OU Electrical and Computer Engineering Students Nab Honors at Defense Symposium

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In October, three University of Oklahoma students received cash prizes from the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute Student Poster Competition. The winning research posters were selected by a panel of judges during the inaugural OU defense symposium held at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Benton Smith, a graduate student in the OU School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a graduate research assistant with the Advanced Radar Research Center, received first place and a $500 cash prize for his poster, “Development of AI/ML Algorithms for All-Digital Arrays.” ARRC faculty Nathan Goodman, David Schvartzman and Tian-You Yu advised the research. ECE student Cameron Goodbar contributed to the project.

Syed Shahan Jehangir, an ECE and ARRC doctoral student, received second place and a $250 cash prize for the poster, “Designing Ultrawideband High Precision Dual-polarized Antenna Probes for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Real-time Calibration of Digital Phased Array Radars for Defense and Meteorology Applications.” The award was accepted by Khuda Burdi. Jehangir is advised by ECE associate professor and ARRC faculty member Jorge Salazar-Cerreño.

Rachel Jarvis, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and ECE and ARRC doctoral student, received third place and a $100 cash prize for her poster, “Radar Cross Section Measurements.” Jarvis is advised by Jay McDaniel, ECE assistant professor and ARRC faculty member.

The inaugural OU defense symposium featured a full day of discussion, including keynotes and panels on topics such as climate security, security implications of emerging technologies, warfare in the era of social media and Sino-Russia relations - implications on U.S. security. 

To learn more about the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute, visit www.ou.edu/oadii.

For photos, posters and a full report about the symposium, visit OADII's news page.

By Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships



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