Dr Robert Watson BEng, PhD (Essex), MIEEE
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
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Research interests
My research interests are in mainly in the area of radio science applied to
radio propagation and remote sensing:
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Atmospheric radar (weather radars) and radiometer technology
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Active and passive remote sensing techniques (e.g., signals
of opportunity for atmospheric science)
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Radio propagation modelling and prediction 1-100 GHz (e.g., parabolic
equation modelling, rain scattering, scattering from vegetation, indoor/urban ray-tracing)
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Passive radar (in collaboration with University
of Adelaide)
- Bistatic
and multistatic netted radar (especially at millimetre-wave
frequencies)
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CIRCE mission: L1/L2/L5 GPS receiver science payload:
TOPCAT II
- Global
Navigation Satellite System technology (e.g., GAARDIAN,
SENTINEL, AJR, tropospheric delay modelling, GNSS jamming and
jammer location hardware development)
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Compact Rb & Cs vapour atomic clocks: low noise, high precision analogue design, RF synthesizer design
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RF engineering: low phase-noise frequency synthesizer design, software defined radio (SDR), antenna design
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ESA Phase 0 study: ROARS, GNSS science receiver
Research collaborators include:
Chronos Technology ,
Defence Science & Technology Laboratory,
Raytheon UK ,
Met Office ,
Navtech Radar ,
CPI TMD Technologies,
Biral ,
Inmarsat/Viasat,
Starion UK .
Teaching activities
My current teaching activities are:
- EE12003 - Fundamentals of E&EE:
Extreme environments, temperature, vacuum, ionising radiation and vibration. Electronics in the space environment.
- EE22004 - Core Engineering Concepts:
Baseband communication, wireless systems, communication networks e.g., satellite, optical, mobile 5G & 6G.
- EE22006 - Topics in E&EE :
Phase- and delay-locked-loops, multiple access (TDMA, FDMA, xWDM, CDMA), communication channels
- EE30031 - Digital Communications:
Channel coding, advanced modulation techniques, spread-spectrum systems
- EE40136 - Radar Systems & Remote Sensing:
Real and synthetic aperture radar, radiometry. Old antenna notes here
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Previous teaching: manufacturing, digital signal processing, antennas & propagation, RF engineering.
Professional activities: learned societies
Professional activities: taught programmes external examination
- Postgraduate, UK Defence Academy, University of Cranfield,
MSc in Military Electronics Systems Engineering: MESE 2015-2018, advisory 2024-
- Undergraduate, University of Essex, Dept of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering
MEng & BEng degrees 2017-2021
- Undergraduate, University of Lincoln, College of Science, Electronic Engineering,
MEng & BEng degrees 2020-2024
Professional activities: external examiner for research degrees
- University of Birmingham, PhD, RF engineering, quantum-related radar
- University College London, PhD,EngD, various radar related topics
- University of Durham, DPhil, propagation modelling and measurements
- University of Warwick, PhD, GNSS systems
- University of Essex, PhD, various electromagnetics topics
- University of Hull, PhD, rain attenuation modelling, instrumentation
- University of Portsmouth, PhD, satellite systems modelling
- University of Adelaide, PhD, radio propagation modelling
Contact details
- Room: University of
Bath, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Building
2 East, Level 4, Room 4.6.
- Telephone: +44
(0)1225 386393
- Email:
