About Me
Hi! I’m Darryn, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Radar signal processing and malt milkshakes are what I’m really into, but you can checkout whatever I’m currently tinkering with on my GitHub page.
Formal Education
| 2016-2020 | Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in Radar, University of Cape Town, Submitted for examination. |
| 2012-2015 | B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in Mechatronics, University of Cape Town, Graduated with honours. |
| 2007-2011 | National Senior Certificate, Hudson Park High School, Graduated with honours. |
Technical Skills
| Software | Python, C/C++, Matlab, CUDA |
| Gateware | Verilog (Vivado & Quartus) |
| Hardware | Xilinx Zynq 7010 (Red Pitaya), LMX2492EVM, Emlid Reach M+ RTK GNSS, Jetson TK1, STM32F0, Altera MAX 10 (DE10-Lite), Arduino, Raspberry Pi |
| Equipment | Spectrum Analysers, Network Analysers, Oscilloscopes, Multi-meters |
| Operating Systems | Linux, Windows |
| Other | Git, LaTeX |
Positions of Responsibility
| 2020 | Undergraduate Project Supervisor |
| 2020 | IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation Journal Peer Reviewer |
| 2020 | Space Studies Masters Programme Remote Exam Administrator |
| 2019-2020 | Radar Masters Programme Teacher’s Assistant |
| 2017-2018 | Signals & Systems II TRP Assistant Lecturer |
| 2017 | Embedded Systems I Tutor. |
| 2016 | Signals & Systems II Teacher’s Assistant |
Publications
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D. A. Jordan, M. R. Inggs and M. Y. Abdul Gaffar, “Suppression of spur chirps for fractional-N PLL-based heterodyne FMCW SAR,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., 2020, early access. doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3030273.
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D. A. Jordan, M. R. Inggs and M. Y. Abdul Gaffar, “Integer boundary spur considerations for fractional-N PLL based FMCW radar,” Electron. Lett., vol. 56, no. 14, pp. 729-732, Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1049/EL.2020.0764.
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D. A. Jordan, P. Cheng, M. R. Inggs, A. Langman and M. Y. Abdul Gaffar, “Development of the miloSAR testbed for the one kilogramme radioCamera SAR for small drones,” in Proc. IEEE Radar Conf. (RadarConf), Apr. 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/RADAR.2019.8835721 (Presented).
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D. A. Jordan, M. R. Inggs and D. O’Hagan, “NeXtLook a lightweight, real-time quick-look processor for NeXtRAD,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Radar Syst., Oct. 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1049/CP.2017.0470 (Presented).
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M. R. Inggs, D. A. Jordan and T. Learner, “Through the clouds: Exploring the potential of infrastructure-as-a-service for radar,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Radar Syst., Oct. 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1049/CP.2017.0447 (Presented).
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S. Alhuwaimel et al., “First measurements with NeXtRAD, a polarimetric X/L Band radar network,” in Proc. IEEE Radar Conf. (RadarConf), May 2017, pp. 1663-1668, doi: 10.1109/RADAR.2017.7944474.