Donald McPherson

Biography:

Donald McPherson has more than 30 years of experience in RF, microwave and antenna engineering from 400 MHz to 94 GHz. He joined SRC, Inc. in 1995 as a Sr. Research Engineer. He served as manager of RF Design from 2002 to 2012 and since 2013 has been a Sr. Principle Research Engineer, retiring in 2020. He has contributed to numerous phased array radars including an S-Band multi mission radar, an L-Band counter mortar radar and a UHF foliage penetration radar. He has further led the design of an X-Band multi-beam phased array, implemented calibration of a 94 GHz active phased array and led the investigation of wideband phased array concepts.
Prior to joining SRC, Mr. McPherson was a Sr. Microwave Engineer at the Lockheed Martin (General Electric) Electronics Laboratory. He was engaged in phased array antennas at 20, 44, 60 and 94 GHz. He contributed to T/R module developments at C-Band and L-band for ground and space applications. In addition, he designed MMIC amplifiers at X and Ku-band. He was previously employed at Anaren Microwave as a Co-op Engineer. Mr. McPherson received an AAS from SUNY Alfred in 1980, a BSEE from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1984 and an MSEE from Syracuse University in1989. He is a senior member of the IEEE and served as the Syracuse MTT/AP Chapter Chairman from 1985-1986 and from 2012-2013. He is currently Treasurer and Administrative Committee member for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He is a registered Professional Engineer in New York State