Brian Jeffs

Brian D. Jeffs received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University in 1978 and 1982 respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 1989, also in electrical engineering. Since 1990 he has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University and currently holds the rank of professor. He lectures in the areas of digital signal processing, signals and systems, and detection and estimation theory. Previous employment includes Hughes Aircraft Company where he served as a sonar signal processing systems engineer in the anti-submarine warfare group. Projects there included algorithm development and system design for digital sonars in torpedo, surface ship towed array, and helicopter dipping array platforms. Research interests include digital array signal processing for radio astronomy and multiple antenna wireless communications. He co-directs the Radio Astronomy Systems research group at BYU which is actively developing astronomical instrumentation and signal processing algorithms. Dr. Jeffs is currently principal investigator for a National Science Foundation grant of $5.8M to develop a phased array feed beamforming instrument for the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. This system will dramatically increase the sky survey speed of one of the most sensitive telescopes in the world.