About the Presenters:

Carl Dietrich, PhD, P.E. has taught short courses on software defined radio since 2007, covering fundamental concepts and enabling technologies in addition to the use of open source software to develop and run SDR applications. In addition, Dr. Dietrich has performed and directed research in the areas of cognitive radio, software defined radio (SDR), multi-antenna systems, and radio wave propagation, and has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He has taught semester courses in software defined radio, communications systems, electronics, and electromagnetic fields, and has worked at Virginia Tech, Bell Northern Research, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. A licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia, Carl Dietrich earned a BS EE degree from Texas A&M University, and MS EE and PhD EE degrees from Virginia Tech. He has served as chair of the Wireless Innovation Forum's Education Special Interest Group and is an IEEE Senior Member.

Jason Snyder is a 2014 DARPA Spectrum Challenge team member and was a developer on the OSSIE open source SCA-based SDR project, for which he created the OSSIE Waveform Workshop, a set of Eclipse and Python tools for developing and debugging SDR components and waveforms. He has also developed waveforms, components, and tutorials for use with REDHAWK, an open source government sponsored SDR framework based on OSSIE, and has expertise in PHY and MAC layer implementation using GNU Radio, a popular non-SCA SDR toolkit, and liquid-dsp, a C library for performing fast signal processing operations. Jason has over 6 years of experience with open source software defined radio tools, frameworks, and libraries as a part of the Wireless@Virginia Tech research group, and has also participated in development of and research on novel tools and approaches for computer science education. He earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the College of New Jersey.

Fred Romano is a 2013 graduate of The Catholic University of America with a Bachelor's degree in Physics, and is enrolled in the direct Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is lead developer of Virginia Tech's Cognitive Radio Test System (CRTS), which was initially described in a presentation at SDR / WInnComm 2014 and has been used to enable dynamic spectrum access visualization and game-like educational applications in addition to research on test and evaluation of cognitive radios, to be presented at IEEE APS / URSI 2014. Fred is co-developer of a design oriented course in software defined and cognitive radio and developer of several hands-on tutorials and lab exercises that introduce students to open source software defined radio technologies and reinforce SDR concepts to prepare them for design and development projects. He will be a principal developer of Software Defined Radio Solutions' online, self-paced course program.

Joyce Donathan has primary responsibility for SDRS operations and marketing. She is also site coordinator for Virginia Tech’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Cognitive Communications, and is involved in all administrative aspects of that program. Joyce is a 1978 graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.A. in History and a 2004 graduate of New River Community College with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Marketing with a Graphics Illustration Specialization and is a member of Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges 2004, and a member of Phi Theta Kappa, 2004.