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CAC - Research Areas

The following items are the leading research areas at the Center for Advanced Communications associated with the CAC faculty expertise:

Acoustics and Ultrasound

  • Evaluation and Improvement of Envelope Spectrum Technique for Bearing Fault Detection
    Dr. Ramazan Demirli
  • Partnership for Innovation in Acoustic and Ultrasound Technologies foe Medical and Industrial Applications
    Drs. Moeness Amin, Gary Gabriele, Yimin Zhang, and Mr. Dick Thompson
  • Through-the-Wall Target Detection and Classification for Achieving Transparent Urban Structures
    Drs. Moeness Amin, Ahmad Hoorfar, and Yimin Zhang

Devices & Power Electronics

  • Microwave and RF High Power Semiconductor Control Devices
    Dr. Robert Caverly

Educational Research

  • Curriculum Development in Systems for Smart Communications
    Drs. Robert Caverly, Moeness Amin, and Ahmad Hoorfar

Electromagnetics

  • Printed Wideband Metamaterial Antennas for Ballistic Panels
    Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Electromagnetic Modeling and Complex Natural Frequency Characterization of Objects Behind Walls
    PI: Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Electromagnetic Modeling And Measurement Of The V22
    Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Novel High Gain Printed Antennas For Millimeter-Wave Applications
    Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Development Of Efficient Antenna Optimization & Design Automation Tools
    Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Novel Electrically Small Antennas and Metamaterial High Impedance Surfaces
    Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar

GPS Technologies

  • Array Processing for Interference Suppression in GPS Receivers
    Dr. Moeness Amin
  • Signal Processing Techniques For Anti-Jamming GPS
    Dr. Moeness Amin

Radar Systems

  • Development of Through Wall Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing Algorithms
    Dr. Moeness Amin
  • Multipath Exploitation & Knowledge Based Urban Radar Imaging Using Compressive Sensing
    Drs. Fauzia Ahmad and Moeness Amin
  • Multilayered Wall Characteristic Extraction for Through Wall Radar Systems
    Drs. Fauzia Ahmad and Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Intelligent Remote Sensing for Urban Warfare Operations - PHASE II
    Drs. Moeness Amin, Ahmad Hoorfar, Bijan Mobasseri, and Fauzia Ahmad
  • Intelligent Remote Sensing for Urban Warfare Operations
    Drs. Moeness Amin, Ahmad Hoorfar, Bijan Mobasseri, and Fauzia Ahmad
  • Improved Target Detection in Urban Sensing Using Distributed Sensing and Fast Acquisition Techniques
    Dr. Moeness Amin
  • Reconfigurable Arrays and Signal Properties for Urban Sensing - PHASE II
    Drs. Robert Caverly, Moeness Amin, Ahmad Hoorfar, Bijan Mobasseri, and Fauzia Ahmad
  • Reconfigurable Arrays and Signal Properties for Urban Sensing
    Drs. Robert Caverly, Moeness Amin, Ahmad Hoorfar, Bijan Mobasseri, and Fauzia Ahmad
  • Interior Intelligence by Networked Sensing, Imaging and Global Hierarchical Tomography (I2NSIGHT)
    Drs. Ahmad Hoorfar, Moeness Amin, Fauzia Ahmad, and Yimin Zhang
  • Advanced Processing for Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging
    Drs. Moeness Amin
  • Through-The-Wall Microwave Imaging Radar
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Ahmad Hoofar
  • Characterization Near Field Scattering
    Dr. Moeness Amin
  • Advanced Signal Processing For Over-The-Horizon Radar Systems
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Yimin Zhang
  • Classification and Detection of Micro-Doppler Representation of Human Arm Swinging Motion
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Bijan Mobasseri

Sensor Technology

  • Nano-Spectrometers with Microstructured Optical Fibers for Chemical Sensing
    Dr. Rosalind Wynne
  • Polarimetric and Indoor Imaging Fusion Based on Compressive Sensing
    Dr. Moeness Amin
  • Joint Chemical Sensing with Microstructured Optical Fibers
    Dr. Rosalind Wynne

Thermal Management & Heat Transfer

  • An Investigation into the Application of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for Transient Thermal Management of Naval Electronics
    Drs. Amy Fleischer and Randy Weinstein

Wireless Communications

  • Authentication of Active Sonar in a Multiuser Environment
    Dr. Bijan Mobasseri
  • Sonar Identification and Authentication Using Embedded Digital Watermarks - PHASE II
    Dr. Bijan Mobasseri
  • Radio Frequency (RF) Modeling of Layered Composite Dielectric Building Materials
    Drs. Ahmad Hoorfar and Moeness Amin
  • RF Data Link Multi-Path Interference Mitigation Processing Solutions
    Drs. Yimin Zhang and Moeness Amin
  • Antenna Array Beamforming & Space-Time Processing Algorithms for Wideband Telemetry Digital Communications
    Drs. Yimin Zhang and Moeness Amin
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Lab
    Drs. Yimin Zhang and Moeness Amin
  • Development of Orphan Meter Detection Techniques
    Drs. Yimin Zhang and Moeness Amin
  • Seamless Non-Line-Of-Sight Communications For Urban Warfare
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Yimin Zhang
  • RF Data Link Multi-path Interference Mitigation
    Drs. Yimin Zhang and Moeness Amin
  • Digital Watermarking of Autonomous Vehicles Imagery and Video Communications
    Dr. Bijan G. Mobasseri
  • High-Rate Multiuser Cooperative Diversity Systems
    Dr. Yimin Zhang
  • Beamforming and Antenna Array Technologies for RF Tagging Applications
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Yimin Zhang
  • Wideband Active Diplexer Circuit
    Dr. Robert Caverly
  • Indoor Wireless Channel Modeling And Equalization
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Yimin Zhang
  • Smart Digital Video
    Dr. Bijan Mobasseri
  • Space-Time Coding For Wireless Communications
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Yimin Zhang
  • Integrated Antenna Characterization And Optimization For Breadcrumb Module
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Ahmad Hoorfar
  • Applications Of Smart Antennas To Rotorcrafts
    Drs. Moeness Amin and Ahmad Hoorfar

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