ENME489Y: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Remote Sensing

Credits: 3

Semesters Offered

Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
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Learning Objectives

Analysis and design of active and passive remote sensing techniques including light detection and ranging (lidar), radar, and digital image processing. Completion of a project employing the course material, CAD, rapid prototyping, and data collection & processing. 

Topics Covered

  • Lidar remote sensing: active and passive, digitizing and photon counting, data acquisition and processing
  • Radar remote sensing: active and passive, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), radar cross section, data acquisition and processing
  • Computer vision: image blurring, masking, edge detection, Hough transforms
  • Programming in Linux, Python, and OpenCV

 

Additional Course Information

Instructor 

Mitchell, Steven E.

Textbook 

None required.

Class/Laboratory Schedule 

  • Two 75 minute lectures per week
Last Updated By 
Steve Mitchell, June 2017