RAJENDRA KUMAR

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Individual Achievement Award for the extensive contributions to the GPS and MILSATCOM programs, The Aerospace Corporation, 2003.

• Patent Disclosure Award on Generalized Polyphase Channelizer, Aerospace Corporation, The Aerospace Corporation, 2003.

• Group Achievement Award for the significant contributions to the Space Lift Range Program, Aerospace Corporation, 2002.

• Certificate of Recognition for the significant contributions to the GPS Spectrum Management Program from the Air Force Joint Program Office, 2001.

• Patent Disclosure Award on Polyphase/FFT Channelizer Architecture Based on Parallel A/D Converter, Aerospace Corporation, U. S. Air Force Satellite Project, 1999.

• Patent Disclosure Award on Adaptive Smoothing System for Fading Communication Channels, Aerospace Corporation, U. S. Air Force GPS Project, 1999.

• Received NASA Patent disclosure Award for “Method and Apparatus for Reducing Multipath Signal Error using Deconvolution,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1998.

• Received the Best Conference Paper Award for the "Fast Frequency Acquisition via Adaptive Least Squares Algorithm" by International Foundation for Telemetering, presented at the International Telemetering Conference, Las Vegas , October 1986.

• Received NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) Award for class I Innovation on Multipath Elimination in GPS Based Attitude Determination System, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1997

• Patent Disclosure Award on High Precision Ionospheric Delay Estimator, Aerospace Corporation, Federal Aviation Administration GPS Wide Area Augmentation System Project, 1996.

• Received NASA Group Achievement Award for the Design of Third Generation Receivers for Deep Space Network, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1994.

• Received NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena , California , June-August, 1994, 95.

• Received AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research) Summer Faculty Fellowship, Rome Laboratory, Rome , New York , July-August, 1993.

• Recipient of NASA New Technology (Tech Brief and Patent Disclosure) Awards for Class I Innovation on Novel Multistage Estimation of Signal Parameters of a Possibly Data Modulated Sinusoid Under Very High Dynamics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1990.

• Received NASA Invention (Patent Disclosure) Award for Efficient Detection and Signal Parameter Estimation With Application to High Dynamic GPS Receiver, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1990.

• Recipient of NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) Award for Class I Innovation on Simultaneous Detection and Estimation Amid Strong Dynamic Effects, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1990.

• Recipient of TRW Excellence in Teaching Award, 1989

• Received NASA New Technology (Patent Disclosure) Award for Class I Innovation on Estimation of Doppler‑shifted Carrier Frequencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1989.

• Received the 1988‑89 Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Achievement Award at California State University , Long Beach , 1988.

• Received NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) Award for Class I Innovation on Optimum Filter and Smoother Design for Carrier Phase and Frequency Tracking, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington DC , 1988.

• Received NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) award for Class I Innovation on Differential Sampling for Fast Frequency Acquisition via Adaptive Extended Least Squares Algorithm, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1988.

• Won 1987‑88 Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, California State University , Long Beach .

• Received NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) Award for Class I Innovation on Fast Frequency Acquisition via Adaptive Least Squares Algorithm, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1987.

• Recipient of NASA New Technology (Tech Brief) Award for Class I Innovation on Fixed Lag Smoothers for Carrier Phase and Frequency Tracking, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC , 1987.

• Recipient of 1985‑86 Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, California State University , Long Beach .

• Received 1984‑85 Faculty Development Award, California State University , Long Beach .

• Received Hughes Faculty Research Award, California State University , 1982.