Build a Small Phased Array Radar System Capable of Imaging Moving Targets
Dr. Bradley Perry, Dr. Jonathan Paul Kitchens, Dr. Patrick Bell, Dr. Jeffrey Herd
Tue Jan 17, Fri Jan 20, Mon Jan 23, Tue Jan 24, 01-03:00pm, 4-153
Fri Jan 27, 01-03:00pm, 4-149
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2012
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Participants supply their own laptops with MATLAB installed
Are you interested in building and testing your own phased array radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a unique course in the design, fabrication, and test of a laptop-based phased array radar sensor capable of imaging moving targets in real-time, like a ‘radar video camera’. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, electromagnetics, or phased array systems. Teams of three will make a phased array radar system and attend five sessions spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to digital beamforming. You will bring your radar into the field and perform imaging of moving targets around campus. Imaging unusual targets is encouraged; a final radar video competition will determine the most creative radar imagery.
\\*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.
Contact: Dr. Bradley Perry, (781) 981-0861, radar.course@ll.mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Latest update: 19-Dec-2011
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