STEVE ELLINGSON (Senior Personnel)
Steven W. Ellingson (S’87-M’90-SM’03) received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, in 1987, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1989 and 2000, respectively. From 1989 to 1993, he served on active duty with the U.S. Army. From 1993 to 1995, he was a Senior Consultant with Booz-Allen and Hamilton, McLean, VA. From 1995 to 1997, he was a Senior Systems Engineer with Raytheon E-Systems, Falls Church, VA. From 1997 to 2003, he was a Research Scientist with the Ohio State University ElectroScience Laboratory. Since 2003 he has been an Assistant Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. His research interests include antennas & propagation, applied signal processing, and instrumentation. "He is currently working on the implementation of RFID on board aircraft, dealing specifically with issues of antenna deployment, interior propagation, and assessing potential for interference with flight-critical avionics.† He has developed and evaluated RFID systems using the active hardware of IDmicro, Scanpak, and Identec; and passive (EPC Gen 2) hardware by Symbol and Alien."