Division of Research and Economic Development FY 17 Q2 Research News FY 17 Q 2 newsletter | Page 17

Research Initiatives: Dr. Michel Reece is the research director
of the Center of Microwave, Satellite, and RF Engineering
(COMSARE) in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Morgan State University. She has served as PI or
Co-PI on over $8M of externally funded research grants.
Presently, COMSARE, is a core research center within the
School of Engineering whose mission is to pursue new
technologies and solve advanced problems in RF and Microwave
Engineering by expanding the body of knowledge via applied
research. COMSARE’s core capabilities include device
characterization of semiconductor components, especially
transistors developed from InP, GaAs, or GaN materials,
application of neural network techniques to device modelin and
high frequency measurement and characterization for devices,
components, and subsystems. COMSARE is active in the
development of RF, microwave and millimeter wave circuit and
subsystem
designs
suitable for satellite,
wireless, and radar
S-Band High Power Amplifier
applications
from
hundreds of MHz to
sub-THz frequencies.
COMSARE has been involved in the
development of adaptable front-end components for software defined
radio applications. COMSARE has been able to establish
long-standing collaborations and
relationships with industrial,
government and academic partners that include, but are not limited to
Northrop Grumman, Qorvo, Army Research Laboratory, NASA
Goddard, Navair and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratories. Through these partnerships, COMSARE has developed
Sample lab setup for undergraduate
novel models for millimeter wave GaN devices, innovative behavioral
Microwave Laboratory in 2012
models for amplifiers using neural network techniques, and highly
efficient solid-state power amplifiers at Ka-band. Early 2013, she
won an unsolicited award from the Office of Naval Research to continue investigation of utilizing novel power
combining techniques at Ka-band to increase the efficiency and linearity performance of solid-state power
amplifiers. Her current research projects include:
sub-THz GaN-based power amplifier development,
reconfigurable band-pass filters and physical layer
security for IoT applications. In 2017, she was
awarded a DoD instrumentation grant totally over
$335K to expand the high frequency measurement
capability beyond 100GHz. Under her directorship,
COMSARE continues to grow and maintain a group
of talented, intelligent, and highly motivated
students engaged in research.
COMSARE research student graduates for Spring 2013.
From left to right A. Mason, E. Seabron, Dr. Reece, Dr. C. Waiyaki,
Dr. D. Ryan, R. Wood
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