Jakob DeLong

Jakob DeLong

Assistant Teaching Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

 

Professional Experience

  • August 2025, Assistant Teaching Professor, Missouri Science & Technology Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Teaching 6-9 credits per semester
    • Designing new Linear Systems course
  • August 2022-August 2025, Assistant Professor, University of Jamestown Department of Engineering
    • Taught 9-12 credits per semester
    • Taught engineering major and non-major classes
    • Advised engineering student social club
  • August 2017-July 2022 Graduate Research Assistant, ElectroScience Laboratory, OSU
    • Performed research under Dr. Graeme Smith and Dr. Joel Johnson
    • Conducted experiments with radar/remote sensing systems in Cognitive Sensing Lab
    • Produced periodic progress/research reports
  • August 2014-May 2017 Supplemental Instruction Teacher
    • Taught supplemental Calculus I course
    • Created lesson plans
    • Managed attendance spreadsheet
  • June 2016-August 2016 Undergraduate Researcher, Northeastern University COE, ECE
    • Worked on research project optimizing clutter suppression for ground penetrating radar mine detector
    • Conducted independent research and testing
    • Produced poster and presentation detailing results

Conference Papers

  • Keesee, CL, DeLong, J, Fig, M, Hibl, G, Ebsch, Z, Homola, D, Mimong, I, Thompson, B, & Young, C. "An Innovative and Ambitious Student Design Project: To Build a Small-Scale Brayton Cycle Engine on a Short Timeline With a Limited Budget." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 6: Education; Electric Power; Energy Storage; Fans and Blowers. London, United Kingdom. June 24–28, 2024. V006T07A001. ASME.
  • DeLong and J. T. Johnson, "Simulation Study of a Probabilistic Measurement Terminator for cloud Radar Systems using Cloudsat data," IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2022, pp. 8012-8015
  • DeLong and J. T. Johnson, "An Algorithm for Adaptive Determination of Radar Coherent Integration Time," IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2020, pp. 6579-6581
  • DeLong, M. A. Shattal, A. O’Brien, C. D. Ball, J. T. Johnson and G. E. Smith, "Fully Adaptive Cloud Profiling Radar Simulation," IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, 2019, pp. 10087-10090

Honors and Awards

  • IGARSS 2022 Student Paper Competition Finalist
  • IGARSS 2019 Student Paper Competition Finalist
  • NASA NSTRF18 Fellow

Service

University Service

  • Member, University of Jamestown Institutional Review Board, 2024-2025
  • Member, University of Jamestown Look Forward Committee, 2022-2024
  • Co-Advisor, University of Jamestown Engineering Social Club, 2023-2025

Community Outreach

  • Board Member, James Valley Robotics Association, 2023-present

Teaching and Advising

  • Major advisor for 10-12 undergraduate students in engineering, 2023-2025

Courses Taught at University of Jamestown

  • Numerical Methods (ENGR 361)
  • Introduction to Engineering Computing (ENGR 121)
  • Introduction to Electric Circuits\L (ENGR 380\L)
  • Control Systems (ENGR 362)
  • College Physics II\L (non-majors, PHYS 144\L)
  • Instrumentation and Measurement (ENGR 381)

Courses Taught at Missouri S&T

  • Control Systems (EE 3320)
  • Linear Systems (EE 2400/2401)

Professional Society Memberships

  • Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-present
    • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), 2019-present
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2023-present

Resume/CV:

Education:

  • • 2022—Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, advisor: Dr. Joel T. Johnson The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
  • • 2017—B.S. in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, Computer Science minor West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV