
Sean Peters
Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2015
Bio
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. My current research focuses on using ambient radio noise, such as the Sun, as a signal to measure the thickness of ice sheets. The objective is to develop a low-resource radar that monitors glaciers by exploiting the Sun’s radio waves, instead of transmitting its own source for echo detection. While at Stanford, I have worked to enhance the diversity and inclusion of graduate education by serving as a mentor for Stanford’s Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program, El Centro Chicano y Latino, the Bay Area Graduate Pathways to STEM, and Engineering Diversity Programs.
Honors & Awards
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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Student Prize Paper Award, IEEE (2019)
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El Centro Chicano y Latino Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Stanford University (2019)
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Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship, Stanford VPGE (2018)
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AGU Cryosphere Flash Freeze Innovation Award, American Geophysical Union (2017)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2016)
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Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford VPGE (2015)
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Stanford Engineering Larry and Joan Owen Fellowship, Stanford Electrical Engineering (2015)
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GEM Ph.D. Engineering Associate Fellowship, The National GEM Consortium (2015)
Professional Affiliations and Activities
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Student Member, American Geophysical Union (2016 - Present)
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Student Member, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (2012 - Present)
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Student Member, International Glaciological Society (2017 - Present)
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Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2014 - Present)
All Publications
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Two Dimensional Image Formation with Passive Radar Using the Sun for Echo Detection
IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
2019: 10091–94
View details for DOI 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8897880
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In Situ Demonstration of a Passive Radio Sounding Approach Using the Sun for Echo Detection
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
2018; 56 (12): 7338–49
View details for DOI 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2850662
View details for Web of Science ID 000451621000038
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FIRST IN-SITU DEMONSTRATION OF PASSIVE RADIO SOUNDING USING THE SUN AS A SOURCE FOR ECHO DETECTION
IEEE. 2018: 4154–57
View details for Web of Science ID 000451039804031