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Basic Radar Concepts

Program ID: DEF 3501P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 1.95

Location/
(Accommodations)		 Program Administrator Start End Status Cost
Country Inns & Suites, Denver
(Country Inns & Suites, Denver)		 Dr. Bill Holm January 12, 2010 January 14, 2010 Register here $1,695.00
Section ID: 10088/220410367

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, January 12, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, January 13, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, January 14, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Las Vegas Marriott Suites
(Las Vegas Marriott Suites)		 Dr. Bill Holm June 15, 2010 June 17, 2010 Register here $1,695.00
Section ID: 10089/220411024

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, June 16, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, June 17, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Disney's Shades of Green, Orlando
(Disney's Shades of Green, Orlando)		 Dr. Bill Holm September 14, 2010 September 16, 2010 Register here $1,695.00
Section ID: 10090/220411071

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (8:00 AM-4:30 PM)
•Wednesday, September 15, 2010 (8:00 AM-4:30 PM)
•Thursday, September 16, 2010 (8:00 AM-4:30 PM)

Course Description

Understand the fundamental principles of modern radar technology in simple, easy-to-understand terms. Learn to converse comfortably on radar topics with a radar specialist. Have a general understanding and appreciation of the problems a radar specialist encounters.

Who Should Attend

  • Nonradar specialists
  • Executives and managers
  • Engineers and scientists
  • Pilots
  • Radar operators
  • Policemen

How You Will Benefit

  • Solve the radar range equation
  • Determine the probability of detection and false alarm of targets
  • Describe major components applications of a modern radar system
  • Explain major functions of a modern radar system
  • Explain differences between radar systems

What You Will Cover

  • Introduction to Radar
    • The Basic Radar Concept
    • Basic Radar Measurements
    • Physics of Radio (EM) Waves
    • Interaction of EM Waves with Material
    • Basic Radar Configurations and Waveforms
    • The Ubiquitous Decibel

  • Radar Search and Track Functions
    • Range, Velocity, Angle, TWS, S&T, α-β, and Kalman Filtering

  • Radar Radio Frequency Elements
    • Antenna
    • Transmitter
    • Receiver

  • Radar Target Detection
    • Detection in Noise and Clutter
    • Target Detection Models
    • Pulsed Waveform Spectrum and Coherent Detection

  • Radar Waveforms
    • Continuous Wave, Pulsed, Coherence
    • MTI/Pulse Doppler
    • Imaging (Pulse Compression and SAR)

  • The Signal Processor

  • Adaptive Signal Processing Techniques
    • Constant False Alarm Rate Processing
    • Space-Time Adaptive Processing
    • Discrimination/Recognition Techniques & Adaptive Processing Example

  • Radar Applications
    • Airborne, Ground-Based, Ship-Borne Radars
    • Example Systems

  • Electronic Attack/Protection
    • Definitions
    • EA and EP Techniques
    • Examples

Course Materials

Participants receive a notebook and CD-ROM with course slides and the textbook, Introduction to Airborne Radar, Stimson (SciTech Pub, 1998).

Certificates

This course is an elective for:

Instructors

Bill Holm, is program director for Georgia Tech's Defense Technology Professional Education program, interim associate vice provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education, and principle research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He researches radar systems design and signal processing techniques and is the co-editor of Principles of Modern Radar (SciTech Publishing Inc., 2009).

Jim Scheer, a principal research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has more than 30 years of experience in the design and development of radar systems. He is researching radar systems design and signal processing techniques and is the co-editor of the second edition of Principles of Modern Radar (SciTech Publishing Inc., 2009).

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact the course administrator:

Dr. Bill Holm
404-385-6158
bill.holm@gatech.edu

Course Location and Times

  • Orlando, Fla., Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort
  • Denver, Colo., Country Inns & Suites
  • Huntsville, Ala., GTRI Huntsville Field Office
  • Las Vegas, Nev., Las Vegas Marriott Suites
  • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday

    • On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.

    • Related Courses

  • Airborne/Space Courses
  • Antenna Courses
  • Electronic Warfare Technology Courses
  • Infrared & Electro-Optical Technology Courses
  • Modeling & Simulation Courses
  • Radar Courses
  • Systems Engineering Courses
  • Test & Evaluation Courses

    • Related Certificate Programs

  • Defense Technology Certificates