Radar Cross Section Reduction
Program ID: DEF 2503P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 2.0 |
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Program Administrator |
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Course without Optional One-Day Lab |
Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel) |
Mr. James Fraley |
March 15, 2010 |
March 17, 2010 |
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$1,395.00 |
Section ID: 10156/220410337
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Optional One-Day Lab
A one-day lab session is offered the day after the course for an additional fee. To register, be sure to choose this option from the "Alternate registration options" section as you complete your online registration.
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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):
•Monday, March 15, 2010 (8:15 AM-5:15 PM)
•Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (8:15 AM-4:45 PM)
•Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (8:15 AM-5:30 PM)
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Alternate rates available
| $1,995.00 | Course with Optional One-Day Lab (Mar 18th, 8:00am-3:45pm) -- CRN 10154 |
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Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel) |
Mr. James Fraley |
October 25, 2010 |
October 27, 2010 |
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$1,395.00 |
Section ID: 10214/220411045
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Optional One-Day Lab
A one-day lab session is offered the day after the course for an additional fee. To register, be sure to choose this option from the "Alternate registration options" section as you complete your online registration.
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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):
•Monday, October 25, 2010 (8:15 AM-5:15 PM)
•Tuesday, October 26, 2010 (8:15 AM-4:45 PM)
•Wednesday, October 27, 2010 (8:15 AM-5:30 PM)
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Alternate rates available
| $1,995.00 | Course with Optional One-Day Lab (Oct 28th, 8:00am-3:45pm) -- CRN 10215 |
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Course Description
Review radar echo characteristics and how they may be controlled or modified, focusing on radar cross section reduction principles and basic concepts. Explore aviation radar cross section reduction applications, while touching on radar cross section reduction for ships and tanks. Examine basic techniques of echo control and characteristics of simple shapes. Review tools used in devising radar cross section reduction treatments. Get hands-on experience with materials characterization and applying these materials to a test body.
Who Should Attend
- Engineers
- Maintenance crews
- Managers from industry and the military
How You Will Benefit
- Place radar cross section reduction in the context of the overall platform survivability
- Understand the fundamentals of high frequency and low frequency scattering mechanisms
- Reduce scattering through platform shaping and material treatments
- Understand radar cross section measurement and prediction data formats
- Understand radar cross section reduction in terms of reliability and maintainability through the platform's life cycle
What You Will Cover
- Radar Fundamentals
- Electromagnetics and Scattering Basics
- Radar Cross Section Data Examples and Presentation Formats
- Surface Wave Mechanisms
- Design Concepts
- Radar-Absorbing Material Design
- Nonspecular RAM
- High-Frequency Scattering Mechanisms
- Inlet and Exhaust Cavities
- Radar Cross Section of Antennas
- Radar Cross Section of Holes and Slots
- Radar Cross Section Estimation
- Low Frequency Radar Cross Section Reduction
- Radar Cross Section Computer Models
- Radar Cross Section Diagnostics
- Radar Cross Section Measurement Ranges
Course Materials
Participants receive a copy of the primary reference, Radar Cross Section, and the unclassified course notes on CD-ROM.
Prerequisites
Though not required, some knowledge of electromagnetic theory is helpful.
Certificates
This course is an elective for the:
Security Requirements
Applicants must have SECRET-level clearance, need-to-know certification, and be U.S. citizens. Defense contractors may
meet the need-to-know requirement by having the Need-to-Know Certification and Security Clearance form signed by a Department of Defense contracting officer or an official monitoring a classified program. Government personnel can meet
the need-to-know requirement by having a supervisor sign the form.
Instructors
Lynn Fountain is a principal research scientist in the GTRI Signature Technology Laboratory (STL). Her current research interests include clutter analysis, signature reduction techniques, and novel antenna designs.
James D. Fraley III, a research technologist I in Georgia Institute of Technology's Signature Technology Laboratory, boasts nearly a decade of experience in areas including antenna measurements, radar cross-section setup and measurement, computer-aided-design (CAD) with solidworks, and antenna fabrication. His current fields of interest are antennas on curved surfaces and ultra-wideband antennas, RCS system optimization, novel test bed design for embedded antennas, and high-isolation, wide dynamic range materials measurements.
James Maloney, principal research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute, researches the development and application of fragmented-aperture antennas for military and commercial applications. He wrote the finite-difference time-domain code, MAXTDA, which is used for antenna design, RCS predictions, and design of frequency selective surfaces. Maloney has been involved in developing applications for a short pulse, localized measurement system and received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Enrique A. Mendez, a consultant with Georgia Tech Research Institute and a next generation long-range strike chief engineer, has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of low observables technology, electronic warfare, electronic combat, avionics systems and air vehicle technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He has worked on the F-117, F-22, the JSF, and J-UCAS. Mendez received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, an M.S. in systems engineering from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton.
John Schultz, senior research scientist and chief of Georgia Tech Research Institute's Signature Technology Laboratory Materials Branch, researches the electromagnetic properties of materials via both computational simulations and experimental measurements (e.g. free-space, waveguide, resonant cavity, and impedance analysis instrumentation). He has developed new techniques for microwave measurement of materials and scatter phenomena and has applied these techniques to many types of materials ranging from composites to camouflage nets.
Leonard Figueroa (bio forthcoming)
Course Administrator
For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact:
James D. Fraley III
404-407-6256
james.fraley@gtri.gatech.edu
Course Location and Times
Atlanta, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
Course
8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday
8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday
Optional Lab
8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Thursday
On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.
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