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



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Charvat, Gregory L., Jonathan H. Williams, Alan J. Fenn, Steve Kogon, and Jeffrey S. Herd. RES.LL-003 Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging, January IAP 2011. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 30 Jul, 2011). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


Student Results


Winners of the IAP 2011 Cantenna Radar Imaging Contest:  Tony Hyun Kim, Nevada Sanchez, and Paresh Malalur.




Gustavo’s Blog:

    Time Doppler Experiment

    Time Doppler with cars

    Range Time

    Improved Range Time

    SAR Imaging

    More SAR Imaging







Eric Williams, Spiros Mantzavinos, Kate Williams, and Galia Ghazi.



Documentation


Abstract on IAP 2011 website.


Block diagram, schematics, how-to instructions, and BOM.



Publications


G. L. Charvat, A. J. Fenn, and B. T. Perry "The MIT IAP radar course: build a small radar system capable of sensing range, doppler and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging" Atlanta, GA: IEEE Radar Conference, May 2012.


Science on Saturday, Radar,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory, March 31 2012.


G. L. Charvat, J. H. Williams A. J. Fenn, S. M. Kogon, J. S. Herd.“The MIT IAP 2011 radar course: build a small radar system capable of sensing range, doppler, & SAR,” The Boston Chapters of the IEEE Life Members, AP-S, AES, and GRSS, May 24, 2011. IEEE Boston section Education Society and Women in Engineering, September 13, 2011 (click on video on right).


Adaptation


University of Vermont:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idkDrHQES0U


Erasmus Mundus Space Masters Round 7 class, IRF, Kiruna, Sweden - April 2012:

http://usuthu65.smugmug.com/Professional/EU-Space-Masters-7-Kiruna/22724408_KcmXgB#!i=1821870804&k=XZ6F4rx


University of California Davis:

http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~lxgliu/sd_radar/2012fall/2012.05.EEC193.Flyer.pdf


Michigan State University:

http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ece480/capstone/fall11/group07/file/Home.html


Dangerous Prototypes:

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/11/14/defcon-19-build-your-own-radar-system/


MIT Lincoln Laboratory internal radar course.


MITRE internal radar course.


MITRE, the Young Women in Engineering event.


MIT 6.002x Mongolia:

http://6002x.blogspot.com/


MIT Embedded Design, a final project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Qw0mwoU3k&feature=youtu.be


MIT Professional Education top-rated course of 2011:

http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/radar_systems.html


Press & Blogs


Brian Benchoff, ‘Build a $360 synthetic aperture radar with MIT’s Opencourseware,’ December 18, 2012,

http://hackaday.com/2012/12/18/build-a-360-synthetic-aperture-radar-with-mits-opencourseware/


D. Schneider, “Coffee-can radar, how to build a synthetic-aperture imaging system with tin cans and AA batteries, “ IEEE Spectrum Magazine, November 2012.


J. Baichtal, ‘DIY Coffee Can Radar,’

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/06/29/diy-coffee-can-radar/


S. Reagan, 'Coffee Can Doppler Radar Set,' January 17, 2012.

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/17/coffee-can-doppler-radar-set/


http://www.radioamateur.org/newsradio/affiche_newsradio.php?id=818&cat_id=&p=


S. Reagan, 'Seeing EM Waves With a Single LED,' December 13, 2011.

http://blog.makezine.com/2011/12/13/seeing-em-waves-with-a-single-led/


http://www.engadget.com/tag/greg+charvat/


D. Ryan, "MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers introduce students to radar engineering," Massachusetts

Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, April 2011.

http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/iapradarcourse.html


A. Abazorius, "A modern approach to radar," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL, Febraury 24,

2011.

http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1436


http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/how-to-coffee-can-radar.html


http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/coffee-can-radar.html


http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/02/a-radar-coffee-cans/

MIT IAP 2011 Radar Course Cantenna Radar System


Misc. Student Results

January 2011