Radar & Radio Frequency engineering
Renowned for groundbreaking advancements in RF sensing and radar technology, our teams are shaping the future of radar applications for both environmental monitoring and advanced signal processing.
With expertise in bistatic and netted radar, multifunction phased array radar, waveform design and synthetic aperture radar, the team is internationally recognised for pioneering work in multistatic RF sensing, including the development of the NeXtRAD radar platform. Their research extends to geophysical imaging, such as Antarctic ice monitoring, and radar signal processing using machine learning to analyse micro-Doppler signatures from various targets. Our teams also explore sonar signal processing, electromagnetic applications, antenna arrays, and terahertz systems for sensing and imaging.
Explore related news, projects and case studies below.
News
Dr Colin Horne awarded RAEng Intelligence Community Fellowship
UCL EEE’s Dr Colin Horne has been awarded a UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
24 Oct 2025
Student designs innovative low-cost antenna through Qualcomm internship
UCL EEE student Oskar Pickering designed a low-cost antenna during his Qualcomm-funded internship, gaining hands-on skills and clarity on his future path in engineering.
15 Sep 2025
Five EEE staff recognised in 2025 UCL promotions round
The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is delighted to celebrate the promotion of five academic staff in this year’s UCL Promotions round.
19 Aug 2025
Research projects
MARIANNE
Multi-project GaN Wafer Run: RF Circuit Technologies for Resilient, Agile & Efficient 6G connectivity.
15 Jun 2026
High Resolution Radar Imaging of Pyroclastic Density Currents
The project aims to build and deploy two GEODAR systems that have a spatial range resolution of 0.375m and will image the entire flow at 100Hz.
11 Jun 2026
UCL Intelligent Radio Frequency Sensing
This proposal looks to conduct fundamental exploratory research into the do-main of adaptive sensing that leverages the new paradigm of intelligent sensing, namely the usage of cognition.
01 Jun 2026
Case studies
How UCL is powering the next generation of semiconductor innovation
UCL researchers are advancing semiconductor science, from new materials and devices to AI-ready hardware, driving innovation, skills and partnerships across the UK.
03 Dec 2025
More information
Some examples of colleagues primarily associated with this area of research include:
- Professor Paul Brennan
- Professor Hugh Griffiths
- Dr Chin-Pang Liu
- Dr Zhixin Liu
- Dr Lai Bun Lok
- Professor Christos Masorous
- Dr Clive Poole
- Dr/Associate Professor Matt Richie
- Dr Bo Tan
