Mission

The NEAR-Lab focus is on the modeling and analysis of electromagnetic and acoustic wave phenomenon for development of advanced signal processing techniques. The understanding of wave scattering provides a basis to devise and evaluate advanced signal processing algorithms for applications such as radar, sonar, and biomedical imaging. The NEAR-Lab was founded and is currently directed by Prof. Lisa M. Zurk; Prof. Martin Siderius is co-director.

Research

NEAR-Lab research projects have applications to a broad range of critical problems including underwater passive and active sonar systems, terahertz detection of explosive devices, port and coastal security networks, biomedical sensors for patient monitoring, and monitoring of critical environmental components such as salmon population, coral reefs and water resources.

Affiliation

The NEAR-Lab is part of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University.

Lab News:

Reid McCargar to receive 2012 Dean's Lottery Award. Read More

NEAR-Lab director Lisa Zurk named Maseeh Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Read More

Dr. Elizabeth Küsel joins the NEAR-Lab as Post-Doctoral research assistant. Read More

The NEAR-Lab teams up with Lincoln High School to provide students with a valuable summer learning experience. Read More

Jorge Quijano wins best student paper at ASA Baltimore. Read More