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Doctor Program
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January 2006

Xiao Jieying (China), Ph.D Thesis "Monitoring dust/sand storm and desertification using remote sensing and meteorological data" (Doctor of Sciences)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
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January 2006

I Wayan Sandi Adnyana (Indonesia), Ph.D Thesis "Study on monitoring land use changes and erosion in the highland of Bali" (Doctor of Sciences)
3. July 2006 David Delaune (France), Ph.D Thesis "Study on a simple satellite-tracking array antenna for mobile satellite communications in Japan" (Doctor of Engineering)
4. 1 February 2007 Toshimitsu Tanaka (Japan), Ph.D Thesis "Study on tracking antenna system for mobile satellite communications (Doctor of Engineering)
5. 19 January 2007 Rohmatulloh (Indonesia), Ph.D Thesis "Global percent tree cover mapping using regression tree method" (Doctor of Science)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
6. 19 January 2007 Adel Shalaby (Egypt), Ph.D Thesis "Land sustability assessment for some crops in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt using remote sensing and GIS" (Doctor of Science)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
7. 24 January 2007 Gerry Bagtasa (Phillipine), Ph.D Thesis "Application of portable automated lidar to the mass extinction efficiency of deliquescent aerosols in troposphere and cloud classification in satellite images" (Doctor of Science)(Supervisor : Hiroaki Kuze)
8. 30 July 2007 Thomas G. Ngigi (Kenya), Ph.D. Thesis "Mix-Unmix Classifier : A Proposal for Solving Under-Determined Models in (Linear) Spectral Unmixing" (Doctor of Science) (Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
9. 30 January 2009 Merna Baharuddin (Indonesia), Ph.D. Thesis, "Development of microstrip antenna for circularly polarized synthetic aperture radar " (Doctor of Engineering) *** [Download Thesis]

Abstract :
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an active sensor that can produce high resolution imagery in microwave bands. The use of microwave frequencies enables penetration through clouds, and even through forest canopy for lower frequency bands. A circularly polarized SAR (CP-SAR) to be launched onboard a micro-satellite is currently developed in the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MRSL) of the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University. As part of the project, an airborne CP-SAR development is also undertaken in order to obtain sufficient knowledge of CP-SAR sensor systems. An L-band CP-SAR system will be designed for operation onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Conventional SAR systems have been based on linearly polarized (LP) antenna systems. However, there are limitations due to the propagation phenomena such as the variation of geometric distance between the radar system and the Earth, the occurrence of a phase shift when microwave strikes smooth, reflective surfaces, etc. Especially for space propagation, electromagnetic waves propagating through the ionosphere interact with electrons and magnetic fields. As a result, the polarization vector of the electric field is tilted by the Faraday rotation effect.The destructive effects mentioned above of a SAR sensor with linear polarization can be solved by the use of CP-SAR. The operational frequency is chosen to be 1.27 GHz in L-band considering its superior features on particular applications. To investigate the new SAR sensor with CP antennas, in this dissertation, CP microstrip elements are proposed and developed to be implemented in an array antenna for the CP-SAR sensor onboard an UAV. The numerical simulations and the measurement results are shown and discussed.
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30 January 2009 Luhur Bayuaji (Indonesia", Ph.D Thesis, "Application of differential interferometry synthetic aperture radar data to disaster monitoring" (Doctor of Engineering) *** [download thesis]

Abstract :
Disasters, both natural and man-made, are increasing in their frequency and catastrophic impact in Indonesia. Earthquake, flood, landside, subsidence are only a few to mention. Disaster, in the true sense, always occur involving human beings, especially as victims. Due to the lack or inadequate disaster prevention and mitigation strategies in Indonesia, the impact of disasters which they do occur is much greater than in other developed countries. Disaster detection and monitoring are essential aspect in disaster mitigation and it’s conventionally done by ground survey. Nowadays, remote sensing, both in optical and radar sensor, plays important role on disaster mitigation. In tropical region such as Indonesia, data retrieved by radar sensor provide some information which hard to obtain by optical sensor. Radar interferometry is an imaging technique for measuring the geodetic information of terrain by exploiting phase information of the backscattered radar signal from ground surface to retrieve the altitude or displacement of the objects. Differential Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) is one of well known the radar interferometry techniques that allow us to investigate surface deformation phenomena with a centimeter to millimeter accuracy and with a large spatial coverage. It has been increasing used to monitor ground surface displacements, which may be caused by various natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, avalanches or human activities such as mining activities, groundwater extraction, etc. Typically, ii displacement information was being collected through field measurement which has many disadvantages such as time consuming, hazardous and few point locations. This dissertation will reveal the ability and advantages of DInSAR as efficient and cost-effective method for subsidence disaster monitoring in tropical area which were caused by natural disaster and human activities. In this dissertation, DInSAR will be integrated with ground survey data and Geographic Information System (GIS) to provide better result and analysis. In the future, further development of this dissertation is to create integrated system to reinforce subsidence assessment method and mitigate potential risk to infrastructure, live and environment. The study sites in this dissertation are Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia for urban disaster monitoring and Sidoarjo, east Java province for man-made disaster monitoring. Jakarta has serious subsidence problem which give impact to infrastructure and worsening flood impact every year. Sidoarjo experiences subsidence because of continuous and enormous volume of geological hot mud eruption which is triggered by gas exploration drilling. Both sites have similarities that the subsidences are caused by natural and human activities. The selection of suitable interferometric pairs is limited by temporal separations of the acquired SAR images as well as the characteristics of the iii site. The pairs with good coherence were selected for further processing. The coherence analysis was studied for each site. The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data retrieved from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission were employed to remove the topographic error. Phase unwrapping process was employed in the DInSAR result. In this study the subsidence areas were retrieved and analyzed by using L-Band ALOS PALSAR data.The influence of coherence on DInSAR result also presented in this study. Atmospheric and temporal error occurred in the result were analyzed and raised the importance to increase the data availability and revisit cycle. For Sidoarjo study site, hot mud temperature distribution was investigated using TERRA ASTER data. Based on DInSAR result, simple method to estimate subsidence volume also developed in this study because volume of subsidence gives direct impact for infrastructure and environment. Subsidence direction and subsidence potential area also investigated by calculating subsidence gradient of continues monitoring. It leads to possibility on producing subsidence hazard map on investigated area. The result of this study showed that the DInSAR method was potential to monitor subsidence in urban area as well as vegetated area. The accuracy of the derived subsidence can be further improved by increasing the data availability and shorten revisit cycle. Better imaging resolution will also be iv advantage. The subsidence can be monitored at an accuracy of centimeter in the wavelength 24 cm of L-Band ALOS PALSAR.
11. 20 January 2012 Bayan A. M. Alsaaideh (Jordan), Ph.D. Thesis "Mangrove Forest Mapping on Regional and Continental Scale Using Remote Sensing Data" (Doctor of Science) (Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi) New !
12. 3 February 2012 Prilando Rizki Akbar (Indonesia), Ph.D Thesis "Development of Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Small Satellite" (無人航空機および小型衛星搭載用の円偏波合成開口レーダシステムの開発) Doctor of Engineering (Supervisor : Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo)
Abstract :
合成開口レーダ(SAR)は夜昼間かつ全天候型センサで、地球環境の観測に多く用いられてきた。従来のSARセンサでは直線偏波による水平・垂直偏波を用いており、電離層を通過する際、ファラデー効果による偏波面の回転や衛星の姿勢によって後方散乱信号の品質が低下した。また、プラットフォームが大型となり、消費電力の抑制も難しかった。こうした様々な問題を解決するために、本研究では無人航空機(UAV)および小型衛星搭載用の円偏波SARセンサの開発に向けて、理論的考察および数値シミュレーションを行った。円偏波SARのパラメータとして、動作周波数1.27GHzの付近における通常の3 dBビーム幅に対して、新たに3 dB軸比ビーム幅の概念を導入し、これらのパラメータとアンテナビーム幅およびアンテナ形状との関係について詳細に考察した。小型衛星搭載の円偏波SARの場合、これらのパラメータに対して、地上観測幅やパルス繰り返し周波数などの影響も検討した。その結果、最適な軸比ビーム幅を選択することによって、直線偏波SARの場合と比較して、CP-SARがより小型のアンテナで実現できることが明らかとなった。本研究により、UAVおよび小型衛星搭載の円偏波SARの実現が十分に可能であることを実証するとともに、同装置の設計開発に向けて不可欠な指針を示すことができた。 New !
13. 3 February 2012 Kenji Kuriyama (Japan), Ph.D Thesis "人工光源と自然光を用いた実大気における大気微量成分の計測法の研究" 博士(工学) (Supervisor : Hiroaki Kuze) New !

Master Program
1. 29 January 2007 Emiko Migita (Japan), Master Thesis "Retrieving of tree canopy using high resolution satellite image" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
2. 29 January 2007 Naohiro Saitoh (Japan), Master Thesis "Long term change of oasis landcover around Taklimakan desert, China" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
3. 29 January 2007 Kenta Hirabayashi (Japan), Master Thesis "Study on paddy field extraction by using characteristics of MODIS NDVI change" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
4. 29 January 2007 Nguyen Thanh Hoan (Vietnam), Master Thesis "Monitoring forest cover change using MODIS data - A case study of midlle region of Vietnam -" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Ryutaro Tateishi)
5. 29 January 2007 Ikue Koga (Japan), Master Thesis "Measurement of atmospheric aerosol using bistatic imaging lidar" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Hiroaki Kuze)
6. 29 January 2007 Oojima (Japan), Master Thesis "Study on optical characteristic change of atmospheric aerosol around Chiba region by using multi wavelength lidar, sun photometer and ground measurement" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Hiroaki Kuze)
7. 29 January 2007 Horiuchi Hiroshi (Japan), Master Thesis "Ground-Atmospheric information retriving by using visible data of GMS-5/S-VISSSR" (Master of Engineering)(Supervisor : Hiroaki Kuze)
8. 29 January 2009 Prilando Rizki Akbar Development of Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (CP-SAR) for Small Satellite : Preliminary Design" (Master of Engineering) [Download Thesis] ****
Abstract :
For decades, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been developed and implemented by many research institutions and national aerospace agen-cies. Comparing to other available sensors (opti- cal sensor), this SAR can be operated in all day-night time and weather condition. And also through its high resolution and its polarization characteristic, made this sensor technology beco-me more suitable for Earth observation appli-cations. In the previous SAR systems only linear polarization, both vertical and horizontal pola-rization, were in used. Therefore it is very sensi-tive to the Faraday rotation effect and platform posture, which it will be contributed to resulted image quality; high power consumption and bulky size in the sensor system. Thus to solving this problem, currently an L-band (1.27 GHz) SAR with circular polarization is being researched and developed and in our laboratory. Firstly, this new L-band Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (CP-SAR) will be developed for ground measurement experimental. Then it is planned to employ this CP-SAR on an airborne and spaceborne platform. The Unmanned Areal Vehi-cle (UAV) and a small satellite (less than 60 Kg) will be use as the airborne platform and the spaceborne platform respectively. In this thesis, the conceptual design of CP-SAR onboard small satellite will be discussed. It will be started from CP-SAR onboard small satellite structure and system and then goes further in to the details of its preliminary spaceborne SAR parameters design.  Also, the current research result of CP-SAR hard-ware development also will be presented. It consists of L-band CP SAR circuit system design, software simulation and its hardware implementation.
9. 29 January 2010 Hayato Tezuka, "Microwave scattering simulation for frozen road monitoring using CIP method" (Master of Engineering) *** [Download Thesis]
10. 8 February 2011 Bambang Setiadi : Range Doppler SAR Signal Processing with CUDA GPU Parallel Processing (Master of Engineering) *** 
11. 8 February 2011 Wissan Victor : Reconstruction of Synthetic Aperture Radar Pulse using Signal Processing Methods (Master of Engineering) ***
12. 2010年2月8日 土性譲:GMS-5 衛星データを用いた日本付近の地表面・大気情報マップの作成と精度向上の検討, 修士(工学) (主指導教員:久世宏明) !
13. 2010年2月8日 宮澤周司:地上観測によるエアロゾル光学特性を利用したMODIS データ大気補正の精密化, 修士(工学) (主指導教員:久世宏明)
14. 2010年2月8日 目時洋平:冷却CCD カメラを用いたイメージングライダーによる対流圏エアロゾルと雲の計測, 修士(工学) (主指導教員:久世宏明)
15. 2010年2月8日 蒲靖人:紫外域と可視域の人工光源と天空光を利用した大気汚染物質とエアロゾルの長期連続計測, 修士(工学) (主指導教員:久世宏明)
16. 7 February 2011 Iman Firmansyah: Chirp Signal Simulation for Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (円偏波合成開口レーダ用チャープパルスのシミュレーション) (Master of Engineering) ***
Abstract :
本研究では無人航空機と小型衛星に搭載する円偏波合成開口レーダのチャープパルスの発生器をシミュレーションする。無人航空機用のチャープパルスの仕様として、バンド幅125 MHzとパルス長10μSである。また、小型衛星の仕様が10 MHzと10μSである。このチャープパルスを発生させるために、VHDLプログラミング言語によるDDSアルゴリズムでプログラミングをした。正弦波のルックアップテーブルを再現するために、ここで、第1 QuadrantアルゴリズムがDDSのルックアップ内に使用された。そのため、4分の1のルックアップテーブルで、波形を最小限の目盛りで再現することができた。チャープパルスのパラメータもDDS方程式の初期値で設定で設定することもできた。VHDLプログラムのシミュレーションの出力ファイルでは、チャープパルスの情報を示す。そして、数値計算プログラミング言語によって、このファイルを読み込んで、チャープパルスのバンド幅、パルスの時間幅、波形などを表示させる。この情報がVHDLプログラムでFPGAボードに書き込んで、合成開口レーダの送信機に接続する予定である。これから、この研究成果が当センターの無人航空機搭載の円偏波合成開口レーダシステムに入れ込む予定である。
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Bachelor Program
1. March 2009 Wissan Victor : Development of Measurement System for Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar, Bachelor of Engineering *** (Awarded by Dean of Faculty of Engineering award)[Download Thesis]
2. March 2010 Masaharu Ando : Design on Microstrip Antennas for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle onboard Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar, Bachelor of Engineering ***
3. March 2011 Suguru Nakamoto : Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Signal Processing, Bachelor of Engineering *** [Download Thesis]
4. 16 February 2012 Kohei Sakai: Retrieving Wide Aerial Photograph of Unmanned Aerial Observer using Quad Rotor, Bachelor of Engineering *** [Download Thesis] New !
5. 16 February 2012 Takafumi Kawai: Development of Linear and Circular Polarized Antennas for Radio Occultation, Bachelor of Engineering *** [Download Thesis] New !

OVERSEAS STUDENTS
1. January 2005 Ronald Budiman (Indonesia), BSc Thesis "Burnt coal seam thickness monitoring using JERS-1 SAR" (Bachelor of Engineering), Department of Geodesy, Institute of Technology Bandung (Contact Person : Assoc Prof. Ketut Wikantika)
2. January 2007 Chua Ming Yam (Malaysia), MEngSc Thesis "L-Band Receiver Design for Scatterometer" (Master of Engineering and Sciences), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia (Contact Person : Prof. Koo Voon Chet)
3. April 3, 2007 Andani (Indonesia), D.Eng Thesis, "Development of Process Control System for Industrial Training Center," (Doctor of Engineering), Graduate School, University of Hasanuddin, Indonesia (SK Rektor Unhas No. 780/H4/P/2007)(Prof Dadang Ahmad S.)
4. January, 2007 Intan Sofiyanti (Indonesia), B.Eng Thesis, "Identification of Earthquake Affected Area by using Spectral and Texture of Satellite Images", Department of Geodesy, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia (Contact Person : Assoc Prof. Ketut Wikantika)
5. October 10, 2007 Ang Boon Khai (Malaysia), MEngSc Thesis "Design of A Broadband E-Shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5 - 6 GHz Wireless Communications" (Master of Engineering and Sciences), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia No. MMU/FOE/MEngExtExaminer/2007/01 (Contact Person : Prof. Chung Boon Kuan)
6. April 8, 2010 Chan Yee Kit (Malaysia), Ph.D Thesis "Non-linear FM SAR Analysis and Its Real Time Implementation Scheme" (Doctor of Philosophy), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia No. MMU/IPS/MLK/AEE/2010/0026 (Contact Person : Prof. Koo Voon Chet)
7. July 19, 2011 Mohamad Ashry bin Jusoh (Malaysia), Ph.D Thesis "Intercomparison between open ended coaxial sensor and optical fibre technique for the determination of permittivity and moisture content in Maize (Zea Mays)" (Doctor of Philosophy), School of Graduate Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia No. UPM/SPS/GS19814/Penghantaran Tesis (Contact Person : Prof. Zulkifly Abbas) New !

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*** : Main Supervisor : Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo
Last edited : 16 February 2012