Jason Merlo
Assistant Professor (Fixed-Term) at Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Merlo is an Assistant Professor (Fixed-Term) and researcher with 12 years of hands-on experience building and deploying radar, wireless, and embedded systems, combining a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. He specializes in software-defined radios, distributed radar and wireless synchronization, interferometric arrays, and automotive SAR, and maintains production-grade Python/C++ toolkits and a GNU Radio package used for real-time distributed array coordination. A former AutoDrive Challenge project manager and hardware lead, he brings uncommon experience translating autonomous-vehicle sensor integration and FPGA-targeted vision inference into robust system designs. His work has earned multiple IEEE and URSI awards and top student paper prizes, reflecting strong experimental results and practical impact. Based in East Lansing, he blends deep academic research with proven engineering leadership across national lab and industry internships.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering at Michigan State UniversityStoney Creek High School
English
Github Skills (12)
wireless10
spark-core10
gnuradio10
gnu10
python9
cybersecurity9
spectrum8
music-visualizer7
visualizer6
music6
analyzer6
spark5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jason-merlo/jason-merlo.github.io
Jun 2023 - Jun 2026
Contributions:133 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 11 months
SuperUser320/Project-ARIES
Nov 2013 - Nov 2018
Contributions:38 commits, 1 push in 5 years
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