William L. Melvin

William L. "Bill" Melvin is the deputy director of Sensors and Intelligent Systems at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.[1] He is a former director of the GTRI Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL).[2]

William L. Melvin
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materLehigh University
Awards2006 Young Radar Engineer of the Year
IEEE Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsRadar
Signal processing
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech Research Institute
Rome Laboratory

Early life and education

Melvin earned a BS, an MS, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, all from Lehigh University.[3][4]

Career

Melvin served in the United States Air Force at the Rome Laboratory (currently known as the Air Force Research Laboratory), where he worked on airborne surveillance radar.[5]

He joined the Georgia Tech Research Institute in 1998, where his research resulted in three patents on adaptive radar.[4][5] He also took an adjunct faculty position in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[6][7] In 2006, he became the director of the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL), replacing Robert N. Trebits.[4] He remained director of the lab until 2014, when he was named deputy director of the Sensors and Intelligent Systems Directorate, which oversees SEAL as well as the Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory and the Applied Concepts Laboratory.[1]

Memberships and awards

Melvin is an active IEEE member, and is an IEEE Fellow.[8] Melvin received a "Best Paper" award at the 1997 IEEE Radar Conference.[6] In spring 2006, Melvin was named "Young Radar Engineer of the Year" by the IEEE Radar Systems Panel of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.[4][9]

References
  1. "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Georgia Tech Research Institute. p. 8. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  2. "Dr. William Melvin at GTRI 75th Anniversary Technology Symposium". GTRI Historical Archive. Georgia Tech Research Institute. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  3. "Tutorials". RadarCon 2012. IEEE. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  4. "New Leadership: Melvin Tapped as Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory". Georgia Tech Research News. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2006-07-24. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  5. "Speaker Biographies". 2011 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  6. "Dr. William L. Melvin". RadarCon 2004. IEEE. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  7. "William L. Melvin". Georgia Tech Professional Education. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  8. "William L. Melvin | Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society". ieee-aess.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  9. Becker, T.J. (2006-07-31). "New director of GTRI's sensors laboratory named" (PDF). The Whistle. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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