Synthetic radar imaging

Mehrdad Soumekh

Dr. Soumekh is an expert in radar and medical image processing. He is especially recognized for his work in analyzing synthetic radar images. He is funded by the AFOSR. He is the Director of the SAR High Performance Computing Laboratory. The objective of this laboratory is to develop high-speed signal processing and image formation algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. Under the sponsorship of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, a High Performance Computing (HPC) laboratory is established for analyzing the merits of various advanced SAR data collection and information processing algorithms such as Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM) chirp radar signaling and PRF staggering schemes for Electronic Counter Counter-Measure (ECCM), along-track monopulse SAR for Moving Target Detection (MTD), rejection of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) in FOliage PENetrating (FOPEN) SAR, alias-free processing of wide-beamwidth FOPEN SAR data, reconnaissance with Circular SAR (CSAR), and parallel architectures for near real-time image formation (Range Stacking) in FOPEN and Ground PENetrating (GPEN) SAR systems.

The SAR HPC laboratory is intended to establish the means by which the collaborative efforts between Dr. Soumekh and the Air Force and Navy laboratories are continued. It is anticipated that this collaboration would not only enhance the quality of research-related education at University at Buffalo but also would yield results which are of significance to the research programs of the Department of Defense.