AFRL Sensors Directorate employee awarded NATO SET Panel Team Excellence Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Dr. Muralidhar Rangaswamy, the Radar Sensing technical lead with the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, recently won the NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel Team Excellence Award for his contributions to the NATO SET-ET-236 panel on compressive sensing for radar and electronic support measures.

His research provided the NATO community with mathematical tools to address basic research challenges in the area of adaptive radar signal process.

“This award is a culmination of years of research in the exciting direction of convex optimization for adaptive radar,” said Rangaswamy.

Traditionally, convex optimization and adaptive radar processing have flourished as separate technical areas. Combining the two areas allowed Rangaswamy and his team to address longstanding problems in adaptive radar processing.

“This contribution greatly enhanced the standing of AFRL within the technical community and served as a testament of AFRL leadership in this technical area,” said Rangaswamy. “It affords the Air Force cutting edge tools and technology to address research challenges of DoD importance.”

Rangaswamy’s work for this award was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, another AFRL entity.

“Congratulations on receiving the NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel Team Excellence Award,” said Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, AFRL commander, in an email to Dr. Rangaswamy. “What an awesome accomplishment. Thank you for being such an incredible ambassador for AFRL!”

As a result of his contributions, Rangaswamy was invited to join the NATO guest lecture series panel which is planned to take place in early 2022.

Dr. Muralidhar Rangaswamy, the Radar Sensing technical lead with the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, recently won the NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel Team Excellence Award for his contributions to the NATO SET-ET-236 panel on compressive sensing for radar and electronic support measures. (Courtesy photo)