CFRSL
is a research lab within the School of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida
in Orlando, Florida. The CFRSL laboratory is headed by Dr.
W. Linwood Jones and the deputy lab director is Dr. Takis
Kasparis. The lab employs undergraduate, masters and Ph.D.
students who are pursuing degrees in Electrical Engineering
Mission Statement:
To
promote satellite remote sensing and communications technologies
CFRSL Area of Specializations:
Electromagnetics:
Atmospheric propagation & radiative transfer
modeling Communications:
Satellite communications & radar systems
On-orbit antenna/sensor calibration Satellite Remote
Sensing:
Microwave sensor computer simulation
Remote sensing geophysical algorithm development
Current research projects:
QuikSCAT Ocean Wind Vector Science Team, Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission Science Team, High-Resolution Microwave
Radiometer and UHF Satellite Communications. The lab receives
grant funding from federal agencies and industrial sponsors
such as: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, and Langley Research Center; and Raytheon Co.
- St. Petersburg