Kamal Sarabandi: News

Rao’s research in miniaturized antennas is applicable to VHF band and 5G applications

ECE faculty member Sarabandi was recognized for his contributions to the science and technology of radar remote sensing.

Roberts works to improve remote sensing of soil moisture, which is important for environmental conservation, natural resource management, and agriculture.

Prof. Kamal Sarabandi and ECE PhD student Navid Barani won a best paper award for their research on how biological cells may use electromagnetic signal transmission to communicate.

Six ECE graduate students were selected for their outstanding research work in a variety of disciplines.

Sarabandi is an internationally-renowned researcher in the areas of applied electromagnetics and remote sensing.

U-M researchers have created a new means of enabling reliable wireless underwater communication, which could aid military, environmental, and conservation purposes.

The intensive workshop brings together outstanding women who are graduate students or postdocs interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering and computer science.

Predicting future disasters is an important goal of those participating in the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, U-M ECE takes a look back – and a look forward – to how our professors, students, and alums have made their mark on the field.

Second Prize overall went to doctoral student Xiuzhang Cai for his radar target classification research applicable to autonomous vehicles.

Mostafa Zaky has built an award-winning model that helps estimate the amount of water stored in snowpacks, which could improve climate change and flood forecasting, as well as overall water resource management.

EECS-ECE PhD student Navid Barani received the IEEE APS Doctoral Research Award for his work modeling how bacteria use electromagnetic waves to communicate, which could lead to medical breakthroughs.

Prof. Kamal Sarabandi reviews a University focused on collaboration

The satellite mission to collect global data of surface soil moisture can help weather forecasting around the world.

The group brought together experts in radar and remote sensing, integrated circuits, imaging, navigation, power, communications, and nano-fabrication.

Kamal Sarabandi has expanded radar capabilities in applications ranging from low earth orbit to thousands of feet underground.

The paper outlines a better way to quantify forest structure, which has been successful in two tree species.

Yektakhah’s system improves on the speed, portability, and accuracy of many commercial models

The AAAS seeks to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.

Armin’s research is focused on the development of a sub-millimeter-wave radar system for the next generation of navigation and imaging sensors.

Choi has developed a new technique for testing these antennas based on very-near-field measurements and a newly-developed, high-precision formula to compute the antenna’s radiation fields.

Mohammad has developed a new way to remotely measure the thickness of ice and snow with a technology he calls wideband autocorrelation radiometry (WiBAR).

Amr is investigating both the unique advantages and the performance limitations of radar systems operating at 240 GHz in typical outdoor environments.

The Stephen S. Attwood award is the highest honor awarded to a faculty member by the College of Engineering. Prof. Sarabandi has shaped the field of radar remote sensing for more than twenty years.

KACST will provide manpower and will collaborate with Michigan faculty and students on their projects.

Along with alumni, there were current and former faculty members, current students, friends, and colleagues, including several program managers, in attendance.

The SMAP mission is NASA’s most ambitious sensing project yet for measuring global soil moisture levels.

The Mikio Takagi Student Prize is given to the top three Student Prize Paper Awards granted at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

These students received the award based on their participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.

Several of the cubes enabled research to progress to the point that faculty are applying for larger grants to continue the work.

Sarabandi’s lectures and presentations are known for being extremely clear and reflecting the highest research standards.

The technology could potentially identify a hidden weapon from a distance in less than a second.

The goal of MCubed is to jumpstart novel, high-risk and transformative research projects.

The primary advance shown in this research as compared to earlier work is the successful use of a 3-D potential force field.

The applications Dagefu’s research include wireless channel characterization, radar through-wall imaging, and distributed sensor networks.

Oh’s research focuses on designing highly miniaturized planar antennas with vertical polarization and high radiation efficiency.

Sarabandi’s research encompasses a range of topics in the area of applied electromagnetics, and has been principal investigator on NASA projects related to remote sensing.

Thiel’s detection method allows the analysis of human backscattering within a realistic building environment.

For his research, Benson plans to utilize SAR in order to estimate variable vegetated parameters and monitor the planet’s crustal movement.

This professorship recognizes all the excellent work Prof. Sarabandi does on applied electromagnetics, in the classroom, and for the department.