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Natural disasters, such as landslides, earthquakes, land subsidence, often occur on the earth’s surface. Remote sensing technology is useful in monitoring the condition of the earth, both before and after natural disasters. However, this monitoring process is often constrained by weather. Therefore, an accurate sensor is needed that can work in all weather conditions, both day and night.
In a public lecture entitled “Development of Innovative Microwave Remote Sensors for Disaster and Environmental Monitoring”, held on Monday (4/12) at the Mochtar Riady Plaza Quantum (MRPQ) Building, Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia (FTUI), Prof. Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo, Ph.D., explained the utilization of remote sensing (imaging) technology for research on the earth’s surface. In his presentation, he explained the technology he had developed for this utilization, namely Circular Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (CP-SAR). The advantage of this technology is accurate imaging and can penetrate clouds.
“This technology, not only serves as monitoring for natural disasters, but also many things. Among them are the protection of natural resources in the sea from illegal fishing, search and rescue of natural disaster victims, illegal territorial boundaries, infrastructure monitoring, and anti-terrorist missions,” explained Prof. Josaphat.
“Remote sensing technology has great potential in monitoring the condition of the earth, especially in dealing with natural disasters and environmental challenges. Prof. Josaphat’s innovation, Circular Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (CP-SAR), has a variety of applications ranging from monitoring natural disasters to protecting natural resources at sea. Hopefully this guest lecture will provide insight and inspiration for FTUI students to develop technology that can have a positive impact on the environment and society, said Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU, Dean of FTUI.
Prof. Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo, Ph.D. is a lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sebelas Maret University. He is also a professor of Health and Disease Omics Center at Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University. Throughout his career, Prof. Josaphat has published more than 140 journals, attended more than 500 conferences, and published 17 books. His areas of expertise include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Mobile Satellite Communications, Antennas Development for Various Applications, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone), and Microsatellite.
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