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2006 Silver Medal for Scientific/Engineering Achievement
2006 Silver Medal for Scientific/Engineering Achievement
THREE LOCAL ENGINEERS RECEIVE HIGH HONORS FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
Boulder, Colo. - Three staff members of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA)
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) in Boulder, Colo.,
received a group Silver Medal for Scientific/Engineering
Achievement from the U.S. Department of Commerce at ceremonies in
Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, November 8, 2006.
Brent Bedford of Boulder, John Ewan of Erie, and J. Randy
Hoffman of Longmont received a group silver medal for designing and
developing a highly advanced mobile radio spectrum measurement
system, capable of measuring the latest complex communications and
radar signals. This accomplishment supports the Commerce
Department's goal of providing effective management and stewardship
of the radio spectrum.
Comprised of a vehicle, measurement hardware, and software, the
system can measure how much of the radio spectrum is being used. It
can also determine sources of radio interference. It has already
aided the Federal Communications Commission, the Army, the Navy,
the Air Force, the National Weather Service, and the Federal
Aviation Administration.
The Department of Commerce has operated vehicle-mounted radio
measurement systems since the 1920s. The first modern system was
developed by ITS in the mid-1970s. This year's award-winning design
is the fourth generation.
ITS is the research and engineering arm of NTIA. ITS performs
telecommunications research to support NTIA, the Commerce
Department, and the Executive Branch on domestic and international
telecommunications and information policy issues.
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