Lines of Research

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering of the IME is structured around a single area of ​​concentration entitled ELECTRONIC DEFENSE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. This area is divided in three lines of research:

Automation and Control

Research, study and validation (through simulations or from practical implementations) of control synthesis in time and frequency domains. It involves studies on robust, optimal, adaptive, nonlinear control and intelligent control techniques, as well as the control of linear systems that are time-varying.

Included in this research are studies in the area of identification, optimization of physical systems, modeling and applications of classic and modern control techniques.

Finally, it also covers research in the control and verification of Systems to Discrete Events and Hybrid Systems, with applications focused on electronic defense systems.

Applied Electromagnetics

Applied Electromagnetics research deals with the study of RF systems, covering the frequency bands of HF, VHF, UHF, microwave and optical waves. This research in emphasizes radiating systems, RF communication links and optical fiber communications, and circuits and systems with civil and military applications.

Conventional applications include fixed and mobile systems, terrestrial or satellite, operating under diverse climatic conditions. Unconventional applications include dedicated communications systems, remote sensing,  and electronic warfare and defense systems.

In the optical range, involve fiber devices, including optical amplifiers, Bragg grids and sensors, among others, as well as long-distance systems operating at high transmission rates and free space optics.

In Applied Electromagnetism, modeling, analysis, simulation, implementation and circuits and systems characterization are conducted for virtually all applications of interest. Microelectronics and electromagnetic compatibility are natural developments of this line of research.

Digital Signal processing

This line of research is focused on the development and analysis of signal processing methods and algorithms used in communication and information systems. The spectrum of applications of the topics studied is very broad, but much of the work under development is oriented to the area of defense.

Main topics of interest:Main topics of interest:

- adaptive filtering algorithms and their applications;
- modeling and simulation of communication systems;
- optical signal processing;
- signal processing applied to communications;
- processing of voice, image and video signals;
- speaker recognition;
- optical communications systems;
- digital transmission in wireless communications systems; and
- Digital TV.

In the optical range, involve fiber devices, including optical amplifiers, Bragg grids and sensors, among others, as well as long-distance systems operating at high transmission rates and free space optics.