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`Michael Buehrer, FIEEE
`Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
`The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`432 Durham Hall; Mail Stop 0350
`Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
`Telephone: 540.231.1898; Fax: 540.231.2968
`buehrer@vt.edu
`Education
`June 1996 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, The Bradley Department of
`Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bradley Fellowship, Ph.D.
`August 1993 The University of Toledo, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
`Science, M.S.
`June 1991 The University of Toledo, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
`Science, B.S.
`Employment
`Aug. 2012 - Present Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department
`of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Wireless @ Virginia Tech
`Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2012 Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mobile and Portable Radio
`Research Group.
`Aug. 2009 – Dec. 2009 Visiting Researcher at the Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences (LTS) a
`federal research lab which focuses on telecommunication challenges for national
`defense.
`Aug. 2001 – Aug. 2006 Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mobile and Portable Radio
`Research Group.
`Aug. 2001 – Present Independent Consultant, self-employed.
`Aug. 1996 – Aug. 2001 Member Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, promoted to
`Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in September 2000.
`Sep. 1993 – Jun. 1996 Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
`Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mobile and Portable
`Radio Research Group.
`May 1994 – Aug. 1994 Senior Engineer, Stanford Telecommunications, Advanced Programs.
`Sep. 1991 – Aug. 1993 Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Toledo, Department of Electrical
`Engineering and Computer Science, Communications Research Group.
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`Honors
`and Recognitions
`• Fellow of the IEEE (So named “for contributions to wideband signal processing in communications and geolo-
`cation”)
`• 2023 MILCOM Lifetime Award for Technical Achievement
`– For Outstanding, Sustained Technical Contributions to Military Communications
`• NSC Vanu Bose Best Paper Award IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 2023.
`• 2023 Fred W. Ellersick Award for the Best Paper in the Unclassified Technical Program, IEEE Military Com-
`munications Conference (MILCOM), 2023
`• NSC Vanu Bose Best Paper Award IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 2021.
`• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence - April 2014.
`• 2010 Fred W. Ellersick Award for the Best Paper in the Unclassified Technical Program, IEEE Military Com-
`munications Conference (MILCOM) 2010.
`• SDR Forum Best Paper Award, 2007.
`• Outstanding Paper Award, SDR Forum, 2008.
`• Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, 2003.
`• Dean’s List for Teaching Effectiveness (teaching evaluation greater than 3.6) 16 out of 18 semesters list was
`published.
`• Nominated for Certificate of Teaching Excellence (CTE), College of Engineering, Spring 2004 and Spring 2005.
`– Served as a member of the College of Engineering CTE committee from 2006 through 2021.
`• Bell Labs President’s Silver Award for outstanding research contributions.
`• 1999 Best Paper Award for Bell Labs Technical Journal.
`Patents
`• S. D. Gordon, R.M. Vaghefi, and R.M. Buehrer, “Estimating the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on
`Cooperative Measurements,” US Patent No. 10,527,708 , January 7, 2020.
`• S. D. Gordon, R.M. Vaghefi, and R.M. Buehrer, “Estimating the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on
`Radio-Frequency Pattern Matching and Cooperative Measurements,” US Patent No. 9,989,620 B1, June 5,
`2018.
`• S. D. Gordon, R.M. Vaghefi, and R.M. Buehrer, “Estimating the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on
`Radio-Frequency Pattern Matching and Cooperative Measurements,” US Patent No. 9,596,571 B1, March 14,
`2017.
`• R.M. Buehrer, R.A. Soni, and J.A. Tsai, “Methods and Apparatus for Downlink Diversity in CDMA Using
`Walsh Codes,”U.S. Patent No. 7,400,614 B2, July 15, 2008.
`• R. D. Benning, R. M. Buehrer, Mark H Kramlm, and P. A. Polakos, “ Space-Time Spreading and Phase Sweep
`Transmit Diversity”, US Patent No. 7,042,955 B2, May 9, 2006.
`• R.D. Benning, R.M. Buehrer, and R.A. Soni, “ Biased Phase Sweep Transmit Diversity”, US Patent No.
`7,035,599 B2, April 25, 2006.
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`R. D. Benning, R. M. Buehrer, P. A. Polakos, and R. A. Soni, “Split Shift Phase Sweep Transmit Diversity, ”
`US Patent No. 6,980,778 B2, December 27, 2005.
`• R.D. Benning, R.M. Buehrer, and R.A. Soni, “ Symmetric Sweep Phase Sweep Transmit Diversity”, US Patent
`No. 6,920,314, July 19, 2005.
`• R.M. Buehrer, S.P. Nicoloso, R.A. Soni, and D. Uptegrove, “Cellular Communications System And Related
`Methods”, US Patent No. 6,801,791, October 5, 2004.
`• R.M. Buehrer, S.-C. Liu, S.P. Nicoloso, and D. Uptegrove, “Method of channel estimation and compensation
`based thereon,” U.S. Patent No. 6,542,560, April 1, 2003.
`• R.M. Buehrer and S.-C. Liu, “Code division multiple access system and method of operation with improved
`signal acquisition and processing,” U.S. Patent No. 6,549,565, April 15, 2003.
`• R.D. Benning, R.M. Buehrer, and R.A. Soni, “Apparatus and method of enhancing transmit diversity,” U.S.
`Patent No. 6,594,226, July 15, 2003.
`• R.M. Buehrer, S.-C. Liu, S.P. Nicoloso, and D. Uptegrove, “Iterative channel estimation and compensation
`based thereon,” U.S. Patent No. 6,614,857, September 2, 2003.
`• R.M. Buehrer and R.A. Soni, “Methods And Apparatus For Downlink Diversity In CDMA Using Walsh Codes”,
`U.S. Patent No. 6,515,978, February 4, 2003.
`• R.M. Buehrer, S. Gollamudi, and S.P. Nicoloso, “Multistage interference cancellation for CDMA applications
`using M-ary orthogonal modulation,” US Patent No. 6,363,103, March 26, 2002.
`• S.A. Allpress, R.M. Buehrer, and R.A. Soni, “Receiver Architecture Employing Space Time Spreading and
`Orthogonal Transmit Diversity Techniques,”US Patent No. 6,317,410 B1, November 13, 2001.
`• S.A. Allpress, R.M. Buehrer, Quinn Li, Ramesh Nallepilli, and R.A. Soni, “Transmitter Architecture Employing
`Space Time Spreading and Orthogonal Transmit Diversity Techniques,” US Patent No. 6,392,988, May 21,
`2001.
`• R.M. Buehrer, M.D. Hahm, S.C. Liu, and S.P. Nicoloso, “Base Station System Including Parallel Interference
`Cancellation Processor,” US Patent No. 6,157,847, December 5, 2000.
`Teaching
`Undergraduate Courses
`• Engineering Exploration (ECE 1024)
`• Electric Circuits (ECE 2004)
`• Signals and Systems (ECE 2704, ECE 2714)
`• Introduction to Communications (ECE 3614)
`• Digital Communications (ECE 4634)
`• Analog and Digital Communication Laboratory (ECE 4664)– developed this course with $70k grant from the
`State of Virginia.
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`Graduate
`Courses
`• Spread Spectrum Communications (ECE 5660)– developed this course for the ECE department. It is has been
`a permanent offering since 2003.
`• Advanced Digital Communications (ECE 5654)
`• Multi-Channel Communications (Course covers the fundamentals of OFDM and MIMO techniques the under-
`lying technologies for 4G cellular communications) – Developed this course for the ECE dept. It is has been a
`permanent offering since 2008.
`• Information Theory (ECE 5634)
`• Machine Learning for Communication Systems (ECE 5984)
`Teaching Evaluations (Fall 2001 through Spring 2011)
`• Average student evaluation – 3.8/4.0 (17 courses, 450 students)
`• Dean’s List (student evaluation > 3.6) in 16 of 18 semesters of teaching
`Teaching Evaluations (Fall 2011 through Spring 2023)
`• Average student evaluation – 5.5/6.0 (25 courses, > 700 students)
`Short Courses Given
`• Position Location
`• Position Location using Ultra-Wideband Signals
`• Radio Resource Management in CDMA Systems
`• WiFi – An introduction to WLANs
`• OFDM – Multicarrier transmission for high data rate systems; Application to 4G (LTE) cellular and Wi-Fi
`• Ultra Wideband Communications
`• Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) Communication Systems; Application to 4G (LTE/LTE-Advanced) cellular
`and Wi-Fi
`Advising
`Current
`• Don-Roberts Emenonye, ” Machine Learning Approaches to Remote Rehabilitation,” Ph.D. candidate, expected
`graduation December 2023.
`• Sam Shebert, ”Automatically Classifying Modern Communication Waveforms,” Ph.D. candidate, expected
`graduation May 2024.
`• Megan Moore, “Geolocation via LEO Networks,” Ph.D. candidate, expected graduation May 2025.
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`Haozhou Hu, “Geolocation via Landmarks,” Ph.D. candidate, expected graduation May 2025.
`• Gaurav Duggal, “Combined Radar and Communications Signals for Geolocation,” Ph.D. candidate, expected
`graduation May 2025.
`• Harish Dureppagari, “Emergency Localization using UA Vs and Collaborative Localization,” Ph.D. candidate,
`expected graduation May 2026.
`• Kumar Sai Bondada, “Synchronization for Distributed MIMO,” Ph.D. candidate, expected graduation May
`2026.
`• Xinrui Li, “Interference Mitigation in Radio Astronomy,” Ph.D. candidate, expected graduation May 2026.
`• Tom Anders, “Resource Allocation in Multi-static and Mono-static Radar Networks,” M.S. candidate, expected
`graduation December 2024.
`• Zach Schutz, “Machine Learning-based Signal Jamming,” M.S. candidate, expected graduation May 2024.
`Former
`1. William H. Howard, “Distributed Learning for Cognitive Radar Networks,” Ph.D. Novemer 2023.
`2. Charlie Thornton, “ On the Value of Online Learning for Cognitive Radar Waveform Selection,” Ph.D., May
`2023.
`3. Jianyuan Yu, “Wireless Sensing and Fusion using Deep Neural Networks,” Ph.D., August 2022.
`4. Yue Xu, “ Deep Recurrent Q Networks for Dynamic Spectrum Access in Dynamic Heterogeneous Environments
`with Partial Observations,” Ph.D. , August 2022.
`5. Chris O’Lone, “Statistical Analysis of Geolocation Fundamentals Using Stochastic Geometry,” Ph.D. December
`2020.
`6. Jeff Poston, “ILoViT: Indoor Localization via Vibration Tracking,” Ph.D. March 2018.
`7. Mahi Abdelbar, “Applications of Sensor Fusion in Classification, Localization and Mapping,” Ph.D. February
`2018.
`8. Mico Woolward, “SUPPLEMENTING LOCALIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR INDOOR FOOTSTEPS,” Ph.D.,
`July 2017.
`9. Daniel Jakubisin, “Advances in Iterative Probabilistic Processing for Communication Receivers,” Ph.D., April,
`2016, currently employed by The Hume Center.
`10. Jeannette Nounagnon “Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence to Analyze the Performance of Collaborative Posi-
`tioning,”, Ph.D., April, 2016, currently employed by ComSat.
`11. SaiDhiraj Amuru, “Intelligent Approaches for Communication Denial,” Ph.D., September, 2015, currently em-
`ployed by Samsung.
`12. Javier Schloemann, “Fundamental Analyses of Collaborative and Noncollaborative Positioning,” Ph.D., August,
`2015, currently employed by Northrup-Grumman.
`13. Reza Vaghefi, “Cooperative Positioning in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Semidefinite Programming,” Ph.D.,
`December 2014, currently employed by Blue Danube Labs.
`14. Jeong-heon Lee, “Physical Layer Security for Wireless Position Location in the Presence of Location Spoofing,”
`Ph.D., March 2011, currently employed by Samsung.
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`Haris I. V olos, “Cognitive Radio Engine Design For Link Adaptation,” Ph.D., September 2010, currently em-
`ployed by the University of Arizona.
`16. Tao Jia, “Collaborative Position Location for Wireless Networks in Harsh Environments,” Ph.D., March 2010,
`currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`17. Heba Shaban, “A Novel Highly Accurate Wireless Wearable Human Locomotion,” Ph.D., April 2010,currently
`employed by Arab Academy of Science and Technology.
`18. Haesoo Kim, “Cooperative Communications,” Ph.D., August 2008, currently employed by LG Electronics.
`19. Rekha Menon, - “Interference Avoidance based Underlay Techniques for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing,” Ph.D.,
`April 2007, currently employed by Tyco Electronics.
`20. Swaroop Ventkatesh, “The Design and Modeling of Ultra-Wideband Position-Location Networks,” Ph.D., Febru-
`ary 2007, currently employed by Marvel Semiconductor.
`21. Jihad Ibrahim, “Algorithms and Architectures for UWB Receiver Design,” Ph.D. January 2007, currently em-
`ployed by MathWorks.
`22. Chris Anderson, “A Software Defined Ultra Wideband Transceiver Testbed for Communications, Ranging, or
`Imaging,” Ph.D., September 2006, currently an Associate Professor at the US Naval Academy.
`23. Samir Al-Ghadhban - “ Multi-layered Space Frequency Time Codes,” Ph.D. October, 2005, currently an asso-
`ciate professor at King Fahd University.
`24. Jing Jiang – “Increasing the Capacity of Wireless Data Systems - A Cross Layer Perspective,” Ph.D., July 2004,
`currently employed by Texas Instruments.
`25. Jiann-An Tsai – “Overloaded Array Processing Using Interference Cancellation,” Ph.D., May 2002. Currently
`employed by Samsung.
`26. Sebastian Rodriguez, ”Value of Machine Learning and Cognition on Target Tracking,” M.S., June 2022.
`27. C. Tanner Fredieu, ”Spectrum Awareness: Deep Learning and Isolation Forest Approaches for Open-set Identi-
`fication of Signals,” M.S. May 2022.
`28. Dhwan Wanjara, “A Python Software Library to Improve the Accessibility of the Apple Watch as a Research
`Tool,” M.S. May 2022.
`29. Daniel Tait, “ Electromagnetic Vector-Sensor Direction-of-Arrival Estimation in the Presence of Interference,”
`M.S. August 2020.
`30. Don-Roberts Emenonye, “ Application of Machine Learning to Multi-Antenna Transmission and Machine Type
`Resource Allocation,” M.S. July 2020.
`31. Charlie Thornton, “ Learning Schemes for Adaptive Spectrum Sharing Radar,” M.S. May 2020.
`32. Mark Kozy, “Creation of a Cognitive Radar with Machine Learning: Simulation and Implementation,” M.S.,
`May 2019.
`33. Bryse Flowers, “Adversarial RFML: Evading Deep Learning Enabled Signal Classification,” M.S., June 2019.
`34. Parker White, “Constrained Clustering for Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Signal Separation,” M.S., Au-
`gust 2019.
`35. Ersin Selvi, “ Cognitive Radar Applied To Target Tracking Using Markov Decision Processes,” M.S. December
`2017, currently employed by Raytheon.
`36. Ali Gaber Mohamed, “Navigating via Discrete Astronomical Radio Sources: Geolocation Using Fringe Rates,”
`M.S. April 2017, currently employed by Alexandria University.
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`Eric Sollenberger, “Iterative Leakage-Based Precoding for Multiuser-MIMO Systems,” M.S., May, 2016, cur-
`rently employed by Qualcomm, Inc..
`38. Kevin McDermott, “On the Improvement of Positioning in LTE with Collaboration and Pressure Sensors,” M.S.,
`May, 2015, currently employed by Northrup Grumman
`39. Tori Jewell, “Use of GIS in Radio Frequency and Positioning Applications,”, M.S. June 2014.
`40. Jacob Overfield, “The Impact of MIMO on Signal Localization,” MS, May 2013, currently employed by n-ask,
`inc.
`41. Zachary Biskaduros, “Collaborative GPS,” MS, June 2013, currently employed by n-ask, inc.
`42. Hunter DeJarnette, “Measuring Noise in the VHF Band and Its Effect On Low SNR Signal Detection,” MS
`Thesis, September 26, 2012, currently employed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
`43. Benton Thompson, “Characterization and Improvement of the Collaborative and Non-Collaborative Position
`Location Problems,” MS, August 2011, currently employed by G3, Inc.
`44. Corey Cooke, “Attenuation Field Estimation using Radio Tomography,” MS, August 2011, currently a Ph.D.
`student at Georgia Tech.
`45. Harpreet Dhillon, “The Optimal Sum-Rate of Multi-Band MIMO Interference Channel,” MS, July 2010, cur-
`rently an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech.
`46. Justin Kelly, “The Value of Collaboration in Dynamic Spectrum Access,” MS, July 2009,currently employed by
`the Department of Energy.
`47. Matthew Roney, “Dual-Channel Direction Finding in Multipath Channels,” M.S. candidate, currently employed
`by DRS Signal Solutions.
`48. Jesse Reed, “Approaches to Multiple-source Localization and Signal Classification,” MS, May, 2009, currently
`employed by Arinc, Inc.
`49. Chang Li, “Non-contact Estimation of Respiration and Heartbeat Rate using Ultra Wideband,” MS, August 20,
`2008, currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`50. Arjun Bhupathi Raju, “Characterization of Uplink Transmit Power and Talk-Time in WCDMA Networks”, MS,
`July 15, 2008, currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`51. Rajaraman Parameswaran – “Effects of user and spatial diversity on high data rate wireless systems,” M.S.,
`August 2005, currently employed by Qualcomm Inc.
`52. Nathan Harter, “Single Channel Direction Finding in Multipath Channels,” M.S., April 2007, currently em-
`ployed by IO-Max.
`53. John Keaveny – “The Implementation of Single-Channel Direction Finding,” M.S., February 2005. Currently
`employed by Boeing.
`54. Brian Donlan, “Ultra-wideband Narrowband Interference Cancellation and
`Channel Modeling for Communications,” M.S., January 2005, currently employed by IOMAX USA.
`55. Vivek Baradwaj, “Ultra-Wideband for Communications: Spatial Characteristics and Interference Suppression,”
`M.S., April 2005. Currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`56. Liu Yang, “On the Applicability of the Tap-delay Line Model to UWB Channel Modeling,” M.S., August 2004,
`currently employed by Microsoft.
`57. Dan Hibbard, “The Impact of Bandwidth on Indoor Communication System Performance,” M.S., May 2004.
`Currently employed by Raytheon.
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`Nishant Kumar – “MAC and Physical Layer Design for Ultra-Wideband Communications,” M.S., May 2004.
`Currently employed by Staccato Communicaitons.
`59. Samir Ginde – “A Game-theoretic Analysis of Link Adaptation in Cellular Radio Networks,” M.S., May 2003.
`Currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`60. Rahul Mahajan – “Cross Layer Optimization: System Design and Simulation Methodologies,” M.S., December,
`2003. Currently employed by Qualcomm, Inc.
`61. Aaron Orndorf, “Transceiver Design for Ultra Wideband Communications,” M.S., completed May 2004.
`62. David McKinstry – “Channel Models and Receivers for Ultra Wideband Communications,” M.S., May 2003.
`Currently employed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
`63. Venkatasubramanian Ramasamy – “MC-CDMA/OFDM and Adaptive Antennas,” M.S., June 2002. Currently
`employed by Apple.
`64. Ray Chan – “Link Adaptation for Public Safety Wireless Information Networks,” M.S., June 2003. Currently
`employed by Northrup Grummond Corp.
`65. Payal Jain – “Software Radio Implementation of Adjustable High Data Rate Receivers,” M.S., November 2002.
`Currently employed by Digital Receiver Technology, Germantown, MD.
`Funded Research
`1. Title: “Design and Control of Multi-modal Sensors and Sensor Networks,”
`Sponsor: Army Research Lab,
`Funding: $200,000 ($910,962 max)
`Period of Performance: , Septemper 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
`Percent: 100
`2. Title: “Multi-Target Detection and Tracking with Multi-Mode Radar Networks,”
`Sponsor: Lockheed Martin,
`Funding: $150,000,
`Period of Performance: August 1, 2023 - July 31, 2024
`Percent: 50
`3. Title: “Mobile Distributed MIMO: Learning Meets Spreading in Networking,”
`Sponsor: Advanced Technology International,
`Funding: $358,531 (max $8,741,427),
`Period of Performance: September 19, 2023 - July 17, 2026
`Percent: 10
`4. Title: “Development of Machine Learning Methodologies for Radar Signal Classification,”
`Sponsor: Alion,
`Fudning: $118,000,
`Period of Performance: January 26, 2023 – December 31, 2024
`Percent: 100
`5. Title: “Prototyping 5G-enabled Indoor Geolocation System for Fire Fighters using UA Vs,”
`Sponsor: National Institutes of Standards and Technology (through George Mason University),
`Fudning: $849,994,
`Period of Performance: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025
`Percent: 34
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`6.
`Title:“ SWIFT: Electronically-Reconfigurable Surfaces for Improved Coexistence Between Radio Astronomy
`and Satellite Communications Systems,”
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
`Funding: $748,463,
`Period of Performance: September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024.
`Percent: 50%.
`7. Title:“ Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Medium: Localization in Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks: Fun-
`damentals, Algorithms, and Measurement-inspired Simulator,”
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
`Funding: $635,000,
`Period of Performance October 2021 – September 2025.
`Percent: 50%.
`8. Title:“ SWIFT: SMALL: Interference Canceling for Improved Coexistence for Passive and Active Radio Sys-
`tems,”
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
`Funding: $499,999,
`Period of Performance January 2021– January 2024.
`Percent: 50%.
`9. Title: “SCH:INT: Collaborative Research: Semi-Automated Rehabilitation in the Home,”
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation,
`Funding: $1.1M
`Period of Performance: August 2020 – July 2024,
`Percent: 10%
`10. Title: “Vector Sensor Processing in the Presence of Multipath”
`Sponsor: Applied Signals Intelligence
`Funding: $170,000
`Period of Performance: April 2020 - April 2021.
`Percent: 90%
`11. Title: “Machine Learning Approaches to Optimize Army Radar, Communication and EW Systems”
`Sponsor: Army Research Lab
`Funding: $975,000
`Period of Performance: May 11, 2020 - May 10, 2024.
`Percent: 100%
`12. Title: “Vector Sensor Processing in the Presence of Interference”
`Sponsor: Applied Signals Intelligence
`Funding: $232,193
`Period of Performance: December 20, 2018 - April 30, 2019.
`Percent: 60%
`13. Title: “Digital Beamforming and Interference Mitigation for MIMO Systems ”
`Sponsor: GIRD Systems
`Funding: $1,575,398
`Period of Performance: October 17, 2018 - October 16, 2021.
`Percent: 50%
`14. Title: “Cognitive Radar for C-SCoRE: Enhancing Radar Functionality though Interference Analysis and Avoid-
`ance,”
`Sponsor: Georgia Tech Research Institute (AFRL)
`Funding: $285,000
`Period of Performance: December 15, 2018 – May 30, 2022
`Percent: 100%
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`15.
`Title: “Collaborative Learning for Harmonious Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks”
`Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
`Funding: $1,999,994
`Period of Performance: January 1, 2017 - December 30, 2019.
`Percent: 25%
`16. Title: “MU-MIMO Channel Characterization”
`Sponsor: GIRD Systems
`Funding: $117,712
`Period of Performance: April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2019.
`Percent: 100%
`17. Title: “Cognitive Radio Approaches to Optimize Army Radar Systems”
`Sponsor: Army Research Lab
`Funding: $250,000
`Period of Performance: January 1, 2018 - December 30, 2020.
`Percent: 100%
`18. Title: “Cognitive Radio Approaches to Optimize Army Radar and Communication Systems”
`Sponsor: Army Research Lab
`Funding: $190,282
`Period of Performance: January 1, 2017 - December 30, 2017.
`Percent: 50%
`19. Title: “Hyper-wideband Communications”
`Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
`Funding: $182,451
`Period of Performance: May 1, 2015 - April 30, 2016.
`Percent: 50%
`20. Title: “IUSE: Gamification of Wireless Communication Testbeds for Authentic STEM Learning”
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation
`Funding: $626,665
`Period of Performance: Sept. 1, 2014 - Aug. 31, 2017.
`Percent: 20%
`21. Title: “Advanced Cognitive Radio Design using SDRs”
`Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies
`Funding: $494,600
`Period of Performance: April 1, 2014 – Sept. 30, 2015
`Percent: 100%
`22. Title: “SDR Technology Development Support”
`Sponsor: DoD
`Funding: $375,000
`Period of Performance: 5/1/14 – 4/30/14
`P.I.: J.H. Reed
`Percent: 30%
`23. Title: “Improving Cellular Positioning through Collaboration”
`Sponsor: Polaris Wireless
`Funding: $82,813
`Period of Performance: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014
`Percent: 100%
`24. Title: “Advanced Wireless Systems and Technologies”
`Sponsor: DoD
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`Funding:
`$3,883,320
`Period of Performance: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2014
`P.I. R.W. McGwier
`Percent: 10%
`25. Title: “Cognitive Radio Development”
`Sponsor: Lockheed Martin – Advanced Technologies Lab
`Funding: $325,000
`Period of Performance: 7/1/2012 – 12/31/2013
`P.I. R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 50%
`26. Title: “Next Generation Secure, Scalable Communication Network for the Smart Grid”
`Sponsor: Oak Ridge National Labs
`Funding: $626,671
`Period of Performance: 1/1/2011-10/31/2012
`PI – R.M. Buehrer
`Co-PI: J.H. Reed
`Percent: 50%
`27. Title: “Software Defined Radio Waveform and Device Development And Component Deployment Using Ossie”
`Sponsor – DoD (Maryland Procurement Office)
`PI – RM Buehrer
`Period of Performance: Aug. 1, 2010 – July 31, 2013
`Funding: $299,227
`Percent: 100%
`28. Title: “SDR Technology Development Support”
`Sponsor – DoD (Maryland Procurement Office)
`PI – R.M. Buehrer and J.H. Reed
`Funding: $638,653
`Period of Performance: 9/30/2010 – 4/30/2014
`Percent: 75%
`29. Title: “Signal Processing Research”
`Sponsor: Aerospace Corp.
`PI: T.C. Clancy
`Co-PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Period of Performance: 1/1/2011 – 10/31/2011
`Funding: $130k
`Percent: 50%
`30. Title: “IHCS: Proactive Cross-Layer Adversary Localization for Hostile or Harsh Wireless Environments”
`Sponsor: National Sceince Foundation
`Funding: $494,788
`Period of Performance: 5/1/08 – 4/30/11
`PI: Y . Yang
`Co-PI’s: R.M. Buehrer and J.M. Park
`Percent: 33%
`31. Title: “A Fundamental Analysis of Spectrum Sharing”
`Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
`Funding: $120,000
`Period of Performance: 5/1/08 – 4/30/10
`PI: Buehrer
`Co-PI’s: Y . Yang
`Percent: 85%
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`32.
`Title: “Reasoning and Learning in Adaptive Wireless Networks”
`Sponsor: BBN/DARPA
`Funding: $605,000
`Period of Performance: 10/1/07 – 3/31/10
`PI: L. DaSilva
`Co-PI’s: R.M. Buehrer, C. Bostian, A. MacKenzie, and J.H. Reed
`Percent: 25%
`33. Title: DRS Graduate Fellowship
`Sponsor: DRS Signal Solutions
`Funding: $76,000
`Period of Performance: 9/01/07 – 8/30/09
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`34. Title: U-PoLo Nets – Position Location in Harsh Environments
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation
`Funding: $175k
`Period of Performance: 8/1/05 – 7/30/08
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`35. Title: NeTS ProWiN: An Open Systems Approach for Rapid Prototyping Waveforms for Software Defined
`Radio
`Sponsor: National Science Foundation
`Funding: $1M
`Period of Performance: 8/1/05 – 7/30/09
`PI: J.H. Reed (lead), R.M. Buehrer, and W.H. Tranter
`Percent: 33%
`36. Title: Node and Network Benefits of Improved RF Characteristics in CDMA Cellular Networks
`Sponsor: ParkerVision
`Funding: $131,474
`Period of Performance: 11/1/07 – 10/31/08
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`37. Title: UWB Propagation in Office Environments
`Sponsor: Freescale Semiconductor
`Funding: $35,000
`Period of Performance: 5/1/05 – 4/30/06
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`38. Title: Networking Issues for Peer-to-Peer V oIP Link for Radio Interoperability, Fire Management and Security
`Sponsor: Catalyst Communications
`Funding: $67,500
`Period of Performance: 1/1/05 – 5/15/05
`PI: S.M. Midkiff (lead) and R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 33%
`39. Title: AWINN: Advanced Wireless Networking for the Navy
`Sponsor: ONR
`Funding: $3M
`Period of Performance: 12/20/04 – 6/19/06
`PI: Warren Stutzman
`Co-PI’s: J.H. Reed, Scott Midkiff, R. M. Buehrer, W.H. Tranter, Peter Athanas, Tom Hou, Binoy Ravindran,
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`Percent: 10%
`40. Title: Ultra Wideband Communications Systems
`Sponsor: ASPIRES
`Funding: $118,360
`Period of Peformance: 7/1/03 – 6/30/04
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`41. Title: UWB Communications
`Sponsor: Motorola
`Period of Performance: 12/15/03 – 12/14/04
`Funding: $35,000
`PI: Buehrer
`Percentage: 100%
`42. Title: Simulation of Ultra Wideband Communications
`Sponsor: ITRI
`Funding: $10,000
`Period of Performance: 9/1/03 – 12/31/03
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`43. Title: Receiver Design for Ultra Wideband Communications
`Sponsor: ITRI
`Funding: $15,000
`Period of Performance: 9/1/03 – 12/31/03
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`44. Title: Indoor Propagation
`Sponsor: Qualcomm, Inc.
`Funding: $14,000
`Period of Performance: 12/1/03 – 5/15/04
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`45. Title: Single Channel Direction Finding
`Sponsor: DRS Technologies
`Funding: $91,000
`Period of Performance: 10/18/02 – 10/17/05
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`46. Title: Flexible High Data Rate Transmission for Wireless Data Applications
`Sponsor: BAE Systems
`Funding: $29,000
`Period of Performance: 10/18/01 – 10/17/02
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`47. Title: UWB Propagation Measurements, Modeling, and Communication System Enhancements
`Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
`Funding: $688,620
`Period of Performance: 5/13/02-5/12/03
`PI: R.M. Buehrer
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`Co-PI:
`A.S. Safaai-Jazi, W. Davis, D. Sweeney
`Percentage: 35%
`48. Title: Modeling and Simulation for the FCS Development Environment
`Sponsor: Boeing
`Funding: $127,022
`Period of Performance: 5/1/02 - 4/1/03
`PI: W. H. Tranter
`Co-PI: R. M. Buehrer, A. Annamalai
`Percentage: 33%
`49. Title: The Benefits of Multiple Antennas at the Handset for Cellular CDMA
`Sponsor: e-Tenna Corporation
`Funding: $15,000
`Period of Performance: 5/15/02 – 8/14/02
`PI: R. M. Buehrer
`Percent: 100%
`50. Title: MPRG Affiliates Program
`Sponsor: Analog Devices, ARO, Cingular, DRS Technologies, General Motors, General Dynamics, Huawei
`Technologies, Hughes, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Samsung, SW Bell, Texas In-
`struments, et. al.
`Funding: $2M
`Period of Performance: 8/25/01 – 5/15/11
`PI: J.H. Reed
`Co-PI’s: R.M. Buehrer, W.H. Tranter, S.W. Ellingson, others
`Percent: 20%
`Book Publications
`1. S. Zekavat and R.M. Buehrer, editors,
`Position Location - Theory
`, Practice and Adv
`ances, Second Ed.,
`Wiley-
`IEEE, 2019.
`2. S. Zekavat and R.M. Buehrer, editors, Position Location - Theory
`, Practice and Adv
`ances, Wiley-IEEE, 2011.
`3. J.H. Lee and R.M. Buehrer, “Security Issues in Position Location,” Chapter 3 in Position Location - Theory
`,
`Practice and Adv
`ances, Wiley-IEEE, 2011.
`4. R. M. Buehrer and S. Venkatesh, “Fundamentals of Time-of-Arrival-based Position Location,” Chapter 6 in
`Position Location - Theory
`, Practice and Adv
`ances, Wiley-IEEE, 2011.
`5. J.H. Lee and R.M. Buehrer, “Fundamentals of Received Signal Strength Based Position Location,” Chapter 11
`in Position Location - Theory
`, Practice and Adv
`ances, Wiley-IEEE, 2011.
`6. T. Jia and R.M. Buehrer, “Collaborative Position Location,” Chapter 23 in Position Location - Theory
`, Practice
`and Adv
`ances, Wiley-IEEE, 2011.
`7. R.M. Buehrer, An Introduction to Code Di
`vision Multiple Access (CDMA),
`Morgan-Claypool Publishers, 2007.
`8. R.A. Soni and R.M. Buehrer, “Multiple Antenna Techniques in 3G Wireless Systems,” Chapter 25 in Space-
`Time Wireless Systems: From Array Processing to MIMO Communications, H. Bolecskei, D. Gesbert, C.
`Papadias, and A.J. vander Veen, editors, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
`9. R.M. Buehrer, “Channel Modeling,” Chapter 3 in
`An Introduction to Ultra W
`ideband Communication Systems,
`Jef
`f Reed, editor, pp. 73-158, Prentice-Hall, 2005.
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`10.
`A.F. Molisch, J. Kunisch, R. Qiu, D. Cassioli, M. Buehrer, M. Pendergrass, I.Z. Kvacs, G.F. Pedersen, P.C.F. Eg-
`gers, S. Roy and I. Ramachandran, “UWB Propagation Channels,” Chapter 2 inUWB Communication Systems
`– A Comprehensi
`ve Ov
`erview, M.-G. Di Bendetto, T. Kaiser, A.F. Molisch, I. Oppermann, C. Politano, and D.
`Porcino, editors, pp.21-142, Hindawi Publishing Company, 2006.
`11. M. Dohler, J. Liu, S. Venkatesh, R.M. Buehrer and B. Allen, “Large- and Medium-Scale Propagation Mod-
`elling,” Chapter 14 in Ultra-wideband Antennas and Propag
`ation for Communications, Radar and Imaging,
`B.
`Allen, et. al., editors, pp. 283-308, John Wiley and Sons, 2006.
`12. S. Venkatesh, R.M. Buehrer, J. Liu, and M. Dohler, “Small-Scale Ultra-wideband Propagation Modelling,”
`Chapter 15 in Ultra-wideband Antennas and Propag
`ation for Communications, Radar and Imaging,
`B. Allen, et.
`al., editors, pp. 309-330, John Wiley and Sons, 2006.
`13. R. Muhamed, R.M. Buehrer, A. Doradla, and T.S. Rappaport, ”Mobile and Portable Radio Communications,“
`Chapter 139 in The Engineering Handbook,
`Second Ed., R.C. Dorf, Editor, pp. 139-1 - 139-19, CRC Press,
`2004.
`14. T.S. Rappaport, R. Muhamed, M. Buehrer, and A. Doradla, “Mobile and Cellular Radio Systems,”The Engineering
`Handbook,
`R. C. Dorf Editor, CRC Press, 1996.
`15. R.M. Buehrer and B.D. Woerner, “Spread Spectrum for Wireless Communications,”W
`ireless Personal Communications:
`Research De
`velopments, B.D. Woerner, T.S. Rappaport, and J.H. Reed editors, Kluwer Academic Press, 1995.
`16. H. Shaban, M. A. El-Nasr, and R. M. Buehrer, “A Full-Body Wireless Wearable UWB-Based Human Mo-
`tion Capture and Gait Analysis System,” Chapter 20 in E-Healthcare Systems and W
`ireless Communications:
`Current and Future Challenges,
`pp. 434-459, Prof. Mohamed K. Watfa, Editor.
`Journal Publications
`1. J. Budhu, S. Ellingson, S. Hum, and R.M. Buehrer, “Design of Rim-Located Reconfigurable Reflectarrays for
`Interference Mitigation in Reflector Antennas,”accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and
`Propagation,” Jan. 2024.
`2. J. Yu, W. Howard, Y . Xu, and R.M. Buehrer, “Model Order Estimation in the Presence of multipath Interference
`using Residual Convolutional Neural Networks,” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Wireless
`Communications