Rate My Professor Eddie Jacobs

Eddie Jacobs is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis, where he has served since 2006, advancing through the ranks from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and Interim Department Chair from 2010 to 2012, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator from 2012 to 2017, and full Professor since September 2017. He holds a D.Sc. in Electrophysics from The George Washington University (2001), an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas (1988), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas (1986). Prior to joining academia, Dr. Jacobs held key positions in government and industry, including Branch Chief of the Sensor Performance Modeling Branch at the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate from 2003 to 2006, Electrical Engineer in the same directorate from 1994 to 2003, Electrical Engineer in the Camouflage Development Branch at the U.S. Army Belvoir RD&E Center from 1989 to 1994, and Engineer/Scientist II at Tracor Aerospace Incorporated from 1987 to 1989. He also served as a Fellow at the AFRL Sensors Directorate through the USAF Summer Faculty Fellowship Program in 2015.

Dr. Jacobs' research focuses on the creation of novel imaging sensor technologies, involving the fundamental physics of propagation and image formation, psychophysics of human observers, and accurate computational models of sensor performance. With over 20 years of experience in modeling, analysis, and development of military sensing systems across private industry, government, and academia, his interests include remote sensing, imaging sensors, and unmanned aerial systems. He is the author or co-author of key publications such as the book Signal Processing and Performance Analysis for Imaging Systems (Artech House, 2008), encyclopedia chapters including “Simulation of FLIR and Electro-Optical Sensors” (Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, 2003) and “Laser Range Gated Imagers” (Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, 2012), and journal articles like “New metric for predicting target acquisition performance” (Optical Engineering, 2004), “Modeling the target acquisition performance of active imaging systems” (Optics Express, 2007), and “Terahertz imaging system performance model for concealed-weapon identification” (Applied Optics, 2008). His honors include SPIE Fellow (2013), First Tennessee Professorship (University of Memphis, 2015), Robert E. Wharton, Jr. Faculty Award for Excellence (2012), PI Millionaire (2012), IEEE Senior Member (2009), and Research and Development Achievement Award (Department of the Army, 2004). Dr. Jacobs serves as Senior Researcher at the Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research (CAESER) and as Director of the Drones, Robotics, and Navigation Enabled Systems Research Cluster in the FedEx Institute of Technology.