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David G. Long, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D.
1989 |
University of Southern California. Electrical Engineering.
Dissertation Title: Model-Based Estimation of Wind Fields
Over the Oceans From Wind Scatterometer Measurements. Advisor: Prof. J. Mendel.
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M.S.
1983 |
Brigham Young University. Electrical Engineering. Thesis
Title: Artifical Construction and Synthesis of Speech
Based on the Time-Varying Vocal Tract Parameters of One Speaker
Using the Voice Characteristics of a Second Speaker.
Cum Laude. |
B.S.
1982 |
Brigham Young University. Electrical Engineering. Summa Cum Laude.
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Professional Experience
1990- |
Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah
Professor, Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering. (1999-)
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering.
Research in spaceborne scatterometry and microwave remote
sensing.
Associate Dean, Ira A.
Fulton College of Engineering and Technology. (2012-2016)
Over research, faculty, graduate programs, space (including a new building), and safety.
Associate Professor, Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering. (1994-99)
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering.
Research in spaceborne scatterometry and microwave remote
sensing.
Assistant Professor, Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering. (1990-94)
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering.
Research in spaceborne scatterometry and microwave remote
sensing.
Director, BYU
Center for Remote Sensing. (2000-) Direct and promote
interdisciplinary research across the BYU campus.
Head, BYU Microwave Earth
Remote Sensing (MERS) Laboratory. (1991-)
Principal Investigator. (1990-) NASA, NSF, and DOD-sponsored
research projects involving microwave remote sensing. Member
of the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM), NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT),
QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, and Ocean Vector Wind (OVWST) Science Teams.
Consultant. (1990-) Technical expertise
in scatterometry performance and design analysis, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), signal processing, and
resolution enhancement. Clients include various NASA centers
and private firms.
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1983-
1990 |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
California Institute of
Technology. Pasadena, California.
Principal Investigator. (1989-90) NASA-sponsored
research project "Model-Based Wind Retrieval of Wind Fields
Using Seasat Scatterometer Data."
Experiment Manager, SCANSCAT Project. (1989-90)
Responsible for both technical and programmatic aspects of
the SCANSCAT Project (now known as SeaWinds), part of NASA's
Earth Observing System (EoS). Prepared and negotiated budgets
and technical requirements between JPL, NASA headquarters,
other NASA centers and contractors.
Group Leader, Radar Systems Engineering. (1988-90)
Supervised a staff of 5 radar system engineers involved
in the design and performance analysis of JPL flight projects
in spaceborne radar remote sensing including SIR-C and Magellan
(synthetic aperture radars) and NSCAT, NUSCAT, and SCANSCAT
(scatterometers). Responsibilities included interviewing new
personnel, task assignment, reporting to Project Offices,
and negotiating budgets.
Project Engineer, Spaceborne Scatterometer Projects
Office. (1988-90) Senior technical manager for the
JPL scatterometer projects office. Responsible for the high
level design, analysis, and technical management of the scatterometer
projects including instrument design and fabrication, algorithm
development and coding for the ground processing system, mission
operations, calibration data analysis, system performance
analysis, development and maintenance of system requirements,
and supervision of the Project Engineering staff.
Member Technical Staff. (1983-1987) Developed
requirements and the high-level design for the NASA Scatterometer
(NSCAT) project as the NSCAT Instrument Systems Engineer.
Developed performance analysis tools and performed tradeoffs
in developing the onboard signal processor design and the
ground processing system.
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1982 |
ESL, Inc. Sunnyvale, California
(summer internship)
Member Technical Staff. Studied the effects
of bit errors in digital communication channels on the intelligibility
of LPC-coded speech. |
1980,
1981 |
Timet Corp. Henderson, Nevada (summer
internship, two summers)
Engineer. Designed custom analog and digital
control systems for high-power vacuum arc furnaces and molten
salt electrolytic cells.
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Professional Activities
- IEEE Fellow, 2008
- Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Code LIbrary (RSCL), 2018-2021
- Associate Editor, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 2003-
- Guest editor for special issues of multiple journals
- Trustee, BYU Affiliate of the Utah Space Grant Consortium, 2002-
- Served for six years on the National Academies' (NA) standing Committee on Radio Frequencies. Co-authored and/or contributed to multiple NA reports. Reviewer.
- Member Americal Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Member Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi honor societies
- Faculty advisor for the BYU Zeta Eta Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu 1990-2012
- Faculty advisor for Tau Beta Pi from 1990-1996, 2011-2012
Awards
2008 |
BYU Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Top faculty award at BYU. |
2004 |
BYU Sponsored Research Award. For outstanding achievement in scholarly activities funded by external sponsors. |
2002 |
BYU Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Research and Creative Arts Award. For outstanding research and creative accomplishments. |
2000 |
NASA Group Achievement Award. For contributions to the QuikSCAT Science Team. |
1997 |
NASA Team Recognition. For contributions to the NSCAT Science Team. |
1986, 1988 |
NASA Certificate of Recognition. For the
development of a sophisticated computer graphics package which
was commercially distributed by NASA's Computer Software Management
and Information Center (COSMIC). |
1986,
'88,'91
'91,'92 |
NASA Certificate of Recognition. For technical
papers on scatterometer instrument design, analysis, and data
processing.
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Publications
Students
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