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Eric D. Evans – Biography
Dr. Eric D. Evans was appointed Director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory in July 2006. As Director, he is responsible for the Laboratory's strategic direction and overall technical and administrative operations.
Lincoln Laboratory is a multidisciplinary Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Department of Defense. The Laboratory focuses on advanced technology development and system prototyping for national security needs. The Laboratory's 3600 employees work on programs for the military Services and other government agencies, such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Dr. Evans is a member of the Defense Science Board (DSB), where he has served on several studies, including as co-leader of the DSB Task Force on Improvised Explosive Devices. He is a member of the Department of Energy Laboratory Nuclear Mission Committee, a member of the Massport Security Advisory Council, and an advisor to U.S. Strategic Command Senior Advisory Group.
From 1999 through 2006, Dr. Evans was the Division Head of Lincoln Laboratory's Air and Missile Defense Technology Division. He was responsible for programs associated with air and missile defense architectures, sensor technology, automatic target recognition, open systems architectures, and measurements at the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands.
Prior to 1999, Dr. Evans was the Group Leader of the Laboratory's Air Defense Techniques Group, where he was responsible for Navy programs related to area air defense, ship self-defense, and overland cruise missile defense. He led efforts in E-2C radar modernization, including new antenna, digital receiver, and signal processor development. His group worked to incorporate advanced E-2C capability into the Navy's Mountain Top Program for air-directed surface-to-air missile system development. Dr. Evans was also responsible for Laboratory efforts to improve the Aegis AN/SPY-1 radar and Standard Missile with new processors and advanced signal processing.
Dr. Evans has also worked as a radar design engineer for the Navy's Radar Surveillance Technology Experimental Radar (RSTER) program. His work included the development of antenna and microwave components, adaptive signal processing algorithms, and low cross-section targets for a new adaptive array radar for fleet defense.
Dr. Evans is a Fellow of the IEEE and an author of over 45 refereed journal articles and conference papers. In 1996, he and his co-authors received the M. Barry Carlton Award from the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society for a paper on advanced radar signal processing. Dr. Evans holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University.
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