DESIGN, FABRICATION AND MEASUREMENTS OF AN S-BAND RADAR IN AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM

To my family iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work would have been impossible to finish without the help and encouragement of many people. First, I would like to thank Professor Paul Siqueira, my advisor, for giving me the chance to work on this project. His advice and help have been really important to make this happen. I would like to thank Dustin for his bright ideas and his help when building the system and testing it. Thanks to Krzysztof because, without his lessons in the workshop and his advice, this radar would have never been tangible. I cannot forget the antennas ’ guy, thanks Chen for designing them. Thanks Sheila for accompanying me, and the radar, to the hangar. And thank you, Kan and Yang, for your help in the data processing. Finally, a big thanks to my parents. My little adventure in the U.S. and this thesis would have never happened without their unconditional support, thank you for everything. i