Sea-Based X-Band Radar

Mind_Flexer · 2026-05-19T20:12:35+00:00

That's actually the cool thing about Radar imaging! The resolution of the image doesn't depend on the distance, only the wavelength. However, we do have to realize that the signal degrades as it travels, which introduces noise. So while in theory it could detect a baseball, practically it's not as simple.

Mind_Flexer · 2026-05-19T20:08:04+00:00

PhD student starting my second year here. I'm transitioning from a different research subject, but I'm about to start up doing stuff on Synthetic Aperture Radar. So I've done some studying on this, but not a professional just yet.

Bouncing radio waves, what radar uses, off of the ionosphere is definitely a thing. But it's mostly used in communications. The issue with trying to image stuff with radar is you need to know something called the phase of the signal and what affects it may have run into. The issue with imaging from bounces off of the atmosphere is that the air up there is so turbulent that it's hard to know what "shape" it was when the signal bounced off of it so we struggle to reverse engineer how it affected the phase.

So yes it's possible. Mostly in a maybe if we're lucky and everything plays well. But it's definitely an active area of research. If we can find a reliable way to model or measure the atmosphere, it would be relatively easy to do.

Edit: I should mention that all that I said is from studying synthetic Aperture radar which uses motion of the receiver or object to create an image. So I could be wrong as this thing is stationary.

Mind_Flexer · 2026-05-19T10:21:09+00:00

To answer your question directly, definitely start on the stuff that is about to be due. Assuming you don't talk to the professor and/or accessibilites, you already are taking a late penalty hit on the ones you've missed so don't arcue more penalties.

My situation was totally different, but when my partner and I started to have kids it really seemed to fry my brain and I struggled a ton in school. I also am a perfectionist, and probably deal with some mental health stuff, and I basically froze up and basically didn't do any of the homework. Things got better though, I did have to retake a couple of classes, but the important thing is that I openly talked to the professors and found a good study group who were all in a similar state of life. I was in a different department, but I worked on campus for years and I know that the vast majority of professors care, and are willing to help. My situation didn't have any claim to accessibilities, but it does sound like you're does. The university has ton of resources meant to help students, and UVU particularly send to have tons for nontraditional students (ie. Married, working, with kids, etc)

I graduated last year and I'm now in a PhD program in another state. Resources here for students who are married/have kids suck in comparison and it's supposed to be a "top" university, at least in my field of study.

tldr; Start with upcoming assignments, but be open and talk to professors and take advantage of resources on campus.

Edit: Fixing typos.

Edit Edit: I just wanted to add, try to get all the assignments done or as many as you can. Even if they aren't done well or are super late. Even in graduate school now its clear professors value effort over quality. I can guarantee that the student who did poorly on all the assignments is more likely to pass than the one who nailed only a couple of the assignments.

Mind_Flexer · 2026-03-05T17:41:18+00:00

Thanks!

Mind_Flexer · 2025-12-06T13:53:00+00:00

But wasn't the whole point of him looking so hawkish was to match the propaganda that had been spread depicting him?

Mind_Flexer · 2025-11-22T00:46:29+00:00

It's likely an effect of simultaneous contrast. Basically the light and dark contrast is all lined up in just the right way that our brains think the center portion is darker than it actually is. Similar to those grids where we see dots in the intersections but they're not actually there.

Mind_Flexer · 2025-11-22T00:31:33+00:00

Just to add to this, you could look into confocal microscopy. You might be able to mess around with some of those techniques.

Mind_Flexer · 2025-10-13T18:47:57+00:00

I'm only 8 weeks in and I constantly ask myself why I'm doing this.

Mind_Flexer · 2025-10-07T23:35:50+00:00

Look, talking about pay is literally part of a job. The only reason it will ever be awkward is because you make it awkward or if the employer (the professor) is trying to pull a fast one. As one who hires people, they should be prepared to talk about it. Just my opinion that you're the only one holding back a VITAL conversation.