Sean Peters

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

• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Student Prize Paper Award, IEEE (2019)
• El Centro Chicano y Latino Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Stanford University (2019)
• Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship, Stanford VPGE (2018)
• AGU Cryosphere Flash Freeze Innovation Award, American Geophysical Union (2017)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2016)
• Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford VPGE (2015)
• Stanford Engineering Larry and Joan Owen Fellowship, Stanford Electrical Engineering (2015)
• GEM Ph.D. Engineering Associate Fellowship, The National GEM Consortium (2015)

Professional Affiliations and Activities

• Student Member, American Geophysical Union (2016 - Present)
• Student Member, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (2012 - Present)
• Student Member, International Glaciological Society (2017 - Present)
• Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2014 - Present)

Stanford Advisors

• Dustin Schroeder, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)