Shannon Blunt
- Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, EECS
- Director | Radar Systems Laboratory (RSL)
Contact Info
Lawrence
2335 Irving Hill Rd
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Dr. Shannon Blunt joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and ITTC as an Assistant Professor in August 2005. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and Full Professor in 2014.
After receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dr. Blunt joined the Radar Division, Advanced Signal Processing Section, of the Naval Research Laboratory, where he worked for three years.
Education —
Research —
Signal processing for radar and communication systems, space-time adaptive processing (STAP), adaptive pulse compression, adaptive signal processing, statistical signal processing, estimation & detection theory, wavelets, optimization theory, system identification, multiuser detection, and biomedical imaging.
Teaching —
Digital signal processing I & II, Electronic Circuits II, and Electromagnetics II
Awards & Honors —
Fred Nathanson Memorial Radar Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, 2012
Bellows Scholar, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, 2010
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award, 2007
KU Miller Professional Development Award for Research, 2008
Harry Talley Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
NRL Alan Berman Research Publication Award, 2004,2006, and 2007
IEEE Fellow, 2016
Memberships —
Fellow of IEEE
IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel
Tau Beta Pi
Eta Kappa Nu
Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. AES and Editorial Board of IET Radar, Sonar, & Navigation