MWL - Millimeter-wave laboratory

SUSAN

SUSAN is a project focused on the development, implementation, and eventual widespread deployment of an underwater device designed to provide early warnings of harmful algal blooms, including red tides, to prevent contaminated fishing and, consequently, avoid the cascade of economic and health issues caused by the sale of such fish. To achieve this, SUSAN employs spectrometry techniques to analyze the color composition of seawater and how it changes when harmful algae begin to proliferate, using visible light and fluorescence to detect the presence of these species and alert communities when a harmful algal bloom event is imminent. Currently, SUSAN is in the testing and experimentation phase, with plans for replication and field installation to follow.

More Info: Poster SUSAN.pdf

The Millimeter-wave laboratory (MWL) designs, builds and tests receivers for use in radioastronomy with a focus on academic activities and technological research. We are a heterogeneous group of astronomers, engineers, technicians and students, with a joint experience that covers from decametric to sub-millimeter techniques. The Laboratory begins with the transfer of the equipment from the Maipú Radio Observatory on the year 2000 and the relocation/upgrade of the MINI (1.2m mm-wave radio telescope) from Cerro Tololo to Cerro Calan. Today, we are involved in several projects related to mm-wave receivers in collaboration with a number of groups abroad. Together with the Department of Electrical Engineering (DIE), which runs a photonics laboratory, we have formed the Astronomical Instrumentation Group.

DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

Camino El Observatorio # 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Casilla 36-D (56-2) 977 1119. mwl@das.uchile.cl http://www.das.uchile.cl

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile (56-2) 2978 4888 https://www.die.cl/

Contact

Telephone

+562 2977 1119

Email

mwl@das.uchile.cl

Project