Michelle Lloyd

Michelle Lloyd is a technical staff member in the RF Technology Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where she develops wideband RF systems for radar and electronic support. Her research focuses on digital data acquisition systems and hardware architectures using emerging digital technology, such as direct-sampling data converters with integrated field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and microprocessors. She is frequently found wielding tools for her hardware in a lab, anechoic chamber, or rooftop.

When not working with hardware, Lloyd champions accessibility at the Laboratory and has served on conference and employee resource group committees toward that end. She was recognized for her contributions with the Cultivating Leadership, Achievement, and Success 2020 Employee Resource Group Excellence Award.

Prior to joining the Laboratory, Lloyd designed FPGAs for software-defined radios at General Dynamics Mission Systems. However, her path to the Laboratory was paved by her work at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, where she supported a number of proof-of-concept electronic warfare research efforts, first with LabVIEW graphical user interfaces and then with FPGA designs.

Lloyd received a BS degree in electrical engineering and a BA degree in linguistics from Rice University.