Sensor systems (KC-2)

This is a three day intensive course providing an overview of modern sensors with an emphasis on active sensing. The course is:

• aimed at professional engineers and research scientists wishing to acquire a practical knowledge of modern sensors for measurement, and control in both civilian and military applications
• covers both passive sensing; infrared, microwave and acoustic; and active sensing, time of flight, Doppler, range and angular tracking as well as frequency modulation
• covers both background material and a number of case studies, and
• includes a series of lectures, together with tutorials showing various sensor principles.

• Graham Brooker

• The course aims to provide practical knowledge for engineers and scientists wishing to employ and develop advanced sensor systems.
• The course aims to provide attendees with a good practical knowledge of a broad range of sensor technologies and operational principles.
• This will allow them to select a sensor technology appropriate to a specific measurement application and to predict how well it will perform.
• The course emphasises practical implementations in both civilian and military applications.

• To provide background and practical skills necessary to select and analyse advanced sensor systems.

• This course is intended for practising control or systems engineers, first year graduate students or equivalent.
• Students are expected to have prior experience with probability theory, statistical methods, and state-space modelling techniques.

1. Sensors overview. Signals and modulation, passive sensors; infrared radiometers, imaging infrared, visible imaging and image Intensifiers.
2. Time of flight (TOF) measurement, imaging, and applications. Propagation effects. Target and clutter characteristics. Detection of targets in noise.
3. High range-resolution techniques, Doppler measurement. Millimetre wave radiometers. Radio tags and transponders.
4. Range estimation and tracking. Angle tracking. Tracking moving targets in 3D.
5. Phased array principles, synthetic aperture methods (SAR). 3D Imaging.

• Course content (pdf document 24kb)

• This course is run periodically at the ACFR facilities at The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• The course can be run at a company/institute site, providing appropriate (PC) facilities are made available for laboratory work.
• This course has a maximum enrolment of 15 students.
• For more information, please contact us - see Enquiries.

• Course materials consist of comprehensive course notes, slides used in course presentation, source code for laboratories, tutorials and tutorial solutions. Course material is provided in both printed hard-copy and in soft-copy (CD-ROM) form.

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• Course Lecture Presentations
  - 01Lec - Sensors and Signals Introduction.pdf
  - 02Lec - Signals and Modulation.pdf
  - 03Lec - Active Ranging Sensors.pdf
  - 04Lec - Doppler.pdf
  - 05Lec - Active Imaging Sensors.pdf
  - 06Lec - The Environment.pdf
  - 07Lec - Detection of Signals in Noise.pdf
  - 08Lec - High Range Resolution.pdf
  - 09Lec - High Angular Resolution.pdf
  - 10Lec - Introduction to Radiometry.pdf
  - 11Lec - Range and Angle Tracking.pdf
  - 12Lec - Tomography and 3D Imaging.pdf
• Course Lecture Notes
  - 01 Sensors and Signals Introduction.pdf
  - 02 Signal Processing and Modulation.pdf
  - 03 Radiometers and Image Intensifiers.pdf
  - 04 Millimetre Wave Radiometers.pdf
  - 05 Active Ranging Sensors.pdf
  - 06 Active Imaging Sensors.pdf
  - 07 Range Measurement Applications.pdf
  - 08 Signal Propagation.pdf
  - 09 Target and Clutter Characteristics.pdf
  - 10 Detection of Signals in Noise.pdf
  - 11 High Range-Resolution Techniques.pdf
  - 12 High Angular-Resolution Techniques.pdf
  - 13 Range and Angle Tracking.pdf
  - 14 Doppler Measurement.pdf
  - 15 Tracking Moving Targets.pdf
  - 16 Radio Tags and Transponders.pdf
  - 17 Tomography and 3D Imaging.pdf