. He serves as the principal investigator for the Autonomous Electronic Warfare Link Characterization project that employs novel machine learning research techniques for the autonomous characterization of communications links, which eliminates the need to develop detailed channel models beforehand and serves to enhance system eff ectiveness. He also leads the Smart Spectrum Monitoring eff ort, applying machine learning technology to the fi eld of spectrum monitoring. This eff ort automates signal detection and classifi cation and created the groundbreaking techniques of automatic identifi cation and mitigation of RF interference.
Dr. Nathan Brooks serves as a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow, a technical lead engineer, and a member of the Electronic and Information Solutions’ technical directorate for the Boeing Company and its subsidiary, Argon ST. He has aided the company’s numerical electromagnetic computation capabilities with expertise in various electromagnetics. Dr. Brooks performs 3D electromagnetic modeling and simulation of antenna systems on air, land, sea, and underwater platforms; antenna selection, characterization, and performance predictions for communication, jamming, and direction-fi nding antenna systems; co-site analysis of antenna systems on various platforms; and development and utilization of radio- frequency (RF) propagation analysis tools, including terrain-based models. One of his most important technical innovations to date is his eff ort on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) RadioMap power- based geolocation work that networks common devices like tactical radios as power sensors. Additionally, he has been noted for his work on the DARPA Comprehensive Interior Reconnaissance system that uses methods to gain awareness of things inside a building from the outside. Dr. Brooks’ work has been key to the proposing, winning, and executing of several advanced-capability program contracts from military, government, and commercial customers. He was the recipient of fellowships from Boeing, the National Science Foundation, and the NASA Jenkins Program and the fi rst doctoral graduate in electrical engineering from the esteemed HBCU Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL.
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