3D Movies of Antenna Patterns

3D Visualization of RF Signals in Electronic Warfare to Enhance Warfighter Training

In collaboration with the Office of Naval Research and NSWC Crane, we created a series of six 3D short films formatted for autostereoscopic display to educate warfighters on the basics of RF communication principles. My contributions included the design and calculation of different antenna power envelope patterns, script writing, voice acting, 3D animation, and close collaboration with the Media Arts and Sciences team.

Clip from the first film in the series of six short films.

It was a fabulous experience, and I very much enjoyed presenting our results at the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference.[1]

Citation: Christopher, L., William, A., Rao, A. S., Dale, A., Chase, A., Joshi, M. P., … & Abernathy, B. (2018, October). Engineering and Informatics Student Multidisciplinary Learning using 3D Visualization and 3D Display of Radio Frequency (RF) Concepts. In 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

This work was funded by the US Navy (Office of Naval Research) grant N00014-16-1-2810, with the support of NSWC-Crane Division in Crane, Indiana.