John Y. N. Cho

Scientific and Technical Publications

Employment

• 2012-present: Senior Staff, Weather Sensing Group, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 2002-2012: Technical Staff, Weather Sensing Group, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 1997-2002: Research Scientist, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1996-1998: Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
• August-September 1996: Visiting Scientist, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Rostock University, Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, Germany.
• 1993-1997: Staff Scientist, Arecibo Observatory, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
• 1990-1993: Graduate Research Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
• 1988-1990: Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering, Cornell University.
• 1986-1988: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Sierra Leone.
• 1985-1986: Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
• Summer, 1985: Software Engineer, RFI Elektronik GmbH, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
• Summer, 1984: Design Engineer, GE-Intersil, Cupertino, California.
• Summer, 1983: Software Engineer, OPTO-22, Huntington Beach, California.

Education

• 1993: Cornell University, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Planetary Science minor).
• 1986: Stanford University, M.S., Electrical Engineering.
• 1985: Stanford University, B.S., Electrical Engineering.

Honors

• 2000-present: Who's Who in America.
• 2011: R&D 100 Editors' Choice (Top 3) Award, Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Panel Team.
• 2011: R&D 100 Award, Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Panel Team.
• 2006: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award, Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Open Processor Project.
• 1998: NASA Group Achievement Award, SONEX DC-8 Flight Team.
• 1996: URSI (International Union of Radio Science) Young Scientist Award.
• 1993: CEDAR Prize: Outstanding research contribution of the year, Aeronomy Program, NSF. (Prize Lecture video available: VII. 1993 CEDAR Workshop videos.)
• 1984: Tau Beta Pi, Stanford University.

Current R&D Interests

• Weather radar signal processing and data analysis.
• Multifunction phased array radar systems analysis.
• Weather effects on air traffic flow management.

Teaching Experience

• 1998-2002: Co-lecturer, "Past and Present Climate," Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 1993-1995: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering, Cornell University.
• 1987-1988: Lecturer, Electrical Engineering, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• 1986-1987: Teacher, Math and Physics, St. Francis Secondary School, Makeni, Sierra Leone.
• 1985-1986: Teaching Assistant, Physics, Stanford University.

Writing and Editing Experience

• 1998: Author, SPAM-Ku: Tranquil Reflections on Luncheon Loaf, HarperCollins, New York, 88 pp., ISBN 0060952784.
• 1997-2002: Contributing Writer, RootsWorld.
• 1997: Writer, Arecibo Observatory Visitor Center Atmospheric Sciences Exhibit.
• 1996-1997: Music Columnist, The San Juan Star.
• 1994-1997: Editor, NAIC/AO Newsletter.
• Fiction and travel writing for various publications.

Foreign Language Skills

• Fluent in Japanese.

Scientific Community Service

• 2011: Steering Committee Member and Panelist, 12th International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART), Boulder, CO.
• 2004-2005, 2008-2010: Lecturer, Introduction to Radar Systems, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA.
• 2009: Session Moderator and Panelist, Second National Symposium on Multifunction Phased Array Radar, Norman, OK.
• 2006: Subject Matter Expert, Proposal award dispute adjudication, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC.
• 2001: Lecturer, International School on Dynamical Barriers, Stirring and Mixing in Geophysical Flows--Mathematical Models and Applications, Cargèse, France.
• 1997: Lecturer, School on Atmospheric Radar, Tirupati, India.
• 1997: Session Chair, 8th International MST Radar Workshop, Bangalore, India.
• 1996: Session Chair, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• 1995: Session Convener, 7th International MST Radar Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC.
• 1994-1997: Editor, NAIC/AO Newsletter.
• 1994: Panelist, NSF CEDAR Program Proposal Review Panel.
• 1993-present: Reviewer for research proposals (NASA, NSF, Austrian Science Fund); referee for journals (Ann. Geophys., EURASIP J. Appl. Sig. Proc., Geophys. Res. Lett., IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electronic Systems, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatology, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., J. Atmos. Sci., J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., J. Climate, J. Geophys. Res., Nature, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., Radio Sci., and Tellus).

Professional Affiliations

• American Geophysical Union.
• American Meteorological Society.

Citizenship

• U.S.A.

Certifications

• Private pilot, single-engine land (not current).
• Scuba, open water.