Edwin Marengo

Edwin A. Marengo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. His expertise spans theoretical and applied electromagnetics, optics, scattering theory, and inverse scattering. He holds a Ph.D. from Northeastern University (1997) and has held postdoctoral positions at institutions including Arizona State University and the Technological University of Panama. His research focuses on electromagnetic imaging, signal processing, and information theory, with applications to radar, communications, and holography.

Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Northeastern University, 1997), M.S. and B.Sc. in Electromechanical Engineering (Technological University of Panama).

Research Interests:

• Electromagnetic wave-based signal processing and information theory.
• Noniterative inverse scattering and change detection in complex environments.
• Physics-based coherent change detection and holographic detectors.
• Physical layer security and encrypted communications.
• Compressive sensing and ultrawideband imaging.

Recent Work Trends: His publications emphasize inverse scattering algorithms, optical theorem applications, and scattering-based encryption. Recent projects include cognitive distributed sensing for the U.S. Army and holographic security systems.

Awards/Honors:

• NSF CAREER Award (2008).
• Fulbright Scholar (2006).
• Member of Phi Kappa Phi, IEEE, and Optical Society of America.

Advising & Labs: Advises PhD students on topics like holographic encryption and physically secure communications. Collaborates with industry partners (e.g., Doble Engineering). Active in mentoring undergraduate researchers in projects like compressive imaging and radar systems.