Project Details


In conjunction with several professionals at CSU, we will be studying Dual Polarization Radar Signal Processing for our senior design project. Some aspects of radar signal processing that we will be studying in depth include: clutter removal, range ambiguity, and velocity ambiguity. These topics will be studied by Joe Hoatam, Aaron Nielsen, and Josh Merritt, repectfully. Upon getting a grasp of these issues, we will be begin studying algorithms to counteract these issues. Below is our proposed schedule of our studies up until Thanksgiving break.


Schedule

Week
DatesActivities
1
August 21 - 27Project selection
2
August 28 - September 3Project details discussed with Dr. Chandra
3
September 4 - September 10Project details discussed with Dr. Chandra
4
September 11 - 17Meeting with graduate students, requested books from Atomspheric Science library
5
September 18 - 24Visit to CHILL, initial research on radars using recommended books
6
September 25 - October 1Presentation on basics of radar, equations, and history
7
October 2 - October 8Presentation on continuous wave versus pulsed radar, Doppler effect, use in Pulse Doppler radar, and Klystron amplifier
8
October 9 - October 15Additional details on previous presentation and research on Doppler radar signal theory
9
October 16 - October 22Presentation on Doppler radar signal theory
10
October 23 - October 29Work with simulation data and presentation on results
11
October 30 - November 5Presentation on individual problems that will be investigated (clutter, range ambiguity, velocity ambiguity)
12
November 6 - 12Research more on problems and solutions that have be implemented
13
November 13 - 19Presentation on solutions for problems in radar signal processing
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November 20 - 26Thanksgiving break
14-15
November 27 - December 8Final presentation and first semester written report
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December 9 - January 15Christmas Break (Complete research on individual technical papers)
1-2
January 16 - January 26Presentation on individual research papers
3-4
January 27 - February 10Begin research on provided CHILL data
5
February 10 - 17Presentation on initial conclusions
6-9
February 17 - March 23Continued research on individual projects, final conclusions
10
March 23 - March 30Presentation on final conclusions
11-12
March 31 - April 13Prepare final project for E-days (April 13th), submit final report to Nitin for review
13-14
March 14 - April 27Turn in final report (due on April 26th)