RADAR IMAGING LABORATORY

The Radar Imaging Lab provides fully automated Doppler and scattered field measurements in fully controlled, semi-controlled, and uncontrolled indoor environments over a wide frequency range. It is equipped with a coherent pulse-Doppler ultrawideband imaging radar system and a powerful two-dimensional RF scanning system that allows large aperture, large bandwidth full-polarization imaging of stationary, rotating, and moving objects behind both exterior and interior grade walls. The Lab houses two linear positioners, each 6m long, that can emulate accelerating, vibrating, and constant velocity motion profiles. The Radar Imaging Lab also has resources to perform measurement of the electrical properties (dielectric constant and loss tangent) of materials using a network analyzer.

Area of Expertise

Through-the-Wall Imaging and Urban Sensing
High-Resolution Imaging Systems
Radar Signal Processing
Array signal processing
Indoor Source Localization
Compressive Radar Sensing
Over-the-Horizon Radar

Facilities

Agilent ENA 5071B Vector Network Analyzers
Agilent ESG E4438C Vector Signal Generator
Agilent 33220A Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Agilent Infiniium 54855A Digital Oscilloscope
Damaskos Inc. Field Probe 2D Scanner, Model 7X7Y
UWB Pulse-Doppler Radar System with 8-element Vivaldi Array, 1.5-4.5GHz operational frequency range
BAE Systems H-1479 Wideband Horn Antennas
ETS-Lindgren 3164-04 Dual-Polarized Wideband Quad-Ridge Antennas
20' Long Computer Controlled Linear Positioners by Exonics Systems
Variety of Reflectors (Dihedrals, Trihedrals, Spheres)
Antenna Mounts and Tripods
Agilent 85071E Materials Measurement Software
Dual-Processor Dell Workstations
Matlab/Simulink

CAC RESEARCHERS

Dr. Moeness Amin, Director

Dr. Amin has made major contributions to advances in the theory of signal and array processing with applications to radar, sonar, communications, satellite navigations, ultrasound, healthcare, and RFID. These contributions are captured in three books, 22 book chapters and over 800 publications with more than 20,000 citations and an H-index of 72. His numerous honors include the 2017 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science and Technology, the 2016 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, the 2016 IET Achievement Medal and the 2014 IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award. MORE...

Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar

Dr. Hoorfar is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Antenna Research Laboratory. He has contributed research in electromagnetic field theory, multifunction, wideband and low-profile antennas, miniaturized antennas, metamaterial media and surfaces, through-the-wall sensing and imaging radar, evolutionary computational methods and antenna measurement techniques. Among the sponsors for his research are the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, DARPA, Army Research Lab, Naval Air Warfare Center and numerous companies. Dr. Hoorfar has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference papers, written more than 150 technical reports, and been an invited speaker at various international symposia in his key research areas. MORE...

Dr. Robert Caverly

Dr. Caverly is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Microwave and Electromagnetics Laboratory where his research interests include characterization of semiconductor devices such as PIN diodes and FETs in the microwave and radio frequency control environment. From 2014–2016, he traveled the world as a Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, an IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) appointment for those recognized as experts in their fields. He is also involved in analog and digital CMOS VLSI design, an area where he has taught a number of workshops, as well as courses at Villanova. Dr. Caverly is the author of more than 100 journal and conference papers and two books. MORE...

Dr. Rosalind Wynne

Dr. Wynne is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Laboratory for Lightwave Devices. Her expertise is in photonics, fiber optic devices and sensors and microstructured fiber sensors for chemicals, biomaterials and hazardous materials. She teaches undergraduate courses in Introduction to Optoelectronics, Electronic Materials and Devices, and Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, and graduate courses in Introduction to Photonics and Optical Communications. She was recently awarded a Manufacturing PA grant focusing on the optimization of microelectromechanical systems fabrication, assembly and packaging. MORE...

Dr. Meltem Izzetoglu

An assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dr. Izzetoglu is director of the Biomedical Signals, Systems and Analysis Laboratory, where her focus of study is the brain. She has collaborated with researchers throughout the Philadelphia region and within and between universities both nationally and internationally. Current research includes aging studies, semantic memory recall and sustained attention research, and next-generation functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based optical brain imaging systems, for which she was awarded a Manufacturing PA grant. MORE...

CAC NEWS

Dr. Amin’s 800 Publications Pass 20,000 Citations with H-Index of 72

Dr. Moeness Amin, director of Villanova University's Center for Advanced Communications, reached an important milestone in his three decades of research and scholarship. His published work, which includes more than 250 journal papers and 550 conference papers, all while at Villanova, has exceeded 20,000 citations with an H-index of 72.

Professor Robert Caverly, PhD, Named Recipient of 2020 Outstanding Faculty Research Award

Dr. Robert Caverly, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Microwave and Electromagnetics Laboratory was recognized for his impressive scholarship and reputation in microwave control circuitry. The award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates the highest standards of excellence in research, scholarship and contributions to their field.

Dr. Rosalind Wynne, Director, Laboratory for Lightwave Devices

CAC Researchers Awarded Grants through Manufacturing PA Initiative

Manufacturing PA awarded academic-industry research grants to Electrical and Computer Engineering’s Drs. Rosalind Wynne and Meltem Izzetoglu. Dr. Wynne is partnering with Avo Photonics on “Manufacturing Process, Assembly and System Yield Optimization for Microelectromechanical Systems Devices,” while Dr. Izzetoglu is developing a smart brain imager in collaboration with Infrascan, Inc.