Specialization profile--Microwave sensing, signals and systems
The profile Microwave Sensing focuses on education on physical and signal processing foundations of remote sensing exploiting electromagnetic waves in a number of societal important applications. It covers propagation and scattering of electromagnetic waves by natural and man-made objects, principles & designs of electromagnetic sensors for near-, intermediate- and far-field sensing, as well as the physical model based algorithms and methods that enable the detection and parameter estimation of objects from measured electromagnetic fields. Special attention is given to such areas as array antenna systems and radar front-ends (beamforming in conventional phased arrays and distributed MIMO systems, imaging), waveform agility (adaptive selection of the most efficient sensing waveforms such as e.g. LFM, OFDM, UWB and space-time coded sequences), signal and data processing algorithms for advanced object detection, classification and tracking.
The application areas considered in this profile range from (phased array) Radar and distributed Radar systems in far-field to microwave vision in intermediate- and near-fields including medical imaging (High-field MRI).
Suggested courses
| EE4016 | Antenna Systems | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE4530 | Applied convex optimization | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE4565 | Propagation and Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE4675 | Object Classification with Radar | 4 EC | details | ||
| EE4715 | Array processing | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE4C05 | Electromagnetics | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE5020 | Sensor Signal and Data Processing | 4 EC | details | ||
| ET4147 | Signal processing for communications (not running) | 4 EC | details | ||
| ET4169 | Radar I: From Basic Principles to Applications | 5 EC | details | ||
| ET4175 | Radar II: Theory and System Design | 4 EC | details | ||
| ET4358 | Fundamentals of wireless communications | 5 EC | details | ||
| ET4386 | Estimation and detection | 5 EC | details |
MSc project proposals
Some examples of thesis topics (this list is not exhaustive):Thesis examples
| 2016 | Wilfred Boelhouwer | A Reconfigurable Antenna based on a Non-radiative Dielectric Waveguide with a Liquid Crystal Dielectric |
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Contact person
For more information about the research group, possible thesis topics, and suggestions for your ISP:prof.dr. Alexander Yarovoy
Microwave Sensing, Signals and Systems Group
Department of Microelectronics
