Dr Duncan Robertson

Director of Impact

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 7307

Email

dar@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Duncan A. Robertson holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics and Electronics and a Ph.D. in millimetre wave physics from the University of St Andrews, Scotland. For most of his career he has been with the Millimetre Wave Group at the University of St Andrews working on battlefield systems, passive imaging, electron spin resonance spectroscopy instrumentation, and millimetre wave radar for remote sensing and security applications. His research interests include millimetre-wave radar, radiometry, imaging, electron spin resonance instrumentation, quasi-optics, materials characterization and antennas.

Research areas

Millimetre wave radar for applications in environmental sensing and security.

PhD supervision

• Matthew Moore
• Aleksanteri Vattulainen
• Mark Bell

Selected publications

• Open access

  Shape dependent conformable holographic metasurfaces

  Xiao, J., Hunter, R. I., Robertson, D. A., Smith, G. M., Horsley, S., Schulz, S. A. & Di Falco, A., 29 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials Technologies. Early View, 8 p., 2202006.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  94 GHz Doppler radar for experimental validation of small UAV micro-Doppler

  Moore, M., Robertson, D. A. & Rahman, S., 27 May 2022, Radar Sensor Technology XXVI. Ranney, K. I. & Raynal, A. M. (eds.). Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 11 p. 121080S. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 12108).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  A novel experimental chamber for the characterization of free-falling particles in volcanic plumes

  Capponi, A., Lane, S. J., Gilbert, J. S., Macfarlane, D. G., Robertson, D. A. & James, M. R., 8 Jul 2022, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 93, 7, 15 p., 075105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Amplitude characteristics of littoral sea clutter data at K-band and W-band

  Rahman, S., Vattulainen, A. & Robertson, D. A., 21 Mar 2022, 2022 IEEE radar conference proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 6 p. 9764262. (Proceedings of the IEEE radar conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  First observations of G-band radar Doppler spectra

  Courtier, B. M., Battaglia, A., Huggard, P. G., Westbrook, C., Mroz, K., Dhillon, R. S., Walden, C. J., Howells, G., Wang, H., Ellison, B. N., Reeves, R., Robertson, D. A. & Wylde, R. J., 28 Feb 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 8 p., e2021GL096475.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  G-band FMCW Doppler radar for sea clutter and target characterisation

  Vattulainen, A. B., Rahman, S. & Robertson, D. A., 27 May 2022, Radar Sensor Technology XXVI. Ranney, K. I. & Raynal, A. M. (eds.). SPIE, 9 p. 121080T. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 12108).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  Multiple drone type classification using machine learning techniques based on FMCW radar micro-Doppler data

  Bernard-Cooper, J., Rahman, S. & Robertson, D. A., 27 May 2022, Proceedings of SPIE: Radar Sensor Technology XXVI. Ranney, K. I. & Raynal, A. M. (eds.). SPIE, Vol. 12108. 14 p. 121080A. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 12108).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Simulating UAV micro-Doppler using dynamic point clouds

  Moore, M., Robertson, D. A. & Rahman, S., 21 Mar 2022, 2022 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf22). 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  Wideband corrugated feedhorns, for radar, communications, radiometry and quasi-optics

  Sung, D., Thomsen, N., Macpherson, S., Hunter, R. I., Rahman, S., Robertson, D. A., Wylde, R. J. & Smith, G. M., 4 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 3, 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Applications of millimetre wave radar for UAV detection and classification

  Rahman, S. & Robertson, D. A., 9 Nov 2021, Radar Countermeasures for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Clemente, C., Fioranelli, F., Colone, F. & Li, G. (eds.). London, UK: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, p. 63-106 44 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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