Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (USA), 2019 – 2025 (Expected)
- M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (USA), 2017 – 2019
- B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia), 2008 – 2013.
Biography
Asem Melebari received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering with first-class honors from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2013 and the M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2019. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He has been a Researcher with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 2013. Asem Melebari has been a member of the IEEE GRSS since 2019. His primary research interests include radar remote sensing, radar calibration, and geophysical variables retrieval.
Publications
2026
Journal
- S Esk, ari, A Melebari, P Kinzel, R Lotspeich, J Eggleston, M Moghaddam, “Development and Field Testing of a UAS-Based Software-Defined Radar for Measuring Freshwater Bathymetry,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2026 [link]
2025
Conference
- A Melebari, S Esk, ari, M Moghaddam, “Ultra-Wideband Software-Defined Radar Mounted on a UAV for Subsurface Applications,” 2025 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean (RADIO), 1-4, 2025 [link]
Journal
- J Du, KA Endsley, KB Dogaheh, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, T Douglas, A Melebari, S Esk, ari, J Kim, J Whitcomb, Y Zhao, S Henze, “Assessing spatial heterogeneity of active layer thickness over Arctic-foothills tundra through intensive field sampling and multi-source remote sensing,” EGUsphere 2025, 1-19, 2025 [link]
- PJ Kinzel, S Esk, ari, A Melebari, M Moghaddam, “In situ measurements of water depth collected with acoustic Doppler current profilers and remotely sensed depths acquired with a software-defined radar deployed from an uncrewed aircraft system, Sacramento River, California, September 18-19, 2024,” US Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release, 932, 2025 [link]
- A Melebari, S Esk, ari, K Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, WR Mcdermott, “Two-way Travel Time (TWTT) In Snowpack, Derived from Software-defined Radar Data Collected by Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in Colorado, 2022-25.,” US Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release, 1450, 2025 [link]
2024
Conference
- A Melebari, S Esk, ari, M Moghaddam, “RCS calibration of a UAV-mounted ultra-wideband software-defined radar using a circular disk,” IGARSS 2024-2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2024 [link]
Journal
- A Melebari, P Nergis, S Esk, ari, PR Costa, M Moghaddam, “Absolute calibration of a UAV-mounted ultra-wideband software-defined radar using an external target in the near-field,” Remote Sensing 16 (2), 231, 2024 [link]
- A Melebari, S Esk, ari, M Moghaddam, “Absolute RCS Calibration of a UAV Ultrawideband Surface Penetrating Radar Using a Disk,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 22, 1-5, 2024 [link]
- S Esk, ari, A Melebari, M Moghaddam, “River Depth Retrieval Using Ultra-Wideband UAV-Mounted Software-Defined Radar,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (114), H23J-114, 2024 [link]
- A Melebari, S Esk, ari, M Moghaddam, “Avalanche Hazard Detection Using an Ultrawideband Software-Defined Radar Mounted on a UAV,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (465), C23C-0465, 2024 [link]
- M Moghaddam, S Esk, ari, A Melebari, Y Lou, “Optimized shallow-surface hydrology observations by coordinated ground-based and microwave remote sensing data and models,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (2038), IN31D-2038, 2024 [link]
2023
Conference
- A Melebari, P Nergis, M Moghaddam, “Subsurface soil moisture observation using software-defined radar mounted on a uav and comparison with numerical em simulations,” IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2023 [link]
2022
Conference
- A Melebari, MS Haynes, S Prager, Y Fang, M Moghaddam, “Retrieval of soil moisture profile above water table using scattered wave signal structure,” IGARSS 2022-2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2022 [link]
- R Akbar, S Prager, A Silva, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Kannan, E Hodges, A Melebari, D Entekhabi, M Moghaddam, “Field Demonstrations of Spctor: Sensing Policy Controller and Optimizer,” IGARSS 2022-2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2022 [link]
2021
Journal
- R Akbar, A Silva, S Prager, KB Dogaheh, A Kannan, A Melebari, E Hodges, D Entekhabi, M Moghaddam, “Integration of in situ Wireless Sensor Networks and UAVs for Soil Moisture Mapping,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, IN11A-06, 2021 [link]
2015
Conference
- A Melebari, AK Mishra, MA Gaffar, “Comparison of square law, linear and bessel detectors for CA and OS CFAR algorithms,” 2015 IEEE Radar Conference, 383-388, 2015 [link]
- A Melebari, A Melebari, W Alomar, MA Gaffar, RD Wind, J Cilliers, “The effect of windowing on the performance of the CA-CFAR and OS-CFAR algorithms,” 2015 IEEE Radar Conference, 249-254, 2015 [link]
