SEIE's marine environmental monitoring technologies allow for remote ocean surface detection.Credit: Harbin Institute of Technology
Originating in 1959 in the Department of Radio Engineering, HIT’s School of Electronics and Information Engineering (SEIE) is a leader in research and education of communications engineering, electronics and information engineering, remote sensing, electromagnetic field and wireless technologies.
Led by Yongtan Liu, a member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a radar and signal processing expert, SEIE researchers have been exploring marine environmental monitoring and information processing technologies for more than 40 years. Their efforts have led to novel marine radar capable of detecting targets at very long ranges, under all weather conditions, and at all times, allowing for remote ocean surface detection and exploration of vast areas. For his contribution, Liu won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award.
Another SEIE breakthrough is in wireless communications, with a system demonstrating excellent manoeuvrability and rapid response capacity for data transmission. SEIE researchers have also developed China’s first trunked communication system, enabling access by many users via shared spectrum. They are now exploring innovative communication systems for space-air-ground integrated networks.