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.

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.

Opportunities

There are positions in electromagnetics and acoustics research available for exceptional students. The work will be focused on cutting edge scientific research as part of a multi-institutional team, with the potential for long-term funded support. Work will include a mixture of theoretical and numerical modeling and data analysis. If you are interested contact the director Dr. Lisa M Zurk.

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:

New Measurement Facility Unveiled



The NEAR-Lab Measurment Facility kicks off just in time for summer. Read More

Oceanographer, Barry Ma, to join NEAR-Lab

Congradulations to George Ogden, who graduated June 13th