Tim Cargol

Internal imaging is a critical tool in security, healthcare, and non-destructive evaluation. As these fields demand greater throughput and automation, techniques free of ionizing radiation will be key to relieving safety and regulatory requirements for a human operator. However, current state-of-the-art millimeter-wave and THz systems have struggled to penetrate thick or lossy structures. This talk will discuss a novel system that captures both the penetration ability of meters-length radio waves and also achieves a resolution traditionally reserved for millimeter waves. The system measures impedance changes along an array of transmission lines, generating data on the composition and location of impedances within in an object under study. This data can then be stitched together to form an image via a “transmission line tomography.”

Biography:

Tim Cargol is founder and CEO of Spectrohm, Inc. He earned his B.S and M.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT and conducted extensive research on dielectric materials at MIT’s High Voltage Research Lab before pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities in dielectrics and transmission line–based technologies. He holds 4 patents on dielectric measurement and transmission line technologies.