EE - Radio Frequency Sensing with Software Defined Radios

The research involves the investigation of non-contact sensing via the transmission and reception of radio frequency signals using software defined radios.  The anticipated application involves the detection of heart-induced responses from different body sections (e.g., torso, ankle, wrist) to estimate response delays between the measurement sites.  For this application, the student(s) would participate in measurements and subsequent analysis of the collected data.  An alternative would involve the analysis of previously collected data for a different applications, where the objective of the research would be to characterize phenomena elicited from the collected data sets.

Name of research group, project, or lab
Pratt Lab
Website
https://prattlab.nd.edu/
Why join this research group or lab?

Dr. Pratt's research is highly applied and tends to leverage software defined radios configured with multiple transmit and/or receive ports for sensing.  

Logistics Information:
Project categories
Electrical Engineering
Student ranks applicable
Junior
Senior
Student qualifications

The research will involve the development and application of signal processing algorithms using Matlab.

Hours per week
1 credit / 3-6 hours
Compensation
Research for Credit
Number of openings
2
Techniques learned

Signal processing

Data collection with software defined radios 

 

Project start
Fall semester
Contact Information:
Mentor
Thomas Pratt
tpratt@nd.edu
Research Professor
Name of project director or principal investigator
Prof. T. Pratt
Email address of project director or principal investigator
tpratt@nd.edu
2 sp. | 0 appl.
Hours per week
1 credit / 3-6 hours
Project categories
Electrical Engineering