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Acoustic & Sonar Engineering 

Applied Physical Oceanography and Acoustics NEW! 

May 18-20, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing 

Apr 5-7, 2010 • College Park, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Apr 20-22, 2010 • Chatsworth, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Fundamentals of Sonar Transducer Design 

Apr 20-22, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Mechanics of Underwater Noise 

May 4-6, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Sonar Signal Processing NEW! 

May 18-20, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

Underwater Acoustic Modeling and Simulation 


Underwater Acoustics 201 NEW! 

May 13-14, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

Underwater Acoustics for Biologists NEW! 

Jun 15-17, 2010 • Silver Spring, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

Vibration & Noise Control 

May 3-6, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Space & Satellite Systems Courses 

Aerospace Simulations in C++ NEW! 


Communications Payload Design- Satellite Systems Architecture NEW! 


Fundamentals of Orbital & Launch Mechanics 

Jun 21-24, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Earth Station Design, Implementation, Operation and Maintenance NEW! 

Jun 7-10, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

GPS Technology - Solutions for Earth & Space 

Mar 29 - Apr 1, 2010 • Cape Canaveral, Florida . . . . . . . 17 

May 17-20, 2010 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

Jun 28 - Jul 1, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

Aug 23-26, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

Ground Systems Design & Operation 

May 18-20, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 

IP Networking Over Satellite 


Satellite Communications - An Essential Introduction 

Jun 8-10, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

Sep 21-23, 2010 • Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

Satellite Communication Systems Engineering 

Jun 15-17, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Sept 14-16, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Satellite Design & Technology 

Apr 20-23, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

Satellite RF Communications & Onboard Processing 


Solid Rocket Motor Design & Applications 

Apr 20-22, 2010 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

Space Mission Analysis & Design NEW! 


Space Systems Fundamentals 

May 17-20, 2010 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . 26 

Jun 7-10, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Spacecraft Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing 

Jun 9-10, 2010 • Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Spacecraft Systems Integration & Test 


Systems Engineering & Project Management 

Architecting with DODAF NEW! 

Apr 6-7, 2010 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

May 24-25, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

CSEP Exam Prep NEW! 

Mar 31-Apr 1, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

Fundamentals of Systems Enginering 

Mar 29-30, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Principles of Test & Evaluation 

Jun 10-11, 2010 • Minneapolis, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

Systems of Systems 

Apr 20-22, 2010 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Jun 29-Jul 1, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Table of Contents 

Defense, Missiles & Radar 

Advanced Developments in Radar Technology NEW! 


Fundamentals of Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS 

Apr 12-13, 2010 • Washington DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Apr 15-16, 2010 • Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Jul 19-20, 2010 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Fundamentals of Radar Technology 

May 4-6, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 

Grounding and Shielding for EMC 

Apr 27-29, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 

Modern Missile Analysis 



Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion 


Propagation Effects of Radar and Communication Systems 

Apr 6-8, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Radar 101 - Fundamentals of Radar 

Apr 5, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 

Radar Signal Analysis & Processing with MATLAB 

Jul 14-16, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

Radar Systems Analysis & Design Using MATLAB 

May 3-6, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

Radar Systems Design & Engineering 


Submarines and Their Combat Systems 


Synthetic Aperture Radar - Advanced 

May 5-6, 2010 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

Synthetic Aperture Radar - Fundamentals 

May 3-4, 2010 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

Tactical Missile Design – Integration 


Sep 27-29, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

Theory and Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare 

Mar 23-24, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems & Applications NEW! 

Jun 8, 2010 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

Jun 15, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

Engineering & Communications 

Digital Signal Processing System Design 

May 31-Jun 3, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

Digital Video Systems, Broadcast & Operations 


Engineering Systems Modeling with Excel / VBA NEW! 


Exploring Data: Visualization 


Fiber Optic Systems Engineering 


Military Strategy 810G NEW! 

Apr 12-15, 2010 • Plano, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 

May 17-20, 2010 • Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 

Practical Design of Experiments 

Jun 1-2, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Practical EMI Fixes 

Jun 14-17, 2010 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 

Practical Statistical Signal Processing Using MATLAB 

Jun 21-24, 2010 • Middletown, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . 58 


Self-Organizing Wireless Networks NEW! 


Signal & Image Processing & Analysis for Scientists & Engineers 


Team-Based Problem Solving NEW! 

Jul 13-14, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach 

Jun 1-3, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 

Topics for On-site Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 

Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register. . . . . . . 64 

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Applied Physical Oceanography and Acoustics: 

Controlling Physics, Observations, Models and Naval Applications 

NEW! 

May 18-20, 2010 

Beltsville, Maryland 

$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 

"Register 3 or More & Receive $100 00 each 

Off The Course Tuition." 

Summary 

This three-day course is designed for engineers, 

physicists, acousticians, climate scientists, and managers 

who wish to enhance their understanding of this discipline 

or become familiar with how the ocean environment can 

affect their individual applications. Examples of remote 

sensing of the ocean, in situ ocean observing systems and 

actual examples from recent oceanographic cruises are 

given. 

Instructors 

Dr. David L. Porter is a Principal Senior Oceanographer 

at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics 

Laboratory (JHUAPL). Dr. Porter has been at JHUAPL for 

twenty-two years and before that he was an 

oceanographer for ten years at the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. Dr. Porter's specialties are 

oceanographic remote sensing using space borne 

altimeters and in situ observations. He has authored 

scores of publications in the field of ocean remote 

sensing, tidal observations, and internal waves as well as 

a book on oceanography. Dr. Porter holds a BS in 

physics from University of MD, a MS in physical 

oceanography from MIT and a PhD in geophysical fluid 

dynamics from the Catholic University of America. 

Dr. Juan I. Arvelo is a Principal Senior Acoustician at 

JHUAPL. He earned a PhD degree in physics from the 

Catholic University of America. He served nine years at 

the Naval Surface Warfare Center and five years at Alliant 

Techsystems, Inc. He has 27 years of theoretical and 

practical experience in government, industry, and 

academic institutions on acoustic sensor design and sonar 

performance evaluation, experimental design and 

conduct, acoustic signal processing, data analysis and 

interpretation. Dr. Arvelo is an active member of the 

Acoustical Society of America (ASA) where he holds 

various positions including associate editor of the 

Proceedings On Meetings in Acoustics (POMA) and 

technical chair of the 159th joint ASA/INCE conference in 

Baltimore. 

What You Will Learn 

• The physical structure of the ocean and its major 

currents. 

• The controlling physics of waves, including internal 

waves. 

• How space borne altimeters work and their 

contribution to ocean modeling. 

• How ocean parameters influence acoustics. 

• Models and databases for predicting sonar 

performance. 

Course Outline 

1. Importance of Oceanography. Review 

oceanography's history, naval applications, and impact on 

climate. 

2. Physics of The Ocean. Develop physical 

understanding of the Navier-Stokes equations and their 

application for understanding and measuring the ocean. 

3. Energetics Of The Ocean and Climate Change. The 

source of all energy is the sun. We trace the incoming energy 

through the atmosphere and ocean and discuss its effect on 

the climate. 

4. Wind patterns, El Niño and La Niña. The major wind 

patterns of earth define not only the vegetation on land, but 

drive the major currents of the ocean. Perturbations to their 

normal circulation, such as an El Niño event, can have global 

impacts. 

5. Satellite Observations, Altimetry, Earth's Geoid and 

Ocean Modeling. The role of satellite observations are 

discussed with a special emphasis on altimetric 

measurements. 

6. Inertial Currents, Ekman Transport, Western 

Boundaries. Observed ocean dynamics are explained. 

Analytical solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations are 

discussed. 

7. Ocean Currents, Modeling and Observation. 

Observations of the major ocean currents are compared to 

model results of those currents. The ocean models are driven 

by satellite altimetric observations. 

8. Mixing, Salt Fingers, Ocean Tracers and Langmuir 

Circulation. Small scale processes in the ocean have a large 

effect on the ocean's structure and the dispersal of important 

chemicals, such as CO2. 

9. Wind Generated Waves, Ocean Swell and Their 

Prediction. Ocean waves, their physics and analysis by 

directional wave spectra are discussed along with present 

modeling of the global wave field employing Wave Watch III. 

10. Tsunami Waves. The generation and propagation of 

tsunami waves are discussed with a description of the present 

monitoring system. 

11. Internal Waves and Synthetic Aperture Radar 

(SAR) Sensing of Internal Waves. The density stratification 

in the ocean allows the generation of internal waves. The 

physics of the waves and their manifestation at the surface by 

SAR is discussed. 

12. Tides, Observations, Predictions and Quality 

Control. Tidal observations play a critical role in commerce 

and warfare. The history of tidal observations, their role in 

commerce, the physics of tides and their prediction are 

discussed. 

13. Bays, Estuaries and Inland Seas. The inland waters 

of the continents present dynamics that are controlled not only 

by the physics of the flow, but also by the bathymetry and the 

shape of the coastlines. 

14. The Future of Oceanography. Applications to global 

climate assessment, new technologies and modeling are 

discussed. 

15. Underwater Acoustics. Review of ocean effects on 

sound propagation & scattering. 

16. Naval Applications. Description of the latest sensor, 

transducer, array and sonar technologies for applications from 

target detection, localization and classification to acoustic 

communications and environmental surveys. 

17. Models and Databases. Description of key worldwide 

environmental databases, sound propagation models, and 

sonar simulation tools. 


Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing 

for Land, Sea, Air, Space Vehicles & Electronics Manufacture 

April 5-7, 2010 

College Park, Maryland 

April 20-22, 2010 

Chatsworth, California 

$2595 (8:00am - 4:00pm) 

“Also Available As A Distance Learning Course” 

(Call for Info) 



Instructor 

Wayne Tustin is President of Equipment 

Reliability Institute (ERI), a 

specialized engineering school and 

consultancy. His BSEE degree is 

from the University of Washington, 

Seattle. He is a licensed 

Professional Engineer - Quality in 

the State of California. Wayne's first 

encounter with vibration was at Boeing/Seattle, 

performing what later came to be called modal 

tests, on the XB-52 prototype of that highly 

reliable platform. Subsequently he headed field 

service and technical training for a manufacturer 

of electrodynamic shakers, before establishing 

another specialized school on which he left his 

name. Wayne has written several books and 

hundreds of articles dealing with practical 

aspects of vibration and shock measurement and 

testing. 


• How to plan, conduct and evaluate vibration 

and shock tests and screens. 

• How to attack vibration and noise problems. 

• How to make vibration isolation, damping and 

absorbers work for vibration and noise control. 

• How noise is generated and radiated, and how 

it can be reduced. 

From this course you will gain the ability to 

understand and communicate meaningfully with 

test personnel, perform basic engineering 

calculations, and evaluate tradeoffs between test 

equipment and procedures. 

Summary 

This three-day course is primarily designed for test 

personnel who conduct, supervise or "contract out" 

vibration and shock tests. It also benefits design, 

quality and reliability specialists who interface with 

vibration and shock test activities. 

Each student receives the instructor's brand new, 

minimal-mathematics, minimal-theory hardbound text 

Random Vibration & Shock Testing, Measurement, 

Analysis & Calibration. This 444 page, 4-color book 

also includes a CD-ROM with video clips and 

animations. 


1. Minimal math review of basics of vibration, 

commencing with uniaxial and torsional SDoF 

systems. Resonance. Vibration control. 

2. Instrumentation. How to select and correctly use 

displacement, velocity and especially acceleration and 

force sensors and microphones. Minimizing mechanical 

and electrical errors. Sensor and system dynamic 

calibration. 

3. Extension of SDoF to understand multi-resonant 

continuous systems encountered in land, sea, air and 

space vehicle structures and cargo, as well as in 

electronic products. 

4. Types of shakers. Tradeoffs between mechanical, 

electrohydraulic (servohydraulic), electrodynamic 

(electromagnetic) and piezoelectric shakers and systems. 

Limitations. Diagnostics. 

5. Sinusoidal one-frequency-at-a-time vibration 

testing. Interpreting sine test standards. Conducting 

tests. 

6. Random Vibration Testing. Broad-spectrum allfrequencies-at-once 

vibration testing. Interpreting 

random vibration test standards. 

7. Simultaneous multi-axis testing gradually 

replacing practice of reorienting device under test (DUT) 

on single-axis shakers. 

8. Environmental stress screening (ESS) of 

electronics production. Extensions to highly accelerated 

stress screening (HASS) and to highly accelerated life 

testing (HALT). 

9. Assisting designers to improve their designs by 

(a) substituting materials of greater damping or (b) adding 

damping or (c) avoiding "stacking" of resonances. 

10. Understanding automotive buzz, squeak and 

rattle (BSR). Assisting designers to solve BSR problems. 

Conducting BSR tests. 

11. Intense noise (acoustic) testing of launch vehicles 

and spacecraft. 

12. Shock testing. Transportation testing. Pyroshock 

testing. Misuse of classical shock pulses on shock test 

machines and on shakers. More realistic oscillatory shock 

testing on shakers. 

13. Shock response spectrum (SRS) for 

understanding effects of shock on hardware. Use of SRS 

in evaluating shock test methods, in specifying and in 

conducting shock tests. 

14. Attaching DUT via vibration and shock test 

fixtures. Large DUTs may require head expanders and/or 

slip plates. 

15. Modal testing. Assisting designers. 


Fundamentals of Sonar Transducer Design 

April 20-22, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day course is designed for sonar 

system design engineers, managers, and system 

engineers who wish to enhance their understanding 

of sonar transducer design and how the sonar 

transducer fits into and dictates the greater sonar 

system design. Topics will be illustrated by worked 

numerical examples and practical case studies. 

Instructor 

Mr. John C. Cochran is a Sr. Engineering Fellow 

with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems., a 

leading provider of integrated solutions for the 

Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. 

Mr. Cochran has 25 years of experience in the 

design of sonar transducer systems. His experience 

includes high frequency mine hunting sonar 

systems, hull mounted search sonar systems, 

undersea targets and decoys, high power 

projectors, and surveillance sonar systems. Mr. 

Cochran holds a BS degree from the University of 

California, Berkeley, a MS degree from Purdue 

University, and a MS EE degree from University of 

California, Santa Barbara. He holds a certificate in 

Acoustics Engineering from Pennsylvania State 

University and Mr. Cochran has taught as a visiting 

lecturer for the University of Massachusetts, 

Dartmouth. 


• Acoustic parameters that affect transducer 

designs: 

Aperture design 

Radiation impedance 

Beam patterns and directivity 

• Fundamentals of acoustic wave transmission in 

solids including the basics of piezoelectricity 

Modeling concepts for transducer design. 

• Transducer performance parameters that affect 

radiated power, frequency of operation, and 

bandwidth. 

• Sonar projector design parameters Sonar 

hydrophone design parameters. 

From this course you will obtain the knowledge and 

ability to perform sonar transducer systems 

engineering calculations, identify tradeoffs, interact 

meaningfully with colleagues, evaluate systems, 

understand current literature, and how transducer 

design fits into greater sonar system design. 


1. Overview. Review of how transducer and 

performance fits into overall sonar system design. 

2. Waves in Fluid Media. Background on how the 

transducer creates sound energy and how this energy 

propagates in fluid media. The basics of sound 

propagation in fluid media: 

• Plane Waves 

• Radiation from Spheres 

• Linear Apertures Beam Patterns 

• Planar Apertures Beam Patterns 

• Directivity and Directivity Index 

• Scattering and Diffraction 

• Radiation Impedance 

• Transmission Phenomena 

• Absorption and Attenuation of Sound 

3. Equivalent Circuits. Transducers equivalent 

electrical circuits. The relationship between transducer 

parameters and performance. Analysis of transducer 

designs: 

• Mechanical Equivalent Circuits 

• Acoustical Equivalent Circuits 

• Combining Mechanical and Acoustical Equivalent 

Circuits 

4. Waves in Solid Media: A transducer is 

constructed of solid structural elements. Background in 

how sound waves propagate through solid media. This 

section builds on the previous section and develops 

equivalent circuit models for various transducer 

elements. Piezoelectricity is introduced. 

• Waves in Homogeneous, Elastic Solid Media 

• Piezoelectricity 

• The electro-mechanical coupling coefficient 

• Waves in Piezoelectric, Elastic Solid Media. 

5. Sonar Projectors. This section combines the 

concepts of the previous sections and developes the 

basic concepts of sonar projector design. Basic 

concepts for modeling and analyzing sonar projector 

performance will be presented. Examples of sonar 

projectors will be presented and will include spherical 

projectors, cylindrical projectors, half wave-length 

projectors, tonpilz projectors, and flexural projectors. 

Limitation on performance of sonar projectors will be 

discussed. 

6. Sonar Hydrophones. The basic concepts of 

sonar hydrophone design will be reviewed. Analysis of 

hydrophone noise and extraneous circuit noise that 

may interfere with hydrophone performance. 

• Elements of Sonar Hydrophone Design 

• Analysis of Noise in Hydrophone and Preamplifier 

Systems 

• Specific Application in Sonar Hydronpone Design 

• Hydrostatic hydrophones 

• Spherical hydrophones 

• Cylindrical hydrophones 

• The affect of a fill fluid on hydrophone performance. 



Fundamentals and Advances in Acoustic Quieting 

Summary 

The course describes the essential mechanisms of 

underwater noise as it relates to ship/submarine 

silencing applications. The fundamental principles of 

noise sources, water-borne and structure-borne noise 

propagation, and noise control methodologies are 

explained. Illustrative examples will be presented. The 

course will be geared to those desiring a basic 

understanding of underwater noise and 

ship/submarine silencing with necessary mathematics 

presented as gently as possible. 

A full set of notes will be given to participants as well 

as a copy of the text, Mechanics of Underwater Noise, 

by Donald Ross. 

Instructors 

Joel Garrelick has extensive experience in the 

general area of structural acoustics and specifically, 

underwater acoustics applications. As a Principal 

Scientist for Cambridge Acoustical Associates, Inc., 

CAA/Anteon, Inc. and currently Applied Physical 

Sciences, Inc., he has thirty plus years experience 

working on various ship/submarine silencing R&D 

projects for Naval Sea Systems Command, the Applied 

Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, Office 

of Naval Research, Naval Surface Warfare Center and 

Naval Research Laboratory. He has also performed 

aircraft noise research for the Air Force Research 

Laboratory and NASA and is the author of a number of 

articles in technical journals. Joel received his B.C.E. 

and M.E. from the City College of New York and his 

Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics from the City 

University of New York. 

Paul Arveson served as a civilian employee of the 

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), 

Carderock Division. With a BS degree in 

Physics, he led teams in ship acoustic 

signature measurement and analysis, 

facility calibration, and characterization 

projects. He designed and constructed 

specialized analog and digital electronic 

measurement systems and their sensors and 

interfaces, including the system used to calibrate all 

the US Navy's ship noise measurement facilities. He 

managed development of the Target Strength 

Predictive Model for the Navy. He conducted 

experimental and theoretical studies of acoustic and 

oceanographic phenomena for the Office of Naval 

Research. He has published numerous technical 

reports and papers in these fields. In 1999 Arveson 

received a Master's degree in Computer Systems 

Management. He established the Balanced Scorecard 

Institute, as an effort to promote the use of this 

management concept among governmental and 

nonprofit organizations. He is active in various 

technical organizations, and is a Fellow in the 

Washington Academy of Sciences. 

May 4-6, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Fundamentals. Definitions, units, sources, 

spectral and temporal properties, wave equation, 

radiation and propagation, reflection, absorption and 

scattering, structure-borne noise, interaction of sound 

and structures. 

2. Noise Sources in Marine Applications. 

Rotating and reciprocating machinery, pumps and 

fans, gears, piping systems. 

3. Noise Models for Design and Prediction. 

Source-path-receiver models, source characterization, 

structural response and vibration transmission, 

deterministic (FE) and statistical (SEA) analyses. 

4. Noise Control. Principles of machinery quieting, 

vibration isolation, structural damping, structural 

transmission loss, acoustic absorption, acoustic 

mufflers. 

5. Fluid Mechanics and Flow Induced Noise. 

Turbulent boundary layers, wakes, vortex shedding, 

cavity resonance, fluid-structure interactions, propeller 

noise mechanisms, cavitation noise. 

6. Hull Vibration and Radiation. Flexural and 

membrane modes of vibration, hull structure 

resonances, resonance avoidance, ribbed-plates, thin 

shells, anti-radiation coatings, bubble screens. 

7. Sonar Self Noise and Reduction. On board and 

towed arrays, noise models, noise control for 

habitability, sonar domes. 

8. Ship/Submarine Scattering. Rigid body and 

elastic scattering mechanisms, target strength of 

structural components, false targets, methods for echo 

reduction, anechoic coatings. 


Sonar Signal Processing 

NEW! 

May 18-20 , 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This intensive short course provides an 

overview of sonar signal processing. Processing 

techniques applicable to bottom-mounted, hullmounted, 

towed and sonobuoy systems will be 

discussed. Spectrum analysis, detection, 

classification, and tracking algorithms for passive 

and active systems will be examined and related 

to design factors. The impact of the ocean 

environment on signal processing performance 

will be highlighted. Advanced techniques such as 

high-resolution array-processing and matched 

field array processing, advanced signal 

processing techniques, and sonar automation will 

be covered. 

The course is valuable for engineers and 

scientists engaged in the design, testing, or 

evaluation of sonars. Physical insight and 

realistic performance expectations will be 

stressed. A comprehensive set of notes will be 

supplied to all attendees. 

Instructors 

James W. Jenkins joined the Johns Hopkins 

University Applied Physics 

Laboratory in 1970 and has worked 

in ASW and sonar systems analysis. 

He has worked with system studies 

and at-sea testing with passive and 

active systems. He is currently a 

senior physicist investigating 

improved signal processing systems, APB, ownship 

monitoring, and SSBN sonar. He has taught 

sonar and continuing education courses since 

1977 and is the Director of the Applied 

Technology Institute (ATI). 

G. Scott Peacock is the Assistant Group 

Supervisor of the Systems Group at the Johns 

Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab 

(JHU/APL). Mr. Peacock received both his B.S. in 

Mathematics and an M.S. in Statistics from the 

University of Utah. He currently manages several 

research and development projects that focus on 

automated passive sonar algorithms for both 

organic and off-board sensors. Prior to joining 

JHU/APL Mr. Peacock was lead engineer on 

several large-scale Navy development tasks 

including an active sonar adjunct processor for 

the SQS-53C, a fast-time sonobuoy acoustic 

processor and a full scale P-3 trainer. 


1. Introduction to Sonar Signal 

Processing. ntroduction to sonar detection 

systems and types of signal processing 

performed in sonar. Correlation processing, 

Fournier analysis, windowing, and ambiguity 

functions. Evaluation of probability of detection 

and false alarm rate for FFT and broadband 

signal processors. 

2. Beamforming and Array Processing. 

Beam patterns for sonar arrays, shading 

techniques for sidelobe control, beamformer 

implementation. Calculation of DI and array 

gain in directional noise fields. 

3. Passive Sonar Signal Processing. 

Review of signal characteristics, ambient 

noise, and platform noise. Passive system 

configurations and implementations. Spectral 

analysis and integration. 

4. Active Sonar Signal Processing. 

Waveform selection and ambiguity functions. 

Projector configurations. Reverberation and 

multipath effects. Receiver design. 

5. Passive and Active Designs and 

Implementations. Design specifications and 

trade-off examples will be worked, and actual 

sonar system implementations will be 

examined. 

6. Advanced Signal Processing 

Techniques. Advanced techniques for 

beamforming, detection, estimation, and 

classification will be explored. Optimal array 

processing. Data adaptive methods, super 

resolution spectral techniques, time-frequency 

representations and active/passive automated 

classification are among the advanced 

techniques that will be covered. 


• Fundamental algorithms for signal 

processing. 

• Techniques for beam forming. 

• Trade-offs among active waveform designs. 

• Ocean medium effects. 

• Shallow water effects and issues. 

• Optimal and adaptive processing. 


Underwater Acoustic Modeling and Simulation 

April 19-22, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

The subject of underwater acoustic modeling deals with 

the translation of our 

physical understanding of 

sound in the sea into 

mathematical formulas 

solvable by computers. 

This course provides a 

comprehensive treatment of 

all types of underwater 

acoustic models including 

environmental, propagation, 

noise, reverberation and 

sonar performance models. 

Specific examples of each 

type of model are discussed 

to illustrate model 

formulations, assumptions 

and algorithm efficiency. Guidelines for selecting and 

using available propagation, noise and reverberation 

models are highlighted. Problem sessions allow students 

to exercise PC-based propagation and active sonar 

models. 

Each student will receive a copy of Underwater 

Acoustic Modeling and Simulation by Paul C. Etter, in 

addition to a complete set of lecture notes. 

Instructor 

Paul C. Etter has worked in the fields of oceanatmosphere 

physics and environmental 

acoustics for the past thirty years 

supporting federal and state agencies, 

academia and private industry. He 

received his BS degree in Physics and his 

MS degree in Oceanography at Texas 

A&M University. Mr. Etter served on active 

duty in the U.S. Navy as an Anti- 

Submarine Warfare (ASW) Officer aboard frigates. He is 

the author or co-author of more than 140 technical reports 

and professional papers addressing environmental 

measurement technology, underwater acoustics and 

physical oceanography. Mr. Etter is the author of the 

textbook Underwater Acoustic Modeling and Simulation. 


• What models are available to support sonar 

engineering and oceanographic research. 

• How to select the most appropriate models based on 

user requirements. 

• Where to obtain the latest models and databases. 

• How to operate models and generate reliable 

results. 

• How to evaluate model accuracy. 

• How to solve sonar equations and simulate sonar 

performance. 

• Where the most promising international research is 

being performed. 


1. Introduction. Nature of acoustical measurements 

and prediction. Modern developments in physical and 

mathematical modeling. Diagnostic versus prognostic 

applications. Latest developments in acoustic sensing of 

the oceans. 

2. The Ocean as an Acoustic Medium. Distribution of 

physical and chemical properties in the oceans. Soundspeed 

calculation, measurement and distribution. Surface 

and bottom boundary conditions. Effects of circulation 

patterns, fronts, eddies and fine-scale features on 

acoustics. Biological effects. 

3. Propagation. Observations and Physical Models. 

Basic concepts, boundary interactions, attenuation and 

absorption. Shear-wave effects in the sea floor and ice 

cover. Ducting phenomena including surface ducts, sound 

channels, convergence zones, shallow-water ducts and 

Arctic half-channels. Spatial and temporal coherence. 

Mathematical Models. Theoretical basis for propagation 

modeling. Frequency-domain wave equation formulations 

including ray theory, normal mode, multipath expansion, 

fast field and parabolic approximation techniques. New 

developments in shallow-water and under-ice models. 

Domains of applicability. Model summary tables. Data 

support requirements. Specific examples (PE and 

RAYMODE). References. Demonstrations. 

4. Noise. Observations and Physical Models. Noise 

sources and spectra. Depth dependence and 

directionality. Slope-conversion effects. Mathematical 

Models. Theoretical basis for noise modeling. Ambient 

noise and beam-noise statistics models. Pathological 

features arising from inappropriate assumptions. Model 

summary tables. Data support requirements. Specific 

example (RANDI-III). References. 

5. Reverberation. Observations and Physical 

Models. Volume and boundary scattering. Shallowwater 

and under-ice reverberation features. 

Mathematical Models. Theoretical basis for 

reverberation modeling. Cell scattering and point 

scattering techniques. Bistatic reverberation 

formulations and operational restrictions. Data support 

requirements. Specific examples (REVMOD and 

Bistatic Acoustic Model). References. 

6. Sonar Performance Models. Sonar equations. 

Model operating systems. Model summary tables. Data 

support requirements. Sources of oceanographic and 

acoustic data. Specific examples (NISSM and Generic 

Sonar Model). References. 

7. Modeling and Simulation. Review of simulation 

theory including advanced methodologies and 

infrastructure tools. Overview of engineering, 

engagement, mission and theater level models. 

Discussion of applications in concept evaluation, training 

and resource allocation. 

8. Modern Applications in Shallow Water and 

Inverse Acoustic Sensing. Stochastic modeling, 

broadband and time-domain modeling techniques, 

matched field processing, acoustic tomography, coupled 

ocean-acoustic modeling, 3D modeling, and chaotic 

metrics. 

9. Model Evaluation. Guidelines for model 

evaluation and documentation. Analytical benchmark 

solutions. Theoretical and operational limitations. 

Verification, validation and accreditation. Examples. 

10. Demonstrations and Problem Sessions. 

Demonstration of PC-based propagation and active sonar 

models. Hands-on problem sessions and discussion of 

results. 


Underwater Acoustics 201 

May 13-14, 2010 

Laurel, Maryland 

$1225 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This two-day course explains how to translate our 

physical understanding of sound in the sea into 

mathematical formulas solvable by computers. It 

provides a comprehensive treatment of all types of 

underwater acoustic models including environmental, 

propagation, noise, reverberation and sonar 

performance models. Specific examples of each type 

of model are discussed to 

illustrate 

model 

formulations, assumptions 

and algorithm efficiency. 

Guidelines for selecting and 

using available propagation, 

noise and reverberation 

models are highlighted. 

Demonstrations illustrate the 

proper execution and 

interpretation of PC-based 

sonar models. 

Each student will receive a copy of Underwater 

Acoustic Modeling and Simulation by Paul C. Etter, in 

addition to a complete set of lecture notes. 

Instructor 

Paul C. Etter has worked in the fields of oceanatmosphere 

physics and environmental 

acoustics for the past thirty-five years 

supporting federal and state agencies, 

academia and private industry. He 

received his BS degree in Physics and 

his MS degree in Oceanography at 

Texas A&M University. Mr. Etter served 

on active duty in the U.S. Navy as an Anti-Submarine 

Warfare (ASW) Officer aboard frigates. He is the 

author or co-author of more than 180 technical reports 

and professional papers addressing environmental 

measurement technology, underwater acoustics and 

physical oceanography. Mr. Etter is the author of the 

textbook Underwater Acoustic Modeling and 

Simulation (3rd edition). 


• Principles of underwater sound and the sonar 

equation. 

• How to solve sonar equations and simulate sonar 

performance. 

• What models are available to support sonar 

engineering and oceanographic research. 

• How to select the most appropriate models based on 

user requirements. 

• Models available at APL. 

NEW! 


1. Introduction. Nature of acoustical 

measurements and prediction. Modern 

developments in physical and mathematical 

modeling. Diagnostic versus prognostic 

applications. Latest developments in inverseacoustic 

sensing of the oceans. 

2. The Ocean as an Acoustic Medium. 

Distribution of physical and chemical properties in 

the oceans. Sound-speed calculation, 

measurement and distribution. Surface and bottom 

boundary conditions. Effects of circulation patterns, 

fronts, eddies and fine-scale features on acoustics. 

Biological effects. 

3. Propagation. Basic concepts, boundary 

interactions, attenuation and absorption. Ducting 

phenomena including surface ducts, sound 

channels, convergence zones, shallow-water ducts 

and Arctic half-channels. Theoretical basis for 

propagation modeling. Frequency-domain wave 

equation formulations including ray theory, normal 

mode, multipath expansion, fast field (wavenumber 

integration) and parabolic approximation 

techniques. Model summary tables. Data support 

requirements. Specific examples. 

4. Noise. Noise sources and spectra. Depth 

dependence and directionality. Slope-conversion 

effects. Theoretical basis for noise modeling. 

Ambient noise and beam-noise statistics models. 

Pathological features arising from inappropriate 

assumptions. Model summary tables. Data support 

requirements. Specific examples. 

5. Reverberation. Volume and boundary 

scattering. Shallow-water and under-ice 

reverberation features. Theoretical basis for 

reverberation modeling. Cell scattering and point 

scattering techniques. Bistatic reverberation 

formulations and operational restrictions. Model 

summary tables. Data support requirements. 

Specific examples. 

6. Sonar Performance Models. Sonar 

equations. Monostatic and bistatic geometries. 

Model operating systems. Model summary tables. 

Data support requirements. Sources of 

oceanographic and acoustic data. Specific 

examples. 

7. Simulation. Review of simulation theory 

including advanced methodologies and 

infrastructure tools. 

8. Demonstrations. Guided demonstrations 

illustrate proper execution and interpretation of PCbased 

monostatic and bistatic sonar models. 


Underwater Acoustics for Biologists and Conservation Managers 

A comprehensive tutorial designed for environmental professionals 

Summary 

This three-day course is designed for biologists, and 

conservation managers, who wish to enhance their 

understanding of the underlying principles of 

underwater and engineering acoustics needed to 

evaluate the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine 

life. This course provides a framework for making 

objective assessments of the impact of various types of 

sound sources. Critical topics are introduced through 

clear and readily understandable heuristic models and 

graphics. 

Instructors 

Dr. William T. Ellison is president of Marine Acoustics, 

Inc., Middletown, RI. Dr. Ellison has over 

45 years of field and laboratory experience 

in underwater acoustics spanning sonar 

design, ASW tactics, software models and 

biological field studies. He is a graduate of 

the Naval Academy and holds the degrees 

of MSME and Ph.D. from MIT. He has 

published numerous papers in the field of acoustics and is 

a co-author of the 2007 monograph Marine Mammal 

Noise Exposure Criteria: Initial Scientific 

Recommendations, as well as a member of the ASA 

Technical Working Group on the impact of noise on Fish 

and Turtles. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of 

America and a Fellow of the Explorers Club. 

Dr. Orest Diachok is a Marine Biophysicist at the Johns 

Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory. Dr. 

Diachok has over 40 years experience in acoustical 

oceanography, and has published 

numerous scientific papers. His career has 

included tours with the Naval 

Oceanographic Office, Naval Research 

Laboratory and NATO Undersea Research 

Centre, where he served as Chief 

Scientist. During the past 16 years his work 

has focused on estimation of biological parameters from 

acoustic measurements in the ocean. During this period 

he also wrote the required Environmental Assessments for 

his experiments. Dr. Diachok is a Fellow of the Acoustical 

Society of America. 


• What are the key characteristics of man-made 

sound sources and usage of correct metrics. 

• How to evaluate the resultant sound field from 

impulsive, coherent and continuous sources. 

• How are system characteristics measured and 

calibrated. 

• What animal characteristics are important for 

assessing both impact and requirements for 

monitoring/and mitigation. 

• Capabilities of passive and active monitoring and 

mitigation systems. 

From this course you will obtain the knowledge to 

perform basic assessments of the impact of 

anthropogenic sources on marine life in specific ocean 

environments, and to understand the uncertainties in 

your assessments. 

NEW! 

June 15-17, 2010 

Silver Spring, Maryland 

$1590 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




1. Introduction. Review of the ocean 

anthropogenic noise issue (public opinion, legal 

findings and regulatory approach), current state 

of knowledge, and key references summarizing 

scientific findings to date. 

2. Acoustics of the Ocean Environment. 

Sound Propagation, Ambient Noise 

Characteristics. 

3. Characteristics of Anthropogenic Sound 

Sources. Impulsive (airguns, pile drivers, 

explosives), Coherent (sonars, acoustic modems, 

depth sounder. profilers), Continuous (shipping, 

offshore industrial activities). 

4. Overview of Issues Related to Impact of 

Sound on Marine Wildlife. Marine Wildlife of 

Interest (mammals, turtles and fish), Behavioral 

Disturbance and Potential for Injury, Acoustic 

Masking, Biological Significance, and Cumulative 

Effects. Seasonal Distribution and Behavioral 

Databases for Marine Wildlife. 

5. Assessment of the Impact of 

Anthropogenic Sound. Source characteristics 

(spectrum, level, movement, duty cycle), 

Propagation characteristics (site specific 

character of water column and bathymetry 

measurements and database), Ambient Noise, 

Determining sound as received by the wildlife, 

absolute level and signal to noise, multipath 

propagation and spectral spread. Appropriate 

metrics and how to model, measure and 

evaluate. Issues for laboratory studies. 

6. Bioacoustics of Marine Wildlife. Hearing 

Threshold, TTS and PTS, Vocalizations and 

Masking, Target Strength, Volume Scattering and 

Clutter. 

7. Monitoring and Mitigation Requirements. 

Passive Devices (fixed and towed systems), 

Active Devices, Matching Device Capabilities to 

Environmental Requirements (examples of 

passive and active localization, long term 

monitoring, fish exposure testing). 

8. Outstanding Research Issues in Marine 

Acoustics. 


Summary 

This course is intended for engineers and 

scientists concerned with the vibration reduction 

and quieting of vehicles, devices, and equipment. It 

will emphasize understanding of the relevant 

phenomena and concepts in order to enable the 

participants to address a wide range of practical 

problems insightfully. The instructors will draw on 

their extensive experience to illustrate the subject 

matter with examples related to the participant’s 

specific areas of interest. Although the course will 

begin with a review and will include some 

demonstrations, participants ideally should have 

some prior acquaintance with vibration or noise 

fields. Each participant will receive a complete set of 

course notes and the text Noise and Vibration 

Control Engineering. 

Instructors 

Dr. Eric Ungar has specialized in research and 

consulting in vibration and noise for 

more than 40 years, published over 

200 technical papers, and translated 

and revised Structure-Borne Sound. 

He has led short courses at the 

Pennsylvania State University for 

over 25 years and has presented 

numerous seminars worldwide. Dr. Ungar has 

served as President of the Acoustical Society of 

America, as President of the Institute of Noise 

Control Engineering, and as Chairman of the 

Design Engineering Division of the American 

Society of Mechanical Engineers. ASA honored him 

with it’s Trent-Crede Medal in Shock and Vibration. 

ASME awarded him the Per Bruel Gold Medal for 

Noise Control and Acoustics for his work on 

vibrations of complex structures, structural 

damping, and isolation. 

Dr. James Moore has, for the past twenty years, 

concentrated on the transmission of 

noise and vibration in complex 

structures, on improvements of noise 

and vibration control methods, and on 

the enhancement of sound quality. 

He has developed Statistical Energy 

Analysis models for the investigation 

of vibration and noise in complex structures such as 

submarines, helicopters, and automobiles. He has 

been instrumental in the acquisition of 

corresponding data bases. He has participated in 

the development of active noise control systems, 

noise reduction coating and signal conditioning 

means, as well as in the presentation of numerous 

short courses and industrial training programs. 


• How to attack vibration and noise problems. 

• What means are available for vibration and noise control. 

• How to make vibration isolation, damping, and absorbers 

work. 

• How noise is generated and radiated, and how it can be 

reduced. 

Vibration and Noise Control 

New Insights and Developments 

March 15-18, 2010 

Cleveland, Ohio 

May 3-6, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Review of Vibration Fundamentals from a 

Practical Perspective. The roles of energy and force 

balances. When to add mass, stiffeners, and damping. 

General strategy for attacking practical problems. 

Comprehensive checklist of vibration control means. 

2. Structural Damping Demystified. Where 

damping can and cannot help. How damping is 

measured. Overview of important damping 

mechanisms. Application principles. Dynamic behavior 

of plastic and elastomeric materials. Design of 

treatments employing viscoelastic materials. 

3. Expanded Understanding of Vibration 

Isolation. Where transmissibility is and is not useful. 

Some common misconceptions regarding inertia 

bases, damping, and machine speed. Accounting for 

support and machine frame flexibility, isolator mass 

and wave effects, source reaction. Benefits and pitfalls 

of two-stage isolation. The role of active isolation 

systems. 

4. The Power of Vibration Absorbers. How tuned 

dampers work. Effects of tuning, mass, damping. 

Optimization. How waveguide energy absorbers work. 

5. Structure-borne Sound and High Frequency 

Vibration. Where modal and finite-element analyses 

cannot work. Simple response estimation. What is 

Statistical Energy Analysis and how does it work How 

waves propagate along structures and radiate sound. 

6. No-Nonsense Basics of Noise and its Control. 

Review of levels, decibels, sound pressure, power, 

intensity, directivity. Frequency bands, filters, and 

measures of noisiness. Radiation efficiency. Overview 

of common noise sources. Noise control strategies and 

means. 

7. Intelligent Measurement and Analysis. 

Diagnostic strategy. Selecting the right transducers; 

how and where to place them. The power of spectrum 

analyzers. Identifying and characterizing sources and 

paths. 

8. Coping with Noise in Rooms. Where sound 

absorption can and cannot help. Practical sound 

absorbers and absorptive materials. Effects of full and 

partial enclosures. Sound transmission to adjacent 

areas. Designing enclosures, wrappings, and barriers. 

9. Ducts and Mufflers. Sound propagation in 

ducts. Duct linings. Reactive mufflers and side-branch 

resonators. Introduction to current developments in 

active attenuation. 


Aerospace Simulations in C++ 

Apply the Power of C++ to Simulate Multi-Object Aerospace Vehicles 

NEW! 

May 11-12, 2010 


$1100 (8:30am - 5:00pm) 



Summary 

C++ has become the computer language of choice 

for aerospace simulations. This two-day workshop 

equips engineers and programmers with object 

oriented tools to model net centric simulations. 

Features like polymorphism, inheritance, and 

encapsulation enable building engagement-level 

simulations of diverse aerospace vehicles. To provide 

hands-on experience, the course alternates between 

lectures and computer experiments. The instructor 

introduces C++ features together with modeling of 

aerodynamics, propulsion, and flight controls, while the 

trainee executes and modifies the provided source 

code. Participants should bring an IBM PC compatible 

lap top computer with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or 

2008 (free download from MS). As prerequisites, 

facility with C++ and familiarity with flight dynamics is 

highly desirable. The instructor’s textbook “Modeling 

and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics” is 

provided for further studies. This course features the 

CADAC++ architecture, but also highlights other 

architectures of aerospace simulations. It culminates in 

a net centric simulation of interacting UAVs, satellites 

and targets, which may serve as the basis for further 

development. 

Instructor 

Dr. Peter Zipfel is an Adjunct Associated Professor 

at the University of Florida. He has 

taught courses in M&S, G&C and Flight 

Dynamics for 25 year, and C++ 

aerospace applications during the past 

five years. His 45 years of M&S 

experience was acquired at the German 

Helicopter Institute, the U.S. Army and 

Air Force. He is an AIAA Associate Fellow, serves on 

the AIAA Publication Committee and the AIAA 

Professional Education Committee, and is a 

distinguished international lecturer. His most recent 

publications are all related to C++ aerospace 

applications: “Building Aerospace Simulations in C++”, 

2008; “Fundamentals of 6 DoF Aerospace Vehicle 

Simulation and Analysis in FORTRAN and C++”, 2004; 

and “Advanced 6 DoF Aerospace Vehicle Simulation 

and Analysis in C++”, 2006, all published by AIAA. 


1. What you need to know about the C++ 

language. 

Hands-on: Set up, run, and plot complete 

simulation. 

2. Classes and hierarchical structure of a 

typical aerospace simulation. 

Hands-on: Run satellite simulation. 

3. Modules and Matrix programming made 

easy with pointers. 

Hands-on: Run target simulation. 

4. Table look-up with derived classes. 

Hands-on: Run UAV simulation with 

aerodynamics and propulsion. 

5. Event scheduling via input file. 

Hands-on: Control the UAV with autopilot. 

6. Polymorphism populates the sky with 

vehicles. 

Hands-on: Navigate multiple UAVs through 

waypoints. 

7.Communication bus enables vehicles to 

talk to each other. 

Hands-on: Home on targets with UAVs. 


Exploiting the rich features of C++ for aerospace 

simulations. 

• How to use classes and inheritance to build flight 

vehicle models. 

• How run-time polymorphism makes multi-object 

simulations possible. 

• How to enable communication between 

encapsulated vehicle objects. 

Understanding the CADAC++ Architecture. 

• Learning the modular structure of vehicle 

subsystems. 

• Making changes to the code and the interfaces 

between modules. 

• Experimenting with I/O. 

• Plotting with CADAC Studio. 

Building UAV and satellite simulations. 

• Modeling aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance 

and control of a UAV. 


Communications Payload Design and Satellite System Architecture 

NEW! 

April 6-8, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day course provides communications and 

satellite systems engineers and system architects with a 

comprehensive and accurate approach for the 

specification and detailed design of the communications 

payload and its integration into a satellite system. Both 

standard bent pipe repeaters and digital processors (on 

board and ground-based) are studied in depth, and 

optimized from the standpoint of maximizing throughput 

and coverage (single footprint and multi-beam). 

Applications in Fixed Satellite Service (C, X, Ku and Ka 

bands) and Mobile Satellite Service (L and S bands) are 

addressed as are the requirements of the associated 

ground segment for satellite control and the provision of 

services to end users. 

Instructor 

Bruce R. Elbert (MSEE, MBA) is president of 

Application Technology Strategy, Inc., Thousand Oaks, 

California; and Adjunct Prof of Engineering, Univ of Wisc, 

Madison. 

He is a recognized satellite communications expert with 

40 years of experience in satellite communications 

payload and systems design engineering beginning at 

COMSAT Laboratories and including 25 years with 

Hughes Electronics. He has contributed to the design and 

construction of major communications, including Intelsat, 

Inmarsat, Galaxy, Thuraya, DIRECTV and Palapa A. 

He has written eight books, including: The Satellite 

Communication Applications Handbook, Second Edition, 

The Satellite Communication Ground Segment and Earth 

Station Handbook, and Introduction to Satellite 

Communication, Third Edition. 


• How to transform system and service requirements into 

payload specifications and design elements. 

• What are the specific characteristics of payload 

components, such as antennas, LNAs, microwave filters, 

channel and power amplifiers, and power combiners. 

• What space and ground architecture to employ when 

evaluating on-board processing and multiple beam 

antennas, and how these may be configured for optimum 

end-to-end performance. 

• How to understand the overall system architecture and the 

capabilities of ground segment elements - hubs and remote 

terminals - to integrate with the payload, constellation and 

end-to-end system. 

• From this course you will obtain the knowledge, skill and 

ability to configure a communications payload based on its 

service requirements and technical features. You will 

understand the engineering processes and device 

characteristics that determine how the payload is put 

together and operates in a state - of - the - art 

telecommunications system to meet user needs. 


1. Communications Payloads and Service 

Requirements. Bandwidth, coverage, services and 

applications; RF link characteristics and appropriate use of 

link budgets; bent pipe payloads using passive and active 

components; specific demands for broadband data, IP over 

satellite, mobile communications and service availability; 

principles for using digital processing in system architecture, 

and on-board processor examples at L band (non-GEO and 

GEO) and Ka band. 

2. Systems Engineering to Meet Service 

Requirements. Transmission engineering of the satellite link 

and payload (modulation and FEC, standards such as DVB- 

S2 and Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ATM and IP routing 

in space); optimizing link and payload design through 

consideration of traffic distribution and dynamics, link margin, 

RF interference and frequency coordination requirements. 

3. Bent-pipe Repeater Design. Example of a detailed 

block and level diagram, design for low noise amplification, 

down-conversion design, IMUX and band-pass filtering, group 

delay and gain slope, AGC and linearizaton, power 

amplification (SSPA and TWTA, linearization and parallel 

combining), OMUX and design for high power/multipactor, 

redundancy switching and reliability assessment. 

4. Spacecraft Antenna Design and Performance. Fixed 

reflector systems (offset parabola, Gregorian, Cassegrain) 

feeds and feed systems, movable and reconfigurable 

antennas; shaped reflectors; linear and circular polarization. 

5. Communications Payload Performance Budgeting. 

Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T), Saturation Flux 

Density (SFD), and Effective Isotropic Radiated Power 

(EIRP); repeater gain/loss budgeting; frequency stability and 

phase noise; third-order intercept (3ICP), gain flatness, group 

delay; non-linear phase shift (AM/PM); out of band rejection 

and amplitude non-linearity (C3IM and NPR). 

6. On-board Digital Processor Technology. A/D and 

D/A conversion, digital signal processing for typical channels 

and formats (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA); demodulation and 

remodulation, multiplexing and packet switching; static and 

dynamic beam forming; design requirements and service 

impacts. 

7. Multi-beam Antennas. Fixed multi-beam antennas 

using multiple feeds, feed layout and isloation; phased array 

approaches using reflectors and direct radiating arrays; onboard 

versus ground-based beamforming. 

8. RF Interference and Spectrum Management 

Considerations. Unraveling the FCC and ITU international 

regulatory and coordination process; choosing frequency 

bands that address service needs; development of regulatory 

and frequency coordination strategy based on successful 

case studies. 

9. Ground Segment Selection and Optimization. 

Overall architecture of the ground segment: satellite TT&C 

and communications services; earth station and user terminal 

capabilities and specifications (fixed and mobile); modems 

and baseband systems; selection of appropriate antenna 

based on link requirements and end-user/platform 

considerations. 

10. Earth station and User Terminal Tradeoffs: RF 

tradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T); network design for provision 

of service (star, mesh and hybrid networks); portability and 

mobility. 

11. Performance and Capacity Assessment. 

Determining capacity requirements in terms of bandwidth, 

power and network operation; selection of the air interface 

(multiple access, modulation and coding); interfaces with 

satellite and ground segment; relationship to available 

standards in current use and under development . 

12. Satellite System Verification Methodology. 

Verification engineering for the payload and ground segment; 

where and how to review sources of available technology and 

software to evaluate subsystem and system performance; 

guidelines for overseeing development and evaluating 

alternate technologies and their sources; example of a 

complete design of a communications payload and system 

architecture. 



Summary 

Award-winning rocket scientist Thomas S. Logsdon 

has carefully tailored this comprehensive 4-day short 

course to serve the needs of those military, aerospace, 

and defense-industry professionals who must 

understand, design, and manage today’s 

increasingly complicated and demanding 

aerospace missions. 

Each topic is illustrated with one-page 

mathematical derivations and numerical 

examples that use actual published 

inputs from real-world rockets, 

satellites, and spacecraft missions. 

The lessons help you lay out 

performance-optimal missions in 

concert with your professional colleagues. 

Instructor 

For more than 30 years, Thomas S. Logsdon, has 

worked on the Navstar GPS and other related 

technologies at the Naval Ordinance Laboratory, 

McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin, Boeing 

Aerospace, and Rockwell International. His research 

projects and consulting assignments have included the 

Transit Navigation Satellites, The Tartar and Talos 

shipboard missiles, and the Navstar 

GPS. In addition, he has helped put 

astronauts on the moon and guide their 

colleagues on rendezvous missions 

headed toward the Skylab capsule, and 

helped fly capsules to the nearby 

planets. 

Some of his more challenging assignments have 

included trajectory optimization, constellation design, 

booster rocket performance enhancement, spacecraft 

survivability, differential navigation and booster rocket 

guidance using the GPS signals. 

Tom Logsdon has taught short courses and lectured 

in 31 different countries. He has written and published 

40 technical papers and journal articles, a dozen of 

which have dealt with military and civilian 

radionavigation techniques. He is also the author of 29 

technical books on a variety of mathematical, 

engineering and scientific subjects. These include 

Understanding the Navstar, Orbital Mechanics: Theory 

and Applications, Mobile Communication Satellites, 

and The Navstar Global Positioning System. 


• How do we launch a satellite into orbit and maneuver it to 

a new location 

• How do we design a performance-optimal constellation of 

satellites 

• Why do planetary swingby maneuvers provide such 

profound gains in performance, and what do we pay for 

these important performance gains 

• How can we design the best multistage rocket for a 

particular mission 

• What are Lagrangian libration-point orbits Which ones 

are dynamically stable How can we place satellites into 

halo orbits circling around these moving points in space 

• What are JPL’s gravity tubes How were they discovered 

How are they revolutionizing the exploration of space 

Military, Civilian and Deep-Space Applications 

Each student 

will receive a free GPS 

Navigator! 

March 22-25, 2010 

Cape Canaveral, Florida 

June 21-24, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Concepts from Astrodynamics. Kepler’s Laws. 

Newton’s clever generalizations. Evaluating the 

earth’s gravitational parameter. Launch azimuths and 

ground-trace geometry. Orbital perturbations. 

2. Satellite Orbits. Isaac Newton’s vis viva 

equation. Orbital energy and angular momentum. 

Gravity wells. The six classical Keplerian orbital 

elements. Station-keeping maneuvers. 

3. Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals. Momentum 

calculations. Specific impulse. The rocket equation. 

Building efficient liquid and solid rockets. Performance 

calculations. Multi-stage rocket design. 

4. Enhancing a Rocket’s Performance. Optimal 

fuel biasing techniques. The programmed mixture ratio 

scheme. Optimal trajectory shaping. Iterative least 

squares hunting procedures. Trajectory reconstruction. 

Determining the best estimate of propellant mass. 

5. Expendable Rockets and Reusable Space 

Shuttles. Operational characteristics, performance 

curves. Single-stage-to-orbit vehicles. Reusable space 

shuttles: The SST, Russia’s Space Shuttle. 

6. Powered Flight Maneuvers. The classical 

Hohmann transfer maneuver. Multi-impulse and lowthrust 

maneuvers. Plane-change maneuvers. The bielliptic 

transfer. Relative motion plots. Military evasive 

maneuvers. Deorbit techniques. Planetary swingbys 

and ballistic capture maneuvers. 

7. Optimal Orbit Selection. Polar and sunsynchronous 

orbits. Geostationary orbits and their 

major perturbations. ACE-orbit constellations. 

Lagrangian libration point orbits. Halo orbits. 

Interplanetary trajectories. Mars-mission opportunities 

and deep-space trajectories. 

8. Constellation Selection Trades. Existing 

civilian and military constellations. Constellation design 

techniques. John Walker’s rosette configurations. 

Captain Draim’s constellations. Repeating groundtrace 

orbits. Earth coverage simulation routines. 

9. Cruising along JPL’s Invisible Rivers of 

Gravity in Space. Equipotential surfaces. 3- 

dimensional manifolds. Developing NASA’s clever 

Genesis mission. Capturing stardust in space. 

Simulating thick bundles of chaotic trajectories. 

Experiencing tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky. 


Earth Station Design, Implementation, Operation and Maintenance 

NEW! 

June 7-10, 2010 


$1695 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This intensive four-day course is intended for 

satellite communications engineers, earth station 

design professionals, and operations and maintenance 

managers and technical staff. The course provides a 

proven approach to the design of modern earth 

stations, from the system level down to the critical 

elements that determine the performance and reliability 

of the facility. We address the essential technical 

properties in the baseband and RF, and delve deeply 

into the block diagram, budgets and specification of 

earth stations and hubs. Also addressed are practical 

approaches for the procurement and implementation of 

the facility, as well as proper practices for O&M and 

testing throughout the useful life. The overall 

methodology assures that the earth station meets its 

requirements in a cost effective and manageable 

manner. Each student will receive a copy of Bruce R. 

Elbert’s text The Satellite Communication Ground 

Segment and Earth Station Engineering Handbook, 

Artech House, 2001. 

Instructor 

Bruce R. Elbert, MSc (EE), MBA, President, 

Application Technology Strategy, Inc., Thousand Oaks, 

California; and Adjunct Professor, College of 

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mr. 

Elbert is a recognized satellite communications expert 

and has been involved in the satellite and 

telecommunications industries for over 30 years. He 

founded ATSI to assist major private and public sector 

organizations that develop and operate cutting-edge 

networks using satellite technologies and services. 

During 25 years with Hughes Electronics, he directed 

the design of several major satellite projects, including 

Palapa A, Indonesia’s original satellite system; the 

Galaxy follow-on system (the largest and most 

successful satellite TV system in the world); and the 

development of the first GEO mobile satellite system 

capable of serving handheld user terminals. Mr. Elbert 

was also ground segment manager for the Hughes 

system, which included eight teleports and 3 VSAT 

hubs. He served in the US Army Signal Corps as a 

radio communications officer and instructor. 

By considering the technical, business, and 

operational aspects of satellite systems, Mr. Elbert has 

contributed to the operational and economic success 

of leading organizations in the field. He has written 

seven books on telecommunications and IT, including 

Introduction to Satellite Communication, Third Edition 

(Artech House, 2008). The Satellite Communication 

Applications Handbook, Second Edition (Artech 

House, 2004); The Satellite Communication Ground 

Segment and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House, 

2001), the course text. 

for Satellite Communications 


1. Ground Segment and Earth Station Technical 

Aspects. 

Evolution of satellite communication earth stations— 

teleports and hubs • Earth station design philosophy for 

performance and operational effectiveness • Engineering 

principles • Propagation considerations • The isotropic source, 

line of sight, antenna principles • Atmospheric effects: 

troposphere (clear air and rain) and ionosphere (Faraday and 

scintillation) • Rain effects and rainfall regions • Use of the DAH 

and Crane rain models • Modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, 

MSK, GMSK, 8PSK, 16 QAM, and 32 APSK) • Forward error 

correction techniques (Viterbi, Reed-Solomon, Turbo, and 

LDPC codes) • Transmission equation and its relationship to the 

link budget • Radio frequency clearance and interference 

consideration • RFI prediction techniques • Antenna sidelobes 

(ITU-R Rec 732) • Interference criteria and coordination • Site 

selection • RFI problem identification and resolution. 

2. Major Earth Station Engineering. 

RF terminal design and optimization. Antennas for major 

earth stations (fixed and tracking, LP and CP) • Upconverter and 

HPA chain (SSPA, TWTA, and KPA) • LNA/LNB and 

downconverter chain. Optimization of RF terminal configuration 

and performance (redundancy, power combining, and safety) • 

Baseband equipment configuration and integration • Designing 

and verifying the terrestrial interface • Station monitor and 

control • Facility design and implementation • Prime power and 

UPS systems. Developing environmental requirements (HVAC) 

• Building design and construction • Grounding and lightening 

control. 

3. Hub Requirements and Supply. 

Earth station uplink and downlink gain budgets • EIRP 

budget • Uplink gain budget and equipment requirements • G/T 

budget • Downlink gain budget • Ground segment supply 

process • Equipment and system specifications • Format of a 

Request for Information • Format of a Request for Proposal • 

Proposal evaluations • Technical comparison criteria • 

Operational requirements • Cost-benefit and total cost of 

ownership. 

4. Link Budget Analysis using SatMaster Tool . 

Standard ground rules for satellite link budgets • Frequency 

band selection: L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka. Satellite footprints (EIRP, 

G/T, and SFD) and transponder plans • Introduction to the user 

interface of SatMaster • File formats: antenna pointing, 

database, digital link budget, and regenerative repeater link 

budget • Built-in reference data and calculators • Example of a 

digital one-way link budget (DVB-S) using equations and 

SatMaster • Transponder loading and optimum multi-carrier 

backoff • Review of link budget optimization techniques using 

the program’s built-in features • Minimize required transponder 

resources • Maximize throughput • Minimize receive dish size • 

Minimize transmit power • Example: digital VSAT network with 

multi-carrier operation • Hub optimization using SatMaster. 

5. Earth Terminal Maintenance Requirements and 

Procedures. 

• Outdoor systems • Antennas, mounts and waveguide • 

Field of view • Shelter, power and safety • Indoor RF and IF 

systems • Vendor requirements by subsystem • Failure modes 

and routine testing. 

6. VSAT Basseband Hub Maintenance Requirements 

and Procedures. 

IF and modem equipment • Performance evaluation • Test 

procedures • TDMA control equipment and software • Hardware 

and computers • Network management system • System 

software 

7. Hub Procurement and Operation Case Study. 

General requirements and life-cycle • Block diagram • 

Functional division into elements for design and procurement • 

System level specifications • Vendor options • Supply 

specifications and other requirements • RFP definition • 

Proposal evaluation • O&M planning 


GPS Technology 

GPS Solutions for Military, Civilian & Aerospace Applications 

Each student 

will receive a free GPS 

Navigator! 

Summary 

In this popular 4-day short course, 

GPS expert Tom Logsdon will 

describe in detail how precise 

radionavigation systems work and review 

the many practical benefits they provide to military and 

civilian users in space and around the globe. 

Through practical demonstration you will learn how 

a GPS receiver works, how to operate it in various 

situations, and how to interpret the positioning 

solutions it provides. 

Each topic includes practical derivations and realworld 

examples using published inputs from the 

literature and from the instructors personal and 

professional experiences. 

"The presenter was very energetic and truly 

passionate about the material" 

" Tom Logsdon is the best teacher I have ever 

had. His knowledge is excellent. He is a 10!" 

"The instructor displayed awesome knowledge 

of the GPS and space technology…very 

knowledgeable instructor. Spoke 

clearly…Good teaching style. Encouraged 

questions and discussion." 

"Mr. Logsdon did a bang-up job explaining 

and deriving the theories of special/general 

relativity–and how they are associated with 

the GPS navigation solutions." 

"I loved his one-page mathematical derivations 

and the important points they illustrate." 

"Instructor was very knowledgeable and related 

to his students very well–and with 

sparkling good humor!" 

"The lecture was truly an expert in his field 

and delivered an entertaining and technically 

well-balanced presentation." 

"Excellent instructor! Wonderful teaching 

skills! This was honestly, the best class I 

have had since leaving the university." 

March 29 - April 1, 2010 

Cape Canaveral, Florida 

May 17-20, 2010 

Dayton, Ohio 

June 28 - July 1, 2010 


August 23-26, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Radionavigation Principles. Active and passive 

radionavigation systems. Spherical and hyperbolic lines 

of position. Position and velocity solutions. Spaceborne 

atomic clocks. Websites and other sources of 

information. Building a $143 billion business in space. 

2. The Three Major Segments of the GPS. Signal 

structure and pseudorandom codes. Modulation 

techniques. Military performance enhancements. 

Relativistic time dilations. Inverted navigation solutions. 

3. Navigation Solutions and Kalman Filtering 

Techniques. Taylor series expansions. Numerical 

iteration. Doppler shift solutions. Satellite selection 

algorithms. Kalman filtering algorithms. 

4. Designing an Effective GPS Receiver. 

Annotated block diagrams. Antenna design. Code 

tracking and carrier tracking loops. Software modules. 

Commercial chipsets. Military receivers. Shuttle and 

space station receivers. 

5. Military Applications. The worldwide common 

grid. Military test-range applications.Tactical and 

strategic applications. Autonomy and survivability 

enhancements. Precision guided munitions. Smart 

bombs and artillery projectiles. 

6. Integrated Navigation Systems. Mechanical and 

Strapdown implementations. Ring lasers and fiber-optic 

gyros. Integrated navigation. Military applications. Key 

features of the C-MIGITS integrated nav system. 

7. Differential Navigation and Pseudosatellites. 

Special committee 104’s data exchange protocols. 

Global data distribution. Wide-area differential 

navigation. Pseudosatellite concepts and test results. 

8. Carrier-Aided Solutions. The interferometry 

concept. Double differencing techniques. Attitude 

determination receivers. Navigation of the Topex and 

NASA’s twin Grace satellites. Dynamic and Kinematic 

orbit determination. Motorola’s Spaceborne Monarch 

receiver. Relativistic time dilation derivations. 

9. The Navstar Satellites. Subsystem descriptions. 

On-orbit test results. The Block I, II, IIR, and IIF 

satellites, Block III concepts. Orbital Perturbations and 

modeling techniques. Stationkeeping maneuvers. Earth 

shadowing characteristic. Repeating ground-trace 

geometry. 

10. Russia’s Glonass Constellation. Performance 

comparisons between the GPS and Glonass. Orbital 

mechanics considerations. Military survivability. 

Spacecraft subsystems. Russia’s SL-12 Proton booster. 

Building dual-capability GPS/Glonass receivers. 


Ground Systems Design and Operation 

Summary 

This course provides a practical introduction to all 

aspects of ground system design and operation. 

Starting with basic communications principles, an 

understanding is developed of ground system 

architectures and system design issues. The function 

of major ground system elements is explained, leading 

to a discussion of day-to-day operations. The course 

concludes with a discussion of current trends in 

Ground System design and operations. 

This course is intended for engineers, technical 

managers, and scientists who are interested in 

acquiring a working understanding of ground systems 

as an introduction to the field or to help broaden their 

overall understanding of space mission systems and 

mission operations. It is also ideal for technical 

professionals who need to use, manage, operate, or 

purchase a ground system. 

Instructor 

Steve Gemeny is Principal Program Engineer at 

Syntonics LLC in Columbia, Maryland. 

Formerly Senior Member of the 

Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins 

University Applied Physics Laboratory 

where he served as Ground Station 

Lead for the TIMED mission to explore 

Earth’s atmosphere and Lead Ground 

System Engineer on the New Horizons mission to 

explore Pluto by 2020. Prior to joining the Applied 

Physics Laboratory, Mr. Gemeny held numerous 

engineering and technical sales positions with Orbital 

Sciences Corporation, Mobile TeleSystems Inc. and 

COMSAT Corporation beginning in 1980. Mr. Gemeny 

is an experienced professional in the field of Ground 

Station and Ground System design in both the 

commercial world and on NASA Science missions with 

a wealth of practical knowledge spanning nearly three 

decades. Mr. Gemeny delivers his experiences and 

knowledge to his students with an informative and 

entertaining presentation style. 


• The fundamentals of ground system design, 

architecture and technology. 

• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the spacecraft-toground 

communications link. 

• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the design and 

implementation of a ground system. 

• The capabilities and limitations of the various 

modulation types (FM, PSK, QPSK). 

• The fundamentals of ranging and orbit determination 

for orbit maintenance. 

• Basic day-to-day operations practices and 

procedures for typical ground systems. 

• Current trends and recent experiences in cost and 

schedule constrained operations. 

May 18-20, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. The Link Budget. An introduction to 

basic communications system principles and 

theory; system losses, propagation effects, 

Ground Station performance, and frequency 

selection. 

2. Ground System Architecture and 

System Design. An overview of ground 

system topology providing an introduction to 

ground system elements and technologies. 

3. Ground System Elements. An element 

by element review of the major ground station 

subsystems, explaining roles, parameters, 

limitations, tradeoffs, and current technology. 

4. Figure of Merit (G/T). An introduction to 

the key parameter used to characterize 

satellite ground station performance, bringing 

all ground station elements together to form a 

complete system. 

5. Modulation Basics. An introduction to 

modulation types, signal sets, analog and 

digital modulation schemes, and modulator - 

demodulator performance characteristics. 

6. Ranging and Tracking. A discussion of 

ranging and tracking for orbit determination. 

7. Ground System Networks and 

Standards. A survey of several ground 

system networks and standards with a 

discussion of applicability, advantages, 

disadvantages, and alternatives. 

8. Ground System Operations. A 

discussion of day-to-day operations in a typical 

ground system including planning and staffing, 

spacecraft commanding, health and status 

monitoring, data recovery, orbit determination, 

and orbit maintenance. 

9. Trends in Ground System Design. A 

discussion of the impact of the current cost and 

schedule constrained approach on Ground 

System design and operation, including COTS 

hardware and software systems, autonomy, 

and unattended “lights out” operations. 



For Government, Military & Commercial Enterprises 

Summary 

This three-day course is designed for satellite 

engineers and managers in government and industry who 

need to increase their understanding of the Internet and 

how Internet Protocols (IP) can be used to transmit data 

and voice over satellites. IP has become the worldwide 

standard for data communications. Satellites extend the 

reach of the Internet and Intranets. Satellites deliver 

multicast content efficiently anywhere in the world. With 

these benefits come challenges. Satellite delay and bit 

errors can impact performance. Satellite links must be 

integrated with terrestrial networks. Space segment is 

expensive; there are routing and security issues. This 

course explains the techniques and architectures used to 

mitigate these challenges. Quantitative techniques for 

understanding throughput and response time are 

presented. System diagrams describe the 

satellite/terrestrial interface. The course notes provide an 

up-to-date reference. An extensive bibliography is 

supplied. 

Instructor 

Burt H. Liebowitz is Principal Network Engineer at the 

MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, specializing in the 

analysis of wireless services. He has more 

than 30 years experience in computer 

networking, the last six of which have 

focused on Internet-over-satellite services. 

He was President of NetSat Express Inc., 

a leading provider of such services. Before 

that he was Chief Technical Officer for 

Loral Orion (now Cyberstar), responsible for Internet-oversatellite 

access products. Mr. Liebowitz has authored two 

books on distributed processing and numerous articles on 

computing and communications systems. He has lectured 

extensively on computer networking. He holds three 

patents for a satellite-based data networking system. Mr. 

Liebowitz has B.E.E. and M.S. in Mathematics degrees 

from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. 

from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. 

After taking this course you will understand how the 

Internet works and how to implement satellite-based 

networks that provide Internet access, multicast 

content delivery services, and mission-critical 

Intranet services to users around the world. 


• How packet switching works and how it enables voice and 

data networking. 

• The rules and protocols for packet switching in the Internet. 

• How to use satellites as essential elements in mission 

critical data networks. 

• How to understand and overcome the impact of 

propagation delay and bit errors on throughput and 

response time in satellite-based IP networks. 

• How to link satellite and terrestrial circuits to create hybrid 

IP networks. 

• How to select the appropriate system architectures for 

Internet access, enterprise and content delivery networks. 

• How to design satellite-based networks to meet user 

throughput and response time requirements. 

• The impact on cost and performance of new technology, 

such as LEOs, Ka band, on-board processing, intersatellite 

links. 

June 22-24, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 5:00pm) 




1. Introduction. 

2. Fundamentals of Data Networking. Packet 

switching, circuit switching, Seven Layer Model (ISO). 

Wide Area Networks including, Frame Relay, ATM, Aloha, 

DVB. Local Area Networks, Ethernet. Physical 

communications layer. 

3. The Internet and its P rotocols. The Internet 

Protocol (IP). Addressing, Routing, Multicasting. 

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Impact of bit errors 

and propagation delay on TCP-based applications. User 

Datagram Protocol (UDP). Introduction to higher level 

services. NAT and tunneling. Impact of IP Version 6. 

4. Quality of Service Issues in the Internet. QoS 

factors for streams and files. Performance of voice and 

video over IP. Response time for web object retrievals 

using HTTP. Methods for improving QoS: ATM, MPLS, 

Differentiated services, RSVP. Priority processing and 

packet discard in routers. Caching and performance 

enhancement. Network Management and Security issues 

including the impact of encryption in a satellite network. 

5. Satellite Data Networking Architectures. 

Geosynchronous satellites. The link budget, modulation 

and coding techniques, bandwidth efficiency. Ground 

station architectures for data networking: Point to Point, 

Point to Multipoint. Shared outbound carriers 

incorporating Frame Relay, DVB. Return channels for 

shared outbound systems: TDMA, CDMA, Aloha, 

DVB/RCS. Meshed networks for Intranets. Suppliers of 

DAMA systems. 

6. System Design and Economic Issues. Cost 

factors for Backbone Internet and Direct to the home 

Internet services. Mission critical Intranet issues including 

asymmetric routing, reliable multicast, impact of user 

mobility. A content delivery case history. 

7. A TDMA/DAMA Design Example. Integrating voice 

and data requirements in a mission-critical Intranet. Cost 

and bandwidth efficiency comparison of SCPC, 

standards-based TDMA/DAMA and proprietary 

TDMA/DAMA approaches. Tradeoffs associated with 

VOIP approach and use of encryption. 

8. Predicting Performance in Mission Critical 

Networks. Queuing theory helps predict response time. 

Single server and priority queues. A design case history, 

using queuing theory to determine how much bandwidth is 

needed to meet response time goals in a voice and data 

network. Use of simulation to predict performance. 

9. A View of the Future. Impact of Ka-band and spot 

beam satellites. Benefits and issues associated with 

Onboard Processing. LEO, MEO, GEOs. Descriptions of 

current and proposed commercial and military satellite 

systems. Low-cost ground station technology. 


Satellite Communications 

An Essential Introduction 

Instructor 

Testimonial: 

…I truly enjoyed 

your course and 

hearing of your 

adventures in the 

Satellite business. 

You have a definite 

gift in teaching style 

and explanations.” 

Summary 

This introductory course has recently been expanded to 

three days by popular demand. It has been taught to 

thousands of industry professionals for more than two 

decades, to rave reviews. The course is intended primarily for 

non-technical people who must understand the entire field of 

commercial satellite communications, and who must 

understand and communicate with engineers and other 

technical personnel. The secondary audience is technical 

personnel moving into the industry who need a quick and 

thorough overview of what is going on in the industry, and who 

need an example of how to communicate with less technical 

individuals. The course is a primer to the concepts, jargon, 

buzzwords, and acronyms of the industry, plus an overview of 

commercial satellite communications hardware, operations, 

and business environment. 

Concepts are explained at a basic level, minimizing the 

use of math, and providing real-world examples. Several 

calculations of important concepts such as link budgets are 

presented for illustrative purposes, but the details need not be 

understood in depth to gain an understanding of the concepts 

illustrated. The first section provides non-technical people 

with the technical background necessary to understand the 

space and earth segments of the industry, culminating with 

the importance of the link budget. The concluding section of 

the course provides an overview of the business issues, 

including major operators, regulation and legal issues, and 

issues and trends affecting the industry. Attendees receive a 

copy of the instructor's new textbook, Satellite 

Communications for the Non-Specialist, and will have time to 

discuss issues pertinent to their interests. 

Dr. Mark R. Chartrand is a consultant and lecturer in satellite 

telecommunications and the space sciences. 

For a more than twenty-five years he has 

presented professional seminars on satellite 

technology and on telecommunications to 

satisfied individuals and businesses 

throughout the United States, Canada, Latin 

America, Europe and Asia. 

Dr. Chartrand has served as a technical 

and/or business consultant to NASA, Arianespace, GTE 

Spacenet, Intelsat, Antares Satellite Corp., Moffett-Larson- 

Johnson, Arianespace, Delmarva Power, Hewlett-Packard, 

and the International Communications Satellite Society of 

Japan, among others. He has appeared as an invited expert 

witness before Congressional subcommittees and was an 

invited witness before the National Commission on Space. He 

was the founding editor and the Editor-in-Chief of the annual 

The World Satellite Systems Guide, and later the publication 

Strategic Directions in Satellite Communication. He is author 

of six books and hundreds of articles in the space sciences. 

He has been chairman of several international satellite 

conferences, and a speaker at many others. 

March 9-11, 2010 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 

June 8-10, 2010 


September 21-23, 2010 

Los Angeles, California 

$1590 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




1. Satellites and Telecommunication. Introduction 

and historical background. Legal and regulatory 

environment of satellite telecommunications: industry 

issues; standards and protocols; regulatory bodies; 

satellite services and applications; steps to licensing a 

system. Telecommunications users, applications, and 

markets: fixed services, broadcast services, mobile 

services, navigation services. 

2. Communications Fundamentals. Basic definitions 

and measurements: decibels. The spectrum and its uses: 

properties of waves; frequency bands; bandwidth. Analog 

and digital signals. Carrying information on waves: coding, 

modulation, multiplexing, networks and protocols. Signal 

quality, quantity, and noise: measures of signal quality; 

noise; limits to capacity; advantages of digital. 

3. The Space Segment. The space environment: 

gravity, radiation, solid material. Orbits: types of orbits; 

geostationary orbits; non-geostationary orbits. Orbital 

slots, frequencies, footprints, and coverage: slots; satellite 

spacing; eclipses; sun interference. Out to launch: 

launcher’s job; launch vehicles; the launch campaign; 

launch bases. Satellite systems and construction: 

structure and busses; antennas; power; thermal control; 

stationkeeping and orientation; telemetry and command. 

Satellite operations: housekeeping and communications. 

4. The Ground Segment. Earth stations: types, 

hardware, and pointing. Antenna properties: gain; 

directionality; limits on sidelobe gain. Space loss, 

electronics, EIRP, and G/T: LNA-B-C’s; signal flow through 

an earth station. 

5. The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects on 

signals: rain; rain climate models; rain fade margins. Link 

budgets: C/N and Eb/No. Multiple access: SDMA, FDMA, 

TDMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-board 

multiplexing. 

6. Satellite Communications Systems. Satellite 

communications providers: satellite competitiveness; 

competitors; basic economics; satellite systems and 

operators; using satellite systems. Issues, trends, and the 

future. 


• How do commercial satellites fit into the 

telecommunications industry 

• How are satellites planned, built, launched, and operated 

• How do earth stations function 

• What is a link budget and why is it important 

• What legal and regulatory restrictions affect the industry 

• What are the issues and trends driving the industry 



A comprehensive, quantitative tutorial designed for satellite professionals 

March 16-18, 2010 

Boulder, Colorado 

June 15-17, 2010 




$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



aInstructor 

Dr. Robert A. Nelson is president of Satellite 

Engineering Research Corporation, a 

consulting firm in Bethesda, Maryland, 

with clients in both commercial industry 

and government. Dr. Nelson holds the 

degree of Ph.D. in physics from the 

University of Maryland and is a licensed 

Professional Engineer. He is coauthor of 

the textbook Satellite Communication 

Systems Engineering, 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall, 1993). 

He is a member of IEEE, AIAA, APS, AAPT, AAS, IAU, 

and ION. 

Additional Materials 

In addition to the course notes, each participant will 

receive a book of collected tutorial articles written by 

the instructor and soft copies of the link budgets 

discussed in the course. 

Testimonials 

“Great handouts. Great presentation. 

Great real-life course note examples 

and cd. The instructor made good use 

of student’s experiences." 

“Very well prepared and presented. 

The instructor has an excellent grasp 

of material and articulates it well” 

“Outstanding at explaining and 

defining quantifiably the theory 

underlying the concepts.” 

“Fantastic! It couldn’t have been more 

relevant to my work.” 

“Very well organized. Excellent 

reference equations and theory. Good 

examples.” 

“Good broad general coverage of a 

complex subject.” 


1. Mission Analysis. Kepler’s laws. Circular and 

elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period of 

revolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Ground 

trace. 

2. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Azimuth and elevation. 

Slant range. Coverage area. 

3. Signals and Spectra. Properties of a sinusoidal 

wave. Synthesis and analysis of an arbitrary waveform. 

Fourier Principle. Harmonics. Fourier series and Fourier 

transform. Frequency spectrum. 

4. Methods of Modulation. Overview of modulation. 

Carrier. Sidebands. Analog and digital modulation. Need 

for RF frequencies. 

5. Analog Modulation. Amplitude Modulation (AM). 

Frequency Modulation (FM). 

6. Digital Modulation. Analog to digital conversion. 

BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK FSK, QAM. Coherent detection and 

carrier recovery. NRZ and RZ pulse shapes. Power spectral 

density. ISI. Nyquist pulse shaping. Raised cosine filtering. 

7. Bit Error Rate. Performance objectives. Eb/No. 

Relationship between BER and Eb/No. Constellation 

diagrams. Why do BPSK and QPSK require the same 

power 

8. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain. 

Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and Reed- 

Solomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi and 

sequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions. 

Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding. 

9. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupied 

bandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship between 

bandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth on 

methods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff between 

bandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidth 

efficient modulation. 

10. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Frequency bands 

used for satellite communication. ITU regulations. Fixed 

Satellite Service. Direct Broadcast Service. Digital Audio 

Radio Service. Mobile Satellite Service. 

11. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components. 

Network Operations Center. Data displays. 

12. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half power 

beamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes. 

13. System Temperature. Antenna temperature. LNA. 

Noise figure. Total system noise temperature. 

14. Satellite Transponders. Satellite communications 

payload architecture. Frequency plan. Transponder gain. 

TWTA and SSPA. Amplifier characteristics. Nonlinearity. 

Intermodulation products. SFD. Backoff. 

15. The RF Link. Decibel (dB) notation. Equivalent 

isotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Free 

space loss. WhyPower flux density. Carrier to noise ratio. 

The RF link equation. 

16. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations. 

Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Link 

budgets for single carrier and multiple carrier operation. 

Detailed worked examples. 

17. Performance Measurements. Satellite modem. 

Use of a spectrum analyzer to measure bandwidth, C/N, 

and Eb/No. Comparison of actual measurements with 

theory using a mobile antenna and a geostationary satellite. 

18. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency division 

multiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access 

(TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spread 

spectrum. Capacity estimates. 

19. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization. 

Misalignment angle. 

20. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. Crane rain model. 

Effect on G/T. 



Cost-Effective Design for Today's Missions 

April 20-23, 2010 


$1650 3.5 Days (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



Summary 

Renewed emphasis on cost effective missions requires 

up-to-date knowledge of satellite technology and an indepth 

understanding of the systems engineering issues. 

Together, these give satellite engineers and managers 

options in selecting lower cost approaches to building 

reliable spacecraft. This 3-1/2 day course covers all the 

important technologies needed to develop lower cost 

space systems. In addition to covering the traditional flight 

hardware disciplines, attention is given to integration and 

testing, software, and R&QA. 

The emphasis is on the enabling technology 

developments, including new space launch options that 

permit doing more with less in space today. Case studies 

and examples drawn from modern satellite missions 

pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs in modern design 

and illustrate lessons learned from past successes and 

failures. Technical specialists will also find the broad 

perspective and system engineering viewpoint useful in 

communicating with other specialists to analyze design 

options and tradeoffs. The course notes provide an 

authoritative reference that focuses on proven techniques 

and guidelines for understanding, designing, and 

managing modern satellite systems. 

Instructors 

Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience including 19 

years as Chief Engineer of the Johns Hopkins Applied 

Physics Laboratory Space Department, 

which has designed and built 64 spacecraft. 

He joined APL in 1964, designing high 

reliability spacecraft command, 

communications, and navigation systems and 

holds several patents in this field. He has led 

many of APL's system and spacecraft 

conceptual designs. Fellow of the British 

Interplanetary Society, Associate Fellow of the AIAA, and 

coauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems. 

Dr. Jerry Krassner has been involved in aerospace R&D for 

over 30 years. Over this time, he has 

participated in or led a variety of activities with 

primary technical focus on sensor systems 

R&D, and business focus on new concept 

development and marketing. He has 

authored over 60 research papers, served on 

advisory panels for DARPA and the Navy, and 

was a member of the US Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board (for which he was awarded the USAF Civilian 

Exemplary Service Award). Jerry was a founding member, 

and past Chairman, of the MASINT Association. Currently, he 

is a consultant to a National Security organization, and acting 

chief scientist for an office in OSD, responsible for 

identification and assessment of new enabling technologies. 

Jerry has a PhD in Physics and Astronomy from the University 

of Rochester. 


1. Space Systems Engineering. Elements of space 

systems engineering. Setting the objective. Establishing 

requirements. System "drivers." Mission analysis and 

design. Budgeted items. Margins. Project phases. Design 

reviews. 

2. Designing for the Space Environment. Vacuum 

and drag. Microgravity. Temperature and thermal 

gradients. Magnetic field. Ultraviolet. Solar pressure. 

Ionizing radiation. Spacecraft charging. Space debris. 

Pre-launch and launch environments. 

3. Orbits and Astrodynamics. Review of spacecraft 

orbital mechanics. Coordinate systems. Orbital elements. 

Selecting an orbit. Orbital transfer. Specialized orbits. 

Orbit perturbations. Interplanetary missions. 

4. On-Orbit Propulsion and Launch Systems. 

Mathematical formulation of rocket equations. Spacecraft 

onboard propulsion systems. Station keeping and attitude 

control. Satellite launch options. 

5. Attitude Determination and Control. Spacecraft 

attitude dynamics. Attitude torque modeling. Attitude 

sensors and actuators. Passive and active attitude control. 

Attitude estimators and controllers. New applications, 

methods, HW. 

6. Spacecraft Power Systems. Power source options. 

Energy storage, control, and distribution. Power 

converters. Designing the small satellite power system. 

7. Spacecraft Thermal Control. Heat transfer 

fundamentals for spacecraft.Modern thermal materials. 

Active vs. passive thermal control. The thermal design 

procedure. 

8. Spacecraft Configuration and Structure. 

Structural design requirements and interfaces. 

Requirements for launch, staging, spin stabilization. 

Design, analysis, and test. Modern structural materials 

and design concepts. Margins of safety. Structural 

dynamics and testing. 

9. Spacecraft RF Communications. RF signal 

transmission. Antennas. One-way range equation. 

Properties and peculiarities of the space channel. 

Modulating the RF. Dealing with noise. Link margin. Error 

correction. RF link design. 

10. Spacecraft Command and Telemetry. Command 

receivers, decoders, and processors. Command 

messages. Synchronization, error detection and 

correction. Encryption and authentication. Telemetry 

systems. Sensors, signal conditioning, and A/D 

conversion. Frame formatting. Packetization. Data 

compression. 

11. Spacecraft On-board Computing. Central 

processing units for space. Memory types. Mass storage. 

Processor input/output. Spacecraft buses. Fault tolerance 

and redundancy. Radiation hardness, upset, and latchup. 

Hardware/software tradeoffs. Software development and 

engineering. 

12. Reliability and Quality Assurance. Hi-rel 

principles: lessons learned. Designing for reliability. Using 

redundancy effectively. Margins and derating. Parts 

quality and process control. Configuration management. 

Quality assurance, inspection, and test. ISO 9000. 

13. Integration and Test. Planning for I&T. Ground 

support systems. I&T facilities. Verification matrix. Test 

plans and other important documents. Testing 

subsystems. Spacecraft level testing. Launch site 

operations. Which tests are worthwhile, which aren’t 


Satellite RF Communications and Onboard Processing 

Effective Design for Today’s Spacecraft Systems 

April 13-15, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

Successful systems engineering requires a broad 

understanding of the important principles of modern 

satellite communications and onboard data processing. 

This course covers both theory and practice, with 

emphasis on the important system engineering principles, 

tradeoffs, and rules of thumb. The latest technologies are 

covered, including those needed for constellations of 

satellites. 

This course is recommended for engineers and 

scientists interested in acquiring an understanding of 

satellite communications, command and telemetry, 

onboard computing, and tracking. Each participant will 

receive a complete set of notes. 

Instructors 

Eric J. Hoffman has degrees in electrical engineering and 

over 40 years of spacecraft experience. He 

has designed spaceborne communications 

and navigation equipment and performed 

systems engineering on many APL satellites 

and communications systems. He has 

authored over 60 papers and holds 8 patents 

in these fields and served as APL’s Space 

Dept Chief Engineer. 

Robert C. Moore worked in the Electronic Systems Group of 

the APL Space Department for 42 years 

(1965-2007). He designed embedded 

microprocessor systems for space 

applications (SEASAT-A, Galileo, TOPEX, 

NEAR, FUSE, MESSENGER) and 

autonomous fault protection for the 

MESSENGER mission to Mercury and the 

New Horizons mission to Pluto. Mr. Moore holds four U.S. 

patents. He teaches the command-telemetry-processing 

segment of "Space Systems" at the Johns Hopkins University 

Whiting School of Engineering. 

This course will give you a thorough understanding of 

the important principles and modern technologies behind 

today’s satellite communications and onboard 

computing systems. 


• The important systems engineering principles and latest 

technologies for spacecraft communications and onboard 

computing. 

• The design drivers for today’s command, telemetry, 

communications, and processor systems. 

• How to design an RF link. 

• How to deal with noise, radiation, bit errors, and spoofing. 

• Keys to developing hi-rel, realtime, embedded software. 

• How spacecraft are tracked. 

• Working with government and commercial ground stations. 

• Command and control for satellite constellations. 


1. RF Signal Transmission. Propagation of radio 

waves, antenna properties and types, one-way radar 

range equation. Peculiarities of the space channel. 

Special communications orbits. Modulation of RF 

carriers. 

2. Noise and Link Budgets. Sources of noise, 

effects of noise on communications, system noise 

temperature. Signal-to-noise ratio, bit error rate, link 

margin. Communications link design example. 

3. Special Topics. Optical communications, error 

correcting codes, encryption and authentication. Lowprobability-of-intercept 

communications. Spreadspectrum 

and anti-jam techniques. 

4. Command Systems. Command receivers, 

decoders, and processors. Synchronization words, 

error detection and correction. Command types, 

command validation and authentication, delayed 

commands. Uploading software. 

5. Telemetry Systems. Sensors and signal 

conditioning, signal selection and data sampling, 

analog-to-digital conversion. Frame formatting, 

commutation, data storage, data compression. 

Packetizing. Implementing spacecraft autonomy. 

6. Data Processor Systems. Central processing 

units, memory types, mass storage, input/output 

techniques. Fault tolerance and redundancy, 

radiation hardness, single event upsets, CMOS latchup. 

Memory error detection and correction. Reliability 

and cross-strapping. Very large scale integration. 

Choosing between RISC and CISC. 

7. Reliable Software Design. Specifying the 

requirements. Levels of criticality. Design reviews and 

code walkthroughs. Fault protection and autonomy. 

Testing and IV&V. When is testing finished 

Configuration management, documentation. Rules of 

thumb for schedule and manpower. 

8. Spacecraft Tracking. Orbital elements. 

Tracking by ranging, laser tracking. Tracking by range 

rate, tracking by line-of-site observation. Autonomous 

satellite navigation. 

9. Typical Ground Network Operations. Central 

and remote tracking sites, equipment complements, 

command data flow, telemetry data flow. NASA Deep 

Space Network, NASA Tracking and Data Relay 

Satellite System (TDRSS), and commercial 

operations. 

10. Constellations of Satellites. Optical and RF 

crosslinks. Command and control issues. Timing and 

tracking. Iridium and other system examples. 


Solid Rocket Motor Design and Applications 

For onsite presentations, course can be tailored 

to specific SRM applications and technologies. 

Summary 

This three-day course provides an overall look - with 

increasing levels of details-at solid rocket motors (SRMs) 

including a general understanding of solid propellant motor 

and component technologies, design drivers; motor internal 

ballistic parameters and combustion phenomena; sensitivity 

of system performance requirements on SRM design, 

reliability, and cost; insight into the physical limitations; 

comparisons to liquid and hybrid propulsion systems; a 

detailed review of component design and analysis; critical 

manufacturing process parameters; transportation and 

handling, and integration of motors into launch vehicles and 

missiles. General approaches used in the development of 

new motors. Also discussed is the importance of employing 

formal systems engineering practices, for the definition of 

requirements, design and cost trade studies, development 

of technologies and associated analyses and codes used to 

balance customer and manufacturer requirements, 

All types of SRMs are included, with emphasis on current 

and recently developed motors for commercial and 

DoD/NASA launch vehicles such as Lockheed Martin's 

Athena series, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus and Taurus 

series, the strap-on motors for the Delta series (III and IV), 

Titan V, and the propulsion systems for Ares / Constellation 

vehicle. The course summarizes the use of surplus military 

motors (including Minuteman, Peacekeeper, etc.) for DoD 

target and sensor development and university research 

programs. 

Instructor 

Richard Lee has more than 43 years of experience in the 

space and missile industry. He was a Senior Program 

Manager at Thiokol where he directed and managed the 

development and qualification of many DoD SRM 

subsystems and components for Peacekeeper, Small 

ICBM and Castor 120 SRM programs. Mr. Lee has 

extensive experience in defining and synthesizing 

customer requirements, developing and coordinating 

SRM performance and interface requirements at all levels 

in the space and missile industry, including government 

agencies, prime contractors and suppliers. He has been 

active in coordinating functional and physical interfaces 

with commercial spaceports in Florida, California, and 

Alaska. He is active in developing safety criteria and 

government/industry standards with participation of 

representatives from academia, private industry and 

government agencies including the United States Air 

Force (SMC, 45th Space Wing); FAA/AST; Army Space 

and Strategic Defense Command, and NASA centers at 

Kennedy, Johnson, Marshall, and Jet Propulsion 

Laboratory. He has also consulted with domestic and 

foreign launch vehicle contractors in the development, 

material selection, and testing of SRM propulsion 

systems. Mr. Lee has a MS in Engineering Administration 

and a BS in EE from the University of Utah.5 


• Solid rocket motor principles and key requirements. 

• Motor design drivers and sensitivity on the design, 

reliability, and cost. 

• Detailed propellant and component design features 

and characteristics. 

• Propellant and component manufacturing processes. 

• SRM/Vehicle interfaces, transportation, and handling 

considerations. 

• Development approach for qualifying new SRMs. 

April 20-22, 2010 

Cocoa Beach, Florida 

$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs). SRM 

terminology and nomenclature, survey of types and 

applications of SRMs, and SRM component description and 

characteristics. 

2. SRM Design and Applications. Fundamental principles 

of SRMs, key performance and configuration parameters 

such as total impulse, specific impulse, thrust vs. motor 

operating time, size constraints; basic performance 

equations, internal ballistic principles, preliminary approach 

for designing SRMs; propellant combustion characteristics 

(instability, burning rate), limitations of SRMs based on the 

laws of physics, and comparison of solid to liquid propellant 

and hybrid rocket motors. 

3. Definition of SRM Requirements. Impact of 

customer/system imposed requirements on design, reliability, 

and cost; SRM manufacturer imposed requirements and 

constraints based on computer optimization codes and 

general engineering practices and management philosophy. 

4. SRM Design Drivers and Technology Trade-Offs. 

Identification and sensitivity of design requirements that affect 

motor design, reliability, and cost. Understanding of , 

interrelationship of performance parameters, component 

design trades versus cost and maturity of technology; 

exchange ratios and Rules of Thumb used in back-of-the 

envelope preliminary design evaluations. 

5. Key SRM Component Design Characteristics and 

Materials. Detailed description and comparison of 

performance parameters and properties of solid propellants 

including composite (i.e., HTPB, PBAN, and CTPB), nitroplasticized 

composites, and double based or cross-linked 

propellants and why they are used for different motor and/or 

vehicle objectives and applications; motor cases, nozzles, 

thrust vector control & actuation systems; motor igniters, and 

other initiation and flight termination electrical and ordnance 

systems.. 

6. SRM Manufacturing/Processing Parameters. 

Description of critical manufacturing operations for propellant 

mixing, propellant loading into the SRM, propellant inspection 

and acceptance testing, and propellant facilities and tooling, 

and SRM components fabrication. 

7. SRM Transportation and Handling Considerations. 

General understanding of requirements and solutions for 

transporting, handling, and processing different motor sizes 

and DOT propellant explosive classifications and licensing 

and regulations. 

8. Launch Vehicle Interfaces, Processing and 

Integration. Key mechanical, functional, and electrical 

interfaces between the SRM and launch vehicle and launch 

facility. Comparison of interfaces for both strap-on and straight 

stack applications. 

9. SRM Development Requirements and Processes. 

Approaches and timelines for developing new SRMs. 

Description of a demonstration and qualification program for 

both commercial and government programs. Impact of 

decisions regarding design philosophy (state-of-the-art versus 

advanced technology) and design safety factors. Motor sizing 

methodology and studies (using computer aided design 

models). Customer oversight and quality program. Motor cost 

reduction approaches through design, manufacturing, and 

acceptance. Castor 120 motor development example. 


NEW! 

Space Mission Analysis and Design 

June 22-24, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day class is intended for both 

students and professionals in astronautics and 

space science. It is appropriate for engineers, 

scientists, and managers trying to obtain the best 

mission possible within a limited budget and for 

students working on advanced design projects or 

just beginning in space systems engineering. It is 

the indispensable traveling companion for 

seasoned veterans or those just beginning to 

explore the highways and by-ways of space 

mission engineering. Each student will be 

provided with a copy of Space Mission Analysis 

and Design [Third Edition], for his or her own 

professional reference library. 

Instructor 

Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch 

Vehicle System Engineer, specializing 

in the integration of launch vehicle 

technology, design, and business 

strategies. He is currently conducting 

business case strategic analysis, risk 

reduction and modeling for the Boeing 

Space Launch Initiative Reusable 

Launch Vehicle team. For the past five years, Ed 

has supported the technical and business case 

efforts at Boeing to advance the state-of-the-art for 

reusable launch vehicles. Mr. Keith has designed 

complete rocket engines, rocket vehicles, small 

propulsion systems, and composite propellant tank 

systems, especially designed for low cost, as a 

propulsion and launch vehicle engineer. His travels 

have taken him to Russia, China, Australia and 

many other launch operation centers throughout the 

world. Mr. Keith has worked as a Systems Engineer 

for Rockwell International, on the Brillant Eyes 

Satellite Program and on the Space Shuttle 

Advanced Solid Rocket Motor project. Mr. Keith 

served for five years with Aerojet in Australia, 

evaluating all space mission operations that 

originated in the Eastern Hemisphere. Mr. Keith also 

served for five years on Launch Operations at 

Vandenberg AFB, California. Mr. Keith has written 

18 papers on various aspects of Low Cost Space 

Transportation over the last decade. 


1. The Space Missions Analysis and Design 

Process 

2. Mission Characterization 

3. Mission Evaluation 

4. Requirements Definition 

5. Space Mission Geometry 

6. Introduction to Astro-dynamics 

7. Orbit and Constellation Design 

8. The Space Environment and Survivability 

9. Space Payload Design and Sizing 

10. Spacecraft Design and Sizing 

11. Spacecraft Subsystems 

12. Space Manufacture and Test 

13. Communications Architecture 

14. Mission Operations 

15. Ground System Design and Sizing 

16. Spacecraft Computer Systems 

17. Space Propulsion Systems 

18. Launch Systems 

19. Space Manufacturing and Reliability 

20. Cost Modeling 

21. Limits on Mission Design 

22. Design of Low-Cost Spacecraft 

23. Applying Space Mission Analysis and Design 


• Conceptual mission design. 

• Defining top-level mission requirements. 

• Mission operational concepts. 

• Mission operations analysis and design. 

• Estimating space system costs. 

• Spacecraft design development, verification and 

validation. 

• System design review . 


Summary 

This four-day course provides an overview of the 

fundamentals of concepts and technologies of modern 

spacecraft systems design. Satellite system and 

mission design is an essentially interdisciplinary sport 

that combines engineering, science, and external 

phenomena. We will concentrate on scientific and 

engineering foundations of spacecraft systems and 

interactions among various subsystems. Examples 

show how to quantitatively estimate various mission 

elements (such as velocity increments) and conditions 

(equilibrium temperature) and how to size major 

spacecraft subsystems (propellant, antennas, 

transmitters, solar arrays, batteries). Real examples 

are used to permit an understanding of the systems 

selection and trade-off issues in the design process. 

The fundamentals of subsystem technologies provide 

an indispensable basis for system engineering. The 

basic nomenclature, vocabulary, and concepts will 

make it possible to converse with understanding with 

subsystem specialists. 

The course is designed for engineers and managers 

who are involved in planning, designing, building, 

launching, and operating space systems and 

spacecraft subsystems and components. The 

extensive set of course notes provide a concise 

reference for understanding, designing, and operating 

modern spacecraft. The course will appeal to 

engineers and managers of diverse background and 

varying levels of experience. 

Instructor 

Dr. Mike Gruntman is Professor of Astronautics at 

the University of Southern California. He is a specialist 

in astronautics, space technology, sensors, and space 

physics. Gruntman participates in several theoretical 

and experimental programs in space science and 

space technology, including space missions. He 

authored and co-authored more 200 publications in 

various areas of astronautics, space physics, and 

instrumentation. 


• Common space mission and spacecraft bus 

configurations, requirements, and constraints. 

• Common orbits. 

• Fundamentals of spacecraft subsystems and their 

interactions. 

• How to calculate velocity increments for typical 

orbital maneuvers. 

• How to calculate required amount of propellant. 

• How to design communications link.. 

• How to size solar arrays and batteries. 

• How to determine spacecraft temperature. 


May 17-20, 2010 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 

June 7-10, 2010 


$1695 (9:00am - 4:30pm) 




1. Space Missions And Applications. Science, 

exploration, commercial, national security. Customers. 

2. Space Environment And Spacecraft 

Interaction. Universe, galaxy, solar system. 

Coordinate systems. Time. Solar cycle. Plasma. 

Geomagnetic field. Atmosphere, ionosphere, 

magnetosphere. Atmospheric drag. Atomic oxygen. 

Radiation belts and shielding. 

3. Orbital Mechanics And Mission Design. 

Motion in gravitational field. Elliptic orbit. Classical orbit 

elements. Two-line element format. Hohmann transfer. 

Delta-V requirements. Launch sites. Launch to 

geostationary orbit. Orbit perturbations. Key orbits: 

geostationary, sun-synchronous, Molniya. 

4. Space Mission Geometry. Satellite horizon, 

ground track, swath. Repeating orbits. 

5. Spacecraft And Mission Design Overview. 

Mission design basics. Life cycle of the mission. 

Reviews. Requirements. Technology readiness levels. 

Systems engineering. 

6. Mission Support. Ground stations. Deep 

Space Network (DSN). STDN. SGLS. Space Laser 

Ranging (SLR). TDRSS. 

7. Attitude Determination And Control. 

Spacecraft attitude. Angular momentum. 

Environmental disturbance torques. Attitude sensors. 

Attitude control techniques (configurations). Spin axis 

precession. Reaction wheel analysis. 

8. Spacecraft Propulsion. Propulsion 

requirements. Fundamentals of propulsion: thrust, 

specific impulse, total impulse. Rocket dynamics: 

rocket equation. Staging. Nozzles. Liquid propulsion 

systems. Solid propulsion systems. Thrust vector 

control. Electric propulsion. 

9. Launch Systems. Launch issues. Atlas and 

Delta launch families. Acoustic environment. Launch 

system example: Delta II. 

10. Space Communications. Communications 

basics. Electromagnetic waves. Decibel language. 

Antennas. Antenna gain. TWTA and SSA. Noise. Bit 

rate. Communication link design. Modulation 

techniques. Bit error rate. 

11. Spacecraft Power Systems. Spacecraft power 

system elements. Orbital effects. Photovoltaic systems 

(solar cells and arrays). Radioisotope thermal 

generators (RTG). Batteries. Sizing power systems. 

12. Thermal Control. Environmental loads. 

Blackbody concept. Planck and Stefan-Boltzmann 

laws. Passive thermal control. Coatings. Active thermal 

control. Heat pipes. 


Spacecraft Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing 

March 24-25, 2010 


June 9-10, 2010 


$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

Quality assurance, reliability, and testing are critical 

elements in low-cost space missions. The selection of 

lower cost parts and the most effective use of 

redundancy require careful tradeoff analysis when 

designing new space missions. Designing for low cost 

and allowing some risk are new ways of doing 

business in today's cost-conscious environment. This 

course uses case studies and examples from recent 

space missions to pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs 

in design, reviews, quality assurance, and testing of 

spacecraft. Lessons learned from past successes and 

failures are discussed and trends for future missions 

are highlighted. 

Instructor 

Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience, 

including 19 years as the Chief Engineer 

of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics 

Laboratory Space Department, which 

has designed and built 64 spacecraft 

and nearly 200 instruments. His 

experience includes systems 

engineering, design integrity, 

performance assurance, and test standards. He has 

led many of APL's system and spacecraft conceptual 

designs and coauthored APL's quality assurance 

plans. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and 

coauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems. 


• Why reliable design is so important and techniques for 

achieving it. 

• Dealing with today's issues of parts availability, 

radiation hardness, software reliability, process control, 

and human error. 

• Best practices for design reviews and configuration 

management. 

• Modern, efficient integration and test practices. 


1. Spacecraft Systems Reliability and 

Assessment. Quality, reliability, and confidence levels. 

Reliability block diagrams and proper use of reliability 

predictions. Redundancy pro's and con's. 

Environmental stresses and derating. 

2. Quality Assurance and Component Selection. 

Screening and qualification testing. Accelerated 

testing. Using plastic parts (PEMs) reliably. 

3. Radiation and Survivability. The space 

radiation environment. Total dose. Stopping power. 

MOS response. Annealing and super-recovery. 

Displacement damage. 

4. Single Event Effects. Transient upset, latch-up, 

and burn-out. Critical charge. Testing for single event 

effects. Upset rates. Shielding and other mitigation 

techniques. 

5. ISO 9000. Process control through ISO 9001 and 

AS9100. 

6. Software Quality Assurance and Testing. The 

magnitude of the software QA problem. Characteristics 

of good software process. Software testing and when 

is it finished 

7. The Role of the I&T Engineer. Why I&T 

planning must be started early. 

8. Integrating I&T into electrical, thermal, and 

mechanical designs. Coupling I&T to mission 

operations. 

9. Ground Support Systems. Electrical and 

mechanical ground support equipment (GSE). I&T 

facilities. Clean rooms. Environmental test facilities. 

10. Test Planning and Test Flow. Which tests are 

worthwhile Which ones aren't What is the right order 

to perform tests Test Plans and other important 

documents. 

11. Spacecraft Level Testing. Ground station 

compatibility testing and other special tests. 

12. Launch Site Operations. Launch vehicle 

operations. Safety. Dress rehearsals. The Launch 

Readiness Review. 

13. Human Error. What we can learn from the 

airline industry. 

14. Case Studies. NEAR, Ariane 5, Mid-course 

Space Experiment (MSX). 

Recent attendee comments ... 

“Instructor demonstrated excellent knowledge of topics.” 

“Material was presented clearly and thoroughly. An incredible depth of expertise for 

our questions.” 


Spacecraft Systems Integration and Test 

A Complete Systems Engineering Approach to System Test 

April 19-22, 2010 


$1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This four-day course is designed for engineers 

and managers interested in a systems engineering 

approach to space systems integration, test and 

launch site processing. It provides critical insight to 

the design drivers that inevitably arise from the need 

to verify and validate complex space systems. Each 

topic is covered in significant detail, including 

interactive team exercises, with an emphasis on a 

systems engineering approach to getting the job 

done. Actual test and processing 

facilities/capabilities at GSFC, VAFB, CCAFB and 

KSC are introduced, providing familiarity with these 

critical space industry resources. 

Instructor 

Mr. Robert K. Vernot has over twenty years of 

experience in the space industry, serving as I&T 

Manager, Systems and Electrical Systems 

engineer for a wide variety of space missions. 

These missions include the UARS, EOS Terra, 

EO-1, AIM (Earth atmospheric and land 

resource), GGS (Earth/Sun magnetics), DSCS 

(military communications), FUSE (space based 

UV telescope), MESSENGER (interplanetary 

probe). 


• How are systems engineering principals 

applied to system test 

• How can a comprehensive, realistic & 

achievable schedule be developed 

• What facilities are available and how is 

planning accomplished 

• What are the critical system level tests and how 

do their verification goals drive scheduling 

• What are the characteristics of a strong, 

competent I&T team/program 

• What are the viable trades and options when 

I&T doesn’t go as planned 

This course provides the participant with 

knowledge and systems engineering perspective 

to plan and conduct successful space system I&T 

and launch campaigns. All engineers and 

managers will attain an understanding of the 

verification and validation factors critical to the 

design of hardware, software and test 

procedures. 


1. System Level I&T Overview. Comparison of system, 

subsystem and component test. Introduction to the various 

stages of I&T and overview of the course subject matter. 

2. Main Technical Disciplines Influencing I&T. Mechanical, 

Electrical and Thermal systems. Optical, Magnetics, Robotics, 

Propulsion, Flight Software and others. Safety, EMC and 

Contamination Control. Resultant requirements pertaining to I&T 

and how to use them in planning an effective campaign. 

3. Lunar/Mars Initiative and Manned Space Flight. Safety 

first. Telerobotics, rendezvous & capture and control system 

testing (data latency, range sensors, object recognition, gravity 

compensation, etc.). Verification of multi-fault-tolerant systems. 

Testing ergonomic systems and support infrastructure. Future 

trends. 

4. Staffing the Job. Building a strong team and establishing 

leadership roles. Human factors in team building and scheduling 

of this critical resource. 

5. Test and Processing Facilities. Budgeting and scheduling 

tests. Ambient, environmental (T/V, Vibe, Shock, EMC/RF, etc.) 

and launch site (VAFB, CCAFB, KSC) test and processing 

facilities. Special considerations for hazardous processing 

facilities. 

6. Ground Support Systems. Electrical ground support 

equipment (GSE) including SAS, RF, Umbilical, Front End, etc. 

and Mechanical GSE, such as stands, fixtures and 1-G negation 

for deployments and robotics. I&T ground test systems and 

software. Ground Segment elements (MOCC, SOCC, SDPF, 

FDF, CTV, network & flight resources). 

7. Preparation and Planning for I&T. Planning tools. 

Effective use of block diagrams, exploded views, system 

schematics. Storyboard and schedule development. Configuration 

management of I&T, development of C&T database to leverage 

and empower ground software. Understanding verification and 

validation requirements. 

8. System Test Procedures. Engineering efficient, effective 

test procedures to meet your goals. Installation and integration 

procedures. Critical system tests; their roles and goals (Aliveness, 

Functional, Performance, Mission Simulations). Environmental 

and Launch Site test procedures, including hazardous and 

contingency operations. 

9. Data Products for Verification and Tracking. Criterion for 

data trending. Tracking operational constraints, limited life items, 

expendables, trouble free hours. Producing comprehensive, 

useful test reports. 

10. Tracking and Resolving Problems. Troubleshooting and 

recovery strategies. Methods for accurately documenting, 

categorizing and tracking problems and converging toward 

solutions. How to handle problems when you cannot reach 

closure. 

11. Milestone Progress Reviews. Preparing the I&T 

presentation for major program reviews (PDR, CDR, L-12, Pre- 

Environmental, Pre-ship, MRR). 

12. Subsystem and Instrument Level Testing. Distinctions 

from system test. Expectations and preparations prior to delivery 

to higher level of assembly. 

13. The Integration Phase. Integration strategies to get the 

core of the bus up and running. Standard Operating Procedures. 

Pitfalls, precautions and other considerations. 

14. The System Test Phase. Building a successful test 

program. Technical vs. schedule risk and risk management. 

Establishing baselines for performance, flight software, alignment 

and more. Environmental Testing, launch rehearsals, Mission 

Sims, Special tests. 

15. The Launch Campaign. Scheduling the Launch campaign. 

Transportation and set-up. Test scenarios for arrival and checkout, 

hazardous processing, On-stand and Launch day. 

Contingency planning and scrub turn-arounds. 

16. Post Launch Support. Launch day, T+. L+30 day support. 

Staffing logistics. 

17. I&T Contingencies and Work-arounds. Using your 

schedule as a tool to ensure success. Contingency and recovery 

strategies. Trading off risks. 

18. Summary. Wrap up of ideas and concepts. Final Q & A 

session. 


NEW! 

Architecting with DODAF 

Effectively Using The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) 

The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) 

provides an underlying structure to work with 

complexity. Today’s systems do not stand alone; 

each system fits within an increasingly complex 

system-of-systems, a network of interconnection 

that virtually guarantees surprise behavior. 

Systems science recognizes this type of 

interconnectivity as one essence of complexity. It 

requires new tools, new methods, and new 

paradigms for effective system design. 

April 6-7 2010 

Huntsville, Alabama 

May 24-25 2010 

Columbia, Maryland 

$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This course provides knowledge and exercises at 

a practical level in the use of the DODAF. You will 

learn about architecting processes, methods and 

thought patterns. You will practice architecting by 

creating DODAF representations of a familiar, 

complex system-of-systems. By the end of this 

course, you will be able to use DODAF effectively in 

your work. This course is intended for systems 

engineers, technical team leaders, program or 

project managers, and others who participate in 

defining and developing complex systems. 

Practice architecting on a creative “Mars Rotor” 

complex system. Define the operations, 

technical structure, and migration for this future 

space program. 


• Three aspects of an architecture 

• Four primary architecting activities 

• Eight DoDAF 2.0 viewpoints 

• The entire set of DoDAF 2.0 views and how they 

relate to each other 

• A useful sequence to create views 

• Different “Fit-for-Purpose” versions of the views. 

• How to plan future changes. 

Instructor 

Eric Honour (CSEP) international consultant and 

lecturer, has a 40-year career of 

complex systems development & 

operation. Founder and former 

President of INCOSE. He has led the 

development of 18 major systems, 

including the Air Combat 

Maneuvering Instrumentation 

systems and the Battle Group 

Passive Horizon Extension System. BSSE 

(Systems Engineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE, 

Naval Postgraduate School, and PhD candidate, 

University of South Australia. 


1. Introduction. The relationship between 

architecting and systems engineering. Course 

objectives and expectations.. 

2. Architectures and Architecting. Fundamental 

concepts. Terms and definitions. Origin of the terms 

within systems development. Understanding of the 

components of an architecture. Architecting key 

activities. Foundations of modern architecting. 

3. Architectural Tools. Architectural frameworks: 

DODAF, TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF. Why frameworks 

exist, and what they hope to provide. Design patterns 

and their origin. Using patterns to generate 

alternatives. Pattern language and the communication 

of patterns. System architecting patterns. Binding 

patterns into architectures. 

4. DODAF Overview. Viewpoints within DoDAF (All, 

Capability, Data/Information, Operational, Project, 

Services, Standards, Systems). How Viewpoints 

support models. Diagram types (views) within each 

viewpoint. 

5. DODAF Operational Definition. Describing an 

operational environment, and then modifying it to 

incorporate new capabilities. Sequences of creation. 

How to convert concepts into DODAF views. Practical 

exercises on each DODAF view, with review and 

critique. Teaching method includes three passes for 

each product: (a) describing the views, (b) instructorled 

exercise, (c) group work to create views. 

6. DODAF Technical Definition Processes. 

Converting the operational definition into serviceoriented 

technical architecture. Matching the new 

architecture with legacy systems. Sequences of 

creation. Linkages between the technical viewpoints 

and the operational viewpoints. Practical exercises on 

each DODAF view, with review and critique, again 

using the three-pass method. 

7. DODAF Migration Definition Processes. How 

to depict the migration of current systems into future 

systems while maintaining operability at each step. 

Practical exercises on migration planning. 


Certified Systems Engineering Professional - CSEP Preparation 

Guaranteed Training to Pass the CSEP Certification Exam 

NEW! 

March 31 - April 1, 2010 


$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



Summary 

This two-day course walks through the CSEP 

requirements and the INCOSE Handbook Version 3.1 

to cover all topics on the CSEP exam. Interactive work, 

study plans, and sample examination questions help 

you to prepare effectively for the exam. Participants 

leave the course with solid knowledge, a hard copy of 

the INCOSE Handbook, study plans, and a sample 

examination. 

Attend the CSEP course to learn what you need. 

Follow the study plan to seal in the knowledge. Use the 

sample exam to test yourself and check your 

readiness. Contact our instructor for questions if 

needed. Then take the exam. If you do not pass, you 

can retake the course at no cost. 

Instructor 

Eric Honour, international consultant and lecturer, 

has a 40-year career of complex 

systems development & operation. 

Founder and former President of 

INCOSE. Author of the “Value of SE” 

material in the INCOSE Handbook. He 

has led the development of 18 major 

systems, including the Air Combat 

Maneuvering Instrumentation systems 

and the Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension 

System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), US Naval 

Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate School, and 

PhD candidate, University of South Australia. 


• How to pass the CSEP examination! 

• Details of the INCOSE Handbook, the source for the 

exam. 

• Your own strengths and weaknesses, to target your 

study. 

• The key processes and definitions in the INCOSE 

language of the exam. 

• How to tailor the INCOSE processes. 

• Five rules for test-taking. 


1. Introduction. What is the CSEP and what are the 

requirements to obtain it Terms and definitions. Basis of 

the examination. Study plans and sample examination 

questions and how to use them. Plan for the course. 

Introduction to the INCOSE Handbook. Self-assessment 

quiz. Filling out the CSEP application. 

2. Systems Engineering and Life Cycles. Definitions 

and origins of systems engineering, including the latest 

concepts of “systems of systems.” Hierarchy of system 

terms. Value of systems engineering. Life cycle 

characteristics and stages, and the relationship of 

systems engineering to life cycles. Development 

approaches. The INCOSE Handbook system 

development examples. 

3. Technical Processes. The processes that take a 

system from concept in the eye to operation, maintenance 

and disposal. Stakeholder requirements and technical 

requirements, including concept of operations, 

requirements analysis, requirements definition, 

requirements management. Architectural design, including 

functional analysis and allocation, system architecture 

synthesis. Implementation, integration, verification, 

transition, validation, operation, maintenance and disposal 

of a system. 

4. Project Processes. Technical management and 

the role of systems engineering in guiding a project. 

Project planning, including the Systems Engineering Plan 

(SEP), Integrated Product and Process Development 

(IPPD), Integrated Product Teams (IPT), and tailoring 

methods. Project assessment, including Technical 

Performance Measurement (TPM). Project control. 

Decision-making and trade-offs. Risk and opportunity 

management, configuration management, information 

management. 

5. Enterprise & Agreement Processes. How to 

define the need for a system, from the viewpoint of 

stakeholders and the enterprise. Acquisition and supply 

processes, including defining the need. Managing the 

environment, investment, and resources. Enterprise 

environment management. Investment management 

including life cycle cost analysis. Life cycle processes 

management standard processes, and process 

improvement. Resource management and quality 

management. 

6. Specialty Engineering Activities. Unique 

technical disciplines used in the systems engineering 

processes: integrated logistics support, electromagnetic 

and environmental analysis, human systems integration, 

mass properties, modeling & simulation including the 

system modeling language (SysML), safety & hazards 

analysis, sustainment and training needs. 

7. After-Class Plan. Study plans and methods. 

Using the self-assessment to personalize your study plan. 

Five rules for test-taking. How to use the sample 

examinations. How to reach us after class, and what to do 

when you succeed. 

The INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering 

Professional (CSEP) rating is a coveted milestone in 

the career of a systems engineer, demonstrating 

knowledge, education and experience that are of high 

value to systems organizations. This three-day course 

provides you with the detailed knowledge and 

practice that you need to pass the CSEP examination. 


Fundamentals of Systems Engineering 

March 29-30, 2010 


$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

Today's complex systems present difficult 

challenges to develop. From military systems to aircraft 

to environmental and electronic control systems, 

development teams must face the challenges with an 

arsenal of proven methods. Individual systems are 

more complex, and systems operate in much closer 

relationship, requiring a system-of-systems approach 

to the overall design. 

This two-day workshop presents the fundamentals 

of a systems engineering approach to solving complex 

problems. It covers the underlying attitudes as well as 

the process definitions that make up systems 

engineering. The model presented is a researchproven 

combination of the best existing standards. 

Participants in this workshop practice the processes 

on a realistic system development. 

Instructors 

Eric Honour has been in international leadership of 

the engineering of systems for over a 

decade, part of a 40-year career of 

complex systems development and 

operation. His energetic and informative 

presentation style actively involves class 

participants. He is a former President of 

the International Council on Systems 

Engineering (INCOSE). He has been a 

systems engineer, engineering manager, and program 

manager at Harris, ESystems, and Link, and was a 

Navy pilot. He has contributed to the development of 

17 major systems, including Air Combat Maneuvering 

Instrumentation, Battle Group Passive Horizon 

Extension System, and National Crime Information 

Center. BSSE (Systems Engineering) from US Naval 

Academy and MSEE from Naval Postgraduate School. 

Dr. Scott Workinger has led innovative technology 

development efforts in complex, riskladen 

environments for 30 years. He 

currently teaches courses on program 

management and engineering and 

consults on strategic management and 

technology issues. Scott has a B.S in 

Engineering Physics from Lehigh 

University, an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the 

University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in Civil and 

Environment Engineering from Stanford University. 


1. Systems Engineering Model. An underlying process 

model that ties together all the concepts and methods. 

System thinking attitudes. Overview of the systems 

engineering processes. Incremental, concurrent processes 

and process loops for iteration. Technical and management 

aspects. 

2. Where Do Requirements Come From 

Requirements as the primary method of measurement and 

control for systems development. Three steps to translate an 

undefined need into requirements; determining the system 

purpose/mission from an operational view; how to measure 

system quality, analyzing missions and environments; 

requirements types; defining functions and requirements. 

3. Where Does a Solution Come From Designing a 

system using the best methods known today. What is an 

architecture System architecting processes; defining 

alternative concepts; alternate sources for solutions; how to 

allocate requirements to the system components; how to 

develop, analyze, and test alternatives; how to trade off 

results and make decisions. Establishing an allocated 

baseline, and getting from the system design to the system. 

Systems engineering during ongoing operation. 

4. Ensuring System Quality. Building in quality during 

the development, and then checking it frequently. The 

relationship between systems engineering and systems 

testing. Technical analysis as a system tool. Verification at 

multiple levels: architecture, design, product. Validation at 

multiple levels; requirements, operations design, product. 

5. Systems Engineering Management. How to 

successfully manage the technical aspects of the system 

development; planning the technical processes; assessing 

and controlling the technical processes, with corrective 

actions; use of risk management, configuration management, 

interface management to guide the technical development. 

6. Systems Engineering Concepts of Leadership. How 

to guide and motivate technical teams; technical teamwork 

and leadership; virtual, collaborative teams; design reviews; 

technical performance measurement. 

7. Summary. Review of the important points of the 

workshop. Interactive discussion of participant experiences 

that add to the material. 

Who Should Attend 

You Should Attend This Workshop If You Are: 

• Working in any sort of system development 

• Project leader or key member in a product development 

team 

• Looking for practical methods to use today 

This Course Is Aimed At: 

• Project leaders, 

• Technical team leaders, 

• Design engineers, and 

• Others participating in system development 


March 16-17, 2010 


June 10-11, 2010 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



Summary 

This two day workshop is an overview of test 

and evaluation from product concept through 

operations. The purpose of the course is to give 

participants a solid grounding in practical testing 

methodology for assuring that a product performs 

as intended. The course is designed for Test 

Engineers, Design Engineers, Project Engineers, 

Systems Engineers, Technical Team Leaders, 

System Support Leaders Technical and 

Management Staff and Project Managers. 

The course work includes a case study in several 

parts for practicing testing techniques. 

Instructors 

Eric Honour, international consultant and 

lecturer, has a 40-year career of 

complex systems development & 

operation. Founder and former 

President of INCOSE. He has led 

the development of 18 major 

systems, including the Air Combat 

Maneuvering Instrumentation 

systems and the Battle Group Passive Horizon 

Extension System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), 

US Naval Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate 

School, and PhD candidate, University of South 

Australia. 

Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in 

Manufacturing, Eng. & 

Construction, and Info. Tech. for 30 

years. His projects have made 

contributions ranging from 

increasing optical fiber bandwidth to 

creating new CAD technology. He 

currently teaches courses on management and 

engineering and consults on strategic issues in 

management and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in 

Engineering from Stanford. 

Principles of Test & Evaluation 

Assuring Required Product Performance 


1. What is Test and Evaluation Basic definitions 

and concepts. Test and evaluation overview; 

application to complex systems. A model of T&E that 

covers the activities needed (requirements, planning, 

testing, analysis & reporting). Roles of test and 

evaluation throughout product development, and the 

life cycle, test economics and risk and their impact on 

test planning.. 

2. Test Requirements. Requirements as the 

primary method for measurement and control of 

product development. Where requirements come 

from; evaluation of requirements for testability; deriving 

test requirements; the Requirements Verification Matrix 

(RVM); Qualification vs. Acceptance requirements; 

design proof vs. first article vs. production 

requirements, design for testability.. 

3. Test Planning. Evaluating the product concept 

to plan verification and validation by test. T&E strategy 

and the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP); 

verification planning and the Verification Plan 

document; analyzing and evaluating alternatives; test 

resource planning; establishing a verification baseline; 

developing a verification schedule; test procedures and 

their format for success. 

4. Integration Testing. How to successfully 

manage the intricate aspects of system integration 

testing; levels of integration planning; development test 

concepts; integration test planning (architecture-based 

integration versus build-based integration); preferred 

order of events; integration facilities; daily schedules; 

the importance of regression testing. 

5. Formal Testing. How to perform a test; 

differences in testing for design proof, first article 

qualification, recurring production acceptance; rules for 

test conduct. Testing for different purposes, verification 

vs. validation; test procedures and test records; test 

readiness certification, test article configuration; 

troubleshooting and anomaly handling. 

6. Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting. 

Statistical methods; test data collection methods and 

equipment, timeliness in data collection, accuracy, 

sampling; data analysis using statistical rigor, the 

importance of doing the analysis before the test;, 

sample size, design of experiments, Taguchi method, 

hypothesis testing, FRACAS, failure data analysis; 

report formats and records, use of data as recurring 

metrics, Cum Sum method. 

This course provides the knowledge and ability 

to plan and execute testing procedures in a 

rigorous, practical manner to assure that a product 

meets its requirements. 


• Create effective test requirements. 

• Plan tests for complete coverage. 

• Manage testing during integration and verification. 

• Develop rigorous test conclusions with sound 

collection, analysis, and reporting methods. 


Systems of Systems 

Sound Collaborative Engineering to Ensure Architectural Integrity 

April 20-22, 2010 

San Diego, California 

June 29- July 1, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



Summary 

This three day workshop presents detailed, 

useful techniques to develop effective systems of 

systems and to manage the engineering activities 

associated with them. The course is designed for 

program managers, project managers, systems 

engineers, technical team leaders, logistic 

support leaders, and others who take part in 

developing today’s complex systems. 

Modify a legacy 

robotic system of 

systems as a class 

exercise, using the 

course principles. 

Instructors 

Eric Honour, international consultant and lecturer, 

has a 40-year career of complex 

systems development & operation. 

Founder and former President of 

INCOSE. He has led the development of 

18 major systems, including the Air 

Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation 

systems and the Battle Group Passive 

Horizon Extension System. BSSE 

(Systems Engineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE, 

Naval Postgraduate School, and PhD candidate, 

University of South Australia. 

Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in 

Manufacturing, Eng. & Construction, and 

Info. Tech. for 30 years. His projects 

have made contributions ranging from 

increasing optical fiber bandwidth to 

creating new CAD technology. He 

currently teaches courses on 

management and engineering and 

consults on strategic issues in management and 

technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from 

Stanford. 


1. Systems of Systems (SoS) Concepts. What 

SoS can achieve. Capabilities engineering vs. 

requirements engineering. Operational issues: 

geographic distribution, concurrent operations. 

Development issues: evolutionary, large scale, 

distributed. Roles of a project leader in relation to 

integration and scope control. 

2. Complexity Concepts. Complexity and chaos; 

scale-free networks; complex adaptive systems; small 

worlds; synchronization; strange attraction; emergent 

behaviors. Introduction to the theories and how to work 

with them in a practical world. 

3. Architecture. Design strategies for large scale 

architectures. Architectural Frameworks including the 

DOD Architectural Framework (DODAF), TOGAF, 

Zachman Framework, and FEAF. How to use design 

patterns, constitutions, synergy. Re-Architecting in an 

evolutionary environment. Working with legacy 

systems. Robustness and graceful degradation at the 

design limits. Optimization and measurement of 

quality. 

4. Integration. Integration strategies for SoS with 

systems that originated outside the immediate control 

of the project staff, the difficulty of shifting SoS 

priorities over the operating life of the systems. Loose 

coupling integration strategies, the design of open 

systems, integration planning and implementation, 

interface design, use of legacy systems and COTS. 

5. Collaboration. The SoS environment and its 

special demands on systems engineering. 

Collaborative efforts that extend over long periods of 

time and require effort across organizations. 

Collaboration occurring explicitly or implicitly, at the 

same time or at disjoint times, even over decades. 

Responsibilities from the SoS side and from the 

component systems side, strategies for managing 

collaboration, concurrent and disjoint systems 

engineering; building on the past to meet the future. 

Strategies for maintaining integrity of systems 

engineering efforts over long periods of time when 

working in independent organizations. 

6. Testing and Evaluation. Testing and evaluation 

in the SoS environment with unique challenges in the 

evolutionary development. Multiple levels of T&E, why 

the usual success criteria no longer suffice. Why 

interface testing is necessary but isn’t enough. 

Operational definitions for evaluation. Testing for 

chaotic behavior and emergent behavior. Testing 

responsibilities in the SoS environment. 


• Capabilities engineering methods. 

• Architecture frameworks. 

• Practical uses of complexity theory. 

• Integration strategies to achieve higher-level 

capabilities. 

• Effective collaboration methods. 

• T&E for large-scale architectures. 


Advanced Developments in Radar Technology 

May 18-20, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day course provides students who already 

have a basic understanding of radar a valuable extension 

into the newer capabilities being continuously pursued in 

our fast-moving field. While the course begins with a quick 

review of fundamentals - this to establish a common base 

for the instruction to follow - it is best suited for the student 

who has taken one of the several basic radar courses 

available. 

In each topic, the method of instruction is first to 

establish firmly the underlying principle and only then are 

the current achievements and challenges addressed. 

Treated are such topics as pulse compression in which 

matched filter theory, resolution and broadband pulse 

modulation are briefly reviewed, and then the latest code 

optimality searches and hybrid coding and code-variable 

pulse bursts are explored. Similarly, radar polarimetry is 

reviewed in principle, then the application to image 

processing (as in Synthetic Aperture Radar work) is 

covered. Doppler processing and its application to SAR 

imaging itself, then 3D SAR, the moving target problem 

and other target signature work are also treated this way. 

Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) is introduced; 

the resurgent interest in bistatic radar is discussed. 

The most ample current literature (conferences and 

journals) is used in this course, directing the student to 

valuable material for further study. Instruction follows the 

student notebook provided. 

Instructor 

Bob Hill received his BS degree from Iowa State 

University and the MS from the University 

of Maryland, both in electrical 

engineering. After spending a year in 

microwave work with an electronics firm in 

Virginia, he was then a ground electronics 

officer in the U.S. Air Force and began his 

civil service career with the U.S. Navy . He 

managed the development of the phased array radar of 

the Navy’s AEGIS system through its introduction to the 

fleet. Later in his career he directed the development, 

acquisition and support of all surveillance radars of the 

surface navy. 

Mr. Hill is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE “distinguished 

lecturer”, a member of its Radar Systems Panel and 

previously a member of its Aerospace and Electronic 

Systems Society Board of Governors for many years. He 

established and chaired through 1990 the IEEE’s series of 

international radar conferences and remains on the 

organizing committee of these, and works with the several 

other nations cooperating in that series. He has published 

numerous conference papers, magazine articles and 

chapters of books, and is the author of the radar, 

monopulse radar, airborne radar and synthetic aperture 

radar articles in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science 

and Technology and contributor for radar-related entries of 

their technical dictionary. 

NEW! 


1. Introduction and Background. 

• The nature of radar and the physics involved. 

• Concepts and tools required, briefly reviewed. 

• Directions taken in radar development and the 

technological advances permitting them. 

• Further concepts and tools, more elaborate. 

2. Advanced Signal Processing. 

• Review of developments in pulse compression (matched 

filter theory, modulation techniques, the search for 

optimality) and in Doppler processing (principles, 

"coherent" radar, vector processing, digital techniques); 

establishing resolution in time (range) and in frequency 

(Doppler). 

• Recent considerations in hybrid coding, shaping the 

ambiguity function. 

• Target inference. Use of high range and high Doppler 

resolution: example and experimental results. 

3. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). 

• Fundamentals reviewed, 2-D and 3-D SAR, example 

image. 

• Developments in image enhancement. The dangerous 

point-scatterer assumption. Autofocusing methods in 

SAR, ISAR imaging. The ground moving target problem. 

• Polarimetry and its application in SAR. Review of 

polarimetry theory. Polarimetric filtering: the whitening 

filter, the matched filter. Polarimetric-dependent phase 

unwrapping in 3D IFSAR. 

• Image interpretation: target recognition processes 

reviewed. 

4. A "Radar Revolution" - the Phased Array. 

• The all-important antenna. General antenna theory, 

quickly reviewed. Sidelobe concerns, suppression 

techniques. Ultra-low sidelobe design. 

• The phased array. Electronic scanning, methods, typical 

componentry. Behavior with scanning, the impedance 

problem and matching methods. The problem of 

bandwidth; time-delay steering. Adaptive patterns, 

adaptivity theory and practice. Digital beam forming. The 

"active" array. 

• Phased array radar, system considerations. 

5. Advanced Data Processing. 

• Detection in clutter, threshold control schemes, CFAR. 

• Background analysis: clutter statistics, parameter 

estimation, clutter as a compound process. 

• Association, contacts to tracks. 

• Track estimation, filtering, adaptivity, multiple hypothesis 

testing. 

• Integration: multi-radar, multi-sensor data fusion, in both 

detection and tracking, greater use of supplemental 

data, augmenting the radar processing. 

6. Other Topics. 

• Bistatics, the resurgent interest. Review of the basics of 

bistatic radar, challenges, early experiences. New 

opportunities: space; terrestrial. Achievements 

reported. 

• Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP), airborne 

radar emphasis. 

• Ultra-wideband short pulse radar, various claims (wellfounded 

and not); an example UWB SAR system for 

good purpose. 

• Concluding discussion, course review. 



(U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds) 

Summary 

The Fundamentals of Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS is a 

comprehensive two-day course designed to give the 

student a thorough understanding of every aspect of 

Link 16 both technical and tactical. The course is 

designed to support both military and industry and 

does not require any previous experience or exposure 

to the subject matter. The course comes with one-year 

follow-on support, which entitles the student to contact 

the instructor with course related questions for one 

year after course completion. 

Instructor 

Patrick Pierson is president of Network Centric 

Solutions (NCS), a Tactical Data Link and Network 

Centric training, consulting, and software development 

company with offices in the U.S. and U.K. Patrick has 

more than 23 years of operational experience, and is 

internationally recognized as a Tactical Data Link 

subject matter expert. Patrick has designed more than 

30 Tactical Data Link training courses and personally 

trains hundreds of students around the globe every 

year. 


• The course is designed to enable the student to be 

able to speak confidently and with authority about all 

of the subject matter on the right. 

The course is suitable for: 

• Operators 

• Engineers 

• Consultants 

• Sales staff 

• Software Developers 

• Business Development Managers 

• Project / Program Managers 

April 12-13, 2010 

Washington DC 

April 15-16, 2010 


July 19-20, 2010 

Dayton, Ohio 

$1750 (8:00am - 4:00pm) 




1. Introduction to Link 16. 

2. Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Documentation 

3. Link 16 Enhancements 

4. System Characteristics 

5. Time Division Multiple Access 

6. Network Participation Groups 

7. J-Series Messages 

8. Building the Link 16 Signal 

9. Link 16 Time Slot Components 

10. Link 16 Message Packing and Pulses 

11. JTIDS / MIDS Networks / Nets (Multi / Stacked 

/ Crypto) 

12. JTIDS / MIDS Network Synchronization 

13. JTIDS / MIDS Network Time 

14. Access Modes 

15. Precise Participant Location and Identification 

16. JTIDS / MIDS Voice 

17. JTIDS / MIDS Network Roles 

18. Relative Navigation 

19. JTIDS / MIDS Relays 

20. Communications Security 

21. JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Deconfliction 

22. JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Restrictions 

23. Time Slot Duty Factor 

24. Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol 

(JREAP) 

25. JTIDS / MIDS Network Design 

26. JTIDS / MIDS Terminals 


Fundamentals of Radar Technology 

May 4-6, 2010 

Beltsville Maryland 

$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

A three-day course covering the basics of radar, 

taught in a manner for true understanding of the 

fundamentals, even for the complete newcomer. 

Covered are electromagnetic waves, frequency bands, 

the natural phenomena of scattering and propagation, 

radar performance calculations and other tools used in 

radar work, and a “walk through” of the four principal 

subsystems – the transmitter, the antenna, the receiver 

and signal processor, and the control and interface 

apparatus – covering in each the underlying principle 

and componentry. A few simple exercises reinforce the 

student’s understanding. Both surface-based and 

airborne radars are addressed. 

Instructor 

Bob Hill received his BS degree from Iowa State 

University and the MS from the University 

of Maryland, both in electrical 

engineering. After spending a year in 

microwave work with an electronics firm 

in Virginia, he was then a ground 

electronics officer in the U.S. Air Force 

and began his civil service career with the 

U.S. Navy . He managed the development of the phased 

array radar of the Navy’s AEGIS system through its 

introduction to the fleet. Later in his career he directed 

the development, acquisition and support of all 

surveillance radars of the surface navy. 

Mr. Hill is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE “distinguished 

lecturer”, a member of its Radar Systems Panel and 

previously a member of its Aerospace and Electronic 

Systems Society Board of Governors for many years. He 

established and chaired through 1990 the IEEE’s series 

of international radar conferences and remains on the 

organizing committee of these, and works with the 

several other nations cooperating in that series. He has 

published numerous conference papers, magazine 

articles and chapters of books, and is the author of the 

radar, monopulse radar, airborne radar and synthetic 

aperture radar articles in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia 

of Science and Technology and contributor for radarrelated 

entries of their technical dictionary. 


First Morning – Introduction 

The basic nature of radar and its applications, military 

and civil Radiative physics (an exercise); the radar 

range equation; the statistical nature of detection 

Electromagnetic waves, constituent fields and vector 

representation Radar “timing”, general nature, block 

diagrams, typical characteristics, 

First Afternoon – Natural Phenomena: 

Scattering and Propagation. Scattering: Rayleigh point 

scattering; target fluctuation models; the nature of 

clutter. Propagation: Earth surface multipath; 

atmospheric refraction and “ducting”; atmospheric 

attenuation. Other tools: the decibel, etc. (a dB 

exercise). 

Second Morning – Workshop 

An example radar and performance calculations, with 

variations. 

Second Afternoon – Introduction to the 

Subsystems. 

Overview: the role, general nature and challenges of 

each. The Transmitter, basics of power conversion: 

power supplies, modulators, rf devices (tubes, solid 

state). The Antenna: basic principle; microwave optics 

and pattern formation, weighting, sidelobe concerns, 

sum and difference patterns; introduction to phased 

arrays. 

Third Morning – Subsytems Continued: 

The Receiver and Signal Processor. 

Receiver: preamplification, conversion, heterodyne 

operation “image” frequencies and double conversion. 

Signal processing: pulse compression. Signal 

processing: Doppler-sensitive processing Airborne 

radar – the absolute necessity of Doppler processing. 

Third Afternoon – Subsystems: Control and 

Interface Apparatus. 

Automatic detection and constant-false-alarm-rate 

(CFAR) techniques of threshold control. Automatic 

tracking: exponential track filters. Multi-radar fusion, 

briefly Course review, discussion, current topics and 

community activity. 

The course is taught from the student notebook 

supplied, based heavily on the open literature and 

with adequate references to the most popular of 

the many textbooks now available. The student’s 

own note-taking and participation in the exercises 

will enhance understanding as well. 


Grounding & Shielding for EMC 

April 27-29, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Instructor 

Dr. William G. Duff (Bill) received a BEE degree 

from George Washington University in 

1959, a MSEE degree from Syracuse 

University in 1969, and a DScEE 

degree from Clayton University in 

1977. 

Bill is President of SEMTAS. Prior 

to being President of SEMTAS he 

worked for SENTEL and Atlantic Research and 

taught courses on electromagnetic interference 

(EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). He 

is internationally recognized as a leader in the 

development of engineering technology for 

achieving EMC in communication and electronic 

systems. He has more than 40 years of experience 

in EMI/EMC analysis, design, test and problem 

solving for a wide variety of communication and 

electronic systems. He has extensive experience in 

assessing EMI at the circuit, equipment and/or the 

system level and applying EMI mitigation 

techniques to "fix" problems. Bill has written more 

than 40 technical papers and four books on EMC. 

He is a NARTE Certified EMC Engineer. 

Bill has been very active in the IEEE EMC 

Society. He served on the Board of Directors, is 

currently Chairman of the Fellow Evaluation 

Committee and is an Associate Editor for the 

Newsletter. He is a past president of the IEEE EMC 

Society and a past Director of the Electromagnetics 

and Radiation Division of IEEE. 


• Examples Of Potential EMI Threats. 

• Safety Earthing/Grounding Versus Noise 

Coupling. 

• Field Coupling Into Ground Loops. 

• Coupling Reduction Methods. 

• Victim Sensitivities. 

• Common Ground Impedance Coupling. 

• Ground Loop Coupling. 

• Shielding Theory. 

Summary 

This three-day course is designed for 

technicians, operators, and engineers who need an 

understanding of all facets of grounding and 

shielding at the circuit, PCB, box or equipment level, 

cable-interconnected boxes (subsystem), system 

and building, facilities or vehicle levels. The course 

offers a discussion of the qualitative techniques for 

EMI control through grounding and shielding at all 

levels. It provides for selection of EMI suppression 

methods via math modeling and graphics of 

grounding and shielding parameters. 

Our instructor will use computer software to 

provide real world examples and case histories. The 

computer software simulates and demonstrates 

various concepts and helps bridge the gap between 

theory and the real world. The computer software 

will be made available to the attendees. One of the 

computer programs is used to design 

interconnecting equipments. This program 

demonstrates the impact of various grounding 

schemes and different "fixes" that are applied. 

Another computer program is used to design a 

shielded enclosure. The program considers the box 

material; seams and gaskets; cooling and viewing 

apertures; and various "fixes" that may be used for 

aperture protection. 

There are also hardware demonstrations of the 

effect of various compromises and resulting "fixes" 

on the shielding effectiveness of an enclosure. The 

compromises that are demonstrated are seam 

leakage, and a conductor penetrating the enclosure. 

The hardware demonstrations also include 

incorporating various "fixes" and illustrating their 

impact. 



Propulsion, Guidance, Control, Seekers, and Technology 

April 5-8, 2010 


June 21-24, 2010 


$1695 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This 4-day course presents a broad introduction to major 

missile subsystems and their integrated performance, 

explained in practical terms, but including relevant analytical 

methods. While emphasis is on today’s homing missiles and 

future trends, the course includes a historical perspective of 

relevant older missiles. Both endoatmospheric and 

exoatmospheric missiles (missiles that operate in the 

atmosphere and in space) are addressed. Missile propulsion, 

guidance, control, and seekers are covered, and their roles 

and interactions in integrated missile operation are explained. 

The types and applications of missile simulation and testing 

are presented. Comparisons of autopilot designs, guidance 

approaches, seeker alternatives, and instrumentation for 

various purposes are presented. The course is recommended 

for analysts, engineers, and technical managers who want to 

broaden their understanding of modern missiles and missile 

systems. The analytical descriptions require some technical 

background, but practical explanations can be appreciated by 

all students. 

Instructor 

Dr. Walter R. Dyer is a graduate of UCLA, with a Ph.D. 

degree in Control Systems Engineering and 

Applied Mathematics. He has over thirty 

years of industry, government and academic 

experience in the analysis and design of 

tactical and strategic missiles. His experience 

includes Standard Missile, Stinger, AMRAAM, 

HARM, MX, Small ICBM, and ballistic missile 

defense. He is currently a Senior Staff 

Member at the Johns Hopkins University 

Applied Physics Laboratory and was formerly the Chief 

Technologist at the Missile Defense Agency in Washington, 

DC. He has authored numerous industry and government 

reports and published prominent papers on missile 

technology. He has also taught university courses in 

engineering at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. 


You will gain an understanding of the design and analysis 

of homing missiles and the integrated performance of their 

subsystems. 

• Missile propulsion and control in the atmosphere and in 

space. 

• Clear explanation of homing guidance. 

• Types of missile seekers and how they work. 

• Missile testing and simulation. 

• Latest developments and future trends. 


1. Introduction. Brief history of missiles. Types of 

guided missiles. Introduction to ballistic missile defense. 

Endoatmospheric and exoatmospheric missile operation. 

Missile basing. Missile subsystems overview. Warheads, 

lethality and hit-to-kill. Power and power conditioning. 

2. Missile Propulsion. The rocket equation. Solid and 

liquid propulsion. Single stage and multistage boosters. 

Ramjets and scramjets. Axial propulsion. Divert and 

attitude control systems. Effects of gravity and 

atmospheric drag. 

3. Missile Airframes, Autopilots and Control. 

Phases of missile flight. Purpose and functions of 

autopilots. Missile control configurations. Autopilot 

design. Open-loop autopilots. Inertial instruments and 

feedback. Autopilot response, stability, and agility. Body 

modes and rate saturation. Roll control and induced roll in 

high performance missiles. Radomes and their effects on 

missile control. Adaptive autopilots. Rolling airframe 

missiles. 

4. Exoatmospheric Missiles for Ballistic Missile 

Defense. Exoatmospheric missile autopilots, propulsion 

and attitude control. Pulse width modulation. Exoatmospheric 

missile autopilots. Limit cycles. 

5. Missile Guidance. Seeker types and operation for 

endo- and exo-atmospheric missiles. Passive, active and 

semi active missile guidance. Radar basics and radar 

seekers. Passive sensing basics and passive seekers. 

Scanning seekers and focal plane arrays. Seeker 

comparisons and tradeoffs for different missions. Signal 

processing and noise reduction 

6. Missile Seekers. Boost and midcourse guidance. 

Zero effort miss. Proportional navigation and augmented 

proportional navigation. Biased proportional navigation. 

Predictive guidance. Optimum homing guidance. 

Guidance filters. Homing guidance examples and 

simulation results. Miss distance comparisons with 

different homing guidance laws. Sources of miss and 

miss reduction. Beam rider, pure pursuit, and deviated 

pursuit guidance. 

7. Simulation and its applications. Current 

simulation capabilities and future trends. Hardware in the 

loop. Types of missile testing and their uses, advantages 

and disadvantages of testing alternatives. 


Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion 

May 11-13, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Instructor 

Revised With 

Newly Added 

Topics 

Summary 

The objective of this course is to introduce 

engineers, scientists, managers and military 

operations personnel to the fields of target 

tracking and data fusion, and to the key 

technologies which are available today for 

application to this field. The course is designed 

to be rigorous where appropriate, while 

remaining accessible to students without a 

specific scientific background in this field. The 

course will start from the fundamentals and 

move to more advanced concepts. This course 

will identify and characterize the principle 

components of typical tracking systems. A 

variety of techniques for addressing different 

aspects of the data fusion problem will be 

described. Real world examples will be used 

to emphasize the applicability of some of the 

algorithms. Specific illustrative examples will 

be used to show the tradeoffs and systems 

issues between the application of different 

techniques. 

Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior 

Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy 

Applied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30 

years of experience in tracking, sensor fusion, 

and radar systems analysis and design for the 

Navy,Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA. 

Recent work has included the integration of a 

new radar into an existing multisensor system 

and in the integration, using a multiple 

hypothesis approach, of shipboard radar and 

ESM sensors. Previous experience has 

included analysis and design of multiradar 

fusion systems, integration of shipboard 

sensors including radar, IR and ESM, 

integration of radar, IFF, and time-difference-ofarrival 

sensors with GPS data sources. 


1. Introduction. 

2. The Kalman Filter. 

3. Other Linear Filters. 

4. Non-Linear Filters. 

5. Angle-Only Tracking. 

6. Maneuvering Targets: Adaptive Techniques. 

7. Maneuvering Targets: Multiple Model 

Approaches. 

8. Single Target Correlation & Association. 

9. Track Initiation, Confirmation & Deletion. 

10. Using Measured Range Rate (Doppler). 

11. Multitarget Correlation & Association. 

12. Probabilistic Data Association. 

13. Multiple Hypothesis Approaches. 

14. Coordinate Conversions. 

15. Multiple Sensors. 

16. Data Fusion Architectures. 

17. Fusion of Data From Multiple Radars. 

18. Fusion of Data From Multiple Angle-Only 

Sensors. 

19. Fusion of Data From Radar and Angle-Only 

Sensor. 

20. Sensor Alignment. 

21. Fusion of Target Type and Attribute Data. 

22. Performance Metrics. 


• State Estimation Techniques – Kalman Filter, 

constant-gain filters. 

• Non-linear filtering – When is it needed Extended 

Kalman Filter. 

• Techniques for angle-only tracking. 

• Tracking algorithms, their advantages and 

limitations, including: 

- Nearest Neighbor 

- Probabilistic Data Association 

- Multiple Hypothesis Tracking 

- Interactive Multiple Model (IMM) 

• How to handle maneuvering targets. 

• Track initiation – recursive and batch approaches. 

• Architectures for sensor fusion. 

• Sensor alignment – Why do we need it and how do 

we do it 

• Attribute Fusion, including Bayesian methods, 

Dempster-Shafer, Fuzzy Logic. 


Propagation Effects of Radar and Communication Systems 

April 6-8 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day course examines the atmospheric 

effects that influence the propagation characteristics of 

radar and communication signals at microwave and 

millimeter frequencies for both earth and earth-satellite 

scenarios. These include propagation in standard, 

ducting, and subrefractive atmospheres, attenuation 

due to the gaseous atmosphere, precipitation, and 

ionospheric effects. Propagation estimation techniques 

are given such as the Tropospheric Electromagnetic 

Parabolic Equation Routine (TEMPER) and Radio 

Physical Optics (RPO). Formulations for calculating 

attenuation due to the gaseous atmosphere and 

precipitation for terrestrial and earth-satellite scenarios 

employing International Tele-communication Union 

(ITU) models are reviewed. Case studies are 

presented from experimental line-of-sight, over-thehorizon, 

and earth-satellite communication systems. 

Example problems, calculation methods, and 

formulations are presented throughout the course for 

purpose of providing practical estimation tools. 

Instructor 

G. Daniel Dockery received the B.S. degree in 

physics and the M.S. degree in 

electrical engineering from Virginia 

Polytechnic Institute and State 

University. Since joining The Johns 

Hopkins University Applied Physics 

Laboratory (JHU/APL) in 1983, he has 

been active in the areas of modeling EM 

propagation in the troposphere as well as predicting 

the impact of the environment on radar and 

communications systems. Mr. Dockery is a principalauthor 

of the propagation and surface clutter models 

currently used by the Navy for high-fidelity system 

performance analyses at frequencies from HF to Ka- 

Band. 


1. Fundamental Propagation Phenomena. 

Introduction to basic propagation concepts including 

reflection, refraction, diffraction and absorption. 

2. Propagation in a Standard Atmosphere. 

Introduction to the troposphere and its constituents. 

Discussion of ray propagation in simple atmospheric 

conditions and explanation of effective-earth radius 

concept. 

3. Non-Standard (Anomalous) Propagation. 

Definition of subrefraction, supperrefraction and 

various types of ducting conditions. Discussion of 

meteorological processes giving rise to these different 

refractive conditions. 

4. Atmospheric Measurement / Sensing 

Techniques. Discussion of methods used to determine 

atmospheric refractivity with descriptions of different 

types of sensors such as balloonsondes, 

rocketsondes, instrumented aircraft and remote 

sensors. 

5. Quantitative Prediction of Propagation Factor 

or Propagation Loss. Various methods, current and 

historical for calculating propagation are described. 

Several models such as EREPS, RPO, TPEM, 

TEMPER and APM are examined and contrasted. 

6. Propagation Impacts on System 

Performance. General discussions of enhancements 

and degradations for communications, radar and 

weapon systems are presented. Effects covered 

include radar detection, track continuity, monopulse 

tracking accuracy, radar clutter, and communication 

interference and connectivity. 

7. Degradation of Propagation in the 

Troposphere. An overview of the contributors to 

attenuation in the troposphere for terrestrial and earthsatellite 

communication scenarios. 

8. Attenuation Due to the Gaseous Atmosphere. 

Methods for determining attenuation coefficient and 

path attenuation using ITU-R models. 

9. Attenuation Due to Precipitation. Attenuation 

coefficients and path attenuation and their dependence 

on rain rate. Earth-satellite rain attenuation statistics 

from which system fade-margins may be designed. 

ITU-R estimation methods for determining rain 

attenuation statistics at variable frequencies. 

10. Ionospheric Effects at Microwave 

Frequencies. Description and formulation for Faraday 

rotation, time delay, range error effects, absorption, 

dispersion and scintillation. 

11. Scattering from Distributed Targets. 

Received power and propagation factor for bistatic and 

monostatic scenarios from atmosphere containing rain 

or turbulent refractivity. 

12. Line-of-Sight Propagation Effects. Signal 

characteristics caused by ducting and extreme 

subrefraction. Concurrent meteorological and radar 

measurements and multi-year fading statistics. 

13. Over-Horizon Propagation Effects. Signal 

characteristics caused by tropsocatter and ducting and 

relation to concurrent meteorology. Propagation factor 

statistics. 

14. Errors in Propagation Assessment. 

Assessment of errors obtained by assuming lateral 

homogeneity of the refractivity environment. 


Radar 101 

Fundamentals of Radar 

April 5, 2010 


$650 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This concise one-day course is intended for those 

with only modest or no radar experience. It provides 

an overview with understanding of the physics 

behind radar, tools used in describing radar, the 

technology of radar at the subsystem level and 

concludes with a brief survey of recent accomplishments 

in various applications. 

Instructor 

Bob Hill received his BS degree (Iowa State 

University) and the MS in 1967 

(University of Maryland), in electrical 

engineering. He managed the 

development of the phased array 

radar of the Navy's AEGIS system 

from the early 1960s through its 

introduction to the fleet in 1975. Later in his career 

he directed the development, acquisition and 

support of all surveillance radars of the surface 

navy. Mr. Hill is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE 

"distinguished lecturer", a member of its Radar 

Systems Panel and previously a member of its 

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Board of 

Governors for many years. He established in 1975 

and chaired through 1990 the IEEE's series of 

international radar conferences and remains on the 

organizing committee of these. He has published 

numerous conference papers, magazine articles 

and chapters of books, and is the author of the 

radar, monopulse radar, airborne radar and 

synthetic aperture radar articles in the McGraw-Hill 

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and 

contributor for radar-related entries of their technical 

dictionary. 


1. Introduction (1 hour) 

• The general nature of radar: composition, block 

diagrams, photos. 

• Types and functions of radar, typical 

characteristics. 

2. The physics of radar (1 hour) 

• Electromagnetic waves and their vector 

representation. 

• The spectrum, bands used in radar. 

• Scattering: target and clutter behavior, 

representations. 

• Propagation: the effects of Earth's presence. 

3. Radar theory, useful concepts and tools. (1 

hour) 

• Describing a radiated signal, "reasoning out" the 

radar range equation. 

• The statistical theory of detection, the 

probabilities involved. 

• The decibel, other basic but necessary tools used 

in radar work. 

4. The subsystems of radar 

• The transmitter. (0.5 hour) 

• Types, technology (power supplies, modulators 

and rf devices surveyed; today's use of solid state 

devices). 

• The antenna. (1 hour) 

• Basic theory, how patterns are formed, gain, 

sidelobe concerns, weighting functions, "sum" 

and "difference" patterns; the phased array: 

theory and quick survey of types, components 

and challenges. 

• The receiver and signal processor. (1 hour) 

• The "front end": preamplification and conversion; 

signal processing (noncoherent and coherent 

processes - pulse compression and Doppler 

processing explained; the absolute necessity of 

Doppler processing in airborne radar). 

• The control and interface apparatus. (1 hour) 

• Radar automation reviewed, auto detect and 

track. 

5. Today's accomplishments and concluding 

discussion. (0.5 hour) 


Radar Signal Analysis & Processing with MATLAB 

Summary 

This three-day course develops the technical 

background needed to analyze and understand 

aspects of radar signals and signal processing. This 

includes clear and concise presentation of the theory, 

with a companion user friendly MATLAB code. This 

course concentrates on the fundamentals and adopts a 

rigorous mathematical approach of the subject. 

Instructor 

Dr. Bassem R. Mahafza is the president and 

founder of deciBel Research Inc. He is a 

recognized Subject Matter Expert and is 

widely known for his three textbooks: 

Introduction to Radar Analysis, Radar 

Systems Analysis and Design Using 

MATLAB, and MATLAB Simulations for 

Radar Systems Design. Dr. Mahafza’s 

background includes extensive work in the areas of 

Radar Technology, Radar Design and Analysis 

(including all sensor subcomponents), Radar 

Simulation and Model Design, Radar Signatures and 

Radar Algorithm Development (especially in the areas 

of advanced clutter rejection techniques and 

countermeasures). Dr. Mahafza has published over 65 

papers, and over 100 technical reports. 


• Learn radar theory and operation in the context of the radar 

range equation. 

• Learn about special topics that affect radar signal 

processing including the effects of system noise, wave 

propagation, jamming, and target Radar Cross Section 

(RCS). 

• Learn the radar signal fundamentals including effective 

bandwidth and duration. 

• Learn about the matched filter and the ambiguity function; 

both analog and discrete coded waveforms. 

• Learn radar pulse compression including correlation 

processor and stretch processor. 

• Learn Doppler processing and pulse Doppler Radars. 

• Learn about adaptive signal processing, including 

beamforming, adaptive array processing using Least Mean 

Square (LMS) algorithm. 

The performance of a radar system is tightly coupled to the 

type of signals and signal processing it uses. From this, 

course you will have a robust understating of radar 

waveform design and signal processing. 

Class Benefits and Unique Features 

Features: 

• Easy to follow mathematical derivations of all equations 

and formulas. 

• Comprehensive coverage of radar signals and signal 

processing techniques and algorithms. 

• Complete set of MATLAB functions and routines. 

Corresponding Benefits: 

• User friendly coverage suitable for advanced as well as 

introductory levels. 

• The student will learn about the most common up to 

date radar waveforms and associated signal 

processing. 

• Allow the student to enhance their knowledge of radar 

signal processing techniques. 

July 14-16, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. An Overview of Radar Systems. Range, Doppler, 

The Radar Equation, Surveillance Radar Equation, Radar 

Cross Section, Radar Equation with Jamming, Noise Figure, 

Effects of the Earth’s Surface on the Radar Equation, 

Refraction, Four-Thirds Earth Model, The Pattern Propagation 

Factor, multipath, and diffraction. 

2. Linear Systems and Complex Signal 

Representation. Signal and System Classifications, Fourier 

Transform, Convolution and Correlation Integrals, Energy and 

Power Spectrum Densities, Bandpass Signals, The Analytic 

Signal, Pre-envelope, and Complex Envelope of Bandpass 

Signals. 

3. Spectra of Common Radar Signals. Frequency 

Modulation Signal, Continuous Wave Signal, Finite Duration 

Pulse Signal, Periodic Pulse Signal, Finite Duration Pulse 

Train Signal, Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM) Signal, 

Signal Bandwidth and Duration, Effective Bandwidth and 

Duration Calculation. 

4. Discrete Time Systems and Signals. Sampling 

Theorem, the Z-Transform, the Discrete Fourier Transform, 

Discrete Power Spectrum, Windowing Techniques. 

5. The Matched Filter. The Matched Filter SNR, The 

Replica, General Formula for the Output of the Matched Filter, 

Stationary Target Case, Moving Target Case, Waveform 

Resolution and Ambiguity, Range-Doppler Coupling, 

Amplitude Estimation, and Phase Estimation. 

6. The Ambiguity Function - Analog Waveforms. 

Single Pulse Ambiguity Function, LFM Ambiguity Function, 

Coherent Pulse Train Ambiguity Function, Pulse Train 

Ambiguity Function with LFM, Stepped Frequency 

Waveforms, Nonlinear FM, The Concept of Stationary Phase, 

and Frequency Modulated Waveform Spectrum Shaping. 

7. The Ambiguity Function - Discrete Coded 

Waveforms. Discrete Code Signal Representation, Pulse 

train Codes, Phase Coding, Binary Phase Codes, Barker 

Codes, Pseudo-random Number (PRN) Codes, Polyphase 

Codes, and Frequency Codes. 

8. Pulse Compression. Time-Bandwidth Product, Radar 

Equation with Pulse Compression, Basic Principal of Pulse 

Compression, Correlation Processor, Stretch Processor, and 

Stepped Frequency Waveforms. 

9. Doppler Processing. CW Radar, Pulsed Radars, Pulse 

Doppler Radars, High PRF Radar Equation, Pulse Doppler 

Radar Signal Processing, Resolving Range Ambiguity in 

Pulse Doppler Radars, and Resolving Doppler Ambiguity. 

10. Adaptive Array Processing. General Arrays, Linear 

Arrays, Nonadaptive Beamforming, Adaptive Signal 

Processing using Least Mean Square (LMS), LMS Adaptive 

Array Processing, Sidelobe Cancellers. 


Radar Systems Analysis & Design Using MATLAB 

May 3-6, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Revised With 

Newly Added 

Topics 

Summary 

This 4-day course provides a comprehensive 

description of radar systems analyses and design. A 

design case study is introduced and as the material 

coverage progresses throughout the course, and new 

theory is presented, requirements for this design case 

study are changed and / or updated, and of course the 

design level of complexity is also increased. This design 

process is supported with a comprehensive set of 

MATLAB-7 code developed for this purpose. This will 

serve as a valuable tool to radar engineers in helping them 

understand radar systems design process. 

Each student will receive the instructor’s textbook 

MATLAB Simulations for Radar Systems Design as well 

as course notes. 

Instructor 

Dr. Bassem R. Mahafza is the president and founder of 

deciBel Research Inc. He is a recognized 

Subject Matter Expert and is widely known 

for his three textbooks: Introduction to 

Radar Analysis, Radar Systems Analysis 

and Design Using MATLAB, and MATLAB 

Simulations for Radar Systems Design. Dr. 

Mahafza’s background includes extensive 

work in the areas of Radar Technology, 

Radar Design and Analysis (including all sensor 

subcomponents), Radar Simulation and Model Design, 

Radar Signatures and Radar Algorithm Development 

(especially in the areas of advanced clutter rejection 

techniques and countermeasures). Dr. Mahafza has 

published over 65 papers, and over 100 technical reports. 


• How to select different radar parameters to meet 

specific design requirements. 

• Perform detailed trade-off analysis in the context of 

radar sizing, modes of operations, frequency selection, 

waveforms and signal processing. 

• Establish and develop loss and error budgets 

associated with the design. 

• Generate an in-depth understanding of radar operations 

and design philosophy. 

• Several mini design case studies pertinent to different 

radar topics will enhance understanding of radar design 

in the context of the material presented. 


1. Radar Basics: Radar Classifications, Range, Range 

Resolution, Doppler Frequency, Coherence, The Radar 

Equation, Low PRF Radar Equation, High PRF Radar 

Equation, Surveillance Radar Equation, Radar Equation with 

Jamming, Self-Screening Jammers (SSJ), Stand-off Jammers 

(SOJ), Range Reduction Factor, Bistatic Radar Equation, 

Radar Losses, Noise Figure. Design Case Study. 

2. Target Detection and Pulse Integration: Detection in 

the Presence of Noise, Probability of False Alarm, Probability 

of Detection, Pulse Integration, Coherent Integration, 

Noncoherent Integration, Improvement Factor and Integration 

Loss, Target Fluctuating, Probability of False Alarm 

Formulation for a Square Law Detector, Square Law 

Detection, Probability of Detection Calculation, Swerling 

Models, Computation of the Fluctuation Loss, Cumulative 

Probability of Detection, Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR), 

Cell-Averaging CFAR (Single Pulse), Cell-Averaging CFAR 

with Noncoherent Integration. 

3. Radar Clutter: Clutter Cross Section Density, Surface 

Clutter, Radar Equation for Area Clutter, Volume Clutter, 

Radar Equation for Volume Clutter, Clutter RCS, Single Pulse 

- Low PRF Case, High PRF Case, Clutter Spectrum, Clutter 

Statistical Models, Clutter Components, Clutter Power 

Spectrum Density, Moving Target Indicator (MTI), Single 

Delay Line Canceller, Double Delay Line Canceller, Delay 

Lines with Feedback (Recursive Filters), PRF Staggering, MTI 

Improvement Factor. 

4. Radar Cross Section (RCS): RCS Definition; RCS 

Prediction Methods; Dependency on Aspect Angle and 

Frequency; RCS Dependency on Polarization; RCS of Simple 

Objects; Sphere; Ellipsoid; Circular Flat Plate; Truncated 

Cone (Frustum); Cylinder; Rectangular Flat Plate; Triangular 

Flat Plate. 

5. Radar Signals: Bandpass Signals, The Analytic Signal 

(Pre-envelope), Spectra of Common Radar Signals, 

Continuous Wave Signal, Finite Duration Pulse Signal, 

Periodic Pulse Signal, Finite Duration Pulse Train Signal, 

Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM) Signal, Signal Bandwidth 

and Duration, Effective Bandwidth and Duration Calculation. 

6. The Matched Filter: The Matched Filter SNR, The 

Replica, General Formula for the Output of the Matched Filter, 

Range Resolution, Doppler Resolution, Combined Range and 

Doppler Resolution, Range and Doppler Uncertainty, Range 

Uncertainty, Doppler Uncertainty, Range-Doppler Coupling. 

The Ambiguity Function: Examples of Analog signals, 

Examples of Coded Signals, Barker Code, PRN Code. 

7. Pulse Compression: Time-Bandwidth Product, Basic 

Principal of Pulse Compression, Correlation Processor, 

Stretch Processor, Single LFM Pulse, Stepped Frequency 

Waveforms, Effect of Target Velocity. 

8. Phased Arrays: Directivity, Power Gain, and Effective 

Aperture; Near and Far Fields; General Arrays; Linear Arrays; 

Array Tapering; Computation of the Radiation Pattern via the 

DFT; Planar Arrays; Array Scan Loss. 

9. Radar Wave Propagation: (time allowing): Earth 

Atmosphere; Refraction; Stratified Atmospheric Refraction 

Model; Four-Thirds Earth Model; Ground Reflection; Smooth 

Surface Reflection Coefficient; Rough Surface Reflection; 

Total Reflection Coefficient; The Pattern Propagation Factor; 

Flat Earth; Spherical Earth. 

This course will serve as a valuable source to radar 

system engineers and will provide a foundation for those 

working in the field and need to investigate the basic 

fundamentals in a specific topic. It provides a 

comprehensive day-to-day radar systems deign 

reference. 


Radar Systems Design & Engineering 

Radar Performance Calculations 

March 2-5, 2010 


June 14-17, 2010 


$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This four-day course covers the fundamental principles 

of radar functionality, architecture, and performance. 

Diverse issues such as transmitter stability, antenna 

pattern, clutter, jamming, propagation, target cross 

section, dynamic range, receiver noise, receiver 

architecture, waveforms, processing, and target detection, 

are treated in detail within the unifying context of the radar 

range equation, and examined within the contexts of 

surface and airborne radar platforms. The fundamentals of 

radar multi-target tracking principles are covered, and 

detailed examples of surface and airborne radars are 

presented. This course is designed for engineers and 

engineering managers who wish to understand how 

surface and airborne radar systems work, and to 

familiarize themselves with pertinent design issues and 

with the current technological frontiers. 

Instructors 

Dr. Menachem Levitas is the Chief Scientist of 

Technology Service Corporation (TSC) / Washington. He 

has thirty-eight years of experience, thirty of which include 

radar systems analysis and design for the Navy, Air Force, 

Marine Corps, and FAA. He holds the degree of Ph.D. in 

physics from the University of Virginia, and a B.S. degree 

from the University of Portland. 

Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior Technical 

Staff of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics 

Laboratory. He has over thirtyyears of experience in radar 

systems analysis and design for the Navy, Air Force, and 

FAA. His areas of specialization include automatic 

detection and tracking systems, sensor data fusion, 

simulation, and system evaluation. 


• What are radar subsystems 

• How to calculate radar performance 

• Key functions, issues, and requirements 

• How different requirements make radars different 

• Operating in different modes & environments 

• Issues unique to multifunction, phased array, radars 

• How airborne radars differ from surface radars 

• Today's requirements, technologies & designs 


1. Radar Range Equation. Radar ranging principles, 

frequencies, architecture, measurements, displays, and 

parameters. Radar range equation; radar waveforms; 

antenna patterns types, and parameters. 

2. Noise in Receiving Systems and Detection 

Principles. Noise sources; statistical properties; noise in a 

receiving chain; noise figure and noise temperature; false 

alarm and detection probability; pulse integration; target 

models; detection of steady and fluctuating targets. 

3. Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere. 

Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere. The pattern 

propagation factor; interference (multipath) and diffraction; 

refraction; standard and anomalous refractivity; littoral 

propagation; propagation modeling; low altitude propagation; 

atmospheric attenuation. 

4. CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture. 

Basic properties; CW and high PRF relationships; the Doppler 

principle; dynamic range, stability; isolation requirements; 

homodynes and superheterodyne receivers; in-phase and 

quadrature; signal spectrum; matched filtering; CW ranging; 

and measurement accuracy. 

5. Radar Clutter and Clutter Filtering Principles. 

Surface and volumetric clutter; reflectivity; stochastic 

properties; sea, land, rain, chaff, birds, and urban clutter; 

Pulse Doppler and MTI; transmitter stability; blind speeds and 

ranges,; Staggered PRFs; filter weighting; performance 

measures. 

6. Airborne Radar. Platform motion; iso-ranges and iso- 

Dopplers; mainbeam and sidelobe clutter; the three PRF 

regimes; ambiguities; real beam Doppler sharpening; 

synthetic aperture ground mapping modes; GMTI. 

7. High Range Resolution Principles: Pulse 

Compression. The Time-bandwidth product; the pulse 

compression process; discrete and continuous pulse 

compression codes; performance measures; mismatched 

filtering. 

8. High Range Resolution Principles: Synthetic 

Wideband. Motivation; alternative techniques; cross-band 

calibration. 

9. Electronically Scanned Radar Systems. Beam 

formation; beam steering techniques; grating lobes; phase 

shifters; multiple beams; array bandwidth; true time delays; 

ultralow sidelobes and array errors; beam scheduling. 

10. Active Phased Array Radar Systems. Active vs. 

passive arrays; architectural and technological properties; the 

T/R module; dynamic range; average power; stability; 

pertinent issues; cost; frequency dependence. 

11. Auto-Calibration and Auto-Compensation 

Techniques in Active Phased. Arrays. Motivation; calibration 

approaches; description of the mutual coupling approach; an 

auto-compensation approach. 

12. Sidelobe Blanking. Motivation; principle; 

implementation issues. 

13. Adaptive Cancellation. The adaptive space 

cancellation principle; broad pattern cancellers; high gain 

cancellers; tap delay lines; the effects of clutter; number of 

jammers, jammer geometries, and bandwidths on canceller 

performance; channel matching requirements; sample matrix 

inverse method. 

14. Multiple Target Tracking. Definition of Basic terms. 

Track Initiation, State Estimation & Filtering, Adaptive and 

Multiple Model Processing, Data Correlation & Association, 

Tracker Performance Evaluation. 


Submarines and Surface Ships and Their Combat Systems 

Summary 

To heighten this Introduction to Submarines, and to 

enhance its comprehensiveness, this course underwent 

major revision and update in 2004. It is now an animated, 

full-color PowerPoint presentation. 

This course presents the fundamental philosophy of 

submarine design, construction, and stability as well as 

the utilization of submarines as cost-effective warships at 

sea. A thumbnail history of waging war by coming up from 

below the surface of the sea relates prior gains—and, 

prior set-backs. Today’s submarine tasking is discussed in 

consonance with the strategy and policy of the US, and 

the goals, objectives, mission, functions, tasks, 

responsibilities, and roles of the US Navy. The foreboding 

efficacy of submarine warfare is analyzed referencing 

some enthralling calculations for its Benefits-to-Cost, in 

that Submarines Sink Ships! 

The standard submarine organization, daily routine, 

and battle station assignments are presented. The 

selection process for the “who” that volunteers for 

submarine duty is advanced. Moreover, the “why” they 

volunteer is examined to expound on their willingness, as 

well as their abilities, to undergo a demandingly extensive 

qualification program, which essentially tests their mettle 

to measure up to the legend of Steel Boats, and Iron Men! 

In that submarines operate in the ocean-depths, 

submariners have to sense threats in the denser medium 

in which their [Undersea] Boat operates. Thus, they rely 

on acoustic reception for Sound in the Sea whose 

principles are defined as a basis for a rudimentary primer 

on the “Calculus of Acoustics.” The components and 

nomenclature for a modernized Combat System Suite are 

presented, inclusive of the Command-Control- 

Communication Computerized Information sub-systems 

that outfit the Common Submarine Radio Room. 

A synoptic review of submarine forces existing around 

the world is presented as a Submarine Order of Battle for 

each country “boasting” them. Anti-Submarine Warfare, 

ASW, is discussed from the perspective of both the Hunter 

and the Hunted. The effectiveness of Air and Surface 

Force units is elaborated to emphasize that when coupled 

with Submarine Force units their Combined-Arms ability 

decisively can engage The Enemy Below. 

The submarine threat for the 21st century is discussed, 

posing such questions as: “Will diesel-electric 

submarines, as a cost-effective weapon for the Third 

World, be a significant threat to the national economies of 

other nations Is shallow-water ASW in the littoral 

approaches to a coastline of a country embroiled in a Low- 

Intensity-Conflict a Mission-Essential-Need— for the US 

too Will it still be best to sink a submarine while it is in 

port So, where do We, the People… go from here 

Herein the submarine is presented as a system in its 

self, thus an aim of the instructor is to clarify the essences 

of sub-system interfaces for engineers and scientists 

involved in testing or R&D for submarine systems. 

Attendees who in the past have worked with specific 

submarine sub-systems can consider this course as 

Continuing Education. Also, because of its introductory 

nature, this course will be enlightening to those just 

entering the field. A copy of the presentation is provided 

to all attendees, including some relevant white papers. 


• Engineers & scientists in R&D or testing of 

submarine systems. 

• Newcomers to the field. 

• Those who specialize in just one subsystem & want 

an overview. 

June 22-24, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 




1. Thumbnail History of Warfare from Beneath 

the Sea: From a glass-barrel in circa 300 BC, to SSN 

774 in 2004. 

2. The Efficacy of Submarine Warfare — WWI 

and WWII: A Benefit/Cost Analysis to depict just how 

well Submarines Sink Ships! 

3. Submarine Organization — and, Submariners: 

What is the psyche and disposition of those Qualified 

in Submarines, as distinguished by a pair of Dolphins 

And, will new submariners be able to measure up to 

the legend of Steel Boats, and Iron Men! 

4. Submarine Design & Construction: 

Fundamentals of Form, Fit, & Function, plus an 

analysis of ship-stability. 

5. Principles of Sound in the Sea: A basis for a 

rudimentary primer on the “Calculus of Acoustical 

Propagation.” 

6. Combat System Suite — Components & 

Nomenclature: In OHIO, LOS ANGELES, SEAWOLF, 

and VIRGINIA. 

7. Submarines of the World — by Order of Battle: 

How Many, from Where. To do What, to Whom 

8. Antisubmarine Warfare — Our Number One 

Priority: For the USN, ASW is a combined-arms task 

for forces from above, on, and below the surface of the 

sea — inclusive of littoral waters — to engage The 

Enemy Below! 

Instructor 

Captain Ray Wellborn, USN (retired) served over 13 

years of his 30-year Navy career in 

submarines. He has a BSEE degree 

from the US Naval Academy, and a 

MSEE degree from the Naval 

Postgraduate School. He also has an 

MA from the Naval War College. He had 

two major commands at sea and one 

ashore: USS MOUNT BAKER (AE 34), USS DETROIT 

(AOE 4), and the Naval Electronics Systems 

Engineering Center, Charleston. He was Program 

Manager for Tactical Towed Array Sonar Systems, and 

Program Director for Surface Ship and Helicopter ASW 

Systems for the Naval Sea Command in Washington, 

DC. After retirement in 1989, he was the Director of 

Programs, ARGOTEC, Inc.: and, oversaw the 

manufacture of advanced R&D models for large 

underwater acoustic projectors. From 1992 to 1996, he 

was a Senior Lecturer in the Marine Engineering 

Department of Texas A&M, Galveston. Since 1996, he 

has been an independent consultant for International 

Maritime Affairs. 


Synthetic Aperture Radar 

Fundamentals 

May 3-4, 2010 

Chantilly, Virginia 

Instructors: 

Walt McCandless & Bart Huxtable 

$1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm) 

$990 without RadarCalc software 

Advanced 

May 5-6, 2010 

Chantilly, Virginia 

Instructor: 

Bart Huxtable & Sham Chotoo 

$1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm) 

$990 without RadarCalc software 

**Includes single user RadarCalc license for Windows PC, for the design of airborne & space-based 

SAR. Retail price $1000. 


• Basic concepts and principles of SAR. 

• What are the key system parameters. 

• Performance calculations using RadarCalc. 

• Design and implementation tradeoffs. 

• Current system performance. Emerging 

systems. 


1. Applications Overview. A survey of important 

applications and how they influence the SAR system 

from sensor through processor. A wide number of SAR 

designs and modes will be presented from the 

pioneering classic, single channel, strip mapping 

systems to more advanced all-polarization, spotlight, 

and interferometric designs. 

2. Applications and System Design Tradeoffs 

and Constraints. System design formulation will begin 

with a class interactive design workshop using the 

RadarCalc model designed for the purpose of 

demonstrating the constraints imposed by 

range/Doppler ambiguities, minimum antenna area, 

limitations and related radar physics and engineering 

constraints. Contemporary pacing technologies in the 

area of antenna design, on-board data collection and 

processing and ground system processing and 

analysis will also be presented along with a projection 

of SAR technology advancements, in progress, and 

how they will influence future applications. 

3. Civil Applications. A review of the current NASA 

and foreign scientific applications of SAR. 

4. Commercial Applications. The emerging 

interest in commercial applications is international and 

is fueled by programs such as Canada’s RadarSat, the 

European ERS series, the Russian ALMAZ systems 

and the current NASA/industry LightSAR initiative. The 

applications (soil moisture, surface mapping, change 

detection, resource exploration and development, etc.) 

driving this interest will be presented and analyzed in 

terms of the sensor and platform space/airborne and 

associated ground systems design and projected cost. 


• How to process data from SAR systems for 

high resolution, wide area coverage, 

interferometric and/or polarimetric applications. 

• How to design and build high performance 

SAR processors. 

• Perform SAR data calibration. 

• Ground moving target indication (GMTI) in a 

SAR context. 

• Current state-of-the-art. 


1. SAR Review Origins. Theory, Design, 

Engineering, Modes, Applications, System. 

2. Processing Basics. Traditional strip map 

processing steps, theoretical justification, processing 

systems designs, typical processing systems. 

3. Advanced SAR Processing. Processing 

complexities arising from uncompensated motion and 

low frequency (e.g., foliage penetrating) SAR 

processing. 

4. Interferometric SAR. Description of the state-ofthe-art 

IFSAR processing techniques: complex SAR 

image registration, interferogram and correlogram 

generation, phase unwrapping, and digital terrain 

elevation data (DTED) extraction. 

5. Spotlight Mode SAR. Theory and 

implementation of high resolution imaging. Differences 

from strip map SAR imaging. 

6. Polarimetric SAR. Description of the image 

information provided by polarimetry and how this can 

be exploited for terrain classification, soil moisture, 

ATR, etc. 

7. High Performance Computing Hardware. 

Parallel implementations, supercomputers, compact 

DSP systems, hybrid opto-electronic system. 

8. SAR Data Calibration. Internal (e.g., cal-tones) 

and external calibrations, Doppler centroid aliasing, 

geolocation, polarimetric calibration, ionospheric 

effects. 

9. Example Systems and Applications. Spacebased: 

SIR-C, RADARSAT, ENVISAT, TerraSAR, 

Cosmo-Skymed, PalSAR. Airborne: AirSAR and other 

current systems. Mapping, change detection, 

polarimetry, interferometry. 


Tactical Missile Design – Integration 

April 13-15, 2010 




$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day short course covers the fundamentals of 

tactical missile design, development, and integration. The 

course provides a system-level, 

integrated method for missile 

aerodynamic configuration/propulsion 

design and analysis. It addresses the 

broad range of alternatives in meeting 

cost and performance requirements. 

The methods presented are generally 

simple closed-form analytical 

expressions that are physics-based, 

to provide insight into the primary 

driving parameters. Configuration 

sizing examples are presented for 

rocket-powered, ramjet-powered, and 

turbo-jet powered baseline missiles. Typical values of missile 

parameters and the characteristics of current operational 

missiles are discussed as well as the enabling subsystems 

and technologies for tactical missiles and the 

current/projected state-of-the-art. Videos illustrate missile 

development activities and missile performance. Finally, each 

attendee will design, build, and fly a small air powered rocket. 

Attendees will vote on the relative emphasis of the material to 

be presented. Attendees receive course notes as well as the 

textbook, Tactical Missile Design, 2nd edition. 

Instructor 

Eugene L. Fleeman has more than 40 years of 

government, industry, and academia 

experience in missile system and 

technology development. Formerly a 

manager of missile programs at Air Force 

Research Laboratory, Rockwell 

International, Boeing, and Georgia Tech, 

he is an international lecturer on missiles 

and the author of over 80 publications, including the AIAA 

textbook, Tactical Missile Design. 2nd Ed. 


• Key drivers in the missile design process. 

• Critical tradeoffs, methods and technologies in subsystems, 

aerodynamic, propulsion, and structure sizing. 

• Launch platform-missile integration. 

• Robustness, lethality, accuracy, observables, survivability, 

reliability, and cost considerations. 

• Missile sizing examples. 

• Missile development process. 

Who Should Attend 

The course is oriented toward the needs of missile 

engineers, analysts, marketing personnel, program 

managers, university professors, and others working in the 

area of missile systems and technology development. 

Attendees will gain an understanding of missile design, 

missile technologies, launch platform integration, missile 

system measures of merit, and the missile system 

development process. 


1. Introduction/Key Drivers in the Design-Integration 

Process: Overview of missile design process. Examples of 

system-of-systems integration. Unique characteristics of tactical 

missiles. Key aerodynamic configuration sizing parameters. 

Missile conceptual design synthesis process. Examples of 

processes to establish mission requirements. Projected capability 

in command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, 

surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR). Example of Pareto 

analysis. Attendees vote on course emphasis. 

2. Aerodynamic Considerations in Missile Design- 

Integration: Optimizing missile aerodynamics. Shapes for low 

observables. Missile configuration layout (body, wing, tail) options. 

Selecting flight control alternatives. Wing and tail sizing. 

Predicting normal force, drag, pitching moment, stability, control 

effectiveness, lift-to-drag ratio, and hinge moment. Maneuver law 

alternatives. 

3. Propulsion Considerations in Missile Design- 

Integration: Turbojet, ramjet, scramjet, ducted rocket, and rocket 

propulsion comparisons. Turbojet engine design considerations, 

prediction and sizing. Selecting ramjet engine, booster, and inlet 

alternatives. Ramjet performance prediction and sizing. High 

density fuels. Propellant grain cross section trade-offs. Effective 

thrust magnitude control. Reducing propellant observables. 

Rocket motor performance prediction and sizing. Motor case and 

nozzle materials. 

4. Weight Considerations in Missile Design-Integration: 

How to size subsystems to meet flight performance requirements. 

Structural design criteria factor of safety. Structure concepts and 

manufacturing processes. Selecting airframe materials. Loads 

prediction. Weight prediction. Airframe and motor case design. 

Aerodynamic heating prediction and insulation trades. Dome 

material alternatives and sizing. Power supply and actuator 

alternatives and sizing. 

5. Flight Performance Considerations in Missile Design- 

Integration: Flight envelope limitations. Aerodynamic sizingequations 

of motion. Accuracy of simplified equations of motion. 

Maximizing flight performance. Benefits of flight trajectory 

shaping. Flight performance prediction of boost, climb, cruise, 

coast, steady descent, ballistic, maneuvering, and homing flight. 

6. Measures of Merit and Launch Platform Integration: 

Achieving robustness in adverse weather. Seeker, navigation, 

data link, and sensor alternatives. Seeker range prediction. 

Counter-countermeasures. Warhead alternatives and lethality 

prediction. Approaches to minimize collateral damage. Alternative 

guidance laws. Proportional guidance accuracy prediction. Time 

constant contributors and prediction. Maneuverability design 

criteria. Radar cross section and infrared signature prediction. 

Survivability considerations. Insensitive munitions. Enhanced 

reliability. Cost drivers of schedule, weight, learning curve, and 

parts count. EMD and production cost prediction. Designing within 

launch platform constraints. Internal vs. external carriage. 

Shipping, storage, carriage, launch, and separation environment 

considerations. launch platform interfaces. Cold and solar 

environment temperature prediction. 

7. Sizing Examples and Sizing Tools: Trade-offs for 

extended range rocket. Sizing for enhanced maneuverability. 

Developing a harmonized missile. Lofted range prediction. Ramjet 

missile sizing for range robustness. Ramjet fuel alternatives. 

Ramjet velocity control. Correction of turbojet thrust and specific 

impulse. Turbojet missile sizing for maximum range. Turbojet 

engine rotational speed. Computer aided sizing tools for 

conceptual design. Soda straw rocket design-build-fly 

competition. House of quality process. Design of experiment 

process. 

8. Development Process: Design validation/technology 

development process. Developing a technology roadmap. History 

of transformational technologies. Funding emphasis. Alternative 

proposal win strategies. New missile follow-on projections. 

Examples of development tests and facilities. Example of 

technology demonstration flight envelope. Examples of 

technology development. New technologies for tactical missiles. 

9. Summary and Lessons Learned. 


Theory and Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare 

NEW! 

March 23-24, 2010 


$995 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 

Summary 

This two-day course is intended for 

technical and programmatic staff involved in 

the development, analysis, or testing of 

Information Assurance, Network Warfare, 

Network-Centric, and NetOPs systems. The 

course will provide perspective on emerging 

policy, doctrine, strategy, and operational 

constraints affecting the development of 

cyber warfare systems. This knowledge will 

greatly enhance participants’ ability to 

develop operational systems and concepts 

that will produce integrated, controlled, and 

effective cyber effects at each warfare level. 

Instructor 

Albert Kinney is a retired Naval Officer 

and holds a Masters Degree in electrical 

engineering. His professional experience 

includes more than 20 years of experience in 

research and operational cyberspace 

mission areas including the initial 

development and first operational 

employment of the Naval Cyber Attack Team. 


• What are the relationships between cyber warfare, 

information assurance, information operations, and 

network-centric warfare 

• How can a cyber warfare capability enable freedom 

of action in cyberspace 

• What are legal constraints on cyber warfare 

• How can cyber capabilities meet standards for 

weaponization 

• How should cyber capabilities be integrated with 

military exercises 

• How can military and civilian cyberspace 

organizations prepare and maintain their workforce 

to play effective roles in cyberspace 

• What is the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity 

Initiative (CNCI) 

From this course you will obtain in-depth 

knowledge and awareness of the cyberspace 

domain, its functional characteristics, and its 

organizational inter-relationships enabling your 

organization to make meaningful contributions in 

the domain of cyber warfare through technical 

consultation, systems development, and 

operational test & evaluation. 




1. Cyberspace as a Warfare Domain. Domain 

terms of reference. Comparison of operational 

missions conducted through cyberspace. 

Operational history of cyber warfare. 

2. Stack Positioning as a Maneuver Analog. 

Exploring the space where tangible cyber warfare 

maneuver really happens. Extend the network 

stack concept to other elements of cyberspace. 

Understand the advantage gained through 

proficient cyberscape navigation. 

3. Organizational Constructs in Cyber 

Warfare. Inter-relationships between traditional 

and emerging warfare, intelligence, and systems 

policy authorities. 

4. Cyberspace Doctrine and Strategy. 

National Military Strategy for Cyberspace 

Operations. Comprehensive National 

Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). Developing a 

framework for a full spectrum cyberspace 

capabilities. 

5. Legal Considerations for Cyber Warfare. 

Overview of pertinent US Code for cyberspace. 

Adapting the international Law of Armed Conflict to 

cyber warfare. Decision frameworks and 

metaphors for making legal choices in uncharted 

territory. 

6. Operational Theory of Cyber Warfare. 

Planning and achieving cyber effects. 

Understanding policy implications and operational 

risks in cyber warfare. Developing a cyber 

deterrence strategy. 

7. Cyber Warfare Training and Exercise 

Requirements. Understanding of the depth of 

technical proficiency and operational savvy 

required to develop, maintain, and exercise 

integrated cyber warfare capabilities. 

8. Cyber Weaponization. Cyber weapons 

taxonomy. Weapon-target interplay. Test and 

Evaluation Standards. Observable effects. 

9. Command & Control for Cyber Warfare. 

Joint Command & Control principles. Joint 

Battlespace Awareness. Situational Awareness. 

Decision Support. 

10. Survey of International Cyber Warfare 

Capabilities. Open source exploration of cyber 

warfare trends in India, Pakistan, Russia, and 

China. 


Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Applications 

Engineering, Spectrum, and Regulatory Issues Associated with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 

NEW! 

Summary 

This one-day course is designed for engineers, 

aviation experts and project managers who wish to 

enhance their understanding of UAS. The course 

provides the "big picture" for those who work outside of 

the discipline. Each topic addresses real systems 

(Predator, Shadow, Warrior and others) and real-world 

problems and issues concerning the use and 

expansion of their applications. 

Instructor 

Mr. Mark N. Lewellen has nearly 25 years of 

experience with a wide variety of space, satellite and 

aviation related projects, including the 

Predator/Shadow/Warrior/Global Hawk 

UAVs, Orbcomm, Iridium, Sky Station, 

and aeronautical mobile telemetry 

systems. More recently he has been 

working in the exciting field of UAS. He is 

currently the Vice Chairman of a UAS 

Sub-group under Working Party 5B 

which is leading the US preparations to find new radio 

spectrum for UAS operations for the next World 

Radiocommunication Conference in 2011 under 

Agenda Item 1.3. He is also a technical advisor to the 

US State Department and a member of the National 

Committee which reviews and comments on all US 

submissions to international telecommunication 

groups, including the International Telecommunication 

Union (ITU). 


• Categories of current UAS and their aeronautical 

capabilities 

• Major manufactures of UAS 

• The latest developments and major components of 

a UAS 

• What type of sensor data can UAS provide 

• Regulatory and spectrum issues associated with 

UAS 

• National Airspace System including the different 

classes of airspace 

• How will UAS gain access to the National Airspace 

System (NAS) 

June 8, 2010 

Dayton, Ohio 

June 15, 2010 


$650 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 


1. Historic Development of UAS Post 1960’s. 

2. Components and latest developments of a 

UAS. Ground Control Station, Radio Links (LOS 

and BLOS), UAV, Payloads. 

3. UAS Manufacturers. Domestic, 

International. 

4. Classes, Characteristics and 

Comparisons of UAS. 

5. Operational Scenarios for UAS. Phases of 

Flight, Federal Government Use of UAS, State 

and Local government use of UAS. Civil and 

commercial use of UAS. 

6. ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance) of UAS. Optical, Infrared, 

Radar. 

7. Comparative Study of the Safety of UAS. 

In the Air and On the ground. 

8. UAS Access to the National Airspace 

System (NAS). Overview of the NAS, Classes of 

Airspace, Requirements for Access to the NAS, 

Issues Being Addressed, Issues Needing to be 

Addressed. 

9. Bandwidth and Spectrum Issues. 

Bandwidth of single UAV, Aggregate bandwidth of 

UAS population. 

10. International UAS issues. WRC Process, 

Agenda Item 1.3 and Resolution 421. 

11. UAS Centers of Excellence. North Dakota, 

Las Cruses, NM, DoD. 

12. Worked Examples of Channeling Plans 

and Link/Interference Budgets. Shadow, 

Predator/Warrior. 

13. UAS Interactive Deployment Scenarios. 


Digital Signal Processing System Design 

With MATLAB Code and Applications to Sonar and other areas of client interest 

May 31 - June 3, 2010 


$1695 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 



Summary 

This four-day course is intended for engineers and 

scientists concerned with the design and performance 

analysis of signal processing applications. The course 

will provide the fundamentals required to develop 

optimum signal processing flows based upon 

processor throughput resource requirements analysis. 

Emphasis will be placed upon practical approaches 

based on lessons learned that are thoroughly 

developed using procedures with computer tools that 

show each step required in the design and analysis. 

MATLAB code will be used to demonstrate concepts 

and show actual tools available for performing the 

design and analysis. 

Instructor 

Joseph G. Lucas has over 35 years of 

experience in DSP techniques and applications 

including EW, sonar and radar applications, 

performance analysis, digital filtering, spectral 

analysis, beamforming, detection and tracking 

techniques, finite word length effects, and adaptive 

processing. He has industry experience at IBM and 

GD-AIS with radar, sonar and EW applications and 

has taught classes in DSP theory and applications. 

He is author of the textbook: Digital Signal 

Processing: A System Design Approach (Wiley). 


• What are the key DSP concepts and how do they 

relate to real applications 

• How is the optimum real-time signal processing flow 

determined 

• What are the methods of time domain and 

frequency domain implementation 

• How is an optimum DSP system designed 

• What are typical characteristics of real DSP 

multirate systems 

• How can you use MATLAB to analyze and design 

DSP systems 

From this course you will obtain the knowledge 

and ability to perform basic DSP systems 

engineering calculations, identify tradeoffs, 

interact meaningfully with colleagues, evaluate 

systems, and understand the literature. Students 

will receive a suite of MATLAB m-files for direct 

use or modification by the user. These codes are 

useful to both MATLAB users and users of other 

programming languages as working examples of 

practical signal processing algorithm 

implementations. 


1. Discrete Time Linear Systems. A review of the 

fundamentals of sampling, discrete time signals, and 

sequences. Develop fundamental representation of discrete 

linear time-invariant system output as the convolution of the 

input signal with the system impulse response or in the 

frequency domain as the product of the input frequency 

response and the system frequency response. Define general 

difference equation representations, and frequency response 

of the system. Show a typical detection system for detecting 

discrete frequency components in noise. 

2. System Realizations & Analysis. Demonstrate the 

use of z-transforms and inverse z-transforms in the analysis 

of discrete time systems. Show examples of the use of z- 

transform domain to represent difference equations and 

manipulate DSP realizations. Present network diagrams for 

direct form, cascade, and parallel implementations. 

3. Digital Filters. Develop the fundamentals of digital 

filter design techniques for Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) 

and Develop Finite Impulse Response filter (FIR) types. 

MATLAB design examples will be presented. Comparisons 

between FIR and IIR filters will be presented. 

4. Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFT). The 

fundamental properties of the DFT will be presented: linearity, 

circular shift, frequency response, scallo ping loss, and 

effective noise bandwidth. The use of weighting and 

redundancy processing to obtain desired performance 

improvements will be presented. The use of MATLAB to 

calculate performance gains for various weighting functions 

and redundancies will be demonstrated. . 

5. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The FFT radix 2 and 

radix 4 algorithms will be developed. The use of FFTs to 

perform filtering in the frequency domain will be developed 

using the overlap-save and overlap-add techniques. 

Performance calculations will be demonstrated using 

MATLAB. Processing throughput requirements for 

implementing the FFT will be presented. 

6. Multirate Digital Signal Processing. Multirate 

processing fundamentals of decimation and interpolation will 

be developed. Methods for optimizing processing throughput 

requirements via multirate designs will be developed. 

Multirate techniques in filter banks and spectrum analyzers 

and synthesizers will be developed. Structures and Network 

theory for multirate digital systems will be discussed. 

7. Detection of Signals In Noise. Develop Receiver 

Operating Charactieristic (ROC) data for detection of 

narrowband signals in noise. Discuss linear system 

responses to discrete random processes. Discuss power 

spectrum estimation. Use realistic SONAR problem. MATLAB 

to calculate performance of detection system. 

8. Finite Arithmetic Error Analysis. Analog-to-Digital 

conversion errors will be studied. Quantization effects of finite 

arithmetic for common digital signal processing algorithms 

including digital filters and FFTs will be presented. Methods of 

calculating the noise at the digital system output due to 

arithmetic effects will be developed. 

9. System Design. Digital Processing system design 

techniques will be developed. Methodologies for signal 

analysis, system design including algorithm selection, 

architecture selection, configuration analysis, and 

performance analysis will be developed. Typical state-of-theart 

COTS signal processing devices will be discussed. 

10. Advanced Algorithms & Practical Applications. 

Several algorithms and associated applications will be 

discussed based upon classical and recent papers/research: 

Recursive Least Squares Estimation, Kalman Filter Theory, 

Adaptive Algorithms: Joint Multichannel Least Squares 

Lattice, Spatial filtering of equally and unequally spaced 

arrays. 


Digital Video Systems, Broadcast and Operations 

April 26-29, 2010 


$1695 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This 4-day course is designed to make the 

student aware of digital video systems in use 

today and planned for the near future, including 

how they are used, transmitted, and received. 

From this course you will obtain the ability to 

understand the various evolving digital video 

standards and equipment, their use in current 

broadcast systems, and the concerns/issues that 

accompany these advancements. 

Instructor 

Sidney Skjei is president of Skjei Telecom, 

Inc., an engineering and broadcasting consulting 

firm. He has supported digital video systems 

planning, development and implementation for a 

large number of commercial organizations, 

including PBS, CBS, Boeing, and XM Satellite 

Radio. He also works for smaller television 

stations and broadcast organizations. He is 

frequently asked to testify as an Expert Witness 

in digital video system. Mr. Skjei holds an MSEE 

from the Naval Postgraduate School and is a 

licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia. 


• How compressed digital video systems work 

and how to use them effectively. 

• Where all the compressed digital video 

systems fit together in history, application and 

implementation. 

• Where encryption and conditional access fit in 

and what systems are available today. 

• How do tape-based broadcast facilities differ 

from server-based facilities 

• What services are evolving to complement 

digital video 

• What do you need to know to upgrade / 

purchase a digital video system 

• What are the various options for transmitting 

and distributing digital video 


1. Technical Background. Types of video. 

Advantages and disadvantages. Digitizing video. 

Digital compression techniques. 

2. Proprietary Digital Video Systems. 

Digicipher. DirecTV. Other systems. 

3. Videoconferencing Systems Overview. 

4. MPEG1 Digital Video. Why it was developed. 

Technical description. Operation and Transmission. 

5. MPEG2 Digital Video. Why it was developed. 

Technical description. Operation and Transmission. 

4:2:0 vs 4:2:2 profile. MPEG profiles and levels. 

6. DVB Enhancements to MPEG2. What DVB 

does and why it does it. DVB standards review. What 

DVB-S2 will accomplish and how. 

7. DTV (or ATSC) use of MPEG2. How DTV 

uses MPEG2. DTV overview. 

8. MPEG4 Advanced Simple Profile. Why it 

was developed. Technical description. Operation and 

Transmission. 

9. New Compression Systems. MPEG-4-10 or 

H.26L. Windows Media 9. How is different. How 

improved. Transcoding from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4. 

JPEG 2000. 

10. Systems in use today: DBS systems (e.g. 

DirecTV, Echostar) and DARS systems (XM Radio, 

Sirius). 

11. Encryption and Conditional Access 

Systems. Types of conditional access / encryption 

systems. Relationship to subscriber management 

systems. Key distribution methods. Smart cards. 

12. Digital Video Transmission. Over fiber optic 

cables or microwaves. Over the Internet – IP video. 

Over satellites. Private networks vs. public. 

13. Delivery to the Home. Comparing and 

contrasting terrestrial broadcasting, satellite (DBS), 

cable and others. 

14. Production - Pre to Post. Production 

formats. Digital editing. Graphics.Computer 

Animations. Character generation. Virtual sets, ads 

and actors. Video transitions and effects. 

15. Origination Facilities. Playback control and 

automation. Switching and routing and redundancy. 

System-wide timing and synchronization. Trafficking 

ads and interstitials. Monitoring and control. 

16. Storage Systems. Servers vs. physical 

media. Caching vs. archival. Central vs. distributed 

storage. 

17. Digital Manipulation. Digital Insertion. Bit 

Stream Splicing. Statistical Multiplexing. 

18. Asset Management. What is metadata. 

Digital rights management. EPGs. 

19. Digital Copying. What the technology allows. 

What the law allows. 

20. Video Associated Systems. Audio systems 

and methods. Data encapsulation systems and 

methods. Dolby digital audio systems handling in the 

broadcast center. 

21. Operational Considerations. Selecting the 

right systems. Encoders. Receivers / decoders. 

Selecting the right encoding rate. Source video 

processing. System compatibility issues. 


Engineering Systems Modeling 

With Excel / VBA 

NEW! 


"Lots of useful information, and a good 

combination of lecture and hands-on." 

"Great detail…informative and responsive 

to questions. Offered lots of useful info to 

use beyond the class." 

Summary 

This two-day course is for engineers, scientists, 

and others interested in developing custom 

engineering system models. Principles and 

practices are established for creating integrated 

models using Excel and its built - in programming 

environment, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). 

Real-world techniques and tips not found in any 

other course, book, or other resource are revealed. 

Step - by - step implementation, instructor - led 

interactive examples, and integrated participant 

exercises solidify the concepts introduced. 

Application examples are demonstrated from the 

instructor’s experience in unmanned underwater 

vehicles, LEO spacecraft, cryogenic propulsion 

systems, aerospace & military power systems, 

avionics thermal management, and other projects. 

Instructor 

Matthew E. Moran, PE is the owner of Isotherm 

Technologies LLC, a Senior Engineer 

at NASA, and an instructor in the 

graduate school at Walsh University. 

He has 27 years experience 

developing products and systems for 

aerospace, electronics, military, and 

power generation applications. He has created 

Excel / VBA engineering system models for the 

Air Force, Office of Naval Research, Missile 

Defense Agency, NASA, and other organizations. 

Matt is a Professional Engineer (Ohio), with a B.S. 

& graduate work in Mechanical Engineering, and 

an MBA in Systems Management. He has 

published 39 papers, and has 3 patents, in the 

areas of thermal systems, cryogenics, MEMS / 

microsystems, power generation systems, and 

electronics cooling. 


• Exploit the full power of Excel for building engineering 

system models. 

• Master the built-in VBA programming environment. 

• Implement advanced data I/O, manipulation, 

analysis, and display. 

• Create full featured graphical interfaces and 

interactive content. 

• Optimize performance for multi-parameter systems 

and designs. 

• Integrate interdisciplinary and multi-physics 

capabilities. 

June 15-16, 2010 


$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




1. Excel/VBA Review. Excel capabilities. Visual Basic 

for Applications (VBA). Input/output (I/O) basics. 

Integrating functions & subroutines. 

2. Identifying Scope & Capabilities. Defining model 

requirements. Project scope. User inputs. Model outputs. 

3. Quick Prototyping. Creating key functions. 

Testing I/O & calculations. Confirming overall approach. 

4. Defining Model Structure. Refining model 

architecture. Identifying input mechanisms. Defining 

output data & graphics. 

5. Designing Graphical User Interfaces. Using 

ActiveX controls. Custom user-forms. Creating system 

diagrams & other graphics. Model navigation. 

6. Building & Tuning the VBA Engine. Programming 

techniques. VBA integrated development environment. 

Best practices for performance. 

7. Customizing Output Results. Data tables. Plots. 

Interactive output. 

8. Exploiting Built-in Excel Functions. Advanced 

math functions. Data handling. 

9. Integrating External Data. Retrieving online data. 

Array handling. Curve fitting. 

10. Adding Interdisciplinary Capabilities. Integrating 

other technical analyses. Financial/cost models. 

11. Unleashing GoalSeek & Solver. Single variable, 

single target using GoalSeek. Multivariable optimization 

using Solver. 

12. Incorporating Scenarios. Comparing multiple 

designs. Tradeoff comparisons. Parameter sensitivities. 

Quick what-if evaluations. 

13. Documentation, References, & Links. 

Documenting inputs, methodology, and results. 

Incorporating references. Adding links to files & online 

data. 

14. Formatting & Protection. Optimizing formatting for 

reporting. Protecting algorithms & proprietary data. 

Distribution tips. 

15. Flexibility, Standardization, & Configuration 

Control. Building user flexibility and extensibility. 

Standardizing algorithms. Version & configuration control. 

16. Other Useful Tips & Tricks. Practical hands-on 

techniques & tips. 

17. Application Topics. Tailored to participant 

interests. 

This course will provide the knowledge and 

methods to create custom engineering system 

models for analyzing conceptual designs, 

performing system trades, and optimizing system 

performance with Excel/VBA. 



Summary 

Visualization of data has become a mainstay in 

everyday life. Whether reading the newspaper or 

presenting viewgraphs to the board of directors, 

professionals are expected to be able to interpret 

and apply basic visualization techniques. Technical 

workers, engineers and scientists, need to have an 

even greater understanding of visualization 

techniques and methods. In general, though, the 

basic concepts of understanding the purposes of 

visualization, the building block concepts of visual 

perception, and the processes and methods for 

creating good visualizations are not required even in 

most technical degree programs. This course 

provides a “Visualization in a Nutshell” overview that 

provides the building blocks necessary for effective 

use of visualization. 

Instructors 

Ted Meyer has worked with the National 

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), NASA, and 

the US Army and Marine Corps to develop systems 

that interact with and provide data access to users. 

At the MITRE Corporation and Fortner Software he 

has lead efforts to build tools to provide users 

improved access and better insight into data. Mr. 

Meyer was the Information Architect for NASA’s 

groundbreaking Earth Science Data and Information 

System Project where he helped to design and 

implement the data architecture for EOSDIS. 

Dr. Brand Fortner, an astrophysicist by training, 

has founded two scientific visualization companies 

(Spyglass, Inc., Fortner Software LLC.), and has 

written two books on visualization (The Data 

Handbook and Number by Colors, with Ted Meyer). 

Besides his own companies, Dr. Fortner has held 

positions at the NCSA, NASA (where he lead the 

HDF-EOS team), and at JHU/APL (chief scientist, 

intelligence exploitation group). He currently is 

research professor in the department of physics, 

North Carolina State University. 


• Decision support techniques: which type of 

visualization is appropriate. 

• Appropriate visualization techniques for the 

spectrum of data types. 

• Cross-discipline visualization methods and “tricks”. 

• Leveraging color in visualizations. 

• Use of data standards and tools. 

• Capabilities of visualization tools. 

This course is intended to provide a survey of 

information and techniques to students, giving them 

the basics needed to improve the ways they 

understand, access, and explore data. 

July 19-21, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




1. OVERVIEW. 

• WHY VISUALIZATION – THE PURPOSES FOR 

VISUALIZATION: EVALUATION, EXPLORATION, 

PRESENTATION. 

2. BASICS OF DATA. 

• DATA ELEMENTS – VALUES, LOCATIONS, DATA TYPES, 

DIMENSIONALITY ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL MISSION. 

• DATA STRUCTURES – TABLES, ARRAYS, VOLUMES. 

• DATA – UNIVARIATE, BIVARIATE, MULTI-VARIATE. 

• DATA RELATIONS – LINKED TABLES.• DATA SYSTEMS 

• METADATA – VS. DATA, TYPES, PURPOSE. 

3. VISUALIZATION. 

• PURPOSES – EVALUATION, EXPLORATION, PRESENTATION. 

• EDITORIALIZING – DECISION SUPPORT.• BASICS – 

TEXTONS, PERCEPTUAL GROUPING. 

• VISUALIZING COLUMN DATA – PLOTTING METHODS. 

• VISUALIZING GRIDS – IMAGES, ASPECTS OF IMAGES, MULTI- 

SPECTRAL DATA MANIPULATION, ANALYSIS, RESOLUTION, 

INTEPOLATION. 

• COLOR – PERCEPTION, MODELS, COMPUTERS AND 

METHODS. 

• VISUALIZING VOLUMES – TRANSPARENCY, ISOSURFACES. 

• VISUALIZING RELATIONS – ENTITY-RELATIONS & GRAPHS. 

• VISUALIZING POLYGONS – WIREFRAMES, RENDERING, 

SHADING. 

• VISUALIZING THE WORLD – BASIC PROJECTIONS, GLOBAL, 

LOCART. 

• N-DIMENSIONAL DATA – PERCEIVING MANY DIMENSIONS. 

• EXPLORATION BASICS – LINKING, PERSPECTIVE AND 

INTERACTION. 

• MIXING METHODS TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS. 

• MANIPULATING VIEWPOINT – ANIMATION, BRUSHING, 

PROBES. 

• HIGHLIGHTS FOR IMPROVING PRESENTATION 

VISUALIZATIONS – COLOR, GROUPING, LABELING, 

CLUTTER. 

4. DATA ACCESS – STANDARDS AND TOOLS. 

• DATA STANDARDS – OVERVIEW, PURPOSE, WHY USE 

• OVERVIEW OF POPULAR STANDARDS. 

• GRID/IMAGE STANDARDS – DTED, NITF, SDTS. 

• SCIENCE STANDARDS. 

• SQL AND DATABASES. 

• METADATA – PVL, XML. 

5. TOOLS FOR VISUALIZATION. 

• APIS & LIBRARIES. 

• DEVELOPMENT ENVIROMENTS. 

CLI 

GRAPHICAL 

• APPLICATIONS. 

• WHICH TOOL 

• USER INTERFACES. 

6. A SURVEY OF DATA TOOLS. 

• COMMERCIAL. 

• SHAREWARE & FREEWARE. 


Fiber Optic Systems Engineering 

April 13-15, 2010 


$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This three-day course investigates the basic aspects of 

digital and analog fiber-optic communication systems. 

Topics include sources and receivers, optical fibers and 

their propagation characteristics, and optical fiber 

systems. The principles of operation and properties of 

optoelectronic components, as well as signal guiding 

characteristics of glass fibers are discussed. System 

design issues include both analog and digital point-topoint 

optical links and fiber-optic networks. 

From this course you will obtain the knowledge needed 

to perform basic fiber-optic communication systems 

engineering calculations, identify system tradeoffs, and 

apply this knowledge to modern fiber optic systems. This 

will enable you to evaluate real systems, communicate 

effectively with colleagues, and understand the most 

recent literature in the field of fiber-optic communications. 

Instructor 

Dr. Raymond M. Sova is a section supervisor of the 

Photonic Devices and Systems section and a member of 

the Principal Professional Staff of the Johns Hopkins 

University Applied Physics Laboratory. He has a 

Bachelors degree from Pennsylvania State University in 

Electrical Engineering, a Masters degree in Applied 

Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns 

Hopkins University. With nearly 17 years of experience, he 

has numerous patents and papers related to the 

development of high-speed photonic and fiber optic 

devices and systems that are applied to communications, 

remote sensing and RF-photonics. His experience in fiber 

optic communications systems include the design, 

development and testing of fiber communication systems 

and components that include: Gigabit ethernet, highlyparallel 

optical data link using VCSEL arrays, high data 

rate (10 Gb/sec to 200 Gb/sec) fiber-optic transmitters and 

receivers and free-space optical data links. He is an 

assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins University 

and has developed three graduate courses in Photonics 

and Fiber-Optic Communication Systems that he teaches 

in the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of 

Engineering Part-Time Program. 


• What are the basic elements in analog and digital fiber 

optic communication systems including fiber-optic 

components and basic coding schemes 

• How fiber properties such as loss, dispersion and nonlinearity 

impact system performance. 

• How systems are compensated for loss, dispersion and 

non-linearity. 

• How a fiber-optic amplifier works and it’s impact on 

system performance. 

• How to maximize fiber bandwidth through wavelength 

division multiplexing. 

• How is the fiber-optic link budget calculated 

• What are typical characteristics of real fiber-optic 

systems including CATV, gigabit Ethernet, POF data 

links, RF-antenna remoting systems, long-haul 

telecommunication links. 

• How to perform cost analysis and system design 


Part I: FUNDAMENTALS OF FIBER OPTIC 

COMPONENTS 

1. Fiber Optic Communication Systems. Introduction to 

analog and digital fiber optic systems including terrestrial, 

undersea, CATV, gigabit Ethernet, RF antenna remoting, and 

plastic optical fiber data links. 

2. Optics and Lightwave Fundamentals. Ray theory, 

numerical aperture, diffraction, electromagnetic waves, 

polarization, dispersion, Fresnel reflection, optical 

waveguides, birefringence, phase velocity, group velocity. 

3. Optical Fibers. Step-index fibers, graded-index fibers, 

attenuation, optical modes, dispersion, non-linearity, fiber 

types, bending loss. 

4. Optical Cables and Connectors. Types, construction, 

fusion splicing, connector types, insertion loss, return loss, 

connector care. 

5. Optical Transmitters. Introduction to semiconductor 

physics, FP, VCSEL, DFB lasers, direct modulation, linearity, 

RIN noise, dynamic range, temperature dependence, bias 

control, drive circuitry, threshold current, slope efficiency, chirp. 

6. Optical Modulators. Mach-Zehnder interferometer, 

Electro-optic modulator, electro-absorption modulator, linearity, 

bias control, insertion loss, polarization. 

7. Optical Receivers. Quantum properties of light, PN, 

PIN, APD, design, thermal noise, shot noise, sensitivity 

characteristics, BER, front end electronics, bandwidth 

limitations, linearity, quantum efficiency. 

8. Optical Amplifiers. EDFA, Raman, semiconductor, 

gain, noise, dynamics, power amplifier, pre-amplifier, line 

amplifier. 

9. Passive Fiber Optic Components. Couplers, isolators, 

circulators, WDM filters, Add-Drop multiplexers, attenuators. 

10. Component Specification Sheets. Interpreting optical 

component spec. sheets - what makes the best design 

component for a given application. 

Part II: FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS 

11. Design of Fiber Optic Links. Systems design issues 

that are addressed include: loss-limited and dispersion limited 

systems, power budget, rise-time budget and sources of power 

penalty. 

12. Network Properties. Introduction to fiber optic network 

properties, specifying and characterizing optical analog and 

digital networks. 

13. Optical Impairments. Introduction to optical 

impairments for digital and analog links. Dispersion, loss, nonlinearity, 

optical amplifier noise, laser clipping to SBS (also 

distortions), back reflection, return loss, CSO CTB, noise. 

14. Compensation Techniques. As data rates of fiber 

optical systems go beyond a few Gbits/sec, dispersion 

management is essential for the design of long-haul systems. 

The following dispersion management schemes are 

discussed: pre-compensation, post-compensation, dispersion 

compensating fiber, optical filters and fiber Bragg gratings. 

15. WDM Systems. The properties, components and 

issues involved with using a WDM system are discussed. 

Examples of modern WDM systems are provided. 

16. Digital Fiber Optic Link Examples: Worked examples 

are provided for modern systems and the methodology for 

designing a fiber communication system is explained. 

Terrestrial systems, undersea systems, Gigabit ethernet, and 

plastic optical fiber links. 

17. Analog Fiber Optic Link Examples: Worked 

examples are provided for modern systems and the 

methodology for designing a fiber communication system is 

explained. Cable television, RF antenna remoting, RF phased 

array systems. 

18. Test and Measurement. Power, wavelength, spectral 

analysis, BERT jitter, OTDR, PMD, dispersion, SBS, Noise- 

Power-Ratio (NPR), intensity noise. 


Military Standard 810G 

Understanding, Planning and Performing Climatic and Dynamic Tests 

NEW! 

Summary 

This four-day class provides understanding of 

the purpose of each test, the equipment required 

to perform each test, and the methodology to 

correctly apply the specified test environments. 

Vibration and Shock methods will be covered 

together with instrumentation, equipment, control 

systems and fixture design. Climatic tests will be 

discussed individually: requirements, origination, 

equipment required, test methodology, 

understanding of results. 

The course emphasizes topics you will use 

immediately. Suppliers to the military services 

protectively install commercial-off-the-shelf 

(COTS) equipment in our flight and land vehicles 

and in shipboard locations where vibration and 

shock can be severe. We laboratory test the 

protected equipment (1) to assure twenty years 

equipment survival and possible combat, also (2) 

to meet commercial test standards, IEC 

documents, military standards such as STANAG 

or MIL-STD-810G, etc. Few, if any, engineering 

schools cover the essentials about such 

protection or such testing. 

Instructor 

Steve Brenner has worked in environmental 

simulation and reliability testing for over 

30 years, always involved with the 

latest techniques for verifying 

equipment integrity through testing. He 

has independently consulted in 

reliability testing since 1996. His client 

base includes American and European 

companies with mechanical and electronic products in 

almost every industry. Steve's experience includes the 

entire range of climatic and dynamic testing, including 

ESS, HALT, HASS and long term reliability testing. 


When you visit an environmental test laboratory, 

perhaps to witness a test, or plan or review a test 

program, you will have a good understanding of the 

requirements and execution of the 810G dynamics and 

climatics tests. You will be able to ask meaningful 

questions and understand the responses of test 

laboratory personnel. 

April 12-15, 2010 

Plano, Texas 

May 17-20, 2010 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

$2995 (8:00am - 4:00pm) 




1. Introduction to Military Standard testing - 

Dynamics. 

• Introduction to classical sinusoidal vibration. 

• Resonance effects 

• Acceleration and force measurement 

• Electrohydraulic shaker systems 

• Electrodynamic shaker systems 

• Sine vibration testing 

• Random vibration testing 

• Attaching test articles to shakers (fixture 

design, fabrication and usage) 

• Shock testing 

2. Climatics. 

• Temperature testing 

• Temperature shock 

• Humidity 

• Altitude 

• Rapid decompression/explosives 

• Combined environments 

• Solar radiation 

• Salt fog 

• Sand & Dust 

• Rain 

• Immersion 

• Explosive atmosphere 

• Icing 

• Fungus 

• Acceleration 

• Freeze/thaw (new in 810G) 

3. Climatics and Dynamics Labs 

demonstrations. 

4. Reporting On And Certifying Test Results. 



March 23-24, 2010 


June 1-2, 2010 


$1040 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This two-day course will enable the participant to 

plan the most efficient experiment or test which will 

result in a statistically defensible conclusion of the test 

objectives. It will show how properly designed tests are 

easily analyzed and prepared for presentation in a 

report or paper. Examples and exercises related to 

various NASA satellite programs will be included. 

Many companies are reporting significant savings 

and increased productivity from their engineering, 

process control and R&D professionals. These 

companies apply statistical methods and statisticallydesigned 

experiments to their critical manufacturing 

processes, product designs, and laboratory 

experiments. Multifactor experimentation will be shown 

as increasing efficiencies, improving product quality, 

and decreasing costs. This first course in experimental 

design will start you into statistical planning before you 

actually start taking data and will guide you to perform 

hands-on analysis of your results immediately after 

completing the last experimental run. You will learn 

how to design practical full factorial and fractional 

factorial experiments. You will learn how to 

systematically manipulate many variables 

simultaneously to discover the few major factors 

affecting performance and to develop a mathematical 

model of the actual instruments. You will perform 

statistical analysis using the modern statistical 

software called JMP from SAS Institute. At the end of 

this course, participants will be able to design 

experiments and analyze them on their own desktop 

computers. 

Instructor 

Dr. Manny Uy is a member of the Principal 

Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins 

University Applied Physics Laboratory 

(JHU/APL). Previously, he was with 

General Electric Company, where he 

practiced Design of Experiments on 

many manufacturing processes and 

product development projects. He is 

currently working on space environmental monitors, 

reliability and failure analysis, and testing of modern 

instruments for Homeland Security. He earned a Ph.D. 

in physical chemistry from Case-Western Reserve 

University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Rice 

University and the Free University of Brussels. He has 

published over 150 papers and holds over 10 patents. 

At the JHU/APL, he has continued to teach courses in 

the Design and Analysis of Experiments and in Data 

Mining and Experimental Analysis using SAS/JMP. 


1. Survey of Statistical Concepts. 

2. Introduction to Design of Experiments. 

3. Designing Full and Fractional Factorials. 

4. Hands-on Exercise: Statapult Distance 

Experiment using full factorial. 

5. Data preparation and analysis of 

Experimental Data. 

6. Verification of Model: Collect data, analyze 

mean and standard deviation. 

7. Hands-on Experiment: One-Half Fractional 

Factorial, verify prediction. 

8. Hands-on Experiment: One-Fourth Fractional 

Factorial, verify prediction. 

9. Screening Experiments (Trebuchet). 

10. Advanced designs, Methods of Steepest 

Ascent, Central Composite Design. 

11. Some recent uses of DOE. 

12. Summary. 

Testimonials ... 

“Would you like many times more 

information, with much less resources used, 

and 100% valid and technically defensible 

results If so, design your tests using 

Design of Experiments.” 

Dr. Jackie Telford, Career Enhancement: 

Statistics, JHU/APL. 

“We can no longer afford to experiment 

in a trial-and-error manner, changing one 

factor at a time, the way Edison did in 

developing the light bulb. A far better 

method is to apply a computer-enhanced, 

systematic approach to experimentation, 

one that considers all factors 

simultaneously. That approach is called 

"Design of Experiments..” 

Mark Anderson, The Industrial 

Physicist. 


• How to design full and fractional factorial 

experiments. 

• Gather data from hands-on experiments while 

simultaneously manipulating many variables. 

• Analyze statistical significant testing from hands-on 

exercises. 

• Acquire a working knowledge of the statistical 

software JMP. 


Practical EMI Fixes 

June 14-17, 2010 

Orlando, Florida 

$1695 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 

Summary 

This four-day course is designed for technician 

and engineers who need an understanding of 

EMI and EMI fix methodology. The course offers 

a basic working knowledge of the principles of the 

EMI measurements, EMI fix selection, and EMI 

fix theory. This course will provide the ability to 

understand and communicate with 

communications-electronics (C-E) engineers and 

project personnel relating to EMI and EMI fix 

trade-offs. 

Instructor 

Dr. William G. Duff (Bill) is the President of 

SEMTAS. Previously, he was the Chief 

Technology Officer of the Advanced 

Technology Group of SENTEL. 

Prior to working for SENTEL, he 

worked for Atlantic Research and 

taught courses on electromagnetic 

interference (EMI) and 

electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). He is 

internationally recognized as a leader in the 

development of engineering technology for 

achieving EMC in communication and electronic 

systems. He has 42 years of experience in 

EMI/EMC analysis, design, test and problem 

solving for a wide variety of communication and 

electronic systems. He has extensive experience 

in assessing EMI at the equipment and/or the 

system level and applying EMI suppression and 

control techniques to "fix" problems. 

Bill has written more than 40 technical papers 

and four books on EMC. He also regularly 

teaches seminar courses on EMC. He is a past 

president of the IEEE EMC Society. He served a 

number of terms as a member of the EMC 

Society Board of Directors and is currently 

Chairman of the EMC Society Fellow Evaluation 

Committee and an Associate Editor for the EMC 

Society Newsletter. He is a NARTE Certified 

EMC Engineer. 


• Basic EMI Technology 

• The Fundamentals Of EMI Measurements 

• Source And Victim Hardening 

• The Working Language Of The EMI Community 

• Source And Victim Coupling 

• The Major Tradeoffs In EMI Fix Performance 




1. EMI Basics and Units. Definitions. Time 

And Frequency. 

2. EMI Measurements. Time Domain And 

Frequency Domain Measurement Techniques, 

Antennas And Sensors, And Current Probes. 

3. EMI Fix Theory. Sources And Victims, And 

Coupling Paths For Conducted And Radiated 

EMI, Field-To-Wire Transition And Ground Loops. 

4. EMI Fix Selection Flowchart. The 

Methodology For Victim Identification, Access 

Point Selection, And Coupling Path Identification. 

Worksheets For Frequency Domain 

Measurements And Fix Selections. Discussion Of 

Fix Installations And An Example Application. 

5. The EMI Catalog. An Introduction To The 

Catalog, Including Discussion Of Layout, Fix 

Classification And Application Guidelines. 

6. Conducted EMI Fixes. A Discussion Of 

Signal Filters For Conducted EMI Fixes, Including 

Power Line Filters, Ferrites, And Transformers. 

7. Conducted Transient Fixes. Basic Types 

Of Transient Fixes; Spark Gaps And Transorbs. 

Controlling Stray Inducted And Capacitive 

Coupling. A Discussion On Motor Generators, 

Uninterruptible Power Supplies And Dedicated 

Power Supplies. 

8. Ground Loop Fixes. Techniques To 

Correct Ground Loop Induced EMI. 

9. Common Impedance Fixes. Techniques 

To Correct Common Impedance Induced EMI. 

10. Field To Cable Fixes. Techniques To 

Correct Field To Cable Induced EMI. 

11. Differential Mode Field To Cable Fixes. 

Techniques to correct Differential Mode Field to 

Cable Induced EMI. 

12. Cross Talk Fixes. Techniques to Correct 

Differential Cross Talk Induced EMI. 

13. EMI Shielding Fixes. Techniques To 

Harden Victims To EMI. 

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Practical Statistical Signal Processing Using MATLAB 

with Radar, Sonar, Communications, Speech & Imaging Applications 

June 21-24, 2010 

Middletown, Rhode Island 

July 26-29, 2010 


$1895 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

This 4-day course covers signal processing systems 

for radar, sonar, communications, speech, imaging and 

other applications based on state-of-the-art computer 

algorithms. These algorithms include important tasks 

such as data simulation, parameter estimation, 

filtering, interpolation, detection, spectral analysis, 

beamforming, classification, and tracking. Until now 

these algorithms could only be learned by reading the 

latest technical journals. This course will take the 

mystery out of these designs by introducing the 

algorithms with a minimum of mathematics and 

illustrating the key ideas via numerous examples using 

MATLAB. 

Designed for engineers, scientists, and other 

professionals who wish to study the practice of 

statistical signal processing without the headaches, 

this course will make extensive use of hands-on 

MATLAB implementations and demonstrations. 

Attendees will receive a suite of software source code 

and are encouraged to bring their own laptops to follow 

along with the demonstrations. 

Each participant will receive two books 

Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing: Vol. I 

and Vol. 2 by instructor Dr. Kay. A complete set of 

notes and a suite of MATLAB m-files will be distributed 

in source format for direct use or modification by the 

user. 

Instructor 

Dr. Steven Kay is a Professor of Electrical 

Engineering at the University of 

Rhode Island and the President of 

Signal Processing Systems, a 

consulting firm to industry and the 

government. He has over 25 years 

of research and development 

experience in designing optimal 

statistical signal processing algorithms for radar, 

sonar, speech, image, communications, vibration, 

and financial data analysis. Much of his work has 

been published in over 100 technical papers and 

the three textbooks, Modern Spectral Estimation: 

Theory and Application, Fundamentals of 

Statistical Signal Processing: Estimation Theory, 

and Fundamentals of Statistical Signal 

Processing: Detection Theory. Dr. Kay is a 

Fellow of the IEEE. 


1. MATLAB Basics. M-files, logical flow, graphing, 

debugging, special characters, array manipulation, 

vectorizing computations, useful toolboxes. 

2. Computer Data Generation. Signals, Gaussian 

noise, nonGaussian noise, colored and white noise, 

AR/ARMA time series, real vs. complex data, linear 

models, complex envelopes and demodulation. 

3. Parameter Estimation. Maximum likelihood, best 

linear unbiased, linear and nonlinear least squares, 

recursive and sequential least squares, minimum mean 

square error, maximum a posteriori, general linear model, 

performance evaluation via Taylor series and computer 

simulation methods. 

4. Filtering/Interpolation/Extrapolation. Wiener, 

linear Kalman approaches, time series methods. 

5. Detection. Matched filters, generalized matched 

filters, estimator-correlators, energy detectors, detection 

of abrupt changes, min probability of error receivers, 

communication receivers, nonGaussian approaches, 

likelihood and generalized likelihood detectors, receiver 

operating characteristics, CFAR receivers, performance 

evaluation by computer simulation. 

6. Spectral Analysis. Periodogram, Blackman-Tukey, 

autoregressive and other high resolution methods, 

eigenanalysis methods for sinusoids in noise. 

7. Array Processing. Beamforming, narrowband vs. 

wideband considerations, space-time processing, 

interference suppression. 

8. Signal Processing Systems. Image processing, 

active sonar receiver, passive sonar receiver, adaptive 

noise canceler, time difference of arrival localization, 

channel identification and tracking, adaptive 

beamforming, data analysis. 

9. Case Studies. Fault detection in bearings, acoustic 

imaging, active sonar detection, passive sonar detection, 

infrared surveillance, radar Doppler estimation, speaker 

separation, stock market data analysis. 


• To translate system requirements into algorithms that 

work. 

• To simulate and assess performance of key 

algorithms. 

• To tradeoff algorithm performance for computational 

complexity. 

• The limitations to signal processing performance. 

• To recognize and avoid common pitfalls and traps in 

algorithmic development. 

• To generalize and solve practical problems using the 

provided suite of MATLAB code. 


Self-Organizing Wireless Networks 

Design and Operation of Unattended Ground (Networked) Sensors 

July 12-13, 2010 


$1040 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



Summary 

Summary: This two-day course addresses use of ad 

hoc network sensors to address “smart” 

reconnaissance, the employment of sensing motes 

with relay architecture, to enable objectives as: 

vehicular/personnel detection and tracking, persistent 

surveillance, perimeter control, event monitoring, and 

tagging/tracking/locating (TTL) functions. The course is 

designed for engineers, program managers, scientists, 

practitioners, as well as government and industry 

decision-makers involved in programs and 

technologies that address the surveillance. The course 

presents the concept of using small (

Signal & Image Processing And Analysis For Scientists And Engineers 

NEW! 

Summary 

This three-day course is designed is 

designed for engineers, scientists, technicians, 

implementers, and managers who need to 

understand basic and advanced methods of 

signal and image processing and analysis 

techniques for the measurement and imaging 

sciences. This course will jump start individuals 

who have little or no experience in the field to 

implement these methods, as well as provide 

valuable insight, new methods, and examples 

for those with some experience in the field. 

Instructor 

Dr. Donald J. Roth is the Nondestructive 

Evaluation (NDE) Team Lead at 

NASA Glenn Research Center as 

well as a senior research engineer 

with 26 years of experience in 

NDE, measurement and imaging 

sciences, and software design. His 

primary areas of expertise over his 

career include research and development in 

the imaging modalities of ultrasound, infrared, 

x-ray, computed tomography, and terahertz. He 

has been heavily involved in the development 

of software for custom data and control 

systems, and for signal and image processing 

software systems. Dr. Roth holds the degree of 

Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Case 

Western Reserve University and has published 

over 100 articles, presentations, book 

chapters, and software products. 


• Basic terminology, definitions, and concepts 

related to signal and image processing. 

• Basic and advanced methods in practice. 

• Case histories where these methods have 

proven applicable. 

• The underlying methods behind popular signal 

and image processing software. 

• A strategy for developing integrated signal and 

image processing and analysis software. 

From this course you will obtain the knowledge 

and ability to perform basic and advanced signal 

and image processing and analysis that can be 

applied to many signal and image acquisition 

scenarios in order to improve and analyze signal 

and image data 

May 25-27, 2010 


$1590 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




"This course provided insight and 

explanations that saved me hours of 

research time." 


1. Introduction. Basic Descriptions, Terminology, 

and Concepts Related to Signals, Imaging, and 

Processing for science and engineering. Analog and 

Digital. Data acquisition concepts. Sampling and 

Quantization. Signal Processing. Basic operations, 

Frequency-domain filtering, Wavelet filtering, 

Wavelet Decomposition and Reconstruction, Signal 

Deconvolution, Joint Time-Frequency Processing, 

Model-based Curve Fitting. 

2. Signal Analysis. Parameter Extraction, Peak 

Detection, Signal Statistics, Joint Time – Frequency 

Analysis. 

3. Image Processing. Basic and Advanced 

Methods, Spatial frequency Filtering, Wavelet 

filtering, lookup tables, Kernel convolution/filtering 

(e.g. Sobel, Gradient, Median), Directional Filtering, 

Image Deconvolution, Wavelet Decomposition and 

Reconstruction, Thresholding. Colorizing. Batch 

Processing. 

4. Image Analysis. Region-of-interest Analysis, 

Line profiles, Feature Selection and Measurement, 

Principal Component Analysis, Derivative Images. 

Image Math, Logical Operators, Masks, Areal 

fraction and particle analysis. 

5. Integrated Signal and Image Processing 

and Analysis Software and algorithm strategies. 

The instructor will draw on his extensive experience 

to demonstrate how these methods can be 

combined and utilized in a post-processing software 

package. 

6. Software strategies including code and 

interface design concepts for versatile signal 

and image processing and analysis software 

development will be provided. These strategies 

are applicable for any language including LabVIEW, 

MATLAB, and IDL. Practical considerations and 

approaches will be emphasized. 


NEW! 

Team-Based Problem Solving 

Enhancing Your Productivity With Simple, Creative Solutions 

Summary 

By exploring contemporary examples of 

productivity enhancement through simple, creative 

solutions, Tom Logsdon highlights those 

professional approaches and thought processes 

that help trigger routine billion-dollar breakthroughs. 

This exciting motivational course is designed to 

increase on-the-job productivity by emphasizing 

individual creativity, professional discipline, and 

satisfying team membership. You are encouraged to 

bring with you to the first class meeting a specific 

professional problem you have been itching to 

solve. Four times each day you will be led through 

structured exercises designed to help you conjure 

up simple, creative solutions. To help reinforce the 

"winning strategies" creative individuals use when 

they make major breakthroughs, you will received a 

packet of 200 summary charts jam-packed with 

useful information on creative problem-solving 

techniques, two 16 page workbooks filled with blank 

worksheets, and an autographed copy of the 

instructor's book, "Breaking Through: Simple, 

Creative Solutions Using Six Successful 

Strategies," published by Addison-Wesley in 1993. 

Instructor 

Thomas Logsdon, knows how to make you 

more efficient and productive by 

helping you solve all of these 

problems in amazingly simple ways. 

He also knows how to solve at least 

200 other practical problems with 

similar simplicity. Logsdon is an 

award-winning rocket scientist with an 

international reputation. He has written and 

published 1.3 million words, including 25 nonfiction 

books. He has delivered 700 lectures, 

helped design an exhibit for the Smithsonian 

Institution, applied for a patent, and made guest 

appearances on 25 television shows. A highly 

innovative mathematician and systems analyst in 

the aerospace industry, Logsdon has helped 

mastermind such large and complicated projects 

as the Apollo moon flights, NASA's orbiting Skylab, 

and the DoD's Navstar navigation system. 

Logsdon has taught more than one 

hundred courses in 17 different countries. His 

combination of teaching, writing, lecturing, and 

industry experience uniquely qualify him to teach 

his stimulating and interesting short course on 

productivity enhancement and simple, creative 

problem-solving techniques. 

July 13-14, 2010 


$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm) 




1. Getting Into The Proper Frame of Mind to 

Become More Creative. "Possibility Thinking": Devising 

new ways to accentuate your creative problem-solving 

skills. Surrounding yourself with supportive people. 

Enhancing your creativity. Brainstorming. Mastering and 

using the six winning strategies on the Arc of Creativity. 

2. Breaking Your Problem Apart, Then Putting it 

Back Together Again in a Different Way. Fred Smith's 

marvelously efficient architectural design. Learning how to 

use mind-mapping techniques and balloon diagrams. 

Finding a better way to make more and better army 

muskets. 

3. Taking a Fresh Look at the Interfaces. John 

Houbolt's powerful new strategy for conquering the moon. 

Designing today's user-friendly computing machines. 

Simplifying today's needlessly complicated business 

forms. Learning to modify the interfaces with balloon 

diagrams. Imaginative interfaces. 

4. Reformulating Your Problem. Finding a powerful 

new way to turn a problem into a productive solution. A 5- 

point checklist for reformulating your stickiest problems. 

An innovative scheme for finding and circumventing any 

real or imagined constraints. Combining two problems to 

make both go away. Constructing and using your own 

magic grid. 

5. Visualizing a Fruitful Anal. Finding a fancy new 

way to "weave" numbers into meaningful patterns. 

Learning to formulate industrial-strength metaphors. 

Turning mother nature's raindrops into highly effective 

weapons. 

6. Searching For a Useful Order-of-Magnitude 

Changes. Making megabucks by building tomorrow's 

castles in the sky. Using logarithmic scales to depict highly 

productive conceptual ideas. Learning to harness and 

exploit the magic powers of ten. Scientific hopes for 

tomorrow's micromachines. 

7. Staying Alert to Happy Serendipity. Galileo's 

highly insightful visit to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A brief 

history of scientific serendipity. Mastering and exploiting 

serendipity's golden rule. The synthetic meteorite: A 

joyous adventure in personal discovery. Relaxing 

vacations, serendipity, and success. 

8. Getting Your Ideas Accepted in a Gangling 

Bureaucracy. Using the Arc of Creativity to conjure up 

creative ideas in abundant numbers. Repackaging your 

best ideas for public consumption. Caucusing your 

colleagues to gain their professional support. Pitching 

your creative solutions in a formal written report. Preparing 

yourself to deliver tomorrow's highly persuasive 

technicolor presentations. Using what you have learned to 

attack all of your future professional problems. The joys 

and benefits of the creative connection. 



“This course uses very little math, yet provides an indepth 

understanding of the concepts and real-world 

applications of these powerful tools.” 

Summary 

Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) are in wide use and 

work very well if your signal stays at a constant 

frequency (“stationary”). But if the signal could vary, 

have pulses, “blips” or any other kind of interesting 

behavior then you need Wavelets. Wavelets are 

remarkable tools that can stretch and move like an 

amoeba to find the hidden “events” and then 

simultaneously give you their location, frequency, and 

shape. Wavelet Transforms allow this and many other 

capabilities not possible with conventional methods like 

the FFT. 

This course is vastly different from traditional mathoriented 

Wavelet courses or books in that we use 

examples, figures, and computer demonstrations to 

show how to understand and work with Wavelets. This 

is a comprehensive, in-depth. up-to-date treatment of 

the subject, but from an intuitive, conceptual point of 

view. 

We do look at some key equations but only AFTER 

the concepts are demonstrated and understood so you 

can see the wavelets and equations “in action”. 

Each student will receive extensive course slides, a 

CD with MATLAB demonstrations, and a copy of the 

instructor’s new book, Conceptual Wavelets. 

Instructor 

D. Lee Fugal is Founder and President of Space & 

Signals Technologies, LLC. He has over 

30 years of industry experience in 

Digital Signal Processing (including 

Wavelets) and Satellite 

Communications. He has been a fulltime 

consultant on numerous 

assignments since 1991. Recent 

projects include Excision of Chirp Jammer Signals 

using Wavelets, design of Space-Based Geolocation 

Systems (GPS & Non-GPS), and Advanced Pulse 

Detection using Wavelet Technology. He has taught 

upper-division University courses in DSP and in 

Satellites as well as Wavelet short courses and 

seminars for Practicing Engineers and Management. 

He holds a Masters in Applied Physics (DSP) from the 

University of Utah, is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a 

recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. 


• How to use Wavelets as a “microscope” to analyze 

data that changes over time or has hidden “events” 

that would not show up on an FFT. 

• How to understand and efficiently use the 3 types of 

Wavelet Transforms to better analyze and process 

your data. State-of-the-art methods and 

applications. 

• How to compress and de-noise data using advanced 

Wavelet techniques. How to avoid potential pitfalls 

by understanding the concepts. A “safe” method if in 

doubt. 

• How to increase productivity and reduce cost by 

choosing (or building) a Wavelet that best matches 

your particular application. 

June 1-3, 2010 


$1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 



"Your Wavelets course was very helpful in our Radar 

studies. We often use wavelets now instead of the Fourier 

Transform for precision denoising." 

–Long To, NAWC WD, Point Wugu, CA 

"I was looking forward to this course and it was very 

rewarding–Your clear explanations starting with the big 

picture immediately contextualized the material allowing 

us to drill a little deeper with a fuller understanding" 

–Steve Van Albert, Walter Reed Army Institute 

of Research 

"Good overview of key wavelet concepts and literature. 

The course provided a good physical understanding of 

wavelet transforms and applications." 

–Stanley Radzevicius, ENSCO, Inc. 


1. What is a Wavelet Examples and Uses. “Waves” that 

can start, stop, move and stretch. Real-world applications in 

many fields: Signal and Image Processing, Internet Traffic, 

Airport Security, Medicine, JPEG, Finance, Pulse and Target 

Recognition, Radar, Sonar, etc. 

2. Comparison with traditional methods. The concept 

of the FFT, the STFT, and Wavelets as all being various types 

of comparisons (correlations) with the data. Strengths, 

weaknesses, optimal choices. 

3. The Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT). 

Stretching and shifting the Wavelet for optimal correlation. 

Predefined vs. Constructed Wavelets. 

4. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Shrinking 

the signal by factors of 2 through downsampling. 

Understanding the DWT in terms of correlations with the data. 

Relating the DWT to the CWT. Demonstrations and uses. 

5. The Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform (RDWT). 

Stretching the Wavelet by factors of 2 without downsampling. 

Tradeoffs between the alias-free processing and the extra 

storage and computational burdens. A hybrid process using 

both the DWT and the RDWT. Demonstrations and uses. 

6. “Perfect Reconstruction Filters”. How to cancel the 

effects of aliasing. How to recognize and avoid any traps. A 

breakthrough method to see the filters as basic Wavelets. 

The “magic” of alias cancellation demonstrated in both the 

time and frequency domains. 

7. Highly useful properties of popular Wavelets. How 

to choose the best Wavelet for your application. When to 

create your own and when to stay with proven favorites. 

8. Compression and De-Noising using Wavelets. How 

to remove unwanted or non-critical data without throwing 

away the alias cancellation capability. A new, powerful method 

to extract signals from large amounts of noise. 

Demonstrations. 

9. Additional Methods and Applications. Image 

Processing. Detecting Discontinuities, Self-Similarities and 

Transitory Events. Speech Processing. Human Vision. Audio 

and Video. BPSK/QPSK Signals. Wavelet Packet Analysis. 

Matched Filtering. How to read and use the various Wavelet 

Displays. Demonstrations. 

10. Further Resources. The very best of Wavelet 

references. 


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