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+Our paper **"Fully Wireless Collaborative Beamforming Using A Three-Element Coherent Distributed Phased Array"** received <ins>2nd place in the Student Paper Competition</ins> at the [2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology (PAST) conference](https://www.ieee-array.org/) in Boston, Massachusetts! The paper can be found in [Publications]({{ '/publications/' | relative_url }}).

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 Jason received the B.S. degree in computer engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA in 2018, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering. From 2017-2021 he was project manager and electrical systems team lead of the Michigan State University AutoDrive Challenge team. His current research interests include software-defined radios, distributed radar and wireless system synchronization, interferometric arrays, synthetic aperture radar, joint radar-communications, and automotive radar applications. He currently maintains several Python/C++ software packages as part of the DELTA Framework used in-house for software-defined radio, radar, and distributed array coordination simulation and real-time signal processing (public components of the software can be accessed at [gitlab.msu.edu/delta/da-framework](https://gitlab.msu.edu/delta/da-framework)).
 
-Jason was a Finalist in the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE International Microwave symposium in 2024 and won First Place in 2023. He was a Finalist and Honorable Mention in the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation in 2024 and 2023. He was the recipient of a 2023 IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship and a 2023 URSI Young Scientist Award. He won Second Place in the Student Design Competition at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and was a finalist in the Student Safety Technology Design Competition at the 2017 International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles.
+Jason was a Finalist in the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE International Microwave symposium in 2024 and won First Place in 2023; he won second place in the Student Paper Competition at the International Symposium on
+Phased Array Systems & Technology in 2024; and he was a Finalist and Honorable Mention in the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation in 2024 and 2023. He was the recipient of a 2023 IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship and a 2023 URSI Young Scientist Award. He won Second Place in the Student Design Competition at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and was a finalist in the Student Safety Technology Design Competition at the 2017 International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles.
 
 ### Awards and Honors
 
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 ### Publication Awards
 
+- 2nd Place, Student Paper Competition, J. M. Merlo, N. Shandi, M. Dula, A. Bhattacharyya, and J. A. Nanzer, 2024 IEEE International
+Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology (2024) [[Paper]](assets/pdf/2024_past.pdf) [[Poster]](assets/pdf/2024_past_spc_poster.pdf) 
 - Finalist, Student Paper Competition, J. M. Merlo, J. A. Nanzer, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (2024) [[Paper]](assets/pdf/aps24_angular_velocity_v1.0.pdf) [[Poster]](assets/pdf/2024_aps_spc_poster.pdf) 
 - Top Papers of IMS 2024, J. M. Merlo, Samuel Wagner, John Lancaster, J. A. Nanzer, IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (2024) [[Paper]](assets/pdf/2024_mwtl_distributed_radar_flat.pdf)
 - Finalist, Student Paper Competition, J. M. Merlo, Samuel Wagner, John Lancaster, J. A. Nanzer, IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (2024) [[Paper]](assets/pdf/2024_mwtl_distributed_radar_flat.pdf)