AFRL Provides Research Funding for Signal Processing Expert Published Jan. 4, 2008 By Air Force Office of Scientific Research AFOSR Arlington, Va. -- AFRL-funded scientist Dr. Wil Myrick is conducting research that could ultimately provide the military with advanced remote sensing capabilities. Dr. Myrick is investigating the use of software-defined radio (SDR) technology in flexible adaptive signal processing architectures. First receiving AFRL support as a student attending Purdue University, Dr. Myrick completed work that established a great foundation in the area of reduced-rank signal processing. He also received the 2006 Black Engineer of the Year Award for his research in signal processing as related to solving some of the nation's most challenging signal processing problems. Now a senior signal processing analyst at Science Applications International Corporation, Dr. Myrick is a nationally recognized expert in advanced adaptive signal processing. He also conducts related research that could eventually provide innovative plug-and-play signal processing algorithms that would further extend SDR capabilities, as well as new software interfaces that would support current and future clients in using reconfigurable signal processing architecture throughout their own infrastructures. Dr. Myrick's research will dramatically enhance communication and collection systems of critical importance to saving the lives of warfighters.