James L. Garrison
Lab Director
2000 – Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Interests
Earth remote sensing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), bistatic radar, signals of opportunity.
Ph.D. Students
Abi Komanduru
Master’s Students
Eric Smith
Undergraduate Students
William Yu, Purdue University, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Graduated Ph.D. Alumni
Seho Kim, Ph.D., 2023, Multiple Signals Of Opportunity For Land Remote Sensing
Benjamin Nold, Ph.D., 2023, Spaceborne Demonstration of P-band Signals of Opportunity Remote Sensing: Instrument Modeling and Validation
Soon Chye Ho, Ph.D., 2021, Wideband Ocean Altimetry Using Ku and K-band Satellite Signals of Opportunity (SoOp)
Huang, Feixiong, Ph.D., 2020, Assimilation of GNSS-R Delay-Doppler Maps into Weather Models
Zhang, Han, Ph.D., 2019, New Algorithms for Ocean Surface Wind Retrievals Using Multi-Frequency Signals of Opportunity
Lin, Yao-Cheng, Ph.D., 2017, Multi-Frequency Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture with Signal of Opportunity
Benjamin Ashman, Ph.D., 2016, Incorporation of GNSS Multipath to Improve Autonomous Rendezvous, Docking, and Proximity Operations in Space
Lee, See-Chen (Gary), Ph.D. 2015, Simulated GPS Observation of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance from Ground-Based Receivers
Wang, Kuo-Nung (Eric), Ph.D. 2015, Signal Analysis and Radioholographic Methods for Airborne Radio Occultations
Rashmi Shah, Ph.D. 2014, Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Using Digital Communication Signals
Alinda Mashiku (Aligawesa), Ph.D., 2013, Information Measures in Statistical Orbit Determination
Yang, Yu-Ming (Oscar), Ph.D., 2013, A Study of Wavelet Approaches to the Detection of Ionospheric Disturbances
Paytsar Muradyan, Ph.D. 2012, Profiling the Atmosphere with the Airborne Radio Occultation Technique,” 2012 (Co-advised with Jennifer Haase)
You, Huai-Tzu, Ph.D. 2005, Stochastic Model for Ocean Surface Reflected GPS Signals and Satellite Remote Sensing Applications
Nesreen Ziedan, Ph.D. 2004, Global Navigation Satellite System Receiver for Weak Signals Under All Dynamic Conditions
Graduated Master’s Alumni
Elisa Rivera, 2023, A Comparative Study Of Three Methods Used Inglobal Navigation Satellite Systemreflectometry (Gnss-r) For Specular Point Calculation Applied To Signals Of Opportunity P-band Investigation (Snoopi)
Sidd Subramanyam, 2021, Time Delay of Arrival Based Orbit Determination of Geosynchronous Signals of Opportunity
Archana Suhas Choudhari, 2020, Surface Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Reflectometry of S-Band Signals of Opportunities
Jared Covert, 2020, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture With I-Band Signals of Opportunity
Benjamin Nold, 2019, Design of an Instrument for Soil Moisture and Above Ground Biomass Remote Sensing using Signals of Opportunity
Abi Komanduru, 2016, Remote Sensing of Snow Using Bistatic Radar Reflectometry
Nick Rainville, 2014, Design and testing of an airborne receiver for signals of opportunity, using field programmable gate arrays
Ulvi Acikoz, 2011, Open Loop Tracking of Rising GPS Occultations from an Airborne Platform
Michael Walker, 2011, Extended Propagation GNSS Ephemerides Employing Measurement Fusion
Rashmi Shah, 2010, Analysis of the Correlation Properties of Digital Satellite Signals and Their Applicability in Bistatic Remote Sensing
Paul Creekmore, 2010, Open-Loop Signal Tracking for Alt-BOC Modulated GNSS Signals
Tyler Lulich, 2010, Open Loop Tracking of Radio Occultation Signals from an Airborne Platform
Gregory W. Heckler, 2006, Implementation and Testing of an Unaided Method for the Acquisition of Weak GPS C/A Code Signals
Brian Ventre, 2006, Open-Loop Tracking of an Occulting GNSS Signal
Brenda Eichel, 2005, Model-Based Compression of GPS Ephemerides
Dino Smajlovic, 2005, Obtaining Ocean Roughness Statistics From Reflected GPS Signals
See-Chen (Gary) Lee, 2005, Investigation of Transient Ionospheric Perturbation Observed in the GPS Signal
Liang Liang, 2004, Numerical Simulation of GPS Code Tracking Loops