Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: Julie Jackson
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2009
M.S., Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2004
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Wright State University, 2002
Radar Signal Processing, Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging, Automatic Target Recognition
SIGNAL PROCESSING
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
Journal Publications:
[5] J. Gutierrez del Arroyo and J. A. Jackson, “WiMAX OFDM for Active and Passive SAR Ground Imaging" IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, accepted for publication June 2012.
[4] Jackson, J.A.,and R.L. Moses, “Synthetic Aperture Radar 3D Feature Extraction for Arbitrary Flight Paths,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 2065-2084,July 2012, doi:10.1109/TAES.2012.6237579.
[3] Jackson, J.A., “Closed-Form Geometrical/Physical Optics Solution for Bistatic, 3D Scattering from a Dihedral Corner,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 1486-1495, March 2012, doi:10.1109/TAP.2011.2180316.
[2] Jackson, J.A., Rigling, B.D., and Moses, R.L., “Canonical Scattering Feature Models for 3D and Bistatic SAR,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems,Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 525-541, April 2010, doi:10.1109/TAES.2010.5461639.
[1] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L., "A Model for Generating Synthetic VHF SAR Forest Clutter Images,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 1138-1152, July 2009, doi:10.1109/TAES.2009.5259189.
Conference Publications:
[21] M. Saville, D. Fuller, and J. A. Jackson, “Advances in Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar” to appear 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-13, 2012.
[20] M. Rapson, J. A. Jackson, and J. Gutierrez del Arroyo, “Passive Multi-Static SAR using OFDM Signals of Opportunity”, to appear MSS Tri-Service Radar Conference, Boulder, CO, June 18-22, 2012.
[19] J. Gutierrez del Arroyo and J. A. Jackson, “Range Profiles from an Experimental OFDM Passive Radar”, 2012 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Kauai, Hawaii, January 2012.(Third Place, Student Paper Competition).
[18] D. F. Fuller, D. E. Hack, S. Sutara, A. Tempelis, M. Jussaume, M. A. Saville, and J. A. Jackson, “Integrating electromagnetics and signal processing into new radar algorithms,” Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2011 International Conference on, Sept 2011, pp. 1330-1333.
[17] J. R. Gutierrez del Arroyo and J. A. Jackson, “Passive SAR Imaging Using Commercial OFDM Networks” MSS Tri-Service Radar Conference, Monterey, CA, June 2011.
[16] Gutierrez, J.R., and J. Jackson, “SAR Imaging Using WiMAX OFDM PHY,” IEEE Radar Conference 2011, Kansas City, MO, 23-27 May 2011, pp. 129-134.
[15] Tempelis, A., M. Jussaume, and J. Jackson, “Comparison of Measured and Predicted Bistatic Scattering from a Right-Angle Dihedral,” IEEE Radar Conference 2011, Kansas City, MO,23-27 May2011, pp. 135-140.
[14] Jackson, J.A., and P. Brady, “Radar Target Classification Using Morphological Image Processing," SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Symposium: Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar XVIII,25-29 April2011,Vol. 8051, 805114-1.
[13] Jackson, J.A., “Closed-form, Bistatic, 3D Scattering Solution for a Dihedral Corner Reflector,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2010 in Cambridge, MA,5-8 July2010, pp. 621-625.
[12] Jackson, J.A., “Automated Image Segmentation for Synthetic Aperture Radar Feature Extraction,” National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2010 in Dayton, OH,14-16July2010, pp. 45-49.
[11] Gutierrez, J.R., and J.A. Jackson, “Bistatic Ambiguity Function Evaluation of the WiMAX Waveform for PCL Systems,” National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2010 in Dayton, OH,14-16 July2010, pp. 54-59.
[10] Jackson, J.A., and R.L. Moses, “3D Feature Estimation for Sparse, Nonlinear Bistatic SAR Apertures,” IEEE Radar Conference, Washington, D.C.,11-14 May2010.
[9] McGowan, J.E., S.C. Gustafson, J.A. Jackson, and A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., “The Effect of Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Resolution on Target Discrimination,” Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XVII, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7699, 76990X, Orlando, Florida, 5-9 April 2010.
[8] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L., "An Algorithm for 3D Target Scatterer Feature Estimation from Sparse SAR Apertures," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XVI, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds.,Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7337, No. 15, 2009.
[7] Ferrara, M., Jackson, J.A., and Austin, C.D., "Enhancement of Multi-pass 3D Circular SAR Images Using Sparse Reconstruction Techniques," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XVI, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds.,Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7337, No. 1, 2009.
[6] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L., "Estimation Performance for Canonical Shape Features," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2008, Vol. 3,pp. III-1111-III-1114, 7-11 July 2008.
[5] Jackson, J.A., Rigling, B.D., and Moses, R.L., "Parametric Scattering Models for Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar,” IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy, 26-30 May2008.
[4] Ferrara, M., Jackson, J.A., and Stuff, M., "Three-dimensional Sparse-Aperture Moving-Target Imaging," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XV, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6970,2008.
[3] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L, "Identifiability of 3D Attributed Scattering Features from Sparse Nonlinear Apertures," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIV, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7568, 2007.
[2] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L., "Feature Extraction Algorithm for 3D Scene Modeling and Visualization Using Monostatic SAR," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIII, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6237, 2006.
[1] Jackson, J.A., and Moses, R.L., "Clutter Model for VHF SAR Imagery," Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XI, E.G. Zelnio and F.D. Garber, eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5427, 2004.
Other Publications:
Jackson, J.A., "Three-Dimensional Feature Models for Synthetic Aperture Radar and Experiments in Feature Extraction," Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2009.
Jackson, J.A., "A Physically-based Model for the Generation of Synthetic VHF SAR Clutter Images," Master's Thesis, The Ohio State University, 2004.
PhD Students Advised:
Maj Jose Gutierrez,Passive Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Using Commercial OFDM Communication Networks, PhD Dissertation, Air Force Institute of Technology, Sep 2012.
MS Students Advised:
Current: Mr Richard Davis, Mr Sean Stevens, Capt Robert Hoggard, Mrs. Andrea Perhai
Hammond, Glenn B., Capt USAF, Target Classification of Canonical Scatterers Using Classical Estimation and Dictionary Based Techniques,MS Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, March 2012. (Thesis Award Winner – AFIT MASINT Committee Award of Academic Excellence).
Rapson, Matthew, FLTLT RAAF, Passive Multistatic Radar Imaging Using An OFDM Based Signal Of Opportunity, MS Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, March 2012.
Tempelis, Andreas Z., Capt USAF, Bistatic 3D Electromagnetic Scattering from a Right-Angle Dihedral at Arbitrary Orientation and Position, MS Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, March 2011.