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Plenary Talk1
Ground Penetrating Radar for Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine
Presenter | Motoyuki Sato |
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Affiliation | Tohoku University (Japan) |
Motoyuki Sato received the B.E., M.E degrees, and Dr. Eng. degree in information engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1980, 1982 and 1985, respectively. Since 1997 he has been a professor at Tohoku University until his retirement in 2023, and currently he is Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University. He was a distinguished professor of Tohoku University 2007-2011, the director of Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University 2009-2013. He is CEO of ALISys Co., Ltd, which he established in 2019
His current interests include transient electromagnetics and antennas, radar polarimetry, ground penetrating radar (GPR), borehole radar, electromagnetic induction sensing, GB-SAR and MIMO radar systems. He developed GPR sensors for humanitarian demining, and they are used in mine affected countries including Cambodia and Ukraine.
He served the technical chair of GPR1996 in Sendai and the general chair of IGARSS2011 Sendai-Vancouver. He is a life fellow of IEEE and a fellow of IEICE.
Abstract
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a useful technique for detecting buried landmines. Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) sensor can detect metal parts included in a plastic mine, and GPR can image the shape of the plastic body which contains explosive material. We have developed a sensor which combines EMI sensor with GPR, and this sensor is now working in mine fields in mine affected countries including Cambodia, Colombia and Ukraine. In this plenary talk, I will show the technologies used in this hand-held GPR sensor and introduce our recent activities in mine affected countries.
Supported by International Exchange Program of National
Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
