Alberto Moreira

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Alberto Moreira (* 1962 in Sao Jose dos Campos , Brazil) is a from Brazil derived electrical engineer , scientist and inventor in the field of microwaves - remote sensing . Moreira holds 15 patents on radar and antenna systems .

Alberto Moreira is director of the Institute for Radar Technology and High Frequency Systems in Oberpfaffenhofen , which belongs to the German Aerospace Center (DLR). There he is also head of the TanDEM-X mission , which uses two satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X to create a digital three-dimensional map of the globe with an accurate elevation profile for the first time worldwide . The height resolution achieved is accurate to 2 meters, in some areas to 1 meter.

Since 2003 he has held a professorship for microwave remote sensing at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology .

In 2010 Alberto Moreira was President of the Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .

Studies and career

Alberto Moreira received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica in São José dos Campos, São Paulo , Brazil in 1986 .

Since 1990 he has worked as a scientist at DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen. In 1992 he was promoted to group leader for radar signal processing at DLR. In 1993 he completed his doctorate at the University of Munich . In 1996 he became department head for synthetic aperture radar technology at DLR. In 2003 he completed his habilitation in microwave remote sensing at KIT, Karlsruhe. Since 2001 he has been director of the Institute for High Frequency Technology and Radar Systems at DLR. Since 2003 he has also been Professor of Microwave Remote Sensing at KIT Karlsruhe.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry Alberto Moreira on the website of the Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society of the IEEE
  2. ^ Wiebke Hollersen: ruler over 150 million square kilometers. in Welt am Sonntag from June 12, 2016, Wissen, page 19
  3. ^ Page about Alberto Moreira on the website of the Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society of the IEEE , accessed on June 13, 2016
  4. ↑ https://www.ihe.kit.edu/mitarbeiter.php#block355 accessed on June 13, 2016
  5. ↑ http://www.grss-ieee.org/about/history/past-presidents/
  6. ^ Page about Alberto Moreira on the website of the Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society of the IEEE , accessed on June 13, 2016
  7. ^ Page by Alberto Moreira on the website of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for High Frequency Technology and Radar Systems ; accessed on June 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Moreira, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian electrical engineer, scientist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH São José dos Campos , Brazil