John Y. N. Cho
Employment
- 2026-present: Retired.
- 2012-2025: Senior Staff, Air Traffic Control and Weather
Systems Group, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts.
- 2002-2012: Technical Staff, Weather Sensing Group,
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1997-2002: Research Scientist,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1996-1998: Adjunct Research Associate, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado.
- August-September 1996: Visiting Scientist, Institute for
Atmospheric Physics, Rostock University, Ostseebad Kühlungsborn,
Germany.
- 1993-1997: Staff Scientist, Arecibo Observatory,
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
- 1990-1993: Graduate Research Assistant, School of
Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
- 1988-1990: Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering,
Cornell University.
- 1986-1988: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Sierra Leone.
- 1985-1986: Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Stanford
University, Stanford, California.
- Summer, 1985: Software Engineer, RFI Elektronik GmbH,
Mönchengladbach, Germany.
- Summer, 1984: Design Engineer, GE-Intersil, Cupertino,
California.
- Summer, 1983: Software Engineer, OPTO-22, Huntington
Beach, California.
Education
- 1993: Cornell University, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
(Planetary Science minor).
- 1986: Stanford University, M.S., Electrical Engineering.
- 1985: Stanford University, B.S., Electrical Engineering.
Honors
- 2018: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award, Multifunction
Phased Array Radar Advanced Technology Demonstrator.
- 2015: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award, Multifunction
Phased Array Radar.
- 2015: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award, NextGen Weather Systems.
- 2013: Best Paper Award, Dynamic Airspace and Capacity Management
Track, 10th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development
Seminar.
- 2011: R&D
100 Editors' Choice (Top 3) Award, Multifunction Phased Array Radar Panel Team.
- 2011: R&D
100 Award, Multifunction Phased Array Radar Panel Team.
- 2006: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award, Terminal Doppler Weather
Radar Open Processor Project.
- 1998: NASA Group Achievement Award, SONEX DC-8 Flight Team.
- 1996: URSI Young Scientist Award, International Union of Radio
Science.
- 1993: CEDAR Prize: Outstanding research contribution of the year,
Aeronomy Program, NSF. (Prize Lecture video available: VII. 1993
CEDAR Workshop videos.)
- 1984: Tau Beta Pi, Stanford University.
Current R&D Interests
- Weather radar signal processing and data analysis.
- Weather radar network cost/benefit analysis.
- Radar spectrum usage and interference studies.
Teaching Experience
- 1998-2002: Co-lecturer, "Past and Present Climate," Earth,
Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
- 1993-1995: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering,
Cornell University.
- 1987-1988: Lecturer, Electrical Engineering, Fourah Bay College,
Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- 1986-1987: Teacher, Math and Physics, St. Francis Secondary
School, Makeni, Sierra Leone.
- 1985-1986: Teaching Assistant, Physics, Stanford University.
Writing and Editing Experience
Foreign Language Skills
Scientific Community Service
- 2024: Reviewer, Student
Industry Connects, One8 Applied Learning Hub.
- 2023: Co-chair, Signal/Data Processing Subcommittee, 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, MN.
- 2016: Judge, Massachusetts State Science and Engineering
Fair, Cambridge, MA.
- 2016: Expert Witness, Patent dispute case, Docket number
2014/976, Market Court, Helsinki, Finland.
- 2012: Expert Analyst and Interviewee, Omens of
Apocalypse [@40:16-29], National Geographic TV documentary.
- 2011: Steering Committee Member and Panelist, (slides | video), 12th
International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies
(ISART), Boulder, CO.
- 2004-2005, 2008-2010: Lecturer, Introduction to Radar
Systems, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA.
- 2009: Session Moderator and Panelist, (slides), Second
National Symposium on Multifunction Phased Array Radar, Norman, OK.
- 2006: Subject Matter Expert, Proposal award dispute
adjudication, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC.
- 2001: Lecturer, International School on Dynamical Barriers,
Stirring and Mixing in Geophysical Flows--Mathematical Models and
Applications, Cargèse, France.
- 1997: Lecturer, School on Atmospheric Radar, Tirupati, India.
- 1997: Session Chair, 8th International MST Radar Workshop,
Bangalore, India.
- 1996: Session Chair, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
- 1995: Session Convener, 7th International MST Radar
Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC.
- 1994-1997: Editor, NAIC/AO Newsletter.
- 1994: Panelist, NSF CEDAR Program Proposal Review Panel.
- 1993-present: Reviewer for research proposals
- Austrian Science Fund
- Dutch Research Council
- NASA
- NSF
- 1993-present: Referee for journals
- Annales Geophysicae
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
- Geophysical Research Letters
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems
- International Journal of Intelligent Networks
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
- Journal of Climate
- Journal of Geophysical Research—Atmospheres
- Journal of Geophysical Research—Space Physics
- Meteorological Applications
- Monthly Weather Review
- Nature
- Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
- Radio Science
- Scientific Reports
- Tellus
- Weather
- Weather and Forecasting
Professional Affiliations
- American Geophysical Union
- American Meteorological Society
Citizenship
Certifications
- Private pilot, single-engine land (not current).
- Scuba, open water.
Musical Affiliation
Crossword Construction