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C. T. Swift
Also published under: C. Swift, Calvin T. Swift
Affiliation
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA, USA
Biography
Calvin T. Swift (M'67–SM'69–F'83) was born in Prince William County, VA. He received the S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1959, the M.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, in 1965, and the Ph.D. degree from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, in 1969.,He was a Research Engineer for North American Aviation (now Rockwell International), Downey, CA, from 1959 to 1962, where he worked on a variety of defense and space-related problems. In 1962, he was employed by NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, where he initially conducted research on plasma-covered antennas. After 1970, he was involved in microwave remote sensing of the Earth, and he assumed leadership resp... Author's Published Works