Georgia Tech: Infrared Technology and Applications

Infrared Technology and Applications

Program ID: DEF 3001P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 2.5

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Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)

Mr. David Schmieder

March 23, 2010

March 26, 2010

$1,695.00

Section ID: 10118/220410339

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

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, March 23, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, March 24, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, March 25, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Friday, March 26, 2010 (8:00 AM-12:30 PM)

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)

Mr. David Schmieder

September 14, 2010

September 17, 2010

$1,695.00

Section ID: 10116/220411035

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

-- 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-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, September 15, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, September 16, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Friday, September 17, 2010 (8:00 AM-12:30 PM)

Course Description

Explore infrared systems engineering with emphasis on military systems. Understand how infrared systems operate. Study the performance limitations of current infrared systems, explore issues pacing the development of new systems, and understand key component technologies. Examine problem-solving, design, and analysis techniques with emphasis on experience-based rules of thumb. Develop a perspective for assessing the promise of new infrared technologies.

Who Should Attend

Engineers
Scientists
Technical managers
Marketers
Procurement decision-makers
Military planners

How You Will Benefit

Understand the operating principles of infrared systems
Learn the major functions and components of an infrared system
Understand the differences between FLIRs, IRSTs, NVGs, and between missile seeker types
Understand the goals and promise of advanced generation sensors
Predict target signatures
Understand the differences between cooled and uncooled detectors
Predict FLIR target acquisition and seeker lock-on range

What You Will Cover

Thermal Radiation & Imaging System Operating Principles
- Program Overview - (D.E. Schmieder), 8-9:30 a.m.
- Basic IR Concepts & Phenomenology - (D.R. Lamm), 9:30 a.m.-Noon
  - What is radiation contrast and how does it differ between bands?
  - What is a "pedestal" and how does it affect system performance?
  - How well does infrared radiation penetrate fog, rain, and smoke?
- IR Imaging Systems - (D.E. Schmieder), 1-5 p.m.
  - What is a "FLIR" and how do FLIRs work?
  - How do the size and number of detectors affect performance?
  - What is the difference between generation 1, 2, & 3 FLIR designs?
  - How do night vision goggles work and what recent devices might replace them?
  - What benefits accrue from multiband image fusion?
  - What advantages do laser radars have for long range identification?
  - Example state-of-the-art infrared video imagery is shown
IR Applications & Target Signature Phenomenology
- IR Imaging Systems completed - (D. E. Schmieder), 8-11 a.m.
- Properties of Scenes & Targets - (D. R. Lamm), 11a.m.-2 p.m.
  - How is "signature" defined and what does it depend on?
  - How is clutter quantified how does it affect performance?
  - How does hyperspectral imaging discriminate targets?
  - Example time-lapse imagery is used to illustrate diurnal cycle and microclimate effects
- Terminal Homing Seekers - (D.R. Lamm), 2-5 p.m.
  - What are the differences between "imaging" and "non-imaging" seekers?
  - How do FM, AM, and pseudo-imaging seekers work?
  - How is lock-on performance predicted? How much better are imaging seekers?

SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES OF TRACKERS, OPTICS, AND DETECTORS

Video Trackers (D.R. Lamm), 8-10 a.m.
Infrared Optical Design (D. E. Schmieder), 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- What the infrared systems engineer needs to know about optics
- What new developments will affect infrared systems?
Detectors (Guest Lecturer), 2-5 p.m.
- What mechanisms are used to capture IR radiation?
- How do uncooled compare to cooled detectors?
- What new detector developments are emerging?

System Specification & Evaluation
- Evaluation tools (D. E. Schmieder) 8-9:30 a.m
- System Performance Analysis (D.E. Schmieder), 9:30 a.m.-Noon
  - What is "target acquisition"?
  - What is the significance of "bar target equivalency"?
  - How are the key MRT and CTF merit functions defined & used?

Course Materials

Participants receive a hard copy of the course charts and the text associated with each chart as well as an electronic copy on CD. The text is sufficiently detailed to eliminate most note taking.

Prerequisites

None, but a degree in science, math, or engineering is assumed.

Certificates

This course is

A requirement for the Infrared & Electro-Optical Technology Certificate
An elective for the Modeling & Simulation Certificate

Security Requirements

Participants must be employees of either U.S. Government agencies or their contractors as well as be U.S. citizens. To meet this requirement, you must submit the Access Eligibility Form.

The Instructors

Dave Schmieder, a Georgia Tech Research Institute/EOSL principal research scientist, has more than 32 years of experience in the analysis and design of infrared systems. His experience ranges from advanced target acquisition and missile seeker design to IR countermeasures for platform protection. He has previously worked in the aerospace industry on armor sights, seekers, and helicopter and fixed-wing fire control systems. He is a Fellow of the Military Sensing Symposia.

Darrell Lamm, a Georgia Tech Research Institute/EOSL senior research scientist, is coleader of the EO Modeling and Analysis Technical Working Group. Lamm directs advanced infrared countermeasure programs and develops simulations of tactical missiles and signature prediction models. His recent work includes the optimization of missile warning systems and countermeasures to improvised explosive devices.

Steven R. Jost, director of photonics of BAE Systems' Advanced Technology Division of in Nashua, N.H., lectures on infrared detectors. He helped pioneer the HgCdTe detector material which has subsequently become the favorite material used in advanced two-color, cooled infrared detectors. He is leading the development of two-color, uncooled focal plane technology for low-cost missile warning sensors and is responsible for new detector designs.