Dr. Burnett joined Portland State in 2020 as part of the Environmental Sensing and Monitoring focus leveraging his background in integrated circuit design and environmental sensing. During his Ph.D. at Berkeley he was an NDSEG fellow and designed crystal-free fully-integrated wireless sensor nodes, particularly focusing on challenges presented when designing crystal-free radios without inductors. His experience before PSU includes technical staff at Sandia National Labs researching sensors for intertidal physical security, teaching electrical engineering at Da Nang University of Technology in Vietnam, and fielding underwater vehicles at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Research Interest and Expertise:
- RF, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuit design
- Crystal-free wireless communication
- Wireless sensor mote miniaturization
- Field-deployable sensor systems
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