Name: Richard Thomas Lord Occupation: Electrical Engineer Address: [please email me] Telephone: [please email me] Email: rlord ebe.uct.ac.za
Date of Birth: 18 May 1972 Place of Birth: Windhoek, Namibia Identity Number: [please email me] Nationality: South African Marital Status: Married Languages: English, German and Afrikaans
Fluently spoken, read and writtenDriving Licence: Code A and EB, no restrictions
Jan 2002 - Oct 2002: Postdoctoral research at the German Aerospace Institute (DLR),
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany2000: PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Cape Town 1994: BSc (Electrical Engineering) with first class honours,
University of Cape TownThe title of my PhD thesis is: "Aspects of Stepped-Frequency Processing for Low-Frequency SAR Systems."
This thesis investigates the use of stepped-frequency waveforms to synthetically increase the total radar bandwidth to obtain higher range resolution, applied to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. It also investigates methods to suppress Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), which significantly degrades the image quality of SAR systems operating in the VHF/UHF-Band.
Sport: Aikido club member: 1991 - 1992
Squash club member: 1992 - 1994
Tai Chi club member: 1997 - 1999, club chairperson 1998 - 1999Other: Ballroom Dancing society member: 1993 - 2000
Tutoring for Electromagnetic Course in 1995
- National Research Foundation (NRF) Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2002
- Trevor Wadley Fellowship awarded by the NRF, 1997 and 1998
- ECSA Medal of Merit for best student graduating with the degree of BSc (Eng), 1994
- Siemens Prize for best thesis written by a final year Electrical Engineering student, 1994
- ALTECH Prize, 1994
- Electrical Engineering Fourth Year Class Medal, 1994
- Cape Town Corporation Silver Gilt Medal, 1994
- Electrical Engineering Third Year Class Medal, 1993
- Cape Town Corporation Bronze Medal, 1992
- Electrical Engineering Second Year Class Medal, 1992
- On Computer Science Merit List, August 1992 - August 1993
- Class medallist for Physics 222H, 1992
- AECI Award for best first year student, 1991
1979 - 1984: Primary School: Deutsche Schule Windhoek, Namibia 1985 - 1990: Secondary School: Deutsche Oberschule Windhoek, Namibia School Certificate: Cape Senior Certificate, Full Matriculation Exemption, 1990
Subjects Passed Grade Symbol English (first language) Higher Grade B German (first language) Higher Grade B Afrikaans (2nd language) Higher Grade B Mathematics Higher Grade A Physical Science Higher Grade A Technical Drawing Higher Grade A Aggregate A
Senior School Activities and Achievements:At high school I took actively part in our school's annual athletics and swimming events, apart from attending Karate lessons. As co-editor of our school's pupil's magazine and as a school prefect I developed my leadership and organisational skills. I also took trombone and theory of music lessons at the conservatoire for music in Windhoek, and was part of our school's theatre group. This allowed me to enjoy an active extra-mural and social life.
Extra-Mural Activities and Achievements:
Offices Held: School Prefect, 1989 - 1990
Co-editor of school's pupil's magazine, 1989
Class captain, 1987 - 1988School Awards: 1990 - Won Science Trophy for achievements in Physical Science
1990 - Won Hannah Callard Trilingual Trophy
1989 - Completed a course in Electronics and Computer Science
1989 - Winner of Std. 9 Mathematics Olympiad in Namibia
1988 - Won school's annual speech competition
1986 - First prize in Rössing's "Young Scientists" competitionSport: Karate, brown belt, 1985 - 1990 Other: Member of school's theatre group, 1986 - 1990
Trombone, Grade 5, distinction pass, 1990
Theory of Music, Grade 6, merit pass, 1989
Management Skills:
- Management of sub-contract work in the Radar Remote Sensing Group (RRSG) at UCT
- Assistance with the budget of the RRSG
- Research assistance to postgraduate students
Interpersonal Skills:
- Confident leadership skills
- Ability to communicate well
- Excellent team working skills
PC Skills:
- Unix (Linux, Solaris), MS Windows, DOS
- IDL, C, familiar with C++, Python
- MathCAD, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Linux utilities
- Radar Remote Sensing
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Signal Processing
- Digital Signal Processing
- Image Processing
- Radar Applications
Nov 2002 - present: Senior Scientific Research Officer at the Radar Remote Sensing Group at the University of Cape Town.
Responsibilities include:
- Actively involved with the design of an airborne X-Band SAR demonstrator system (SASAR II);
- Responsible for the signal processing of SASAR II;
- Simulation studies and system level design of a space-borne SAR system;
- Simulation studies and system level design of an unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) SAR system;
- Contract work for Kentron, OTB, SunSpace, Reutech and CSIR Defencetek.
Jan 2002 - Oct 2002: Postdoctoral research at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
Accomplishments include:
- Involvement with the development of synthetic aperture radar processing algorithms for the future German TerraSAR-X remote sensing satellite;
- Development of a space-borne SpotLight SAR simulator, which can accurately simulate raw SpotLight SAR data;
- Investigation of approximations of a SpotLight SAR processor, which was developed by a colleague at the DLR.
Mar 2000 - Dec 2001: Scientific Research Officer at the University of Cape Town.
Accomplishments include:
- Processing of stepped-frequency data for the CSIR's RoofSAR system;
- Writing of time-domain SAR processor;
- Presentation of Introductory and Advanced Radar Course;
- Presentation of Basic Course in IDL at UCT.
1991, 1992, 1993: Vacation work for SWAWEK (Namibia) in the December holidays
- IEEE Member (Member Number: 80064174), 2005 to date
- IEEE Student Member (Member Number: M3845922), 1994 - 2000
- SAIEE Student Member, 1994 - 1995
- Reading (magazines such as "Discover", "Men's Health", "Personal Finance", and scientific and philosophical books)
- Dancing
- Hiking
Prof. Michael R. Inggs
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Cape Town
Private Bag
7701 Rondebosch
South AfricaTel: +27 (0) 21 - 650 2799
Fax: +27 (0) 21 - 650 3465
Email: mikingsebe.uct.ac.za
Michael Eineder
German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Oberpfaffenhofen
D-82234 Wessling
GermanyTel: +49 (0) 8153 - 28 1396
Fax: +49 (0) 8153 - 28 1444
Email: Michael.Einederdlr.de
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