About the speaker
Steve Blandino received his M.Sc. degree in telecommunications engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, and Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France, in 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2019 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. In 2019, he joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, as a guest researcher with the Wireless Network Division, and he is currently working as a contractor in the same division. His current research interests include integrated sensing and communication signal processing, millimeter-wave and sub-THz communications, and channel modeling.
Abstract
Sensing biometric markers such as respiration rate and heart rate using the high resolution of millimeter-wave systems has recently gained considerable attention as key application of radar and Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) technologies. Enabling such applications requires an in-depth understanding of the scattering properties of different subjects and how these properties change with varying configurations, such as different body orientations with respect to the transmitter and receiver. This seminar will discuss NIST vital sign measurement campaign conducted with a context-aware channel sounder. The analysis focuses on the properties of the multipath components scattered by the chest motion and the micro-Doppler signatures extracted from the measurements. These results demonstrate how millimeter-wave systems can detect and monitor vital signs, while also addressing key challenges and opportunities for future research.