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Sara James

Electrical Engineer

RADAR, SIGNAL PROCESSING, ANTENNA THEORY

ACCOMPLISHED ENGINEER WITH OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING, DATA-DERIVED ADAPTIVE FILTERING, DETECTION TECHNIQUES, AND DATA VISUALIZATION. PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TEACHING EFFORTS THAT PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) FIELDS.

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Mitigating Sea Clutter Using Deep Learning

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Improve Radar Simulation Fidelity with Land and Sea Surface Models

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Embedded Micro Radar for Pedestrian Detection in Clutter

01 EDUCATION

2012-2014

NORTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY,
BOSTON, MA

Master of Science

in Electrical Engineering

GPA: 3.80

Concentration: Electromagnetics, Optics, and Plasmonics

2005-2009

STEVENS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY,
HOBOKEN, NJ

Bachelor of Engineering 

in Electrical Engineering

GPA: 3.97

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EDUCATION 

02 Experience

2018-Present

MATHWORKS

Principal Engineer

Developing tools to support the entire radar life cycle from initial concept to deployment

2012-2014

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Research Assistant
Research of acceleration and computational simplification techniques for electromagnetic applications

2007

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Student Researcher

Spectrum occupancy research in the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band

2009-2018

MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY

Associate Technical Staff

9 years of experience in the areas of radar, signal processing, and electronic warfare (EW)

2008

CERDEC: SPACE AND TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

SCEP Intern
Electromagnetic simulation and anechoic chamber testing as a part of the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)

2006

DURAND GLASS MANUFACTURING  CO.

Draftswoman

Solid Edge and AutoCAD drafting experience

EXPERIENCE
PROJECTS

04 CONTACT

SOCIAL MEDIA​
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