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Consultant
EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Remote Sensing, Radar Imaging, Electromagnetics Expert ConsultantExpertise in geophysical remote sensing, earth crustal deformation, volcanology and geothermal research, and water resources research.
Has conducted numerous studies in areas including measurements and subsurface processes, planetary exploration, interferometric radar remote sensing techniques and applications, EM propagation and scattering, and digital signal processing.
Extensive knowledge regarding radar imaging polarimetry, topographic mapping from interferometric synthetic aperture radar measurements. Also a specialist in areas including interferometric radar measurement of ocean surface currents, differential radar interferometry, and software for polarimetric radar analysis
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Aerospace, Government, Oil
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S., Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
B.S., Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.
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Professor, Departments of Geophysics and Electrical Engineering (joint appt.), major university
Associate Professor, Departments of Geophysics and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Assistant Manager, Radar Science and Engineering Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Post-doctoral Research Affiliate, Stanford University, Stanford CA
Radar Science and Engineering Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Physics Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Research Activities:
NASA, Multiwavelength InSAR Properties of the Polar Ice Sheets, International Polar Year program
Facility Instrument Team Member, NASA Cassini Mission: Synthetic Aperture Radar Facility, Calibrated multiangle measurements of Titan
NSF, Extending Persistent Scatterer InSAR to Heavily Vegetated Regions Using Information Theoretic Analysis
Principal Investigator, ESA Envisat Category 1 Data proposal, Crustal Deformation Research in Western North America
Principal Investigator, NSF, WInSAR data system upgrade
Principal Investigator, NSF grant, A New Method for Measuring Time-Dependent Deformation: Persistent-Scatterer INSAR
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL contract, Rapid repeat deformation studies of the Earth from unmanned aerial vehicles
Principal Investigator, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Data proposal, Deformation Research Using PALSAR Instrument on the ALOS spacecraft
NASA/JPL/Air Force Research Laboratory, Cognitive Computing Framework
Principal Investigator, ESA Category 1 Data Proposal, Western North America Crustal Dynamics Research: WINSAR Consortium
Co-Investigator, NSF grant, Crustal Dynamics Research in Western North America: Data Acquisition for the WInSAR Consortium
Principal Investigator, U.S. Geologic Survey NEHRP Program, Crustal Deformation of the San Francisco Bay Area Segment of the San Andreas Fault from Persistent Scatterer InSAR.
Principal Investigator, NSF grant, Subsurface magmatic processes in the Western Galapagos Islands from high-resolution interferometric radar deformation measurements
Principal Investigator, NASA grant, Characterizing Subsurface Processes with Subtle Deformation Using Envisat ScanSAR Interferometry and Spatio-Temporal Modeling
Principal Investigator, NSF grant, Beyond Single Interferograms: Inference of Subsurface Processes with Subtle Deformation Signatures from Time Series InSAR
Principal Investigator, Southern California Earthquake Consortium -University of Southern California, WInSAR data system support
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL contract, Rapid repeat deformation studies of the Earth from unmanned aerial vehicles
Principal Investigator, Southern California Earthquake Center grant, Reengineering the WInSAR data archive system
Principal Investigator, NASA grant, Antarctic Ice Sheet Penetration Depths, Grain Size, and Accumulation Rates from InSAR and SAR Analysis of ERS and Radarsat Observations
Principal Investigator, ESA Envisat Radar Data grant, Studies of interferometric radar correlation and propagation
Principal Investigator, ESA Envisat Radar Data grant, Implications for oilfield production from high-resolution subsidence
Co-Investigator, NASA Earth Observing System Interdisciplinary Science Investigation, A Global Assessment of Active Volcanism, Volcanic Hazards, and Volcanic Inputs to the Atmosphere from the Earth Observing System
Principal Investigator, ESA Envisat Radar Data grant, Studies of Interferometric Radar Correlation and Propagation Artifacts Using Polarimetric Envisat ASAR Data
Co-Investigator, ESA Envisat Radar Data grant, Implications For Oilfield Production From High-Resolution Subsidence Measurements Derived Using Interferometric Envisat ASAR Data
Principal Investigator, University of Alaska contract, Alaska Topographic Mapping Project
Principal Investigator, NSF grant, Subsurface magmatic processes in the western Galapagos Islands from high-resolution interfermetric radar deformation measurements
Principal Investigator, NASA Grant Validation and improvement of SRTM performance over rugged terrain
Principal Investigator, NSF Grant Radar Observations to Constrain Surface Lithospheric Processes on the Galilean Satellites
Principal Investigator, Chevron/Texaco contract, Monitoring the Injection and Storage of C02 in Aquifers and Gas Reservoirs Using Satellite Radar Interferometry
Principal Investigator, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, USGS, Measurement and Modeling of Interseismic Deformation Near Parkfield, CA Using Radar Interferometry
Co- Investigator, ESA ERS-1/2 Data Archive grant, Recent Crustal Deformation History of the San Andreas Fault System
Principal Investigator, ESA ERS-1/2 Data Archive grant, Distributions of atmospheric phase artifacts in radar interferograms
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL contract, Characterizing Space-Time of Slip at Depth Along Fault Systems: InSAR Measurement and System Requirements
Principal Investigator, NASA-JPL Research contract Radar study of Mars surface features
Principal Investigator, NSF grant, Integration of SAR interferometry, continuous GPS, and GPS meteorology for crustal deformation
Principal Investigator, NASA Grant Topographic Mapping in the Antarctic Environment Using Radarsat Interferometry
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL study, Radar Interferometric and Penetration Investigations Using SIR-C Data
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL study, Multifrequency Imaging Radar Interferometry: Adding an L-band Channel to TOPSAR
Principal Investigator, NASA grant, Surface Deformation and Topographic Measurements from Radar Interferometry in the Presence of Vegetation from SIR-C/XSAR
Principal Investigator, Max Cade Foundation grant, Fusion of Interferometric and Radar Stereo Topographic Data
Principal Investigator, U. Alaska research contract, Engineering Support for Alaska Facility Implementation of ERS-1 and ERS-2 Radar Interferometry
Principal Investigator, NASA Grant, Long-term Monitoring of Earth Surface Change Using ERS-1 and ERS-2 Radar Interferometry
Co- Investigator, NASA grant, Inversion of time dependent space geodetic data
Co- Investigator, NASA Center of Excellence for Integrated InSAR and GPS Studies of Natural Hazards and Land Subsidence, NASA
Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL study, Topographic Mapping in the Antarctic Environment Using Radarsat Interferometry
Principal Investigator, JPL study, Examination of ERS and GPS data to aid in the detection of subsidence in The Geysers geothermal field, California
Principal Investigator, NASA Shuttle Imaging Radar - C Geophysical Factors from Penetration Phenomena
Principal Investigator, NASA RTOP Airborne Interferometric Topography: Development of the TOPSAR Instrument
Principal Investigator and Task Manager, ARPA study Radar Interferometry and Ground Cover Experiments
Principal Investigator, NASA RTOP ERS-1 Radar Interferometry
Co-investigator, ERS-1 experiment Radar Ice Stress and Motion Experiment
Co-investigator, NASA RTOP New Techniques for Quantitative Analysis of SAR Images
Principal Investigator, NASA RTOP Radar Scattering from Forested Areas
Co-investigator, DARPA study for Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Currents
Principal Investigator, NASA RTOP Radio and Photopolarimetric Determination of Subcentimeter-size Particles in Saturn's Rings
Principal Investigator, DARPA study Ocean Surface Polarization
Task Manager, Navy NRL study Synthetic Aperture Radar: Ocean Waves Imaged at Different Chirp Rates
HONORS AND AWARDS
NASA Certificate of Recognition: development of differential radar interferometry
Fellow, The Electromagnetics Academy
Best reviewer award, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Robert Noyce Faculty Scholar, Stanford University School of Engineering
Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
Dana Adams Griffin Award, School of Engineering, Stanford University
Best paper award, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director's Research Achievement Award
Best paper award, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
NASA Certificates of Achievement for New Technology: Imaging radar polarimeter, Topographic mapping from interferometric synthetic aperture radar measurements, Interferometric radar measurement of ocean surface currents, Synthetic aperture radar processor for large drift angles, Data volume reduction for imaging radar polarimetry, Imaging radar polarimeter measures orientation of calibration corner reflectors, Preliminary simultaneous L/C-band images from the JPL aircraft synthetic aperture radar, Radar imaging polarimetry, Phase calibration of imaging radar polarimeter Stokes matrices, Mapping small elevation changes over large areas: differential radar interferometry, Approaches to modelling polarization characteristics of surfaces for radar polarimetry, Software for polarimetric radar analysis: MacMultiview 5.0, Calibration of Stokes and scattering matrix format polarimetric SAR data, Topographic mapping using radar interferometry: processing techniques, Decorrelation in interferometric radar echoes, The TOPSAR interferometric radar topographic mapping instrument
NASA Group Achievement Awards: Seasat-A Synthetic Aperture Radar Team, Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A) Development Team, Airborne Imaging Radar System Team
NASA Board Award for New Technology Report
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Geophysical Union
Affiliate member, American Astronomical Society - Division for Planetary Sciences
InSAR Review Board, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Earth Science Technology Office Review Panel
International Program Committee, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Propagation
NASA Review Committee, Earth System Science Fellowships
NRC Space Studies Board Earth Science and Applications from Space: Panel on Solid Earth Hazards, Resources, and Dynamics
NASA Alaska SAR Facility Users Working Group
NASA Review Committee, Earth System Science Fellowships
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Participating Scientist Review Committee
Organizing Committee, NASA/NSF/USGS InSAR Working group
Reports Committee, NASA/NSF/USGS InSAR Working group
Western North America Interferometric SAR (WInSAR) consortium, a division of the Southern California Earthquake Center, National Science Foundation, Former Chair
NRC Space Studies Board Earth Science and Applications from Space Panel on Solid Earth Hazards, Resources, and Dynamics
International Union of Radioscience (URSI) Board of Experts for Medal Evaluations
Organizing Committee, Interagency Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Workshop
Executive committee, Western North America Interferometric SAR (Winsar) consortium, a division of the Southern California Earthquake Center, National Science Foundation
National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center- Arecibo Observatory, Visiting Committee
NASA Technical Review Committee for HICP planetary missions
Technical Program Committee, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
NASA Antarctic Mapping Mission (AMM) Science Advisory Group
Solid Earth Science Proposal Review Panel, NASA Earth Science Enterprise
Steering Committee and Earthquake Working Group Chair, National Science Foundation Workshop on Scientific Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar, University of Southern California
ESTO (Earth Science Technology Office), NASA Earth Science Enterprise, Advanced Radar Technology Panel
International Scientific Committee, 8th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, ISPRS
WinSAR Executive Committee, Southern California Earthquake Center
NASA ASF Data Quality Team
NASA Europa Radar Instrument Definition Team
NASA LightSAR Science Working Group
NASA-ASI Topographic Mission Concept Working Group
Advanced Radar Technology Panel, Naval Studies Board, National Research Council
Panel on Soviet Oceanographic SAR, Foreign Applied Sciences Assessment Center (FASAC)
Earth Observing System (EOS) Geodynamics Laser Ranging System Review Board
Editor and Chair, Editorial Committee, Florida Workshop to Assess the National Research Council Decadal Survey Recommendation for the DESDynI Radar/Lidar Space Mission
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE
PUBLICATIONS
Over 200 publications on topics related to geophysical remote sensing, Earth crustal deformation, volcanology and geothermal research, earthquakes, water resources research, and more.
Over 200 presentations on topics related to earth science and satellite observations, Earth’s polar ice, remote sensing of the environment, Earth crustal deformation, and more.
Co-holder of three U.S. patents related to radar science.
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