Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging
Dr. Gregory L. Charvat, Mr. Jonathan H. Williams & Dr. Alan J. Fenn, Dr. Stephen M. Kogon, Dr. Jeffrey S. Herd
Mon Jan 10, Fri Jan 14, 21, Mon Jan 24, Fri Jan 28, 10am-12:00pm, 56-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2011
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Participants supply their own laptop with MATLAB installed
Are you interested in building and testing your own imaging radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course in the design, fabrication, and testing of a laptop-based radar sensor capable of measuring Doppler, range, and forming synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. You do not have to be a radar engineer but it helps if you are interested in any of the following; electronics, amateur radio, physics, or electromagnetics. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with MATLAB. Teams of three will receive a radar kit and will attend a total of 5 sessions spanning topics from the fundamentals of radar to SAR imaging. Experiments will be performed each week as the radar kit is implemented. You will bring your radar kit into the field and perform additional experiments such as measuring the speed of passing cars or plotting the range of moving targets. A final SAR imaging contest will test your ability to form a SAR image of a target scene of your choice from around campus, the most detailed and most creative image wins.
Contact: Dr. Gregory L. Charvat, (781) 981-3122, gregory.charvat@ll.mit.edu
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Technology in Humanitarian Crises: MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Effort in Post Quake Haiti
Dr. Marc A. Zissman, Dr. Richard M. Heinrichs, Mischa M. Shattuck, Amanda C. Schiff, Michael Hartnett
Tue Jan 18, 02-03:30pm, E40-496, Snacks Provided
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Join MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff on the one year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake for a discussion about their efforts towards humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
This presentation will discuss the operation of the ALIRT 3-D laser radar over Haiti and show examples of the collected data. The information gleaned from this imagery was used to help determine the migration of the greater than 750,000 people displaced by the earthquake, in order to better plan for shipments of relief supplies.
Additionally, the development of a qualitative assessment tool and the data collection methodology will be discussed. This will focus on how real-time data supports decisions in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Contact: Dr. Marc A. Zissman, LIN-D-309, (781) 981-7606, maz@ll.mit.edu
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Zero Robotics Spacestorms
Prof. David Miller, Dr. Alvar Saenz Otero
Mon-Fri, Jan 4-7, 10-14, 18-21, 24-28, 10am-12:00pm, Room 35-225, Kick Off Meeting, 1/4, 10 am
If you liked 6.270 or would have liked to take 6.270, please join us in creating the first robotics competition that is truly out of this world. Zero Robotics Spacestorms, sponsored by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, is an international STEM competition for middle/high school and university students to be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). Spacestorms builds upon MIT’s Zero Robotics (ZR) competition (patterned after First Robotics) whose third, nation-wide competition was held on December 16, 2010 and broadcast live from ISS in 10-250. ZR allows students of all ages to program the MIT-developed SPHERES satellites on ISS in head-to-head competition. Using LEGO Mindstorms, ZR Spacestorms will add modular hardware of your design, including mechanisms, sensors, and structures as well as new programming challenges and competition games. If you would like to be at the forefront of a new dimension in STEM education, design spaceflight hardware for ISS, work with NASA engineers and astronauts, invent new robotics concepts, or all of the above, please come to our kickoff meeting on January 4. We accept students from all MIT departments and years and expect a commitment of roughly 16 hours per week. While we will formally meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we can accommodate your schedule. We are seeking volunteers as well as students seeking 6 units of P/F credit.
Contact: Dr. Alvar Saenz Otero, alvarso@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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