Dr. Edgar H. Callaway, Jr.

                                                         Senior Technical Staff

Summary:  Wireless communication researcher specializing in low-power WPAN and wireless sensor networks and their standardization, with mixed-signal, RF, and analog systems and circuit design experience.

EDUCATION: 
Ph.D. (Computer Engineering), Florida Atlantic University, 2002
MBA, Nova University, 1986
MSEE, University of Florida 1983
BS (Mathematics), University of Florida, 1979

Professional Affiliations:      Fellow of the IEEE (“For contributions to wireless sensor networks and low power design techniques for communications devices and systems,” 2010); P.E. (ret.) (Florida).

Patents: 69 issued US patents, plus several others pending.

Books/Book Chapters:

"Low Power Consumption Features of the IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN Standard," book chapter in Jie Wu, ed., Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless and Peer-to-Peer Networks.  Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 2005.

"The Wireless Sensor Network MAC," book chapter in Ivan Stojmenovic, ed., Handbook of Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Architectures.  New York:  Wiley-Interscience.  2005.

Wireless Sensor Networks:  Architectures and Protocols.  Boca Raton, FL:  Auerbach Press. 2004.

Co-author, Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks:  Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4™. Piscataway, NJ:  IEEE Press. 2003.  Now in its Third Edition.

“1-Volt RF Circuit Design for Pagers,” book chapter in Huijsing, van de Plassche, and Sansen, eds., Analog Circuit Design.  New York: Kluwer, 1999.

Principal author, Probability Distributions.  New York:  Addison-Wesley, 1993.


Papers, Articles, and Presentations:  More than 20.

AWARDS                

Elected a Motorola Science Advisory Board Associate (SABA), 2002.
Motorola Master Innovator Award, 2002.
Global Standards Activities Outstanding Performance Award, 2001, for the IEEE 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Network standard.
Motorola Distinguished Innovator Award, 1998.
Global Standards Activities Participation Award, 1998, for the FLEX™ paging protocol standard.
Excellence in Early Supplier Involvement Award, 1995, for a single-chip ZIF receiver development program.
Paging General Manager’s Quality Award, 1992, for work on ESD testing methods leading to a division-wide standard.
Motorola Engineering Award, “High Performance RF Slip-On Connector,” 1988.