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Table of Contents
Space & Satellite Systems Courses Systems of Systems
Dec 15-17, 2009 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Advanced Satellite Communications Systems
Apr 20-22, 2010 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jan 26-28, 2010 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Test Design and Analysis
Communications Payload Design- Satellite Systems Architecture
Nov 10-12, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland NEW! . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Nov 30-Dec 2, 2010 • Phoenix, Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Design & Analysis of Bolted Joints NEW! Feb 8-10, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dec 7-9, 2009 • Littleton, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Total Systems Engineering Development
Fundamentals of Orbital & Launch Mechanics Feb 1-4, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Oct 26-29, 2009 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mar 2-5, 2010 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Jan 18-21, 2010 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Defense, Missiles & Radar
Mar 22-25, 2010 • Cape Canaveral, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
GPS Technology - Solutions for Earth & Space Advanced Developments in Radar Technology NEW!
Nov 2-5, 2009 • Albuquerque, New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Feb 23-25, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Jan 25-28, 2010 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Antenna & Array Fundamentals NEW!
Mar 29-Apr 1, 2010 • Cape Canaveral, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Nov 17-19, 2009 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging Mar 2-4, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mar 9-11, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Combat Systems Engineering NEW!
IP Networking Over Satellite Feb 23-24, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Nov 3-5, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Explosives Technology and Modeling NEW!
Remote Sensing Information Extraction Jan 25-28, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mar 16-18, 2010 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Fundamentals of Link 16/ JTIDS/ MIDS
Satellite Communication Systems Engineering Nov 2-3, 2009 • Washington DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dec 8-10, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Jan 18-19, 2010 • Washington DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mar 16-18, 2010 • Boulder, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fundamentals of Radar Technology
Satellite Communication - An Essential Introduction Jan 12-14, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Oct 20-22, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Fundamentals of Rockets and Missiles
Dec 15-17, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dec 8-10, 2009 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Jan 18-21, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Mar 8-10, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Mar 9-11, 2010 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Missile Autopilots
Satellite Design & Technology Nov 16-19, 2009 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Nov 3-6, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Modern Infrared Sensor Technology
Apr 20-23, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Nov 4-6, 2009 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Satellite Laser Communications NEW! Feb 9-11, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Feb 9-11, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Modern Missile Analysis
Satellite RF Communications & Onboard Processing Feb 22-25, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dec 1-3, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Solid Rocket Motor Design & Applications Feb 2-4, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Apr 20-22, 2010 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 May 11-13, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Space-Based Laser Systems Radar Systems Design & Engineering
Mar 24-25, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Mar 2-5, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Space-Based Radar NEW! Rocket Propulsion 101
Mar 8-12, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Feb 15-17, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Space Enviroment Implications for Spacecraft Design Synthetic Aperture Radar - Advanced
Feb 2-3, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Nov 4-5, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Space Mission Analysis and Design NEW! May 5-6, 2010 • Chantilly, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Nov 3-5, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Synthetic Aperture Radar - Fundamentals
Space Mission Structures Nov 2-3, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Nov 16-19, 2009 • Littleton, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 May 3-4, 2010 • Chantilly, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Feb 22-25, 2010 • Houston, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Theory & Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare NEW!
Space Systems Intermediate Design Jan 19-20, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Feb 22-26, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Unmanned Aircraft Systems NEW!
Space Systems Subsystems Design
Nov 10, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mar 1-5, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Feb 17, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Spacecraft Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing
Mar 24-25, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Engineering, Analysis & Signal Processing
Jun 9-10, 2010 • Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Advanced Topics in Digital Signal Processing
Spacecraft Systems Integration & Test
Dec 7-10, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Mar 29 - Apr 1, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Apr 19-22, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Composite Materials for Aerospace NEW!
Understanding Space NEW! Jan 19-21, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Oct 22-23, 2009 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Engineering Systems Modeling with Excel / VBA NEW!
Feb 18-19, 2010 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . 27 Nov 18-19, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing
Systems Engineering & Project Management Nov 4-6, 2009 • Frederick, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Architecting with DODAF NEW! Fundamentals of RF Technology NEW!
Nov 10-11, 2009 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jan 14-15, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CSEP Exam Prep NEW! Grounding and Shielding for EMC
Oct 7-8, 2009 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Dec 1-3, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Oct 23-24, 2009 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Feb 2-4, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Feb 26-27, 2010 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Introduction to EMI/EMC
Fundamentals of Systems Enginering Feb 23-25, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Feb 16-17, 2010 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Mar 1-3, 2010 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mar 29-30, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Introduction to Electronic Packaging NEW!
Principles of Test & Evaluation Feb 16-18, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Feb 18-19, 2010 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Signal and Image Processing and Analysis NEW!
Mar 16-17, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Nov 3-4, 2009 • Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Risk and Opportunity Management NEW! Dec 16-17, 2009 • Beltsville, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mar 9-11, 2010 • Beltsville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach
Systems Engineering - Requirements NEW! Feb 23-25, 2010 • San Diego, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Jan 12-14, 2010 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Topics for On-site Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mar 23-25, 2010 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register . . . . . . . . . 64
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Advanced Satellite Communications Systems:
Survey of Current and Emerging Digital Systems
January 26-28, 2010
Cocoa Beach, Florida
$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary Course Outline
This three-day course covers all the technology of
1. Introduction to SATCOM. History and
advanced satellite communications as well as the overview. Examples of current military and
principles behind current state-of-the-art satellite commercial systems.
communications equipment. New and promising
technologies will be covered to develop an 2. Satellite orbits and transponder
understanding of the major approaches. Network characteristics.
topologies, VSAT, and IP networking over satellite. 3. Traffic Connectivities: Mesh, Hub-Spoke,
Point-to-Point, Broadcast.
4. Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA,
Instructor CDMA, Random Access. DAMA and Bandwidth-on-
Demand.
Dr. John Roach is a leading authority in satellite
communications with 35+ years in the SATCOM 5. Communications Link Calculations.
Definition of EIRP, G/T, Eb/No. Noise Temperature
industry. He has worked on many development
and Figure. Transponder gain and SFD. Link Budget
projects both as employee and consultant / Calculations.
contractor. His experience has focused on the
systems engineering of state-of-the-art system 6. Digital Modulation Techniques. BPSK,
developments, military and commercial, from the QPSK. Standard pulse formats and bandwidth.
Nyquist signal shaping. Ideal BER performance.
worldwide architectural level to detailed terminal
tradeoffs and designs. He has been an adjunct 7. PSK Receiver Design Techniques. Carrier
faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology recovery, phase slips, ambiguity resolution,
where he taught a range of graduate comm- differential coding. Optimum data detection, clock
unications courses. He has also taught SATCOM recovery, bit count integrity.
short courses all over the US and in London and 8. Overview of Error Correction Coding,
Toronto, both publicly and in-house for both Encryption, and Frame Synchronization.
government and commercial organizations. In Standard FEC types. Coding Gain.
addition, he has been an expert witness in patent, 9. RF Components. HPA, SSPA, LNA, Up/down
trade secret, and government contracting cases. Dr. converters. Intermodulation, band limiting, oscillator
Roach has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from phase noise. Examples of BER Degradation.
Georgia Tech. Advanced Satellite Communications 10. TDMA Networks. Time Slots. Preambles.
Systems: Survey of Current and Emerging Digital Suitability for DAMA and BoD.
Systems. 11. Characteristics of IP and TCP/UDP over
satellite. Unicast and Multicast. Need for
Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) techniques.
What You Will Learn 12. VSAT Networks and their system
• Major Characteristics of satellites. characteristics; DVB standards and MF-TDMA.
• Characteristics of satellite networks. 13. Earth Station Antenna types. Pointing /
• The tradeoffs between major alternatives in Tracking. Small antennas at Ku band. FCC - Intelsat
SATCOM system design. - ITU antenna requirements and EIRP density
limitations.
• SATCOM system tradeoffs and link budget
analysis. 14. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Military use
and commercial PSD spreading with DS PN
• DAMA/BoD for FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA systems. Acquisition and tracking. Frequency Hop
systems. systems.
• Critical RF parameters in terminal equipment and 15. Overview of Bandwidth Efficient
their effects on performance. Modulation (BEM) Techniques. M-ary PSK, Trellis
• Technical details of digital receivers. Coded 8PSK, QAM.
• Tradeoffs among different FEC coding choices. 16. Convolutional coding and Viterbi
• Use of spread spectrum for Comm-on-the-Move. decoding. Concatenated coding. Turbo coding.
• Characteristics of IP traffic over satellite. 17. Emerging Technology Developments and
• Overview of bandwidth efficient modulation types. Future Trends.
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Communications Payload Design and Satellite System Architecture
November 10-12, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) Course Outline
1. Communications Payloads and Service
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each Requirements. Bandwidth, coverage, services and
Off The Course Tuition." 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
NEW! 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
Summary and payload (modulation and FEC, standards such as DVB-
This three-day course provides communications and S2 and Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ATM and IP routing
in space); optimizing link and payload design through
satellite systems engineers and system architects with consideration of traffic distribution and dynamics, link margin,
a comprehensive and accurate approach for the RF interference and frequency coordination requirements.
specification and detailed design of the 3. Bent-pipe Repeater Design. Example of a detailed
communications payload and its integration into a block and level diagram, design for low noise amplification,
satellite system. Both standard bent pipe repeaters and down-conversion design, IMUX and band-pass filtering, group
delay and gain slope, AGC and linearizaton, power
digital processors (on board and ground-based) are amplification (SSPA and TWTA, linearization and parallel
studied in depth, and optimized from the standpoint of combining), OMUX and design for high power/multipactor,
maximizing throughput and coverage (single footprint redundancy switching and reliability assessment.
and multi-beam). Applications in Fixed Satellite Service 4. Spacecraft Antenna Design and Performance. Fixed
(C, X, Ku and Ka bands) and Mobile Satellite Service (L reflector systems (offset parabola, Gregorian, Cassegrain)
and S bands) are addressed as are the requirements of feeds and feed systems, movable and reconfigurable
antennas; shaped reflectors; linear and circular polarization.
the associated ground segment for satellite control and
5. Communications Payload Performance Budgeting.
the provision of services to end users. Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T), Saturation Flux
Density (SFD), and Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP);
Instructor repeater gain/loss budgeting; frequency stability and phase
noise; third-order intercept (3ICP), gain flatness, group delay;
Bruce R. Elbert (MSEE, MBA) is president of non-linear phase shift (AM/PM); out of band rejection and
Application Technology Strategy, Inc., Thousand Oaks, amplitude non-linearity (C3IM and NPR).
California; and Adjunct Prof of Engineering, Univ of Wisc, 6. On-board Digital Processor Technology. A/D and D/A
Madison. conversion, digital signal processing for typical channels and
formats (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA); demodulation and
He is a recognized satellite communications expert with remodulation, multiplexing and packet switching; static and
40 years of experience in satellite communications dynamic beam forming; design requirements and service
payload and systems design engineering beginning at impacts.
COMSAT Laboratories and including 25 years with 7. Multi-beam Antennas. Fixed multi-beam antennas
Hughes Electronics. He has contributed to the design and using multiple feeds, feed layout and isloation; phased array
construction of major communications, including Intelsat, approaches using reflectors and direct radiating arrays; on-
board versus ground-based beamforming.
Inmarsat, Galaxy, Thuraya, DIRECTV and Palapa A.
8. RF Interference and Spectrum Management
He has written eight books, including: The Satellite Considerations. Unraveling the FCC and ITU international
Communication Applications Handbook, Second Edition, regulatory and coordination process; choosing frequency
The Satellite Communication Ground Segment and Earth bands that address service needs; development of regulatory
Station Handbook, and Introduction to Satellite and frequency coordination strategy based on successful case
Communication, Third Edition. studies.
9. Ground Segment Selection and Optimization.
Overall architecture of the ground segment: satellite TT&C and
What You Will Learn communications services; earth station and user terminal
capabilities and specifications (fixed and mobile); modems
• How to transform system and service requirements into and baseband systems; selection of appropriate antenna
payload specifications and design elements. based on link requirements and end-user/platform
• What are the specific characteristics of payload considerations.
components, such as antennas, LNAs, microwave filters, 10. Earth station and User Terminal Tradeoffs: RF
channel and power amplifiers, and power combiners. tradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T); network design for provision
• What space and ground architecture to employ when of service (star, mesh and hybrid networks); portability and
evaluating on-board processing and multiple beam mobility.
antennas, and how these may be configured for optimum 11. Performance and Capacity Assessment.
end-to-end performance. Determining capacity requirements in terms of bandwidth,
• How to understand the overall system architecture and the power and network operation; selection of the air interface
capabilities of ground segment elements - hubs and remote (multiple access, modulation and coding); interfaces with
terminals - to integrate with the payload, constellation and satellite and ground segment; relationship to available
standards in current use and under development.
end-to-end system.
12. Satellite System Verification Methodology.
• From this course you will obtain the knowledge, skill and Verification engineering for the payload and ground segment;
ability to configure a communications payload based on its where and how to review sources of available technology and
service requirements and technical features. You will software to evaluate subsystem and system performance;
understand the engineering processes and device guidelines for overseeing development and evaluating
characteristics that determine how the payload is put alternate technologies and their sources; example of a
together and operates in a state - of - the - art complete design of a communications payload and system
telecommunications system to meet user needs. architecture.
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Design and Analysis of Bolted Joints
For Aerospace Engineers
NEW! December 7-9, 2009
Littleton, Colorado
$1490 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
Recent attendee comments ... "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
“It was a fantastic course—one of the
most useful short courses I have ever
taken.”
“A must course for structural/mechanical
engineers and anyone who has ever
questioned the assumptions in bolt analysis”
(What I found most useful:) “strong
emphasis on understanding physical
principles vs. blindly applying textbook
formulas.”
Course Outline
1. Overview of Designing Fastened Joints.
“Excellent instructor. Great lessons Common problems with structural joints, a design
learned on failure modes shown from process, selecting the method of attachment, strength
testing.” analysis for sizing and assessment, establishing design
standards and criteria.
2. Introduction to Threaded Fasteners. Brief
Summary history of screw threads, terminology and specification,
Just about everyone involved in developing tensile-stress area, fine threads vs. coarse threads.
hardware for space missions (or any other purpose, 3. Developing a Concept for the Joint. Selecting
for that matter) has been affected by problems with the type of fastener, configuring the joint, designing a
mechanical joints. Common problems include stiff joint, shear clips and tension clips, guidelines for
structural failure, fatigue, unwanted and unpredicted using tapped holes and inserts.
loss of stiffness, joint shifting or loss of alignment, 4. Calculating Fastener Loads. How a preloaded
fastener loosening, material mismatch, incom- joint carries load, temporarily ignoring preload, other
patibility with the space environment, mis-drilled common assumptions and their limitations, calculating
holes, time-consuming and costly assembly, and bolt loads in a compact joint, examples, calculating
inability to disassemble when needed. fastener loads for skins and panels.
• Build an understanding of how bolted joints 5. Failure Modes, Assessment Methods, and
behave and how they fail. Design Guidelines. Typical strength criteria for
• Impart effective processes, methods, and aerospace structures; an effective process for strength
standards for design and analysis, drawing on a mix analysis; bolt tension, shear, and interaction; tension
of theory, empirical data, and practical experience. joints, shear joints, identifying potential failure modes,
riveted joints, fastening composite materials.
• Share guidelines, rules of thumb, and valuable
references. 6. Thread Shear and Pull-out Strength. How
threads fail, computing theoretical shear engagement
The course includes many examples and class areas, including a knock-down factor, selected test
problems; calculators are required. Each participant results.
will receive a comprehensive set of course notes.
7. Selecting Hardware and Detailing the Design.
subject to strict application of modern science.
Selecting hardware and materials, guidelines for
simplifying assembly, establishing bolt preload, locking
features, recommendations for controlling preload.
Instructor 8. Detailed Analysis: Accounting for Bolt Preload.
Tom Sarafin has worked full time in the space Mechanics of a preloaded joint, estimating the load
industry since 1979, at Martin Marietta and Instar carried by the bolt and designing to reduce it, effects of
Engineering. Since founding Instar in 1993, he has ductility, calculating maximum and minimum preload,
consulted for DigitalGlobe, AeroAstro, AFRL, and thermal effects on preload, fatigue analysis.
Design_Net Engineering. He has helped the U. S. Air 9. Recommended Design Practice for Ductile
Force Academy design, develop, and test a series of Bolts Not Subject to NASA Standards. Applicability,
small satellites and has been an advisor to DARPA. He general recommendations, torque coefficients for steel
is the editor and principal author of Spacecraft fasteners, establishing allowable limit bolt loads for
Structures and Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch design, example.
and is a contributing author to all three editions of 10. Complying with NASA Standards. Factors of
Space Mission Analysis and Design. Since 1995, he safety, fracture control for fastened joints, satisfying the
has taught over 150 short courses to more than 3000 intent of NSTS 08307A, simplifying: deriving reduced
engineers and managers in the space industry. allowable bolts loads, example.
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Fundamentals of Orbital & Launch Mechanics
Military, Civilian and Deep-Space Applications
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Summary Navigato ee GPS
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Award-winning rocket scientist Thomas S. Logsdon
has carefully tailored this comprehensive 4-day short
course to serve the needs of those military, aerospace, October 26-29, 2009
and defense-industry professionals who must
understand, design, and manage today’s Albuquerque, New Mexico
increasingly complicated and demanding
aerospace missions.
January 18-21, 2010
Each topic is illustrated with one-page Dayton, Ohio
mathematical derivations and numerical
examples that use actual published March 22-25, 2010
inputs from real-world rockets, Cape Canaveral, Florida
satellites, and spacecraft missions.
The lessons help you lay out $1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
performance-optimal missions in concert "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
with your professional colleagues. Off The Course Tuition."
Instructor Course Outline
For more than 30 years, Thomas S. Logsdon, M. S., 1. Concepts from Astrodynamics. Kepler’s Laws.
has worked on the Navstar GPS and other related Newton’s clever generalizations. Evaluating the earth’s
technologies at the Naval Ordinance Laboratory, gravitational parameter. Launch azimuths and ground-
McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin, Boeing trace geometry. Orbital perturbations.
Aerospace, and Rockwell International. His research 2. Satellite Orbits. Isaac Newton’s vis viva
projects and consulting assignments have included the equation. Orbital energy and angular momentum.
Transit Navigation Satellites, The Tartar and Talos Gravity wells. The six classical Keplerian orbital
shipboard missiles, and the Navstar elements. Station-keeping maneuvers.
GPS. In addition, he has helped put 3. Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals. Momentum
astronauts on the moon and guide their calculations. Specific impulse. The rocket equation.
colleagues on rendezvous missions Building efficient liquid and solid rockets. Performance
headed toward the Skylab capsule, and calculations. Multi-stage rocket design.
helped fly capsules to the nearby 4. Enhancing a Rocket’s Performance. Optimal
planets. fuel biasing techniques. The programmed mixture ratio
Some of his more challenging assignments have scheme. Optimal trajectory shaping. Iterative least
included trajectory optimization, constellation design, squares hunting procedures. Trajectory reconstruction.
booster rocket performance enhancement, spacecraft Determining the best estimate of propellant mass.
survivability, differential navigation and booster rocket 5. Expendable Rockets and Reusable Space
guidance using the GPS signals. Shuttles. Operational characteristics, performance
Tom Logsdon has taught short courses and lectured in curves. Single-stage-to-orbit vehicles. Reusable space
31 different countries. He has written and published 40 shuttles: The SST, Russia’s Space Shuttle.
technical papers and journal articles, a dozen of which 6. Powered Flight Maneuvers. The classical
have dealt with military and civilian radionavigation Hohmann transfer maneuver. Multi-impulse and low-
techniques. He is also the author of 29 technical books thrust maneuvers. Plane-change maneuvers. The bi-
on a variety of mathematical, engineering and scientific elliptic transfer. Relative motion plots. Military evasive
subjects. These include Understanding the Navstar, maneuvers. Deorbit techniques. Planetary swingbys
Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications, Mobile and ballistic capture maneuvers.
Communication Satellites, and The Navstar Global 7. Optimal Orbit Selection. Polar and sun-
Positioning System. synchronous orbits. Geostationary orbits and their major
perturbations. ACE-orbit constellations. Lagrangian
libration point orbits. Halo orbits. Interplanetary
What You Will Learn trajectories. Mars-mission opportunities and deep-
• How do we launch a satellite into orbit and maneuver it to a space trajectories.
new location?
8. Constellation Selection Trades. Existing civilian
• How do we design a performance-optimal constellation of
satellites?
and military constellations. Constellation design
techniques. John Walker’s rosette configurations.
• Why do planetary swingby maneuvers provide such Captain Draim’s constellations. Repeating ground-trace
profound gains in performance, and what do we pay for
orbits. Earth coverage simulation routines.
these important performance gains?
• How can we design the best multistage rocket for a 9. Cruising along JPL’s Invisible Rivers of
particular mission? Gravity in Space. Equipotential surfaces. 3-
dimensional manifolds. Developing NASA’s clever
• What are Lagrangian libration-point orbits? Which ones are
dynamically stable? How can we place satellites into halo
Genesis mission. Capturing stardust in space.
orbits circling around these moving points in space? Simulating thick bundles of chaotic trajectories.
Experiencing tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky.
• What are JPL’s gravity tubes? How were they discovered?
How are they revolutionizing the exploration of space?
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GPS Technology
GPS Solutions for Military, Civilian & Aerospace Applications
Eac
will rece h student
November 2-5, 2009
ive a fr Albuquerque, New Mexico
Navigato ee GPS
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January 25-28, 2010
Dayton, Ohio
March 29 - April 1, 2010
Summary Cape Canaveral, Florida
In this popular 4-day short course,
GPS expert Tom Logsdon will describe
$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
in detail how precise radionavigation "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
systems work and review the many Off The Course Tuition."
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 Course Outline
situations, and how to interpret the positioning solutions 1. Radionavigation Principles. Active and passive
it provides. radionavigation systems. Spherical and hyperbolic
Each topic includes practical derivations and real- lines of position. Position and velocity solutions.
world examples using published inputs from the Spaceborne atomic clocks. Websites and other
literature and from the instructors personal and sources of information. Building a $143 billion business
professional experiences. in space.
2. The Three Major Segments of the GPS. Signal
structure and pseudorandom codes. Modulation
"The presenter was very energetic and techniques. Military performance enhancements.
truly passionate about the material" Relativistic time dilations. Inverted navigation solutions.
3. Navigation Solutions and Kalman Filtering
" Tom Logsdon is the best teacher I have Techniques. Taylor series expansions. Numerical
ever had. His knowledge is excellent. He iteration. Doppler shift solutions. Satellite selection
algorithms. Kalman filtering algorithms.
is a 10!" 4. Designing an Effective GPS Receiver.
Annotated block diagrams. Antenna design. Code
"The instructor displayed awesome tracking and carrier tracking loops. Software modules.
knowledge of the GPS and space technol- Commercial chipsets. Military receivers. Shuttle and
ogy…very knowledgeable instructor. space station receivers.
Spoke clearly…Good teaching style. 5. Military Applications. The worldwide common
grid. Military test-range applications.Tactical and
Encouraged questions and discussion." strategic applications. Autonomy and survivability
enhancements. Precision guided munitions. Smart
"Mr. Logsdon did a bang-up job bombs and artillery projectiles.
explaining and deriving the theories of 6. Integrated Navigation Systems. Mechanical
special/general relativity–and how they and Strapdown implementations. Ring lasers and fiber-
optic gyros. Integrated navigation. Military applications.
are associated with the GPS navigation Key features of the C-MIGITS integrated nav system.
solutions." 7. Differential Navigation and Pseudosatellites.
Special committee 104’s data exchange protocols.
"I loved his one-page mathematical der- Global data distribution. Wide-area differential
ivations and the important points they navigation. Pseudosatellite concepts and test results.
illustrate." 8. Carrier-Aided Solutions. The interferometry
concept. Double differencing techniques. Attitude
determination receivers. Navigation of the Topex and
"Instructor was very knowledgeable and NASA’s twin Grace satellites. Dynamic and Kinematic
related to his students very well–and orbit determination. Motorola’s Spaceborne Monarch
with sparkling good humor!" receiver. Relativistic time dilation derivations.
9. The Navstar Satellites. Subsystem descriptions.
On-orbit test results. The Block I, II, IIR, and IIF
"The lecture was truly an expert in his satellites, Block III concepts. Orbital Perturbations and
field and delivered an entertaining and modeling techniques. Stationkeeping maneuvers. Earth
technically well-balanced presentation." shadowing characteristic. Repeating ground-trace
geometry.
"Excellent instructor! Wonderful teach- 10. Russia’s Glonass Constellation. Performance
comparisons between the GPS and Glonass. Orbital
ing skills! This was honestly, the best mechanics considerations. Military survivability.
class I have had since leaving the univer- Spacecraft subsystems. Russia’s SL-12 Proton
sity." booster. Building dual-capability GPS/Glonass
receivers.
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Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging
March 9-11, 2010
Beltsville. Maryland
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Taught by an internationally recognized leader & expert
in spectral remote sensing!
Course Outline
Summary
1. Introduction to multispectral and
This three-day class is designed for engineers, hyperspectral remote sensing.
scientists and other remote sensing professionals
who wish to become familiar with multispectral 2. Sensor types and characterization.
and hyperspectral remote sensing technology. Design tradeoffs. Data formats and systems.
Students in this course will learn the basic physics 3. Optical properties for remote sensing.
of spectroscopy, the types of spectral sensors Solar radiation. Atmospheric transmittance,
currently used by government and industry, and absorption and scattering.
the types of data processing used for various 4. Sensor modeling and evaluation.
applications. Lectures will be enhanced by Spatial, spectral, and radiometric resolution.
computer demonstrations. After taking this 5. Statistics for multivariate data analysis.
course, students should be able to communicate Scatterplots. Impact of sensor performance on
and work productively with other professionals in data characteristics.
this field. Each student will receive a complete set
of notes and the textbook, Remote Sensing: The 6. Spectral data processing. Data
Image Chain Approach. visualization and interpretation.
7. Radiometric calibration. Partial calibration.
Relative normalization.
Instructor 8. Image registration. Resampling and its
Dr. Richard Gomez is a Research Professor at effect on spectral analysis.
George Mason University (GMU) and Principal 9. Data and sensor fusion. Spatial versus
Research Scientist at the Center for Earth spectral algorithms.
Observing and Space Research (CEOSR). At
10. Classification of remote sensing data.
GMU he teaches and is actively involved in the
Supervised and unsupervised classification.
scientific and technology fields of hyperspectral
Parametric and nonparametric classifiers.
imaging and high resolution remote sensing. He
Application examples.
has also served in industry and government
(Texas Instruments and USACE). Dr. Gomez is 11. Hyperspectral data analysis.
internationally recognized as a leader and expert
in the field of spectral remote sensing
(multispectral, hyperspectral and ultraspectral) What You Will Learn
and has published extensively in scientific • The limitations on passive optical remote
journals. He has organized and chaired national sensing.
and international conferences, symposia and • The properties of current sensors.
workshops. He earned his doctoral degree in
• Component modeling for sensor performance.
physics from New Mexico State University. He
also holds an M.S. and a B.S. in physics. Dr. • How to calibrate remote sensors.
Gomez has served as Director for the ASPRS for • The types of data processing used for
Potomac Region and currently serves as Defense applications such as spectral angle mapping,
Aerospace Chair for the IEEE-USA Committee multisensor fusion, and pixel mixture analysis.
on Transportation and Aerospace Technology • How to evaluate the performance of different
Policy. hyperspectral systems.
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IP Networking Over Satellite
For Government, Military & Commercial Enterprises
Summary November 3-5, 2009
This three-day course is designed for satellite Beltsville, Maryland
engineers and managers in government and industry
who need to increase their understanding of the $1590 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
Internet and how Internet Protocols (IP) can be used to
transmit data and voice over satellites. IP has become "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
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. Course Outline
Satellite links must be integrated with terrestrial 1. Introduction.
networks. Space segment is expensive; there are
routing and security issues. This course explains the 2. Fundamentals of Data Networking. Packet
switching, circuit switching, Seven Layer Model (ISO).
techniques and architectures used to mitigate these
Wide Area Networks including, Frame Relay, ATM,
challenges. Quantitative techniques for understanding Aloha, DVB. Local Area Networks, Ethernet. Physical
throughput and response time are presented. System communications layer.
diagrams describe the satellite/terrestrial interface. The
course notes provide an up-to-date reference. An 3. The Internet and its Protocols. The Internet
Protocol (IP). Addressing, Routing, Multicasting.
extensive bibliography is supplied.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Impact of bit
errors and propagation delay on TCP-based
Instructor applications. User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
Burt H. Liebowitz is Principal Network Engineer at the Introduction to higher level services. NAT and
tunneling. Impact of IP Version 6.
MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, specializing in
the analysis of wireless services. He has more than 30 4. Quality of Service Issues in the Internet. QoS
years experience in computer networking, the last six of factors for streams and files. Performance of voice and
which have focused on Internet-over-satellite services. video over IP. Response time for web object retrievals
He was President of NetSat Express using HTTP. Methods for improving QoS: ATM, MPLS,
Differentiated services, RSVP. Priority processing and
Inc., a leading provider of such services.
packet discard in routers. Caching and performance
Before that he was Chief Technical enhancement. Network Management and Security
Officer for Loral Orion (now Cyberstar), issues including the impact of encryption in a satellite
responsible for Internet-over-satellite network.
access products. Mr. Liebowitz has
5. Satellite Data Networking Architectures.
authored two books on distributed
Geosynchronous satellites. The link budget, modulation
processing and numerous articles on computing and and coding techniques, bandwidth efficiency. Ground
communications systems. He has lectured extensively station architectures for data networking: Point to Point,
on computer networking. He holds three patents for a Point to Multipoint. Shared outbound carriers
satellite-based data networking system. Mr. Liebowitz incorporating Frame Relay, DVB. Return channels for
has B.E.E. and M.S. in Mathematics degrees from shared outbound systems: TDMA, CDMA, Aloha,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. from DVB/RCS. Meshed networks for Intranets. Suppliers of
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. DAMA systems.
After taking this course you will understand how 6. System Design and Economic Issues. Cost
the Internet works and how to implement satellite- factors for Backbone Internet and Direct to the home
based networks that provide Internet access, Internet services. Mission critical Intranet issues
multicast content delivery services, and mission- including asymmetric routing, reliable multicast, impact
critical Intranet services to users around the world. of user mobility. A content delivery case history.
7. A TDMA/DAMA Design Example. Integrating
What You Will Learn voice and data requirements in a mission-critical
• How packet switching works and how it enables voice and Intranet. Cost and bandwidth efficiency comparison of
data networking. SCPC, standards-based TDMA/DAMA and proprietary
• The rules and protocols for packet switching in the Internet. TDMA/DAMA approaches. Tradeoffs associated with
VOIP approach and use of encryption.
• How to use satellites as essential elements in mission
critical data networks. 8. Predicting Performance in Mission Critical
• How to understand and overcome the impact of propagation Networks. Queuing theory helps predict response
delay and bit errors on throughput and response time in time. Single server and priority queues. A design case
satellite-based IP networks. history, using queuing theory to determine how much
• How to link satellite and terrestrial circuits to create hybrid
bandwidth is needed to meet response time goals in a
IP networks. voice and data network. Use of simulation to predict
performance.
• How to select the appropriate system architectures for
Internet access, enterprise and content delivery networks. 9. A View of the Future. Impact of Ka-band and
• How to design satellite-based networks to meet user spot beam satellites. Benefits and issues associated
throughput and response time requirements. with Onboard Processing. LEO, MEO, GEOs.
Descriptions of current and proposed commercial and
• The impact on cost and performance of new technology,
such as LEOs, Ka band, on-board processing, inter-satellite
military satellite systems. Low-cost ground station
links. technology.
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Remote Sensing Information Extraction
March 16-18, 2010
Chantilly, Virginia
$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each Course Outline
Off The Course Tuition."
1. Remote Sensing Introduction. Definitions,
resolutions, active-passive.
2. Platforms. Airborne, spaceborne, advantages
and limitations.
3. Energy Flow Profile. Energy sources,
atmospheric interactions, reflectance curves,
emittance.
4. Aerial Photography. Photogrammetric
fundamentals of photo acquisition.
5. Film Types. Panchormatic, normal color, color
Summary infrared, panchromatic infrared.
This 3-day workshop will review remote sensing 6. Scale Determination. Point versus average
concepts and vocabulary including resolution, sensing scale. Methods of determination of scale.
platforms, electromagnetic spectrum and energy flow
profile. The workshop will provide an overview of the 7. Area and Height Measurements. Tools and
current and near-term status of operational platforms procedures including relative accuracies.
and sensor systems. The focus will be on methods to 8. Feature Extraction. Tone, texture, shadow,
extract information from these data sources. The size, shape, association.
spaceborne systems include the following; 1) high 9. Land Use and Land Cover. Examples,
spatial resolution (< 5m) systems, 2) medium spatial classification systems definitions, minimum
resolution (5-100m) multispectral, 3) low spatial mapping units, cartographic generalization.
resolution (>100m) multispectral, 4) radar, and 5)
hyperspectral. 10. Source materials. Image processing
The two directional relationships between remote software, organizations, literature, reference
sensing and GIS will be examined. Procedures for materials.
geometric registration and issues of cartographic 11. Spaceborne Remote Sensing. Basic
generalization for creating GIS layers from remote terminology and orbit characteristics. Distinction
sensing information will also be discussed. between research/experimental, national technical
assets, and operational systems.
Instructor 12. Multispectral Systems. Cameras, scanners
Dr. Barry Haack is a Professor of Geographic and
linear arrays, spectral matching.
Cartographic Sciences at George Mason University. 13. Moderate Resolution MSS. Landsat, SPOT,
He was a Research Engineer at ERIM and has held IRS, JERS.
fellowships with NASA Goddard, the US Air Force and 14. Coarse Resolution MSS. Meteorological
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His primary professional Systems, AVHRR, Vegetation Mapper.
interest is basic and applied science using remote
sensing and he has over 100 professional publications 15. High Spatial Resolution. IKONOS,
and has been a recipient of a Leica-ERDAS award for EarthView, Orbview.
a research manuscript in Photogrammetric Engineering 16. Radar. Basic concepts, RADARSAT, ALMAZ,
and Remote Sensing. He has served as a consultant to SIR.
the UN, FAO, World Bank, and various governmental 17. Hyperspectral. AVIRIS, MODIS, Hyperion.
agencies in Africa, Asia and South America. He has
provided workshops to USDA, US intelligence 18. GIS-Remote Sensing Integration. Two
agencies, US Census, and ASPRS. Recently he was a directional relationships between remote sensing
Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dar es and GIS. Data structures.
Salaam in Tanzania and has current projects in Nepal 19. Geometric Rectification. Procedures to
with support from the National Geographic Society. rectify remote sensing imagery.
20. Digital Image Processing. Preprocessing,
image enhancements, automated digital
What You Will Learn classification.
• Operational parameters of current sensors. 21. Accuracy Assessments. Contingency
• Visual and digital information extraction procedures. matrix, Kappa coefficient, sample size and
• Photogrammetric rectification procedures. selection.
• Integration of GIS and remote sensing. 22. Multiscale techniques. Ratio estimators,
• Accuracy assessments. double and nested sampling, area frame
• Availability and costs of remote sensing data. procedures.
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Satellite Communication Systems Engineering
A comprehensive, quantitative tutorial designed for satellite professionals
Course Outline
December 8-10, 2009 1. Mission Analysis. Kepler’s laws. Circular and
elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period of
Beltsville, Maryland revolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Ground
trace.
March 16-18, 2010 2. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Azimuth and elevation.
Slant range. Coverage area.
Boulder, Colorado 3. Signals and Spectra. Properties of a sinusoidal
wave. Synthesis and analysis of an arbitrary waveform.
$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm) Fourier Principle. Harmonics. Fourier series and Fourier
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each transform. Frequency spectrum.
Off The Course Tuition." 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).
Instructor 6. Digital Modulation. Analog to digital conversion.
BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK FSK, QAM. Coherent detection and
Dr. Robert A. Nelson is president of Satellite carrier recovery. NRZ and RZ pulse shapes. Power spectral
Engineering Research Corporation, a density. ISI. Nyquist pulse shaping. Raised cosine filtering.
consulting firm in Bethesda, Maryland, 7. Bit Error Rate. Performance objectives. Eb/No.
with clients in both commercial industry Relationship between BER and Eb/No. Constellation
and government. Dr. Nelson holds the diagrams. Why do BPSK and QPSK require the same
degree of Ph.D. in physics from the power?
University of Maryland and is a licensed 8. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain.
Professional Engineer. He is coauthor of Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and Reed-
the textbook Satellite Communication Solomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi and
Systems Engineering, 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall, 1993). He sequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions.
is a member of IEEE, AIAA, APS, AAPT, AAS, IAU, and Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding.
ION. 9. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupied
bandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship between
bandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth on
Additional Materials methods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff between
In addition to the course notes, each participant will bandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidth
efficient modulation.
receive a book of collected tutorial articles written by
the instructor and soft copies of the link budgets 10. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Frequency bands
used for satellite communication. ITU regulations. Fixed
discussed in the course. Satellite Service. Direct Broadcast Service. Digital Audio
Radio Service. Mobile Satellite Service.
11. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components.
Testimonials Network Operations Center. Data displays.
“Great handouts. Great presentation. 12. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half power
Great real-life course note examples beamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes.
and cd. The instructor made good use 13. System Temperature. Antenna temperature. LNA.
Noise figure. Total system noise temperature.
of student’s experiences." 14. Satellite Transponders. Satellite communications
payload architecture. Frequency plan. Transponder gain.
“Very well prepared and presented. TWTA and SSPA. Amplifier characteristics. Nonlinearity.
Intermodulation products. SFD. Backoff.
The instructor has an excellent grasp
15. The RF Link. Decibel (dB) notation. Equivalent
of material and articulates it well” isotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Free
space loss. WhyPower flux density. Carrier to noise ratio.
“Outstanding at explaining and The RF link equation.
defining quantifiably the theory 16. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations.
Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Link budgets
underlying the concepts.” for single carrier and multiple carrier operation. Detailed
worked examples.
“Fantastic! It couldn’t have been more 17. Performance Measurements. Satellite modem.
relevant to my work.” 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.
“Very well organized. Excellent 18. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency division
reference equations and theory. Good multiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access
(TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spread
examples.” spectrum. Capacity estimates.
19. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization.
“Good broad general coverage of a Misalignment angle.
complex subject.” 20. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. Crane rain model.
Effect on G/T.
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Satellite Communication
An Essential Introduction
October 20-22, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
Testimonial: December 15-17, 2009
…I truly enjoyed Beltsville, Maryland
your course and
hearing of your January 18-21, 2010
adventures in the Laurel, Maryland
Satellite business.
You have a definite March 9-11, 2010
gift in teaching style
and explanations.”
Albuquerque, New Mexico
$1590 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Summary "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
This introductory course has recently been expanded to Off The Course Tuition."
three days by popular demand. It has been taught to
thousands of industry professionals for more than two Course Outline
decades, to rave reviews. The course is intended primarily for
1. Satellites and Telecommunication. Introduction
non-technical people who must understand the entire field of
and historical background. Legal and regulatory
commercial satellite communications, and who must
environment of satellite telecommunications: industry
understand and communicate with engineers and other
issues; standards and protocols; regulatory bodies;
technical personnel. The secondary audience is technical
satellite services and applications; steps to licensing a
personnel moving into the industry who need a quick and
system. Telecommunications users, applications, and
thorough overview of what is going on in the industry, and who
markets: fixed services, broadcast services, mobile
need an example of how to communicate with less technical
services, navigation services.
individuals. The course is a primer to the concepts, jargon,
buzzwords, and acronyms of the industry, plus an overview of 2. Communications Fundamentals. Basic definitions
commercial satellite communications hardware, operations, and measurements: decibels. The spectrum and its uses:
and business environment. properties of waves; frequency bands; bandwidth. Analog
and digital signals. Carrying information on waves: coding,
Concepts are explained at a basic level, minimizing the use
modulation, multiplexing, networks and protocols. Signal
of math, and providing real-world examples. Several
quality, quantity, and noise: measures of signal quality;
calculations of important concepts such as link budgets are
noise; limits to capacity; advantages of digital.
presented for illustrative purposes, but the details need not be
understood in depth to gain an understanding of the concepts 3. The Space Segment. The space environment:
illustrated. The first section provides non-technical people with gravity, radiation, solid material. Orbits: types of orbits;
the technical background necessary to understand the space geostationary orbits; non-geostationary orbits. Orbital
and earth segments of the industry, culminating with the slots, frequencies, footprints, and coverage: slots; satellite
importance of the link budget. The concluding section of the spacing; eclipses; sun interference. Out to launch:
course provides an overview of the business issues, including launcher’s job; launch vehicles; the launch campaign;
major operators, regulation and legal issues, and issues and launch bases. Satellite systems and construction: structure
trends affecting the industry. Attendees receive a copy of the and busses; antennas; power; thermal control;
instructor's new textbook, Satellite Communications for the stationkeeping and orientation; telemetry and command.
Non-Specialist, and will have time to discuss issues pertinent Satellite operations: housekeeping and communications.
to their interests. 4. The Ground Segment. Earth stations: types,
hardware, and pointing. Antenna properties: gain;
directionality; limits on sidelobe gain. Space loss,
Instructor electronics, EIRP, and G/T: LNA-B-C’s; signal flow through
Dr. Mark R. Chartrand is a consultant and lecturer in satellite an earth station.
telecommunications and the space sciences. 5. The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects on
For a more than twenty-five years he has signals: rain; rain climate models; rain fade margins. Link
presented professional seminars on satellite budgets: C/N and Eb/No. Multiple access: SDMA, FDMA,
technology and on telecommunications to TDMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-board
satisfied individuals and businesses multiplexing.
throughout the United States, Canada, Latin 6. Satellite Communications Systems. Satellite
America, Europe and Asia. communications providers: satellite competitiveness;
Dr. Chartrand has served as a technical competitors; basic economics; satellite systems and
and/or business consultant to NASA, Arianespace, GTE operators; using satellite systems. Issues, trends, and the
Spacenet, Intelsat, Antares Satellite Corp., Moffett-Larson- future.
Johnson, Arianespace, Delmarva Power, Hewlett-Packard,
and the International Communications Satellite Society of
Japan, among others. He has appeared as an invited expert What You Will Learn
witness before Congressional subcommittees and was an • How do commercial satellites fit into the telecommunications
invited witness before the National Commission on Space. He industry?
was the founding editor and the Editor-in-Chief of the annual • How are satellites planned, built, launched, and operated?
The World Satellite Systems Guide, and later the publication • How do earth stations function?
Strategic Directions in Satellite Communication. He is author
of six books and hundreds of articles in the space sciences. • What is a link budget and why is it important?
He has been chairman of several international satellite • What legal and regulatory restrictions affect the industry?
conferences, and a speaker at many others. • What are the issues and trends driving the industry?
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Satellite Design & Technology
Cost-Effective Design for Today's Missions
Course Outline
1. Space Systems Engineering. Elements of space
November 3-6, 2009 systems engineering. Setting the objective. Establishing
requirements. System "drivers." Mission analysis and
Beltsville, Maryland design. Budgeted items. Margins. Project phases. Design
reviews.
April 20-23, 2010 2. Designing for the Space Environment. Vacuum
Laurel, Maryland and drag. Microgravity. Temperature and thermal
gradients. Magnetic field. Ultraviolet. Solar pressure.
$1650 3.5 Days (8:30am - 4:30pm) Ionizing radiation. Spacecraft charging. Space debris. Pre-
launch and launch environments.
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition." 3. Orbits and Astrodynamics. Review of spacecraft
orbital mechanics. Coordinate systems. Orbital elements.
Selecting an orbit. Orbital transfer. Specialized orbits. Orbit
Summary perturbations. Interplanetary missions.
Renewed emphasis on cost effective missions requires 4. On-Orbit Propulsion and Launch Systems.
up-to-date knowledge of satellite technology and an in- Mathematical formulation of rocket equations. Spacecraft
depth understanding of the systems engineering issues. onboard propulsion systems. Station keeping and attitude
Together, these give satellite engineers and managers control. Satellite launch options.
options in selecting lower cost approaches to building 5. Attitude Determination and Control. Spacecraft
reliable spacecraft. This 3-1/2 day course covers all the attitude dynamics. Attitude torque modeling. Attitude
important technologies needed to develop lower cost sensors and actuators. Passive and active attitude control.
space systems. In addition to covering the traditional flight Attitude estimators and controllers. New applications,
hardware disciplines, attention is given to integration and methods, HW.
testing, software, and R&QA.
6. Spacecraft Power Systems. Power source options.
The emphasis is on the enabling technology Energy storage, control, and distribution. Power
developments, including new space launch options that converters. Designing the small satellite power system.
permit doing more with less in space today. Case studies
7. Spacecraft Thermal Control. Heat transfer
and examples drawn from modern satellite missions
fundamentals for spacecraft.Modern thermal materials.
pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs in modern design and
Active vs. passive thermal control. The thermal design
illustrate lessons learned from past successes and
procedure.
failures. Technical specialists will also find the broad
perspective and system engineering viewpoint useful in 8. Spacecraft Configuration and Structure.
communicating with other specialists to analyze design Structural design requirements and interfaces.
options and tradeoffs. The course notes provide an Requirements for launch, staging, spin stabilization.
authoritative reference that focuses on proven techniques Design, analysis, and test. Modern structural materials and
and guidelines for understanding, designing, and design concepts. Margins of safety. Structural dynamics
managing modern satellite systems. and testing.
9. Spacecraft RF Communications. RF signal
Instructors transmission. Antennas. One-way range equation.
Properties and peculiarities of the space channel.
Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience including 19 Modulating the RF. Dealing with noise. Link margin. Error
years as Chief Engineer of the Johns Hopkins correction. RF link design.
Applied Physics Laboratory Space
Department, which has designed and built 64 10. Spacecraft Command and Telemetry. Command
spacecraft. He joined APL in 1964, designing receivers, decoders, and processors. Command
high reliability spacecraft command, messages. Synchronization, error detection and
communications, and navigation systems and correction. Encryption and authentication. Telemetry
holds several patents in this field. He has led systems. Sensors, signal conditioning, and A/D
many of APL's system and spacecraft conversion. Frame formatting. Packetization. Data
conceptual designs. Fellow of the British Interplanetary compression.
Society, Associate Fellow of the AIAA, and coauthor of 11. Spacecraft On-board Computing. Central
Fundamentals of Space Systems.
processing units for space. Memory types. Mass storage.
Dr. Jerry Krassner has been involved in aerospace R&D for Processor input/output. Spacecraft buses. Fault tolerance
over 30 years. Over this time, he has participated in or led a and redundancy. Radiation hardness, upset, and latchup.
variety of activities with primary technical Hardware/software tradeoffs. Software development and
focus on sensor systems R&D, and business
engineering.
focus on new concept development and
marketing. He has authored over 60 research 12. Reliability and Quality Assurance. Hi-rel
papers, served on advisory panels for DARPA principles: lessons learned. Designing for reliability. Using
and the Navy, and was a member of the US redundancy effectively. Margins and derating. Parts quality
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (for which and process control. Configuration management. Quality
he was awarded the USAF Civilian Exemplary Service Award). assurance, inspection, and test. ISO 9000.
Jerry was a founding member, and past Chairman, of the 13. Integration and Test. Planning for I&T. Ground
MASINT Association. Currently, he is a consultant to a support systems. I&T facilities. Verification matrix. Test
National Security organization, and acting chief scientist for an
plans and other important documents. Testing
office in OSD, responsible for identification and assessment of
new enabling technologies. Jerry has a PhD in Physics and
subsystems. Spacecraft level testing. Launch site
Astronomy from the University of Rochester. operations. Which tests are worthwhile, which aren’t?
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Satellite Laser Communications
February 9-11, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
NEW!
Summary
Course Outline
This course will provide an introduction and overview
of laser communication principles and technologies for 1. Introduction. Brief historical background, RF/Optical
comparison; basic Block diagrams; and applications
unguided, free-space beam propagation. Special overview.
emphasis is placed on highlighting the differences, as
2. Link Equation. Parameters influencing the link;
well as similarities to RF communications and other
frequency dependence of noise; link performance
laser systems, and design issues and options relevant comparison to RF; and beam profiles.
to future laser communication terminals.
3. Direct Detection. Poisson photon counting; channel
capacity; modulation schemes; detection statistics; and
Instructor SNR / Bit error probability.
Dr. Hamid Hemmati is the Supervisor of the Optical 4. Coherent Detection. Advantages / complexities;
Communications Group at the Jet Propulsion optical mixing; SNR, heterodyne and homodyne; laser
Laboratory (JPL). This group develops laser linewidth requirements; comparison of RF / optical receiver;
- communications technologies and systems Fundamental detection performance; and background
for deep satellite and deep-space radiation / filtering.
telecommunications. Dr. Hemmati received 5. Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing. Requirements;
his M.S. in Physics from University of acquisition scenarios; acquisition; point-ahead angles,
Southern California, and his Ph.D. in Physics pointing error budget; host platform vibration environment;
inertial stabilization: trackers; passive/active isolation;
Colorado Univ. in 1981. Prior to joining JPL in 1986, he
gimbaled transceiver; and fast steering mirrors.
worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and at NIST
(Boulder, CO) as a researcher. Dr. Hemmati holds seven 6. Error Correction Encoding. PPM; OOK and binary
codes; and forward error correction.
patents and has received 30 NASA certificates of
appreciation. He has taught optical communications courses, 7. Eye Safety. Regulations; classifications; wavelength
dependence, and CDRH notices.
and was a lecturer at George Washington University. He is
the author of two books on optical communications: Deep 8. Atmospheric Effects. Attenuation, beam wander;
Space Optical Communications, and Near-Earth Laser turbulence/scintillation; signal fades; beam spread; turbid;
and mitigation techniques.
Communications.
9. Optics. Transmit telescope; receive telescope;
shared transmit/receive telescope; thermo-Optical-
Who should attend Mechanical stability.
Engineers, scientists, managers, or professionals 10. Laser Transmitter. Laser sources; semiconductor
who desire greater technical depth, or RF lasers; fiber amplifiers; amplitude modulation; phase
communication engineers who need to assess this modulation; noise figure; nonlinear effects; coherent
competing technology. transmitters; and deep-space transmitters.
11. Optical Receiver. Photo-detectors; noise figure;
amplification; background radiation/ filtering; and mitigation
What You Will Learn techniques.
• How is a laser-communication system superior to 12. Crosslinks and Networking. LEO-GEO & GEO-
conventional technology? GEO; orbital clusters; and future/advanced.
• How link performance is analyzed. 13. Flight Qualification. Radiation environment;
• What are the options for acquisition, tracking and environmental testing; and test procedure.
beam pointing? 14. Mass, Power, Volume and Cost Estimation.
• What are the options for laser transmitters, receivers Methodology, models; and examples
and optical systems. 15. Overview of Lasercom Programs. Past
Demonstrations; upcoming projects; and terrestrial
• What are the atmospheric effects on the beam and commercial hardware.
how to counter them.
• What are the typical characteristics of laser- This course will provide you the knowledge and ability to
communication system hardware? perform basic satellite laser communication analysis,
• How to calculate mass, power and cost of flight identify tradeoffs, interact meaningfully with colleagues,
evaluate systems, and understand the literature.
systems.
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Satellite RF Communications and Onboard Processing
Effective Design for Today’s Spacecraft Systems
December 1-3, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
April 13-15, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary
Successful systems engineering requires a broad
Course Outline
understanding of the important principles of modern 1. RF Signal Transmission. Propagation of radio
satellite communications and onboard data processing. waves, antenna properties and types, one-way radar
This course covers both theory and practice, with range equation. Peculiarities of the space channel.
emphasis on the important system engineering principles, Special communications orbits. Modulation of RF
tradeoffs, and rules of thumb. The latest technologies are carriers.
covered, including those needed for constellations of 2. Noise and Link Budgets. Sources of noise,
satellites. effects of noise on communications, system noise
This course is recommended for engineers and temperature. Signal-to-noise ratio, bit error rate, link
scientists interested in acquiring an understanding of margin. Communications link design example.
satellite communications, command and telemetry, 3. Special Topics. Optical communications, error
onboard computing, and tracking. Each participant will correcting codes, encryption and authentication. Low-
receive a complete set of notes. probability-of-intercept communications. Spread-
spectrum and anti-jam techniques.
Instructors 4. Command Systems. Command receivers,
decoders, and processors. Synchronization words,
Eric J. Hoffman has degrees in electrical engineering and
over 40 years of spacecraft experience. He
error detection and correction. Command types,
has designed spaceborne communications
command validation and authentication, delayed
and navigation equipment and performed commands. Uploading software.
systems engineering on many APL satellites 5. Telemetry Systems. Sensors and signal
and communications systems. He has conditioning, signal selection and data sampling,
authored over 60 papers and holds 8 patents analog-to-digital conversion. Frame formatting,
in these fields and served as APL’s Space commutation, data storage, data compression.
Dept Chief Engineer. Packetizing. Implementing spacecraft autonomy.
Robert C. Moore worked in the Electronic Systems Group of 6. Data Processor Systems. Central processing
the APL Space Department for 42 years units, memory types, mass storage, input/output
(1965-2007). He designed embedded techniques. Fault tolerance and redundancy, radiation
microprocessor systems for space
hardness, single event upsets, CMOS latch-up.
applications (SEASAT-A, Galileo, TOPEX,
NEAR, FUSE, MESSENGER) and
Memory error detection and correction. Reliability and
autonomous fault protection for the cross-strapping. Very large scale integration.
MESSENGER mission to Mercury and the Choosing between RISC and CISC.
New Horizons mission to Pluto. Mr. Moore holds four U.S. 7. Reliable Software Design. Specifying the
patents. He teaches the command-telemetry-processing requirements. Levels of criticality. Design reviews and
segment of "Space Systems" at the Johns Hopkins University code walkthroughs. Fault protection and autonomy.
Whiting School of Engineering. Testing and IV&V. When is testing finished?
This course will give you a thorough understanding of the Configuration management, documentation. Rules of
important principles and modern technologies behind thumb for schedule and manpower.
today’s satellite communications and onboard computing 8. Spacecraft Tracking. Orbital elements.
systems. Tracking by ranging, laser tracking. Tracking by range
rate, tracking by line-of-site observation. Autonomous
What You Will Learn satellite navigation.
• The important systems engineering principles and latest 9. Typical Ground Network Operations. Central
technologies for spacecraft communications and onboard
computing.
and remote tracking sites, equipment complements,
command data flow, telemetry data flow. NASA Deep
• The design drivers for today’s command, telemetry,
communications, and processor systems.
Space Network, NASA Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite System (TDRSS), and commercial
• How to design an RF link.
operations.
• How to deal with noise, radiation, bit errors, and spoofing.
• Keys to developing hi-rel, realtime, embedded software.
10. Constellations of Satellites. Optical and RF
crosslinks. Command and control issues. Timing and
• How spacecraft are tracked.
tracking. Iridium and other system examples.
• Working with government and commercial ground stations.
• Command and control for satellite constellations.
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Solid Rocket Motor Design and Applications
For onsite presentations, course can be tailored
to specific SRM applications and technologies. April 20-22, 2010
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Summary $1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
This three-day course provides an overall look - with
increasing levels of details-at solid rocket motors (SRMs) "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
including a general understanding of solid propellant motor Off The Course Tuition."
and component technologies, design drivers; motor
internal ballistic parameters and combustion phenomena; Course Outline
sensitivity of system performance requirements on SRM
design, reliability, and cost; insight into the physical 1. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs). SRM
limitations; comparisons to liquid and hybrid propulsion terminology and nomenclature, survey of types and
systems; a detailed review of component design and applications of SRMs, and SRM component description and
analysis; critical manufacturing process parameters; characteristics.
transportation and handling, and integration of motors into 2. SRM Design and Applications. Fundamental
launch vehicles and missiles. General approaches used in principles of SRMs, key performance and configuration
the development of new motors. Also discussed is the parameters such as total impulse, specific impulse, thrust vs.
importance of employing formal systems engineering motor operating time, size constraints; basic performance
practices, for the definition of requirements, design and equations, internal ballistic principles, preliminary approach
cost trade studies, development of technologies and for designing SRMs; propellant combustion characteristics
associated analyses and codes used to balance customer (instability, burning rate), limitations of SRMs based on the
and manufacturer requirements, laws of physics, and comparison of solid to liquid propellant
All types of SRMs are included, with emphasis on and hybrid rocket motors.
current and recently developed motors for commercial and 3. Definition of SRM Requirements. Impact of
DoD/NASA launch vehicles such as Lockheed Martin's customer/system imposed requirements on design,
Athena series, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus and Taurus reliability, and cost; SRM manufacturer imposed
series, the strap-on motors for the Delta series (III and IV), requirements and constraints based on computer
Titan V, and the propulsion systems for Ares / Constellation optimization codes and general engineering practices and
vehicle. The course summarizes the use of surplus military management philosophy.
motors (including Minuteman, Peacekeeper, etc.) for DoD
4. SRM Design Drivers and Technology Trade-Offs.
target and sensor development and university research
Identification and sensitivity of design requirements that
programs.
affect motor design, reliability, and cost. Understanding of ,
interrelationship of performance parameters, component
Instructor design trades versus cost and maturity of technology;
Richard Lee has more than 43 years of experience in the exchange ratios and Rules of Thumb used in back-of-the
space and missile industry. He was a Senior Program envelope preliminary design evaluations.
Manager at Thiokol where he directed and managed the 5. Key SRM Component Design Characteristics and
development and qualification of many DoD SRM Materials. Detailed description and comparison of
subsystems and components for Peacekeeper, Small performance parameters and properties of solid propellants
ICBM and Castor 120 SRM programs. Mr. Lee has including composite (i.e., HTPB, PBAN, and CTPB), nitro-
extensive experience in defining and synthesizing plasticized composites, and double based or cross-linked
customer requirements, developing and coordinating SRM propellants and why they are used for different motor and/or
performance and interface requirements at all levels in the vehicle objectives and applications; motor cases, nozzles,
space and missile industry, including government thrust vector control & actuation systems; motor igniters, and
agencies, prime contractors and suppliers. He has been other initiation and flight termination electrical and ordnance
active in coordinating functional and physical interfaces systems..
with commercial spaceports in Florida, California, and 6. SRM Manufacturing/Processing Parameters.
Alaska. He is active in developing safety criteria and Description of critical manufacturing operations for
government/industry standards with participation of propellant mixing, propellant loading into the SRM,
representatives from academia, private industry and propellant inspection and acceptance testing, and propellant
government agencies including the United States Air Force facilities and tooling, and SRM components fabrication.
(SMC, 45th Space Wing); FAA/AST; Army Space and
Strategic Defense Command, and NASA centers at 7. SRM Transportation and Handling Considerations.
Kennedy, Johnson, Marshall, and Jet Propulsion General understanding of requirements and solutions for
Laboratory. He has also consulted with domestic and transporting, handling, and processing different motor sizes
foreign launch vehicle contractors in the development, and DOT propellant explosive classifications and licensing
material selection, and testing of SRM propulsion systems. and regulations.
Mr. Lee has a MS in Engineering Administration and a BS 8. Launch Vehicle Interfaces, Processing and
in EE from the University of Utah.5 Integration. Key mechanical, functional, and electrical
interfaces between the SRM and launch vehicle and launch
facility. Comparison of interfaces for both strap-on and
What You Will Learn straight stack applications.
• Solid rocket motor principles and key requirements. 9. SRM Development Requirements and Processes.
• Motor design drivers and sensitivity on the design, Approaches and timelines for developing new SRMs.
Description of a demonstration and qualification program for
reliability, and cost.
both commercial and government programs. Impact of
• Detailed propellant and component design features decisions regarding design philosophy (state-of-the-art
and characteristics. versus advanced technology) and design safety factors.
• Propellant and component manufacturing processes. Motor sizing methodology and studies (using computer
aided design models). Customer oversight and quality
• SRM/Vehicle interfaces, transportation, and handling program. Motor cost reduction approaches through design,
considerations. manufacturing, and acceptance. Castor 120 motor
• Development approach for qualifying new SRMs. development example.
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Space-Based Laser Systems
March 24-25, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
Summary
This two-day short course reviews the underlying
$1040 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
technology areas used to construct and operate space- "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
based laser altimeters and laser radar systems. The Off The Course Tuition."
course presents background information to allow an
appreciation for designing and evaluating space-based
laser radars.
Fundamental descriptions are given for direct-
detection and coherent-detection laser radar systems,
and, details associated with space applications are
presented. System requirements are developed and
methodology of system component selection is given.
Performance evaluation criteria are developed based
on system requirements. Design considerations for
space-based laser radars are discussed and case
studies describing previous and current space
instrumentation are presented. In particular, the
development, test, and operation of the NEAR Laser
Radar is discussed in detailed to illustrate design
Course Outline
decisions. 1. Introduction to Laser Radar Systems.
Emerging technologies pushing next-generation Definitions Remote sensing and altimetry,
laser altimeters are discussed, the use of lasers in BMD Space object identification and tracking.
and TMD architectures are summarized, and additional
topics addressing laser radar target identification and 2. Review of Basic Theory. How Laser
tracking aspects are provided. Fundamentals Radar Systems Function.
associated with lasers and optics are not covered in 3. Direct-detection systems. Coherent-
this course, a generalized level of understanding is detection systems, Altimetry application, Radar
assumed. (tracking) application, Target identification
application.
Instructor 4. Laser Radar Design Approach.
Timothy D. Cole is a leading authority with 33 years Constraints, Spacecraft resources, Cost
of experience exclusively working in electro-optical
systems as a systems and design engineer. Mr. Cole is
drivers, Proven technologies, Matching
the Chief Scientist within the Special Operations instrument with application.
Department of Northrop Grumman (TASC). He has 5. System Performance Evaluation.
presented several technical papers addressing space- Development of laser radar performance
based laser altimetry all over the US and Europe. His equations, Review of secondary
industry experience has been focused on the systems
engineering and analysis associated development of
considerations, Speckle, Glint, Trade-off
optical detectors, exoatmospheric sensor design and studies, Aperture vs. power, Coherent vs.
calibration, and the design, fabrication and operation of incoherent detection, Spacecraft pointing vs.
the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Laser beam steering optics.
Radar. He has recently designed and fabricated remote 6. Laser Radar Functional
sensors based upon micro-laser radars and coherent
lasers for the military and various Intel organizations. Implementation. Component descriptions,
System implementations.
Who should attend: 7. Case Studies. Altimeters, Apollo 17,
Engineers, scientists, and technical managers Clementine, Detailed study of the NEAR laser
interested in obtaining a fundamental knowledge of the altimeter design & implementation, selection of
technologies and system engineering aspects system components for high-rel requirements,
underlying laser radar systems. The course presents testing of space-based laser systems, nuances
mathematical equations (e.g., link budget) and design associated with operating space-based lasers,
rules (e.g., bi-static, mono-static, coherent, direct Mars Global Surveyor, Radars, LOWKATR
detection configurations), survey and discussion of key
technologies employed (laser transmitters, receiver
(BMD midcourse sensing), FIREPOND (BMD
optics and transducer, post-detection signal target ID), TMD/BMD Laser Systems, COIL: A
processing), performance measurement and examples, TMD Airborne Laser System (TMD target lethal
and an overview of special topics (e.g., space interception).
qualification and operation, scintillation effects, signal 8. Emerging Developments and Future
processing implementations) to allow appreciation
towards the design and operation of laser radars in
Trends. PN coding, Laser vibrometry, Signal
space. processing hardware Implementation issues.
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Space-Based Radar NEW!
Summary
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is the most versatile March 8-12, 2010
remote sensor. It is an all-weather sensor that can
penetrate cloud cover and operate day or night from Beltsville, Maryland
space-based or airborne systems. This 4.5-day course
provides a survey of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) $1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
applications and how they influence and are constrained Last Day 8:30am - 12:30pm
by instrument, platform (satellite) and image signal 3 top experts in 1 week!
processing and extraction technologies/design. The
course will introduce advanced systems design and "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
associated signal processing concepts and Off The Course Tuition."
implementation details. The course covers the
fundamental concepts and principles for SAR, the key Course Outline
design parameters and system features, space-based
systems used for collecting SAR data, signal processing 1. Radar Basics. Nature of EM waves, Vector
techniques, and many applications of SAR data. representation of waves, Scattering and Propagation.
2. Tools and Conventions. Radar sensitivity and
accuracy performance.
Instructors 3. Subsystems and Critical Radar Components.
Bob Hill received his BS degree in 1957 (Iowa State Transmitter, Antenna, Receiver and Signal Processor,
University) and the MS in 1967 (University of Maryland), Control and Interface Apparatus, Comparison to
both in electrical engineering. He managed the Commsats.
development of the phased array radar of the Navy’s 4. Fundamentals of Aperture Synthesis.
AEGIS system from the early 1960s through its Motivation for SAR, SAR image formation.
introduction to the fleet in 1975. Later in his career he
directed the development, acquisition and support of all 5. Fourier Imaging. Bragg resonance condition,
surveillance radars of the surface navy. Mr. Hill is a Fellow Born approximation.
of the IEEE, an IEEE “distinguished lecturer” and a 6. Signal Processing. Pulse compression: range
member of its Radar Systems Panel. resolution and signal bandwidth, Overview of Strip-Map
Bart Huxtable has a Ph.D. in Physics from the Algorithms including Range-Doppler algorithm, Range
California Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc. degree in migration algorithm, Chirp scaling algorithm, Overview
Physics and Math from the University of Delaware. Dr. of Spotlight Algorithms including Polar format algorithm,
Huxtable is President of User Systems, Inc. He has over Motion Compensation, Autofocusing using the Map-
twenty years experience in signal processing and Drift and PGA algorithms.
numerical algorithm design and implementation 7. Radar Phenomenology and Image
emphasizing application-specific data processing and Interpretation. Radar and target interaction including
analysis for remote sensor systems including radars, radar cross-section, attenuation & penetration
sonars, and lidars. He integrates his broad experience in (atmosphere, foliage), and frequency dependence,
physics, mathematics, numerical algorithms, and statistical Imagery examples.
detection and estimation theory to develop processing 8. Visual Presentation of SAR Imagery. Non-
algorithms and performance simulations for many of the linear remapping, Apodization, Super resolution,
modern remote sensing applications using radars, sonars, Speckle reduction (Multi-look).
and lidars.
9. Interferometry. Topographic mapping,
Dr. Keith Raney has a Ph.D. in Computer, Information Differential topography (crustal deformation &
and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan, subsidence), Change detection.
an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University,
and a B.S. degree from Harvard University. He works for
10. Polarimetry. Terrain classification, Scatterer
the Space Department of the Johns Hopkins University
characterization.
Applied Physics Laboratory, with responsibilities for earth 11. Miscellaneous SAR Applications. Mapping,
observation systems development, and radar system Forestry, Oceanographic, etc.
analysis. He holds United States and international patents 12. Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI).
on the Delay/Doppler Radar Altimeter. He was on NASA’s Theory and Applications.
Europa Orbiter Radar Sounder instrument design team, 13. Image Quality Parameters. Peak-to-sidelobe
and on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter instrument ratio, Integrated sidelobe ratio, Multiplicative noise ratio
definition team. Dr. Raney has an extensive background in and major contributors.
imaging radar theory, and in interdisciplinary applications
using sensing systems. 14. Radar Equation for SAR. Key radar equation
parameters, Signal-to-Noise ratio, Clutter-to-Noise
ratio, Noise equivalent backscatter, Electronic counter
What You Will Learn measures and electronic counter counter measures.
• Basic concepts and principles of SAR and its 15. Ambiguity Constraints for SAR. Range
applications. ambiguities, Azimuth ambiguities, Minimum antenna
• What are the key system parameters. area, Maximum area coverage rate, ScanSAR.
• How is performance calculated. 16. SAR Specification. System specification
• Design implementation and tradeoffs. overview, Design drivers.
• How to design and build high performance signal 17. Orbit Selection. LEO, MEO, GEO, Access area,
processors. Formation flying (e.g., cartwheel).
• Current state-of-the-art systems. 18. Example SAR Systems. History, Airborne,
• SAR image interpretation. Space-Based, Future.
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The Space Environment –
Implications for Spacecraft Design
Summary
Adverse interactions between the space environment
and an orbiting spacecraft may lead to a degradation of
spacecraft subsystem performance and possibly even loss
of the spacecraft itself. This course presents an
introduction to the space environment and its effect on
spacecraft. Emphasis is placed on problem solving
techniques and design guidelines that will provide the
student with an understanding of how space environment
effects may be minimized through proactive spacecraft
design.
Each student will receive a copy of the course text, a
complete set of course notes, including copies of all
viewgraphs used in the presentation, and a
comprehensive bibliography.
Instructor
Dr. Alan C. Tribble has provided space environments effects February 2-3, 2010
analysis to more than one dozen NASA, DoD,
and commercial programs, including the Beltsville, Maryland
International Space Station, the Global
Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and $1095 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
several surveillance spacecraft. He holds a "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa Off The Course Tuition."
and has been twice a Principal Investigator for
the NASA Space Environments and Effects
Program. He is the author of four books, including the course
text: The Space Environment - Implications for Space Design, Course Outline
and over 20 additional technical publications. He is an 1. Introduction. Spacecraft Subsystem Design, Orbital
Associate Fellow of the AIAA, a Senior Member of the IEEE, Mechanics, The Solar-Planetary Relationship, Space
and was previously an Associate Editor of the Journal of Weather.
Spacecraft and Rockets. Dr. Tribble recently won the 2008
AIAA James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award. He has 2. The Vacuum Environment. Basic Description –
taught a variety of classes at the University of Southern Pressure vs. Altitude, Solar UV Radiation.
California, California State University Long Beach, the 3. Vacuum Environment Effects. Solar UV
University of Iowa, and has been teaching courses on space Degradation, Molecular Contamination, Particulate
environments and effects since 1992. Contamination.
4. The Neutral Environment. Basic Atmospheric
Physics, Elementary Kinetic Theory, Hydrostatic
Who Should Attend: Equilibrium, Neutral Atmospheric Models.
Engineers who need to know how to design systems with 5. Neutral Environment Effects. Aerodynamic Drag,
adequate performance margins, program managers who Sputtering, Atomic Oxygen Attack, Spacecraft Glow.
oversee spacecraft survivability tasks, and scientists who
need to understand how environmental interactions can affect 6. The Plasma Environment. Basic Plasma Physics -
instrument performance. Single Particle Motion, Debye Shielding, Plasma
Oscillations.
7. Plasma Environment Effects. Spacecraft
Review of the Course Text: Charging, Arc Discharging.
“There is, to my knowledge, no other book that provides its
intended readership with an comprehensive and authoritative, 8. The Radiation Environment. Basic Radiation
yet compact and accessible, coverage of the subject of Physics, Stopping Charged Particles, Stopping Energetic
spacecraft environmental engineering.” – James A. Van Allen, Photons, Stopping Neutrons.
Regent Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa. 9. Radiation in Space. Trapped Radiation Belts, Solar
Proton Events, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Hostile
“I got exactly what I wanted from this Environments.
course – an overview of the spacecraft 10. Radiation Environment Effects. Total Dose
environment. The charts outlining the Effects - Solar Cell Degradation, Electronics Degradation;
Single Event Effects - Upset, Latchup, Burnout; Dose Rate
interactions and synergism were excellent. Effects.
The list of references is extensive and 11. The Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris
will be consulted often.” Environment. Hypervelocity Impact Physics,
Micrometeoroids, Orbital Debris.
“Broad experience over many design 12. Additional Topics. Design Examples - The Long
teams allowed for excellent examples of Duration Exposure Facility; Effects on Humans; Models
applications of this information.” and Tools; Available Internet Resources.
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Space Mission Analysis and Design
November 3-5, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
NEW! June 22-24, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
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 Course Outline
the indispensable traveling companion for 1. The Space Missions Analysis and Design
seasoned veterans or those just beginning to Process
explore the highways and by-ways of space 2. Mission Characterization
mission engineering. Each student will be 3. Mission Evaluation
provided with a copy of Space Mission Analysis 4. Requirements Definition
and Design [Third Edition], for his or her own
5. Space Mission Geometry
professional reference library.
6. Introduction to Astro-dynamics
7. Orbit and Constellation Design
8. The Space Environment and Survivability
Instructor
9. Space Payload Design and Sizing
Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch 10. Spacecraft Design and Sizing
Vehicle System Engineer, specializing
11. Spacecraft Subsystems
in the integration of launch vehicle
technology, design, and business 12. Space Manufacture and Test
strategies. He is currently conducting 13. Communications Architecture
business case strategic analysis, risk 14. Mission Operations
reduction and modeling for the Boeing 15. Ground System Design and Sizing
Space Launch Initiative Reusable 16. Spacecraft Computer Systems
Launch Vehicle team. For the past five years, Ed has 17. Space Propulsion Systems
supported the technical and business case efforts at
Boeing to advance the state-of-the-art for reusable 18. Launch Systems
launch vehicles. Mr. Keith has designed complete 19. Space Manufacturing and Reliability
rocket engines, rocket vehicles, small propulsion 20. Cost Modeling
systems, and composite propellant tank systems, 21. Limits on Mission Design
especially designed for low cost, as a propulsion and 22. Design of Low-Cost Spacecraft
launch vehicle engineer. His travels have taken him 23. Applying Space Mission Analysis and Design
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 What You Will Learn
and on the Space Shuttle Advanced Solid Rocket • Conceptual mission design.
Motor project. Mr. Keith served for five years with • Defining top-level mission requirements.
Aerojet in Australia, evaluating all space mission • Mission operational concepts.
operations that originated in the Eastern • Mission operations analysis and design.
Hemisphere. Mr. Keith also served for five years on
• Estimating space system costs.
Launch Operations at Vandenberg AFB, California.
Mr. Keith has written 18 papers on various aspects • Spacecraft design development, verification and
of Low Cost Space Transportation over the last validation.
decade. • System design review .
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Space Mission Structures: From Concept to Launch
November 16-19, 2009
Littleton, Colorado Testimonial
February 22-25, 2010 "Excellent presentation—a reminder of
how much fun engineering can be."
Houston, Texas
$1750 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each Course Outline
Off The Course Tuition." 1. Introduction to Space-Mission Structures.
Structural functions and requirements, effects of the
space environment, categories of structures, how
launch affects things structurally, understanding
verification, distinguishing between requirements and
Summary verification.
This course presents a systems perspective of 2. Review of Statics and Dynamics. Static
structural engineering in the space industry. equilibrium, the equation of motion, modes of vibration.
If you are an engineer involved in any aspect of 3. Launch Environments and How Structures
spacecraft or launch–vehicle structures, regardless of your Respond. Quasi-static loads, transient loads, coupled
level of experience, you will benefit from this course. loads analysis, sinusoidal vibration, random vibration,
Subjects include functions, requirements development, acoustics, pyrotechnic shock.
environments, structural mechanics, loads analysis, stress
analysis, fracture mechanics, finite–element modeling, 4. Mechanics of Materials. Stress and strain,
configuration, producibility, verification planning, quality understanding material variation, interaction of stresses
assurance, testing, and risk assessment. The objectives and failure theories, bending and torsion, thermoelastic
are to give the big picture of space-mission structures and effects, mechanics of composite materials, recognizing
improve your understanding of and avoiding weak spots in structures.
• Structural functions, requirements, and environments 5. Strength Analysis: The margin of safety,
• How structures behave and how they fail verifying structural integrity is never based on analysis
• How to develop structures that are cost–effective and alone, an effective process for strength analysis,
dependable for space missions common pitfalls, recognizing potential failure modes,
bolted joints, buckling.
Despite its breadth, the course goes into great depth in
key areas, with emphasis on the things that are commonly 6. Structural Life Analysis. Fatigue, fracture
misunderstood and the types of things that go wrong in the mechanics, fracture control.
development of flight hardware. The instructor shares 7. Overview of Finite Element Analysis. Idealizing
numerous case histories and experiences to drive the structures, introduction to FEA, limitations, strategies,
main points home. Calculators are required to work class quality assurance.
problems.
8. Preliminary Design. A process for preliminary
Each participant will receive a copy of the instructors’
850-page reference book, Spacecraft Structures and
design, example of configuring a spacecraft, types of
Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch. structures, materials, methods of attachment,
preliminary sizing, using analysis to design efficient
structures.
Instructors 9. Avoiding Problems with Loads and Vibration.
Tom Sarafin has worked full time in the space industry Introduction to passive loads control, adding passive
since 1979, at Martin Marietta and Instar Engineering. damping, isolating frequencies, isolating the spacecraft
Since founding Instar in 1993, he has consulted for from the launch vehicle.
DigitalGlobe, AeroAstro, AFRL, and Design_Net 10. Improving the Loads-Cycle Process.
Engineering. He has helped the U. S. Air Force Academy Overview of loads cycles, managing math models,
design, develop, and test a series of small satellites and integrating stress analysis with loads analysis.
has been an advisor to DARPA. He is the editor and 11. Designing for Producibility. Guidelines for
principal author of Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms: producibility, minimizing parts, designing an adaptable
From Concept to Launch and is a contributing author to all structure, designing to simplify fabrication,
three editions of Space Mission Analysis and Design. dimensioning and tolerancing, designing for assembly
Since 1995, he has taught over 150 short courses to more and vehicle integration.
than 3000 engineers and managers in the space industry.
12 Verification and Quality Assurance. The
Poti Doukas worked at Lockheed Martin Space building-blocks approach to verification, verification
Systems Company (formerly Martin Marietta) from 1978 to methods and logic, approaches to product inspection,
2006. He served as Engineering Manager for the Phoenix protoflight vs. qualification testing, types of structural
Mars Lander program, Mechanical Engineering Lead for tests and when they apply, designing an effective test.
the Genesis mission, Structures and Mechanisms
13. A Case Study: Structural design, analysis, and
Subsystem Lead for the Stardust program, and Structural
test of the FalconSAT-2 Small Satellite.
Analysis Lead for the Mars Global Surveyor. He’s a
contributing author to Space Mission Analysis and Design 14. Final Verification and Risk Assessment.
(1st and 2nd editions) and to Spacecraft Structures and Overview of final verification, addressing late problems,
Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch. He joined Instar using estimated reliability to assess risks (example:
Engineering in July 2006. negative margin of safety), making the launch decision.
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Space Systems - Intermediate Design
Summary
This multi-disciplinary course provides a complete
summary of the technologies needed to understand and
develop spacecraft systems and instrumentation. The
course presents a systems engineering approach for
understanding the design and testing of spacecraft
systems. The course highlights the underlying scientific
and engineering foundations needed to develop space
systems, as well as current practices. Case studies are February 22-26, 2010
used to pinpoint the key issues and trade-offs in modern
design, and to illustrate the lessons learned from past Beltsville, Maryland
successes and failures.
This course provides a strong technical base for $1895 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
leadership in systems engineering or the management of 5 top experts in 1 week!
space systems. Technical specialists will find the broad
perspective and knowledge useful in communicating with "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
other space system specialists in analyzing design options
and trade-offs.
The emphasis will be on how today's technology is Course Outline
incorporated into the planning, designing, fabrication, 1. Space Systems Engineering. Fundamentals of
integration, and testing of modern space systems. Each systems engineering. System development process.
participant will receive a complete set of notes and the Engineering reviews. Management of space systems.
award-winning textbook Space Systems written by the
instructors. The textbook and course notes provide an 2. Orbital Mechanics. Fundamentals of dynamics.
authoritative reference that focuses on proven techniques Reference frames. Time. Two-body central force
and guidelines for understanding, designing, and motion. Two-body problem. Trajectory perturbations.
managing modern space systems. Orbit determination. Interplanetary missions and
patched conics.
3. Spacecraft Propulsion/Rocket Propulsion.
Instructors Force-free rocket motion. Rocket motion with gravity.
Launch flight mechanics. Transfer trajectories.
Dr. Vincent L. Pisacane is a fellow of the AIAA, and is
the R.A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace
4. Flight Mechanics and Launch Systems.
Engineering at the United States Naval Hohman transfer orbits. Reaching a target orbit. Solid
Academy. He was formerly Head of the and liquid propellant systems. Other propulsion
APL Space Department. He has 35 years systems. Selected launch systems.
of experience in space research and the 5. Spacecraft Attitude Determination. Attitude
development of spacecraft and sensors and kinematics. Attitude determination
instrumentation. He is the editor of the systems. Attitude estimation and system identification.
textbook Space Systems published by Attitude error specification and analysis. Mission
Oxford Press and the 2008 textbook, The Space experiences.
Environment and its Effects on Space Systems (AIAA). 6. Spacecraft Attitude Control. Rotational
Dr. Mark E. Pittelkau is president of Aerospace dynamics and environmental disturbance torques.
ControlSystems Engineering and Research Attitude actuators. Passive and active attitude control
(www.ascinnovations.com). His experience in satellite methods. Attitude controllers and stability. Mission
systems includes the design, implementation, and testing experiences.
of orbit determination algorithms, attitude determination,
7. Configuration and Structural Design.
and control systems. His current work in attitude control
Structural design requirements and interfaces.
systems includes control-structure interaction, pointing
Requirements for launch, staging, spin stabilization
jitter and stability analysis, concept studies for various
attitude control systems, and sensor alignment calibration.
stages. Acoustics, acceleration, transients and shock.
Designing and testing. Stress-strain analysis. Margins
Jay Jenkins is a power system engineer at JHU/APL of safety. Finite Element Analysis. Structural dynamics.
with 15 years of experience in design and analysis of Testing.
aerospace power systems with an emphasis on battery
and solar array technology. 8. Space Power Systems. Energy storage,
distribution, and control. Environmental effects on solar
William E. Skullney is Supervisor of the Mechanical
cells. Orbital considerations. Energy converters. Solar
Systems Group at JHU/APL and has over 20 years
experience in the design, analysis and testing of
cells and solar arrays. Batteries and energy storage.
spacecraft mechanical systems. He specializes in Characteristics of different batteries. Strong emphasis
structural engineering and analysis and has led structural on translating mission requirements into a power
engineering efforts for the Delta 180 series programs and system design.
the Midcourse Space Experiment Program. 9. Space Thermal Control. Radiation and thermal
Doug Mehoke is a principal thermal engineer at fundamentals. Heat transfer and energy balance.
JHU/APL specializing in thermal design and testing of Choice of thermal materials. The thermal design and
spacecraft. testing process.
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Space Systems - Subsystems Design
with Detailed Case Study
March 1-5, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1895 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary
This multi-disciplinary course provides a complete
summary of the technologies needed to understand
and develop spacecraft systems and instrumentation.
The 4.5-day course presents a systems engineering
approach for understanding the design and testing of
spacecraft systems. The course highlights the
underlying scientific and engineering foundations
needed to develop space systems, as well as current
practices. Case studies are used to pinpoint the key Course Outline
issues and trade-offs in modern design, and to illustrate 1. The Space Environment. Vacuum and drag.
the lessons learned from past successes and failures. Temperature and thermal gradients. Magnetic field.
This course is recommended for engineers, Ultraviolet and ionizing radiation. Pre-launch and
scientists, or managers who wish to broaden their launch environments.
perspectives and capabilities. The course provides a 2. Space Communications/Part I. RF signal
strong technical base for leadership in systems transmission. Antenna properties. One-way range
engineering or the management of space systems. equation. Properties and peculiarities of the space
Technical specialists will find the broad perspective and channel. Modulation of RF. Sources of noise. Signal-to-
knowledge useful in communicating with other space noise ratio. Link margin.
system specialists in analyzing design options and
trade-offs. 3. Space Communications / Part II. Commu-
nications link design example. Error correction.
The emphasis will be on how today's technology is Encryption------
incorporated into the planning, designing, fabrication,
integration, and testing of modern space systems. Each 4. Spacecraft Command and Telemetry.
participant will receive a complete set of notes and the Command receivers, command decoders, encrypted
award-winning textbook Fundamentals of Space links. Command messages. Synchronization, error
Systems written by the instructors. The textbook and detection and correction. Command logic. System
course notes provide an authoritative reference that requirements. Telemetry Systems. Sensors and signal
focuses on proven techniques and guidelines for conditioning. Frame formatting, data compression.
understanding, designing, and managing modern 5. Spacecraft On-Board Processing. Central
space systems. processing units for space. Software development and
engineering. Memory types. Mass storage. Processor
input and output. Fault tolerance and redundancy.
Instructors Radiation hardness and upset, latch-up. Error
Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience. He correction.
joined JHU/APL in 1964, designing high- 6. Spacecraft Integration & Test. Planning for I&T.
reliability spacecraft command, Electrical, thermal, and mechanical design interactions.
communications, and navigation Ground support systems. I&T facilities. Verification and
equipment. He was Chief Engineer of the test plans. Testing at subsystem and spacecraft level.
Space Department, which has designed Dealing with anomalies. Test and readiness reviews.
and built 64 spacecraft. Safety aspects. Launch site activities.
7. Reliability & Quality Assurance. Modern
Robert C. Moore worked in the Electronic Systems performance assurance principles. System reliability
Group of the APL Space Department for 42 years prediction. Using redundancy wisely. Component
(1965-2007). He designed embedded selection, margins, and quality assurance. Software
microprocessor systems for space assurance. Inspections and reviews.
applications (SEASAT-A, Galileo, 8. Space Mission Operations. Mission analysis
TOPEX, NEAR, FUSE, MESSENGER) and planning, mission control center. Communications.
and autonomous fault protection for the Pre-launch, launch, and post-launch operations.
MESSENGER mission to Mercury and Problems, contingencies, and anomalous operations.
the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Mr. 9. Detailed Case Study. Systems engineering
Moore holds four U.S. patents. He teaches the example for a launched spacecraft. Trade-offs, risk
command-telemetry-processing segment of "Space assessments and design margins. Software
Systems" at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting management. Integration and testing. Lessons learned
School of Engineering. for future system engineers.
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Spacecraft Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing
March 24-25, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
June 9-10, 2010
Los Angeles, California
$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Course Outline
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.
Summary
2. Quality Assurance and Component Selection.
Quality assurance, reliability, and testing are critical
Screening and qualification testing. Accelerated testing.
elements in low-cost space missions. The selection of
Using plastic parts (PEMs) reliably.
lower cost parts and the most effective use of
redundancy require careful tradeoff analysis when 3. Radiation and Survivability. The space radiation
designing new space missions. Designing for low cost environment. Total dose. Stopping power. MOS
and allowing some risk are new ways of doing business response. Annealing and super-recovery. Displacement
in today's cost-conscious environment. This course damage.
uses case studies and examples from recent space 4. Single Event Effects. Transient upset, latch-up,
missions to pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs in and burn-out. Critical charge. Testing for single event
design, reviews, quality assurance, and testing of effects. Upset rates. Shielding and other mitigation
spacecraft. Lessons learned from past successes and techniques.
failures are discussed and trends for future missions 5. ISO 9000. Process control through ISO 9001 and
are highlighted. AS9100.
6. Software Quality Assurance and Testing. The
Instructor magnitude of the software QA problem. Characteristics
Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience, of good software process. Software testing and when is
including 19 years as the Chief Engineer of the Johns it finished?
Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 7. The Role of the I&T Engineer. Why I&T planning
Space Department, which has designed must be started early.
and built 64 spacecraft and nearly 200 8. Integrating I&T into electrical, thermal, and
instruments. His experience includes mechanical designs. Coupling I&T to mission
systems engineering, design integrity, operations.
performance assurance, and test 9. Ground Support Systems. Electrical and
standards. He has led many of APL's mechanical ground support equipment (GSE). I&T
system and spacecraft conceptual designs and facilities. Clean rooms. Environmental test facilities.
coauthored APL's quality assurance plans. He is an
Associate Fellow of the AIAA and coauthor of 10. Test Planning and Test Flow. Which tests are
Fundamentals of Space Systems. worthwhile? Which ones aren't? What is the right order
to perform tests? Test Plans and other important
documents.
What You Will Learn 11. Spacecraft Level Testing. Ground station
• Why reliable design is so important and techniques for compatibility testing and other special tests.
achieving it. 12. Launch Site Operations. Launch vehicle
• Dealing with today's issues of parts availability, operations. Safety. Dress rehearsals. The Launch
radiation hardness, software reliability, process Readiness Review.
control, and human error. 13. Human Error. What we can learn from the
• Best practices for design reviews and configuration airline industry.
management. 14. Case Studies. NEAR, Ariane 5, Mid-course
• Modern, efficient integration and test practices. 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.”
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Spacecraft Systems Integration and Test
A Complete Systems Engineering Approach to System Test
December 7-10, 2009 Course Outline
Beltsville, Maryland 1. System Level I&T Overview. Comparison of system,
subsystem and component test. Introduction to the various
April 19-22, 2010 stages of I&T and overview of the course subject matter.
2. Main Technical Disciplines Influencing I&T.
Beltsville, Maryland Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal systems. Optical,
Magnetics, Robotics, Propulsion, Flight Software and others.
$1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm) Safety, EMC and Contamination Control. Resultant
requirements pertaining to I&T and how to use them in planning
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each an effective campaign.
Off The Course Tuition." 3. Lunar/Mars Initiative and Manned Space Flight. Safety
first. Telerobotics, rendezvous & capture and control system
testing (data latency, range sensors, object recognition, gravity
Summary compensation, etc.). Verification of multi-fault-tolerant systems.
This four-day course is designed for engineers Testing ergonomic systems and support infrastructure. Future
trends.
and managers interested in a systems engineering
4. Staffing the Job. Building a strong team and establishing
approach to space systems integration, test and leadership roles. Human factors in team building and scheduling
launch site processing. It provides critical insight to of this critical resource.
the design drivers that inevitably arise from the need 5. Test and Processing Facilities. Budgeting and
to verify and validate complex space systems. Each scheduling tests. Ambient, environmental (T/V, Vibe, Shock,
EMC/RF, etc.) and launch site (VAFB, CCAFB, KSC) test and
topic is covered in significant detail, including processing facilities. Special considerations for hazardous
interactive team exercises, with an emphasis on a processing facilities.
systems engineering approach to getting the job 6. Ground Support Systems. Electrical ground support
done. Actual test and processing equipment (GSE) including SAS, RF, Umbilical, Front End, etc.
facilities/capabilities at GSFC, VAFB, CCAFB and and Mechanical GSE, such as stands, fixtures and 1-G negation
for deployments and robotics. I&T ground test systems and
KSC are introduced, providing familiarity with these software. Ground Segment elements (MOCC, SOCC, SDPF,
critical space industry resources. FDF, CTV, network & flight resources).
7. Preparation and Planning for I&T. Planning tools.
Effective use of block diagrams, exploded views, system
Instructor schematics. Storyboard and schedule development.
Configuration management of I&T, development of C&T
Mr. Robert K. Vernot has over twenty years of database to leverage and empower ground software.
experience in the space industry, serving as I&T Understanding verification and validation requirements.
Manager, Systems and Electrical Systems 8. System Test Procedures. Engineering efficient, effective
test procedures to meet your goals. Installation and integration
engineer for a wide variety of space missions. procedures. Critical system tests; their roles and goals
These missions include the UARS, EOS Terra, (Aliveness, Functional, Performance, Mission Simulations).
EO-1, AIM (Earth atmospheric and land Environmental and Launch Site test procedures, including
hazardous and contingency operations.
resource), GGS (Earth/Sun magnetics), DSCS 9. Data Products for Verification and Tracking. Criterion
(military communications), FUSE (space based for data trending. Tracking operational constraints, limited life
UV telescope), MESSENGER (interplanetary items, expendables, trouble free hours. Producing
comprehensive, useful test reports.
probe).
10. Tracking and Resolving Problems. Troubleshooting and
recovery strategies. Methods for accurately documenting,
What You Will Learn categorizing and tracking problems and converging toward
solutions. How to handle problems when you cannot reach
• How are systems engineering principals applied closure.
to system test? 11. Milestone Progress Reviews. Preparing the I&T
• How can a comprehensive, realistic & presentation for major program reviews (PDR, CDR, L-12, Pre-
achievable schedule be developed? Environmental, Pre-ship, MRR).
12. Subsystem and Instrument Level Testing. Distinctions
• What facilities are available and how is planning from system test. Expectations and preparations prior to
accomplished? delivery to higher level of assembly.
• What are the critical system level tests and how 13. The Integration Phase. Integration strategies to get the
core of the bus up and running. Standard Operating Procedures.
do their verification goals drive scheduling? Pitfalls, precautions and other considerations.
• What are the characteristics of a strong, 14. The System Test Phase. Building a successful test
competent I&T team/program? program. Technical vs. schedule risk and risk management.
Establishing baselines for performance, flight software,
• What are the viable trades and options when alignment and more. Environmental Testing, launch rehearsals,
I&T doesn’t go as planned? Mission Sims, Special tests.
15. The Launch Campaign. Scheduling the Launch
campaign. Transportation and set-up. Test scenarios for arrival
This course provides the participant with and check-out, hazardous processing, On-stand and Launch
knowledge and systems engineering perspective day. Contingency planning and scrub turn-arounds.
to plan and conduct successful space system I&T 16. Post Launch Support. Launch day, T+. L+30 day
and launch campaigns. All engineers and support. Staffing logistics.
managers will attain an understanding of the 17. I&T Contingencies and Work-arounds. Using your
schedule as a tool to ensure success. Contingency and recovery
verification and validation factors critical to the strategies. Trading off risks.
design of hardware, software and test 18. Summary. Wrap up of ideas and concepts. Final Q & A
procedures. session.
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Understanding Space
Summary October 22-23, 2009
Tom Logsdon is an award-winning rocket scientist who
has specifically tailored this introductory 2-day short Albuquerque, New Mexico
course to serve the needs of those military, aerospace,
and defense-industry professionals who need to master February 18-19, 2010
today’s space exploration technologies. Armed with 250
full-color visuals, jam packed with useful information,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Logsdon introduces you to all the things you need to know
in planning, launching, and operating our increasingly $1090 (8:30am - 4:00pm) 2 day course
sophisticated space vehicles and their booster rockets. "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Professional engineers, managers, and technicians – both Off The Course Tuition."
civilian and military – will benefit greatly from the
extraordinary teaching and communication skills of this
highly experienced author, instructor, professional lecturer,
mathematician, and engineer. NEW!
Instructor
Tom Logsdon, knows how to communicate difficult
concepts using everyday language,
powerful visuals, and simple analogies. He
has taught and lectured at two dozen
different universities scattered around the
globe and he has enthusiastically accepted
invitations to appear on 25 television
shows. Course Outline
Logsdon writes articles for Encyclopedia
Britannica and Time-Life Books. He is also 1. Capitalizing On The Beneficial Properties Of
the author of 29 non fiction books dealing with a variety of Space: Modern Trends in Space Industrialization, Satellite
technical, scientific, and engineering subjects. These Orbits, Communication Satellites, Navigation Satellites,
include The Robot Revolution, Orbital Mechanics, Mobile Earth Resources Satellites, Military Satellites, Deep Space
Communication Satellites, Striking It Rich in Space, and Missions.
The Navistar Global Positioning System. His latest 2. Understanding Orbital Mechanics: The New
publication is a children’s book “Going Up-” Geometry of Copernicus, Kepler’s Laws, Newton’s
For more than 30 years, Logsdon has worked on a Amazing Generalizations, The Universal Law of
variety of important projects at McDonnell Douglas, Gravitation, Newton’s Vis Viva Equations, Gravity Wells,
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Rockwell International. Kepler’s Equation, Orbital Perturbations.
These have included the manned Apollo moon flights, 3. Choosing The Proper Satellite Orbits: Special
Project Skylab, the giant Echo balloon the Transit Orbits and Their Applications, Polar and Sun Synchronous
navigation system, the solar power satellite, and the Orbits, Geostationary Satellite Orbits, Russia’s Molniya
space-based GPS navigation constellation. Satellites, Semi Synchronous Satellites, Libration Point
Orbits, Interplanetary Mission Geometry, The
Constellations of Satellites Now Swarming in Space.
Testimonials 4. Boosting Satellites Into Orbit: Rocket Propulsion
“This was an extremely informative class ---The Fundamentals, Optimal Trajectory Shaping, Fuel Biasing
instructor is clearly PASSIONATE about his Techniques, The Programmed Mixture Ratio Scheme,
field of expertise and it shows in his lectures and Trajectory Reconstruction Procedures, Deep Space
Missions, The Awesome Benefits of Lunar-Orbit
in his excellent color charts-” Rendezvous, Mars-Mission Opportunities.
William V-Moore, JPL, Pasadena
5. Designing Today’s Powerful and Effective
“I really enjoyed this class-It was a very spe- Booster Rockets: Liquid, Solid and Hybrid Rockets,
cial opportunity to be taught by an amazing per- Measuring the Efficiency of a Rocket, Understanding and
son-He has put a lot of effort into making the Using the Rocket Equation, Multistage Rocket Design,
class materials easy to learn, fun, and entertain- Adding Lightness, Exotic Rockets Now Emerging from the
ing while also covering a great deal of technical Drawing Boards.
material-” 6. Maneuvering Satellites In Space: The Classical
Matt Clark, JPL, Pasadena Hohmann Transfer Maneuver, Plane-Change Maneuvers,
“Tom Logsdon gave an amazing presentation by The Bi-Elliptic Transfer Maneuver, Relative Motion Plots,
Rendezvous Maneuvers, Deorbit Maneuvers, Planetary
telling interesting stories and using simple analo- Swingby Maneuvers Cruising Along JPL’s Invisible Rivers
gies ---The course included abundant insights, of Gravity in Space.
knowledge and experiences filled with wonderful
7. Understanding The Space Flight Environment:
personal illustrations-“ The Beneficial Properties of Space, The Earth’s
Na Lee, JPL, Pasaden Atmosphere, The Earth’s Gravitational Field, The Earth’s
“The material was very interesting-I will review Magnetic Field, Meteoroids in Space, Man-Made Space
it over and over again-It will definitely come in Debris, Charged Particles in Space.
handy in my future career ---I am privileged to 8. Fashioning Satellites Bound For Space:
have taken Tom’s class-” Components and Subsystems, Attitude Velocity and
Todd Brown, JPL, Pasadena Control, The Propulsion Subsystem, Electrical Power,
Thermal Control, Structures and Mechanisms, The
“Just perfect! Just perfect!” Payload Module, Laboratory Testing, Building Tomorrow’s
Margaret Lam, JPL, Pasadena Industrial. Empires Along the Space Frontier.
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Architecting with DODAF
Effectively Using The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF)
NEW! November 10-11 2009
Columbia, Maryland
The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) $990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
provides an underlying structure to work with
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
complexity. Today’s systems do not stand-alone; Off The Course Tuition."
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.
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 Outline
course, you will be able to use DODAF effectively in 1. Introduction. How architecting fits within systems
your work. This course is intended for systems engineering.
engineers, technical team leaders, program or 2. Architectures and Architecting. Fundamental
project managers, and others who participate in concepts. Terms and definitions. Origin of the terms
defining and developing complex systems. within systems development. Understanding of the
components of an architecture. Architecting key
Practice architecting on a creative “Mars Rotor” activities. Foundations of modern architecting.
complex system. Define the operations, 3. Architectural Tools. Architectural frameworks:
technical structure, and migration for this future DODAF, TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF. Why frameworks
space program. exist, and what they hope to provide. Design patterns
and their origin. Using patterns to generate alternatives.
Pattern language and the communication of patterns.
What You Will Learn System architecting patterns. Binding patterns into
• Three aspects of an architecture architectures.
• Four primary architecting activities 4. DODAF Overview. Viewpoints within DoDAF (All,
Capability, Data/Information, Operational, Project,
• Eight DoDAF 2.0 viewpoints Services, Standards, Systems). How Viewpoints
• The entire set of DoDAF 2.0 views and how they support models. Diagram types (views) within each
relate to each other viewpoint.
• A useful sequence to create views 5. DODAF Operational Definition. Describing an
• Different “Fit-for-Purpose” versions of the views. operational environment, and then modifying it to
• How to plan future changes. incorporate new capabilities. Sequences of creation.
How to convert concepts into DODAF views. Practical
exercises on each DODAF view, with review and
Instructor critique. Teaching method includes three passes for
each product: (a) describing the views, (b) instructor-
Eric Honour (CSEP) international consultant led exercise, (c) group work to create views.
and lecturer, has a 40-year career of 6. DODAF Technical Definition Processes.
complex systems development & Converting the operational definition into service-
operation. Founder and former oriented technical architecture. Matching the new
President of INCOSE. He has led architecture with legacy systems. Sequences of
the development of 18 major creation. Linkages between the technical viewpoints
systems, including the Air Combat and the operational viewpoints. Practical exercises on
Maneuvering Instrumentation each DODAF view, with review and critique, again
systems and the Battle Group Passive Horizon using the three-pass method.
Extension System. BSSE (Systems 7. DODAF Migration Definition Processes. How to
Engineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE, Naval depict the migration of current systems into future
Postgraduate School, and PhD candidate, systems while maintaining operability at each step.
University of South Australia. Practical exercises on migration planning.
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Certified Systems Engineering Professional - CSEP Preparation
Guaranteed Training to Pass the CSEP Certification Exam
NEW!
October 7-8, 2009 Course Outline
Chantilly, Virginia 1. Introduction. What is the CSEP and what are the
requirements to obtain it? Terms and definitions. Basis of
October 23-24, 2009 the examination. Study plans and sample examination
Albuquerque, New Mexico questions and how to use them. Plan for the course.
Introduction to the INCOSE Handbook. Self-assessment
February 26-27, 2010 quiz. Filling out the CSEP application.
2. Systems Engineering and Life Cycles. Definitions
Orlando, Florida and origins of systems engineering, including the latest
concepts of “systems of systems.” Hierarchy of system
March 31 - April 1, 2010 terms. Value of systems engineering. Life cycle
Columbia, Maryland characteristics and stages, and the relationship of systems
engineering to life cycles. Development approaches. The
$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm) INCOSE Handbook system development examples.
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each 3. Technical Processes. The processes that take a
Off The Course Tuition." system from concept in the eye to operation, maintenance
and disposal. Stakeholder requirements and technical
requirements, including concept of operations,
Summary requirements analysis, requirements definition,
This two-day course walks through the CSEP requirements management. Architectural design, including
requirements and the INCOSE Handbook Version 3.1 functional analysis and allocation, system architecture
to cover all topics on the CSEP exam. Interactive work, synthesis. Implementation, integration, verification,
study plans, and sample examination questions help transition, validation, operation, maintenance and disposal
you to prepare effectively for the exam. Participants of a system.
leave the course with solid knowledge, a hard copy of 4. Project Processes. Technical management and the
the INCOSE Handbook, study plans, and a sample role of systems engineering in guiding a project. Project
examination. planning, including the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP),
Attend the CSEP course to learn what you need. Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD),
Follow the study plan to seal in the knowledge. Use the Integrated Product Teams (IPT), and tailoring methods.
sample exam to test yourself and check your readiness. Project assessment, including Technical Performance
Contact our instructor for questions if needed. Then Measurement (TPM). Project control. Decision-making
take the exam. If you do not pass, you can retake the and trade-offs. Risk and opportunity management,
course at no cost. configuration management, information management.
5. Enterprise & Agreement Processes. How to
define the need for a system, from the viewpoint of
Instructor stakeholders and the enterprise. Acquisition and supply
processes, including defining the need. Managing the
Eric Honour, international consultant and lecturer, environment, investment, and resources. Enterprise
has a 40-year career of complex environment management. Investment management
systems development & operation. including life cycle cost analysis. Life cycle processes
Founder and former President of management standard processes, and process
INCOSE. Author of the “Value of SE” improvement. Resource management and quality
material in the INCOSE Handbook. He management.
has led the development of 18 major 6. Specialty Engineering Activities. Unique technical
systems, including the Air Combat disciplines used in the systems engineering processes:
Maneuvering Instrumentation systems integrated logistics support, electromagnetic and
and the Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension environmental analysis, human systems integration, mass
properties, modeling & simulation including the system
System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), US Naval modeling language (SysML), safety & hazards analysis,
Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate School, and sustainment and training needs.
PhD candidate, University of South Australia.
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.
What You Will Learn How to reach us after class, and what to do when you
• How to pass the CSEP examination! succeed.
• Details of the INCOSE Handbook, the source for the
exam.
The INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering
• Your own strengths and weaknesses, to target your Professional (CSEP) rating is a coveted milestone in
study. the career of a systems engineer, demonstrating
• The key processes and definitions in the INCOSE knowledge, education and experience that are of high
language of the exam. value to systems organizations. This three-day course
• How to tailor the INCOSE processes. provides you with the detailed knowledge and practice
• Five rules for test-taking. that you need to pass the CSEP examination.
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Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
February 16-17, 2010
Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 29-30, 2010
Columbia, Maryland
$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Course Outline
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
Summary loops for iteration. Technical and management aspects.
Today's complex systems present difficult 2. Where Do Requirements Come From? Requirements
challenges to develop. From military systems to aircraft as the primary method of measurement and control for
to environmental and electronic control systems, systems development. Three steps to translate an undefined
development teams must face the challenges with an need into requirements; determining the system
arsenal of proven methods. Individual systems are purpose/mission from an operational view; how to measure
more complex, and systems operate in much closer system quality, analyzing missions and environments;
relationship, requiring a system-of-systems approach requirements types; defining functions and requirements.
to the overall design. 3. Where Does a Solution Come From? Designing a
This two-day workshop presents the fundamentals system using the best methods known today. What is an
of a systems engineering approach to solving complex architecture? System architecting processes; defining
problems. It covers the underlying attitudes as well as alternative concepts; alternate sources for solutions; how to
allocate requirements to the system components; how to
the process definitions that make up systems
develop, analyze, and test alternatives; how to trade off results
engineering. The model presented is a research- and make decisions. Establishing an allocated baseline, and
proven combination of the best existing standards. getting from the system design to the system. Systems
Participants in this workshop practice the processes engineering during ongoing operation.
on a realistic system development. 4. Ensuring System Quality. Building in quality during
the development, and then checking it frequently. The
relationship between systems engineering and systems
Instructors testing. Technical analysis as a system tool. Verification at
multiple levels: architecture, design, product. Validation at
Eric Honour has been in international leadership of multiple levels; requirements, operations design, product.
the engineering of systems for over a 5. Systems Engineering Management. How to
decade, part of a 40-year career of successfully manage the technical aspects of the system
complex systems development and development; planning the technical processes; assessing
operation. His energetic and informative and controlling the technical processes, with corrective
presentation style actively involves class actions; use of risk management, configuration management,
participants. He is a former President of interface management to guide the technical development.
the International Council on Systems 6. Systems Engineering Concepts of Leadership. How
Engineering (INCOSE). He has been a systems to guide and motivate technical teams; technical teamwork
engineer, engineering manager, and program manager and leadership; virtual, collaborative teams; design reviews;
at Harris, ESystems, and Link, and was a Navy pilot. technical performance measurement.
He has contributed to the development of 17 major 7. Summary. Review of the important points of the
systems, including Air Combat Maneuvering workshop. Interactive discussion of participant experiences
Instrumentation, Battle Group Passive Horizon that add to the material.
Extension System, and National Crime Information
Center. BSSE (Systems Engineering) from US Naval
Academy and MSEE from Naval Postgraduate School. Who Should Attend
Dr. Scott Workinger has led innovative technology You Should Attend This Workshop If You Are:
development efforts in complex, risk- • Working in any sort of system development
laden environments for 30 years. He • Project leader or key member in a product development
currently teaches courses on program team
management and engineering and • Looking for practical methods to use today
consults on strategic management and This Course Is Aimed At:
technology issues. Scott has a B.S in
• Project leaders,
Engineering Physics from Lehigh
University, an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the • Technical team leaders,
University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in Civil and • Design engineers, and
Environment Engineering from Stanford University. • Others participating in system development
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Principles of Test & Evaluation
Assuring Required Product Performance
February 18-19, 2010
Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 16-17, 2010
Columbia, Maryland
$990 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Course Outline
1. What is Test and Evaluation? Basic
Summary definitions and concepts. Test and evaluation
This two day workshop is an overview of test overview; application to complex systems. A model
and evaluation from product concept through of T&E that covers the activities needed
(requirements, planning, testing, analysis &
operations. The purpose of the course is to give reporting). Roles of test and evaluation throughout
participants a solid grounding in practical testing product development, and the life cycle, test
methodology for assuring that a product performs economics and risk and their impact on test
as intended. The course is designed for Test planning..
Engineers, Design Engineers, Project Engineers, 2. Test Requirements. Requirements as the
Systems Engineers, Technical Team Leaders, primary method for measurement and control of
System Support Leaders Technical and product development. Where requirements come
Management Staff and Project Managers. from; evaluation of requirements for testability;
deriving test requirements; the Requirements
The course work includes a case study in several Verification Matrix (RVM); Qualification vs.
parts for practicing testing techniques. Acceptance requirements; design proof vs. first
article vs. production requirements, design for
testability..
Instructors 3. Test Planning. Evaluating the product
concept to plan verification and validation by test.
Eric Honour, international consultant and T&E strategy and the Test and Evaluation Master
lecturer, has a 40-year career of Plan (TEMP); verification planning and the
complex systems development & Verification Plan document; analyzing and
operation. Founder and former evaluating alternatives; test resource planning;
President of INCOSE. He has led establishing a verification baseline; developing a
verification schedule; test procedures and their
the development of 18 major format for success.
systems, including the Air Combat
4. Integration Testing. How to successfully
Maneuvering Instrumentation manage the intricate aspects of system integration
systems and the Battle Group Passive Horizon testing; levels of integration planning; development
Extension System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), test concepts; integration test planning (architecture-
US Naval Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate based integration versus build-based integration);
School, and PhD candidate, University of South preferred order of events; integration facilities; daily
Australia. schedules; the importance of regression testing.
Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in 5. Formal Testing. How to perform a test;
differences in testing for design proof, first article
Manufacturing, Eng. & Construction, qualification, recurring production acceptance; rules
and Info. Tech. for 30 years. His for test conduct. Testing for different purposes,
projects have made contributions verification vs. validation; test procedures and test
ranging from increasing optical fiber records; test readiness certification, test article
bandwidth to creating new CAD configuration; troubleshooting and anomaly
technology. He currently teaches handling.
courses on management and engineering and 6. Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting.
consults on strategic issues in management and Statistical methods; test data collection methods and
equipment, timeliness in data collection, accuracy,
technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from sampling; data analysis using statistical rigor, the
Stanford. importance of doing the analysis before the test;,
sample size, design of experiments, Taguchi
method, hypothesis testing, FRACAS, failure data
What You Will Learn analysis; report formats and records, use of data as
• Create effective test requirements. recurring metrics, Cum Sum method.
• Plan tests for complete coverage. This course provides the knowledge and
• Manage testing during integration and verification. ability to plan and execute testing procedures in
• Develop rigorous test conclusions with sound a rigorous, practical manner to assure that a
collection, analysis, and reporting methods. product meets its requirements.
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Risk & Opportunity Management
A Workshop in Identifying and Managing Risk
NEW! March 9-11, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Practice the skills on a realistic “Submarine
Explorer” case study. Identify, analyze, and quan-
tify the uncertainties, then create effective risk
mitigation plans.
Summary
This workshop presents standard and advanced risk
management processes: how to identify risks, risk
analysis using both intuitive and quantitative methods, Course Outline
risk mitigation methods, and risk monitoring and 1. Managing Uncertainty. Concepts of uncertainty,
control. both risk and opportunity. Uncertainty as a central
Projects frequently involve great technical feature of system development. The important concept
uncertainty, made more challenging by an environment of risk efficiency. Expectations for what to achieve with
with dozens to hundreds of people from conflicting risk management. Terms and definitions. Roles of a
disciplines. Yet uncertainty has two sides: with great project leader in relation to uncertainty.
risk comes great opportunity. Risks and opportunities 2. Subjective Probabilities. Review of essential
can be handled together to seek the best balance for mathematical concepts related to uncertainty, including
each project. Uncertainty issues can be quantified to the psychological aspects of probability.
better understand the expected impact on your project. 3. Risk Identification. Methods to find the risk and
Technical, cost and schedule issues can be balanced opportunity issues. Potential sources and how to exploit
against each other. This course provides detailed, them. Guiding a team through the mire of uncertainty.
useful techniques to evaluate and manage the many Possible sources of risk. Identifying possible responses
uncertainties that accompany complex system projects. and secondary risk sources. Identifying issue
ownership. Class exercise in identifying risks
4. Risk Analysis. How to determine the size of risk
Instructor relative to other risks and relative to the project.
Eric Honour, CSEP, international consultant and Qualitative vs. quantitative analysis.
lecturer, has a 40-year career of complex Qualitative vs. quantitative analysis.
systems development & operation.
Founder and former President of Qualitative analysis: understanding the issues and
INCOSE. He has led the development of their subjective relationships using simple methods
18 major systems, including the Air and more comprehensive graphical methods. The
Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation 5x5 matrix. Structuring risk issues to examine links.
systems and the Battle Group Passive Source-response diagrams, fault trees, influence
Horizon Extension System. BSSE (Systems diagrams. Class exercise in doing simple risk
Engineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE, Naval analysis.
Postgraduate School, and PhD candidate, University of Quantitative analysis: what to do when the level of
South Australia. risk is not yet clear. Mathematical methods to
quantify uncertainty in a world of subjectivity. Sizing
the uncertainty, merging subjective and objective
What You Will Learn data. Using probability math to diagnose the
• Four major sources of risk. implications. Portraying the effect with probability
• The risk of efficiency concept, balancing cost of charts, probabilistic PERT and Gantt diagrams.
action against cost of risk. Class exercise in quantified risk analysis.
• The structure of a risk issue. 5. Risk Response. Possible responses to risk, and
how to select an effective response using the risk
• Five effective ways to identify risks.
efficiency concept. Tracking the risks over time, while
• The basic 5x5 risk matrix. taking effective action. How to monitor the risks.
• Three diagrams for structuring risks. Balancing analysis and its results to prevent “paralysis
• How to quantify risks. by analysis” and still get the benefits. A minimalist
• 29 possible risk responses. approach that makes risk management simply, easy,
• Efficient risk management that can apply to even inexpensive, and effective. Class exercise in designing
the smallest project. a risk mitigation.
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Systems Engineering - Requirements
Course Outline
NEW! 1. Introduction
2. Introduction (Continued)
3. Requirements Fundamentals – Defines what a
requirement is and identifies 4 kinds.
January 12-14, 2010 4. Requirements Relationships – How are
Albuquerque, New Mexico requirements related to each other? We will look at several
kinds of traceability.
March 23-25, 2010 5. Initial System Analysis – The whole process begins
Columbia, Maryland with a clear understanding of the user’s needs.
6. Functional Analysis – Several kinds of functional
$1590 (8:30am - 4:30pm) analysis are covered including simple functional flow
diagrams, EFFBD, IDEF-0, and Behavioral Diagramming.
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition." 7. Functional Analysis (Continued) –
8. Performance Requirements Analysis –
Performance requirements are derived from functions and
tell what the item or system must do and how well.
9. Product Entity Synthesis – The course encourages
Sullivan’s idea of form follows function so the product
structure is derived from its functionality.
10. Interface Analysis and Synthesis – Interface
Summary definition is the weak link in traditional structured analysis
This three-day course provides system engineers, but n-square analysis helps recognize all of the ways
team leaders, and managers with a clear function allocation has predefined all of the interface
understanding about how to develop good needs.
specifications affordably using modeling methods that 11. Interface Analysis and Synthesis – (Continued)
encourage identification of the essential characteristics 12. Specialty Engineering Requirements – A
that must be respected in the subsequent design specialty engineering scoping matrix allows system
process. Both the analysis and management aspects engineers to define product entity-specialty domain
are covered. Each student will receive a full set of relationships that the indicated domains then apply their
course notes and textbook, “System Requirements models to.
Analysis,” by the instructor Jeff Grady.
13. Environmental Requirements – A three-layer
model involving tailored standards mapped to system
spaces, a three-dimensional service use profile for end
Instructor items, and end item zoning for component requirements.
Jeffrey O. Grady is the president of JOG System 14. Structured Analysis Documentation – How can
Engineering. He has 30 years of industry we capture and configuration manage our modeling basis
experience in aerospace companies as a for requirements?
system engineer, engineering manager, 15. Software Modeling Using MSA/PSARE –
field engineer, and project engineer. Jeff Modern structured analysis is extended to PSARE as
has authored seven published books in Hatley and Pirbhai did to improve real-time control system
the system engineering field and holds a development but PSARE did something else not clearly
Master of Science in System understood.
Management from USC. He teaches 16. Software Modeling Using Early OOA and UML –
system engineering courses nation-wide. Jeff is an The latest models are covered.
INCOSE Founder, Fellow, and CSEP.
17. Software Modeling Using Early OOA and UML –
(Continued).
18. Software Modeling Using DoDAF – DoD has
What You Will Learn evolved a very complex model to define systems of
• How to model a problem space using proven tremendous complexity involving global reach.
methods where the product will be implemented in 19. Universal Architecture Description Framework –
hardware or software. A method that any enterprise can apply to develop any
• How to link requirements with traceability and reduce system using a single comprehensive model no matter
risk through proven techniques. how the system is to be implemented.
• How to identify all requirements using modeling that 20. Universal Architecture Description Framework
encourages completeness and avoidance of – (Continued)
unnecessary requirements. 21. Specification Management – Specification
• How to structure specifications and manage their formats and management methods are discussed.
development. 22. Requirements Risk Abatement - Special
This course will show you how to build good requirements-related risk methods are covered including
specifications based on effective models. It is not validation, TPM, margins and budgets.
difficult to write requirements; the hard job is to 23. Tools Discussion
know what to write them about and determine 24. Requirements Verification Overview – You
appropriate values. Modeling tells us what to write should be basing verification of three kinds on the
them about and good domain engineering requirements that were intended to drive design. These
encourages identification of good values in them. links are emphasized.
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Systems of Systems
Sound Collaborative Engineering to Ensure Architectural Integrity
December 15-17, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama Course Outline
1. Systems of Systems (SoS) Concepts. What
April 20-22, 2010 SoS can achieve. Capabilities engineering vs.
San Diego, California requirements engineering. Operational issues:
geographic distribution, concurrent operations.
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm) Development issues: evolutionary, large scale,
distributed. Roles of a project leader in relation to
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each integration and scope control.
Off The Course Tuition."
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.
Summary Re-Architecting in an evolutionary environment.
This three day workshop presents detailed, Working with legacy systems. Robustness and
useful techniques to develop effective systems of graceful degradation at the design limits.
systems and to manage the engineering activities Optimization and measurement of quality.
associated with them. The course is designed for 4. Integration. Integration strategies for SoS
program managers, project managers, systems with systems that originated outside the immediate
engineers, technical team leaders, logistic control of the project staff, the difficulty of shifting
SoS priorities over the operating life of the systems.
support leaders, and others who take part in Loose coupling integration strategies, the design of
developing today’s complex systems. open systems, integration planning and
implementation, interface design, use of legacy
systems and COTS.
Modify a legacy 5. Collaboration. The SoS environment and its
robotic system of special demands on systems engineering.
systems as a class Collaborative efforts that extend over long periods of
exercise, using the time and require effort across organizations.
course principles. 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
Instructors engineering; building on the past to meet the future.
Eric Honour, international consultant and lecturer, Strategies for maintaining integrity of systems
has a 40-year career of complex systems engineering efforts over long periods of time when
development & operation. Founder and working in independent organizations.
former President of INCOSE. He has led 6. Testing and Evaluation. Testing and
the development of 18 major systems, evaluation in the SoS environment with unique
including the Air Combat Maneuvering challenges in the evolutionary development. Multiple
Instrumentation systems and the Battle
Group Passive Horizon Extension
levels of T&E, why the usual success criteria no
System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), longer suffice. Why interface testing is necessary but
US Naval Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate isn’t enough. Operational definitions for evaluation.
School, and PhD candidate, University of South Testing for chaotic behavior and emergent behavior.
Australia. Testing responsibilities in the SoS environment.
Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in
Manufacturing, Eng. & Construction, and
Info. Tech. for 30 years. His projects What You Will Learn
have made contributions ranging from • Capabilities engineering methods.
increasing optical fiber bandwidth to • Architecture frameworks.
creating new CAD technology. He • Practical uses of complexity theory.
currently teaches courses on
• Integration strategies to achieve higher-level
management and engineering and
capabilities.
consults on strategic issues in management and
technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from • Effective collaboration methods.
Stanford. • T&E for large-scale architectures.
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Test Design and Analysis
Getting the Right Results from a Test Requires Effective Test Design
November 30 -December 2, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona Course Outline
1. Testing and Evaluation. Basic concepts for testing
February 8-10, 2010 and evaluation. Verification and validation concepts.
Columbia, Maryland Common T&E objectives. Types of Test. Context and
relationships between T&E and systems engineering. T&E
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm) support to acquisition programs. The Test and Evaluation
Master Plan (TEMP).
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition." 2. Testability What is testability? How is it achieved?
What is Built in Test? What are the types of BIT and how
are they applied?
3. A Well Structured Testing and Evaluation
Program. - What are the elements of a well structured
testing and evaluation program? How do the pieces fit
together? How does testing and evaluation fit into the
lifecycle? What are the levels of testing?
4. Needs and Requirements. Identifying the need for
a test. The requirements envelope and how the edge of the
envelope defines testing. Understanding the design
structure. Stakeholders, system, boundaries, motivation
for a test. Design structure and how it affects the test.
5. Issues, Criteria and Measures. Identifying the
issues for a test. Evaluation planning techniques. Other
sources of data. The Requirements Verification Matrix.
Developing evaluation criteria: Measures of Effectiveness
(MOE), Measures of Performance (MOP). Test planning
analysis: Operational analysis, engineering analysis,
Matrix analysis, Dendritic analysis. Modeling and
Systems are growing more complex and are simulation for test planning.
developed at high stakes. With unprecedented 6. Designing Evaluations & Tests. Specific methods
complexity, effective test engineering plays an to design a test. Relationships of different units.
essential role in development. Student groups Input/output analysis - where test variable come from,
choosing what to measure, types of variables. Review of
participate in a detailed practical exercise designed statistics and probability distributions. Statistical design of
to demonstrate the application of testing tools and tests - basic types of statistical techniques, choosing the
methods for system evaluation. techniques, variability, assumptions and pitfalls.
Sequencing test events - the low level tactics of planning
Summary the test procedure.
This three-day course is designed for military and 7. Conducting Tests. Preparation for a test. Writing
commercial program managers, systems engineers, the report first to get the analysis methods in place. How to
work with failure. Test preparation. Forms of the test report.
test project managers, test engineers, and test Evaluating the test design. Determining when failure
analysts. The focus of the course is giving occurs.
individuals practical insights into how to acquire and 8. Evaluation. Analyzing test results. Comparing
use data to make sound management and technical results to the criteria. Test results and their indications of
decisions in support of a development program. performance. Types of test problems and how to solve
Numerous examples of test design or analysis “traps them. Test failure analysis - analytic techniques to find
or pitfalls” are highlighted in class. Many design fault. Test program documents. Pressed Funnels Case
methods and analytic tools are introduced. Study - How evaluation shows the path ahead.
9. Testing and Evaluation Environments. 12
common testing and evaluation environments in a system
Instructor lifecycle, what evaluation questions are answered in each
environment and how the test equipment and processes
Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in differ from environment to environment.
Manufacturing, Eng. & Construction, 10. Special Types and Best Practices of T&E.
and Info. Tech. for 30 years. His Survey of special techniques and best practices. Special
projects have made contributions types: Software testing, Design for testability, Combined
ranging from increasing optical fiber testing, Evolutionary development, Human factors,
bandwidth to creating new CAD Reliability testing, Environmental issues, Safety, Live fire
testing, Interoperability. The Nine Best Practices of T&E.
technology. He currently teaches
courses on management and 11. Emerging Opportunities and Issues with
Testing and Evaluation. The use of prognosis and sense
engineering and consults on strategic issues in and respond logistics. Integration between testing and
management and technology. He holds a Ph.D. simulation. Large scale systems. Complexity in tested
in Engineering from Stanford. systems. Systems of Systems.
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Total Systems Engineering Development & Management
February 1-4, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
March 2-5, 2010
Colorado Springs, Colorado
$1695 (8:00am - 5:00pm)
Call for information about our six-course systems engineering
certificate program or for “on-site” training to prepare for the
INCOSE systems engineering exam.
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Course Outline
1. System Management. Introduction to System
Engineering, Development Process Overview,
Enterprise Engineering, Program Design, Risk,
Configuration Management / Data Management,
Summary System Engineering Maturity.
This four-day course covers four system 2. System Requirements. Introduction and
development fundamentals: (1) a sound engineering Development Environments, R e q u i r e m e n t s
management infrastructure within which work may Elicitation and Mission Analysis, System and
be efficiently accomplished, (2) define the problem Hardware Structured Analysis, Performance
to be solved (requirements and specifications), (3) Requirements Analysis, Product Architecture
solve the problem (design, integration, and Synthesis and Interface Development, Constraints
optimization), and (4) prove that the design solves Analysis, Computer Software Structured Analysis,
the defined problem (verification). Proven, practical Requirements Management Topics.
techniques are presented for the key tasks in the 3. System Synthesis. Introduction, Design,
development of sound solutions for extremely Product Sources, Interface Development,
difficult customer needs. This course prepares Integration, Risk, Design Reviews.
students to both learn practical systems engineering 4. System Verification. Introduction to
and to learn the information and terminology that is Verification, Item Qualification Requirements
tested in the newest INCOSE CSEP exam. Identification, Item Qualification Planning and
Documentation, Item Qualification Verification
Reporting, Item Qualification Implementation,
Instructor Management, and Audit, Item Acceptance Overview,
Jeffrey O. Grady is the president of JOG System System Test and Evaluation Overview, Process
Engineering, Inc., a system engineering consulting Verification.
and training company. He has 30 years of industry
experience in aerospace companies What You Will Learn
as a system engineer, engineering
manager, field engineer, and project • How to identify and organize all of the work an
engineer. Jeff has authored seven enterprise must perform on programs, plan a
published books in the system project, map enterprise work capabilities to the
engineering field and holds a Master of plan, and quality audit work performance against
Science in System Management from USC. He the plan.
teaches system engineering courses nationwide at • How to accomplish structured analysis using one
universities as well as commercially on site at of several structured analysis models yielding
companies. Jeff is an INCOSE CSEP, Fellow, and every kind of requirement appropriate for every
Founder. kind of specification coordinated with specification
templates.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY: • An appreciation for design development through
original design, COTS, procured items, and
"This course tied the whole development cycle selection of parts, materials, and processes.
together for me." • How to develop interfaces under associate
contracting relationships using ICWG/TIM
"I had mastered some of the details before
this course, but did not understand how the meetings and Interface Control Documents.
pieces fit together. Now I do!" • How to define verification requirements, map and
organize them into verification tasks, plan and
"I really appreciated the practical methods proceduralize the verification tasks, capture the
to accomplish this important work." verification evidence, and audit the evidence for
compliance.
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Advanced Developments in Radar Technology
February 23-25, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland NEW!
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
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Course Outline
1. Introduction and Background.
• The nature of radar and the physics involved.
• Concepts and tools required, briefly reviewed.
Summary • Directions taken in radar development and the
This three-day course provides students who already technological advances permitting them.
have a basic understanding of radar a valuable extension
into the newer capabilities being continuously pursued in • Further concepts and tools, more elaborate.
our fast-moving field. While the course begins with a quick 2. Advanced Signal Processing.
review of fundamentals - this to establish a common base • Review of developments in pulse compression (matched
for the instruction to follow - it is best suited for the student filter theory, modulation techniques, the search for
who has taken one of the several basic radar courses optimality) and in Doppler processing (principles,
available. "coherent" radar, vector processing, digital techniques);
In each topic, the method of instruction is first to establishing resolution in time (range) and in frequency
establish firmly the underlying principle and only then are (Doppler).
the current achievements and challenges addressed. • Recent considerations in hybrid coding, shaping the
Treated are such topics as pulse compression in which ambiguity function.
matched filter theory, resolution and broadband pulse • Target inference. Use of high range and high Doppler
modulation are briefly reviewed, and then the latest code resolution: example and experimental results.
optimality searches and hybrid coding and code-variable
pulse bursts are explored. Similarly, radar polarimetry is 3. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
reviewed in principle, then the application to image • Fundamentals reviewed, 2-D and 3-D SAR, example
processing (as in Synthetic Aperture Radar work) is image.
covered. Doppler processing and its application to SAR • Developments in image enhancement. The dangerous
imaging itself, then 3D SAR, the moving target problem point-scatterer assumption. Autofocusing methods in
and other target signature work are also treated this way. SAR, ISAR imaging. The ground moving target problem.
Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) is introduced;
the resurgent interest in bistatic radar is discussed. • Polarimetry and its application in SAR. Review of
polarimetry theory. Polarimetric filtering: the whitening
The most ample current literature (conferences and filter, the matched filter. Polarimetric-dependent phase
journals) is used in this course, directing the student to unwrapping in 3D IFSAR.
valuable material for further study. Instruction follows the
student notebook provided. • Image interpretation: target recognition processes
reviewed.
4. A "Radar Revolution" - the Phased Array.
Instructor • The all-important antenna. General antenna theory,
Bob Hill received his BS degree in 1957 (Iowa State quickly reviewed. Sidelobe concerns, suppression
University) and the MS in 1967 (University of Maryland), techniques. Ultra-low sidelobe design.
both in electrical engineering. After • The phased array. Electronic scanning, methods, typical
spending a year in microwave work with an componentry. Behavior with scanning, the impedance
electronics firm in Virginia, he was then a problem and matching methods. The problem of
ground electronics officer in the U.S. Air bandwidth; time-delay steering. Adaptive patterns,
Force in the late 1950s and began his civil adaptivity theory and practice. Digital beam forming. The
service career with the U.S. Navy "active" array.
Department in Washington D.C. in 1960, • Phased array radar, system considerations.
acquiring responsibilities for the
development of shipboard radar systems. He managed the 5. Advanced Data Processing.
development of the phased array radar of the Navy’s • Detection in clutter, threshold control schemes, CFAR.
AEGIS system from the early 1960s through its • Background analysis: clutter statistics, parameter
introduction to the fleet in 1975. Later in his career he estimation, clutter as a compound process.
directed the development, acquisition and support of all
surveillance radars of the surface navy. • Association, contacts to tracks.
He retired from the federal service in 1988, continuing • Track estimation, filtering, adaptivity, multiple hypothesis
his teaching of radar courses which had begun in 1975. Mr. testing.
Hill is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE “distinguished • Integration: multi-radar, multi-sensor data fusion, in both
lecturer”, a member of its Radar Systems Panel and detection and tracking, greater use of supplemental data,
previously a member of its Aerospace and Electronic augmenting the radar processing.
Systems Society Board of Governors for many years. He 6. Other Topics.
established in 1975 and chaired through 1990 the IEEE’s
series of international radar conferences and remains on • Bistatics, the resurgent interest. Review of the basics of
the organizing committee of these, and works with the bistatic radar, challenges, early experiences. New
several other nations cooperating in that series. He has opportunities: space; terrestrial. Achievements reported.
published numerous conference papers, magazine articles • Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP), airborne radar
and chapters of books, and is the author of the radar, emphasis.
monopulse radar, airborne radar and synthetic aperture • Ultra-wideband short pulse radar, various claims (well-
radar articles in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science founded and not); an example UWB SAR system for
and Technology and contributor for radar-related entries of good purpose.
their technical dictionary. • Concluding discussion, course review.
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Antenna and Array Fundamentals
Basic concepts in antennas, antenna arrays, and antennas systems
November 17-19, 2009
Chantilly, Virginia
March 2-4, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
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NEW!
Course Outline
1. Basic concepts in antenna theory. Beam
patterns, radiation resistance, polarization,
gain/directivity, aperture size, reciprocity, and matching
techniques.
2. Locations. Reactive near-field, radiating near-
field (Fresnel region), far-field (Fraunhofer region) and
Summary the Friis transmission formula.
This three-day course teaches the basics of antenna 3. Types of antennas. Dipole, loop, patch, horn,
and antenna array theory. Fundamental concepts such dish, and helical antennas are discussed, compared,
as beam patterns, radiation resistance, polarization, and contrasted from a performance/applications
gain/directivity, aperture size, reciprocity, and matching standpoint.
techniques are presented. Different types of antennas
such as dipole, loop, patch, horn, dish, and helical 4. Propagation effects. Direct, sky, and ground
antennas are discussed and compared and contrasted waves. Diffraction and scattering.
from a performance/applications standpoint. The 5. Antenna arrays and array factors (e.g.,
locations of the reactive near-field, radiating near-field uniform, binomial, and Tschebyscheff arrays).
(Fresnel region), and far-field (Fraunhofer region) are 6. Scanning from broadside. Sidelobe levels,
described and the Friis transmission formula is null locations, and beam broadening. The end-fire
presented with worked examples. Propagation effects condition. Problems such as grating lobes, beam
are presented. Antenna arrays are discussed, and squint, quantization errors, and scan blindness.
array factors for different types of distributions (e.g., 7. Beam steering. Phase shifters and true-time
uniform, binomial, and Tschebyscheff arrays) are delay devices. Some commonly used components and
analyzed giving insight to sidelobe levels, null locations, delay devices (e.g., the Rotman lens) are compared.
and beam broadening (as the array scans from
broadside.) The end-fire condition is discussed. Beam 8. Measurement techniques used in anechoic
steering is described using phase shifters and true-time chambers. Pattern measurements, polarization
delay devices. Problems such as grating lobes, beam patterns, gain comparison test, spinning dipole (for CP
squint, quantization errors, and scan blindness are measurements). Items of concern relative to anechoic
presented. Antenna systems (transmit/receive) with chambers such as the quality of the absorbent material,
active amplifiers are introduced. Finally, measurement quiet zone, and measurement errors. Compact,
techniques commonly used in anechoic chambers are outdoor, and near-field ranges.
outlined. The textbook, Antenna Theory, Analysis & 9. Questions and answers.
Design, is included as well as a comprehensive set of
course notes.
What You Will Learn
• Basic antenna concepts that pertain to all antennas
Instructor and antenna arrays.
Dr. Steven Weiss is a senior design engineer with • The appropriate antenna for your application.
the Army Research Lab in Adelphi, MD. He has a • Factors that affect antenna array designs and
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the antenna systems.
Rochester Institute of Technology with Master’s and
• Measurement techniques commonly used in
Doctoral Degrees from The George Washington
anechoic chambers.
University. He has numerous publications in the IEEE
on antenna theory. He teaches both introductory and This course is invaluable to engineers seeking to
advanced, graduate level courses at Johns Hopkins work with experts in the field and for those desiring
University on antenna systems. He is active in the a deeper understanding of antenna concepts. At its
IEEE. In his job at the Army Research Lab, he is completion, you will have a solid understanding of
actively involved with all stages of antenna the appropriate antenna for your application and
development from initial design, to first prototype, to the technical difficulties you can expect to
measurements. He is a licensed Professional Engineer encounter as your design is brought from the
in both Maryland and Delaware. conceptual stage to a working prototype.
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Combat Systems Engineering
February 23-24, 2010
Columbia, Maryland NEW!
$1090 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
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Course Outline
1. Combat System Overview. Combat system
characteristics. Functional description for the
Summary combat system in terms of the sensor and weapons
The increasing level of combat system integration and
communications requirements, coupled with shrinking control, communications, and command and control.
defense budgets and shorter product life cycles, offers Antiair Warfare. Antisurface Warfare. Antisubmarine
many challenges and opportunities in the design and Warfare. Typical scenarios.
acquisition of new combat systems. This two-day course
teaches the systems engineering discipline that has built 2. Sensors/Weapons. Review of the variety of
some of the modern military’s greatest combat and multi-warfare sensor and weapon suites that are
communications systems, using state-of-the-art systems employed by combat systems. The fire control loop
engineering techniques. It details the decomposition and is described and engineering examples and
mapping of war-fighting requirements into combat system
functional designs. A step-by-step description of the tradeoffs are illustrated.
combat system design process is presented emphasizing 3. Configurations, Equipment, & Computer
the trades made necessary because of growing Programs. Various combinations of system
performance, operational, cost, constraints and ever
increasing system complexities. configurations, equipments, and computer programs
Topics include the fire control loop and its closure by the that constitute existing combat systems.
combat system, human-system interfaces, command and 4. Command & Control. The ship battle
communication systems architectures, autonomous and organization, operator stations, and human-machine
net-centric operation, induced information exchange
requirements, role of communications systems, and multi- interfaces and displays. Use of automation and
mission capabilities. improvements in operator displays and expanded
Engineers, scientists, program managers, and graduate display requirements. Command support
students will find the lessons learned in this course requirements, systems, and experiments.
valuable for architecting, integration, and modeling of Improvements in operator displays and expanded
combat system. Emphasis is given to sound system
engineering principles realized through the application of display requirements.
strict processes and controls, thereby avoiding common 5. Communications. Current and future
mistakes. Each attendee will receive a complete set of communications systems employed with combat
detailed notes for the class.
systems and their relationship to combat system
functions and interoperability. Lessons learned in
Instructor Joint and Coalition operations. Communications in
Robert Fry worked from 1979 to 2007 at The Johns the Gulf War. Future systems JTIDS, Copernicus
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he and imagery.
was a member of the Principal Professional Staff. He is
now working at System Engineering Group (SEG) where 6. Combat System Development. An overview
he is Corporate Senior Staff and also serves as the of the combat system engineering process,
company-wide technical advisor. Throughout his career he operational environment trends that affect system
has been involved in the development of new combat design, limitations of current systems, and proposed
weapon system concepts, development of system
requirements, and balancing allocations within the fire future combat system architectures. System trade-
control loop between sensing and weapon kinematic offs.
capabilities. He has worked on many aspects of the AEGIS 7. Network Centric Warfare and the Future.
combat system including AAW, BMD, AN/SPY-1, and multi-
mission requirements development. Missile system Exponential gains in combat system performance as
development experience includes SM-2, SM-3, SM-6, achievable through networking of information and
Patriot, THAAD, HARPOON, AMRAAM, TOMAHAWK, and coordination of weaponry.
other missile systems.
8. AEGIS Systems Development - A Case
Study. Historical development of AEGIS. The major
What You Will Learn problems and their solution. Systems engineering
• The trade-offs and issues for modern combat techniques, controls, and challenges. Approaches
system design. for continuing improvements such as open
• How automation and technology will impact future architecture. Applications of principles to your
combat system design. system assignment. Changing Navy missions, threat
• Understanding requirements for joint warfare, net- trends, shifts in the defense budget, and technology
centric warfare, and open architectures. growth. Lessons learned during Desert Storm.
• Communications system and architectures. Requirements to support joint warfare and
• Lessons learned from AEGIS development. expeditionary forces.
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Explosives Technology and Modeling
January 25-28, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1895 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
4 Day Course!
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Course Outline
1. Shock Waves.
Summary • Fundamental Shock Wave Hydrodynamics
After an introduction to shock waves, the four-day • Shock Hugoniots
course continues with shock matching and explosive • Shock Matching
technology. The formation and interaction of shock and • Equation of State
detonation waves are illustrated using computer movies • Elastic-Plastic Flow
generated by numerical reactive hydrodynamic codes. • Phase Change Oblique Shock Reflection
Numerical methods for evaluating explosive and propellant • Regular and Mach Shock Reflection
sensitivity to shock waves are described and applied to
vulnerability problems such as projectile impact and 2. Shock Equation of State Data Bases.
burning-to-detonation transitions. One-, two-, and three- • Shock Hugoniot Data
dimensional hydrodynamic codes for modeling explosive • Shock Wave Profile Data
and propellant performance and vulnerability are • Radiographic Data
described and typical applications presented. Hands-on • Explosive Performance Data
use of codes for evaluating explosive and propellant • Aquarium Data
performance is provided. We recommend that you bring • Russian Shock and Explosive Data
your laptop to this course.
3. Performance of Explosives and Propellants.
• Steady-State Explosives
Instructor • Nonideal Explosives
Charles L. Mader, Ph.D.,is a retired Fellow of the Los • Ammonium Salt-Explosive Mixtures
Alamos National Laboratory and President of Mader • Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil (ANFO) Mixtures
Consulting Company. Dr. Mader authored the monograph • Metal Loaded Explosives
Numerical Modeling of Detonation, and also wrote four • Nonsteady-State Detonations
dynamic material property data volumes published by the • Build-Up in Plane
University of California Press. His book and CD-ROM • Build-Up in Diverging Geometry and Converging
Geometry
entitled Numerical Modeling of Explosives and Propellants,
Third Edition, published in 2008 by CRC Press will be the • Chemistry of Build-Up
text for the course. He is the author of Numerical Modeling • Propellant Performance
of Water Waves, Second Edition, published in 2004 by 4. Initiation of Detonation.
CRC Press. He is listed in Who's Who in America and • Thermal Initiation
Who's Who in the World. He has consulted and guest • Explosive Hazard Calibration Tests
lectured for public and private organizations in several • Shock Initiation of Homogeneous Explosives
countries. The Mader Consulting Co. web site is • Hydrodynamic Hot Spot Model
www.mccohi.com. • Shock Sensitivity and Effects of Composition
• Particle Size and Temperature
Who Should Attend • THE FOREST FIRE MODEL
• Failure Diameter
This course is suited for scientists, engineers, and
• Corner Turning
managers interested in the current state of explosive and
• Desensitization of Explosives by Preshocking
propellant technology, and in the use of numerical
• Projectile Initiation of Explosives
modeling to evaluate the performance and vulnerability of
• Burning to Detonation
explosives and propellants.
5. Modeling Hydrodynamics on Personal Computers.
Course Materials • Numerical Solution of One-Dimensional and Two-
Dimensional Lagrangian Reactive Flow.
Participants will receive a copy of Numerical Modeling of • Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional and Three-
Explosives and Propellants, Third Edition by Dr. Charles Dimensional Eulerian Reactive Flow.
Mader, 2008 CRC Press. In addition, participants will • Numerical Solution of Explosive and Propellant
receive an updated CD-ROM. Properties.
6. Design and Interpretation of Experiments.
What You Will Learn • Plane-Wave Experiments
• What are Shock Waves and Detonation Waves? • Explosions in Water
• What makes an Explosive Hazardous? • The Plate Dent Experiment
• The Cylinder Test
• Where Shock Wave and Explosive Data is available.
• Jet Penetration of Inerts and Explosives
• How to model Explosive and Propellant Performance. • Plane Wave Lens
• How to model Explosive Hazards and Vulnerability. • Regular and Mach Reflection of Detonation Waves
• How to use the furnished explosive performance and • Insensitive High Explosive Initiators
hydrodynamic computer codes. • Colliding Detonations
• The current state of explosive and propellant • Shaped Charge Jet Formation and Target Penetration
technology.
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Fundamentals of Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS
October 29-30, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 2-3, 2009
Washington DC
January 18-19, 2010
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds) Washington DC
$1750 (8:00am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Summary Off The Course Tuition."
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 Course Outline
Link 16 both technical and tactical. The course is
designed to support both military and industry and does 1. Introduction to Link 16.
not require any previous experience or exposure to the 2. Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Documentation
subject matter. The course comes with one-year follow- 3. Link 16 Enhancements
on support, which entitles the student to contact the
4. System Characteristics
instructor with course related questions for one year
after course completion. 5. Time Division Multiple Access
6. Network Participation Groups
7. J-Series Messages
Instructor 8. Building the Link 16 Signal
Patrick Pierson is president of Network Centric 9. Link 16 Time Slot Components
Solutions (NCS), a Tactical Data Link and Network
Centric training, consulting, and software development 10. Link 16 Message Packing and Pulses
company with offices in the U.S. and U.K. Patrick has 11. JTIDS / MIDS Networks / Nets (Multi / Stacked /
more than 23 years of operational experience, and is Crypto)
internationally recognized as a Tactical Data Link
12. JTIDS / MIDS Network Synchronization
subject matter expert. Patrick has designed more than
30 Tactical Data Link training courses and personally 13. JTIDS / MIDS Network Time
trains hundreds of students around the globe every 14. Access Modes
year. 15. Precise Participant Location and Identification
16. JTIDS / MIDS Voice
17. JTIDS / MIDS Network Roles
What You Will Learn
• The course is designed to enable the student to be 18. Relative Navigation
able to speak confidently and with authority about all 19. JTIDS / MIDS Relays
of the subject matter on the right. The course is 20. Communications Security
suitable for:
21. JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Deconfliction
• Operators
22. JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Restrictions
• Engineers
• Consultants 23. Time Slot Duty Factor
• Sales staff 24. Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol
• Software Developers (JREAP)
• Business Development Managers 25. JTIDS / MIDS Network Design
• Project / Program Managers 26. JTIDS / MIDS Terminals
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Fundamentals of Radar Technology
January 12-14, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
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Summary
A three-day course covering the basics of radar,
taught in a manner for true understanding of the Course Outline
fundamentals, even for the complete newcomer. First Morning – Introduction
Covered are electromagnetic waves, frequency bands,
the natural phenomena of scattering and propagation, The basic nature of radar and its applications, military
radar performance calculations and other tools used in and civil Radiative physics (an exercise); the radar
radar work, and a “walk through” of the four principal range equation; the statistical nature of detection
subsystems – the transmitter, the antenna, the receiver Electromagnetic waves, constituent fields and vector
and signal processor, and the control and interface representation Radar “timing”, general nature, block
apparatus – covering in each the underlying principle diagrams, typical characteristics,
and componentry. A few simple exercises reinforce the First Afternoon – Natural Phenomena:
student’s understanding. Both surface-based and Scattering and Propagation. Scattering: Rayleigh point
airborne radars are addressed. scattering; target fluctuation models; the nature of
clutter. Propagation: Earth surface multipath;
Instructor atmospheric refraction and “ducting”; atmospheric
attenuation. Other tools: the decibel, etc. (a dB
Bob Hill received his BS degree in 1957 (Iowa State exercise).
University) and the MS in 1967
(University of Maryland), both in electrical Second Morning – Workshop
engineering. After spending a year in An example radar and performance calculations, with
microwave work with an electronics firm variations.
in Virginia, he was then a ground Second Afternoon – Introduction to the
electronics officer in the U.S. Air Force in Subsystems.
the late 1950s and began his civil service Overview: the role, general nature and challenges of
career with the U.S. Navy Department in Washington each. The Transmitter, basics of power conversion:
D.C. in 1960, acquiring responsibilities for the power supplies, modulators, rf devices (tubes, solid
development of shipboard radar systems. He managed state). The Antenna: basic principle; microwave optics
the development of the phased array radar of the and pattern formation, weighting, sidelobe concerns,
Navy’s AEGIS system from the early 1960s through its sum and difference patterns; introduction to phased
introduction to the fleet in 1975. Later in his career he arrays.
directed the development, acquisition and support of all
surveillance radars of the surface navy. Third Morning – Subsytems Continued:
He retired from the federal service in 1988, The Receiver and Signal Processor.
continuing his teaching of radar courses which had Receiver: preamplification, conversion, heterodyne
begun in 1975 at The George Washington University in operation “image” frequencies and double conversion.
its continuing engineering education program and Signal processing: pulse compression. Signal
which also included semester teaching with the Virginia processing: Doppler-sensitive processing Airborne
Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1980s. The teaching radar – the absolute necessity of Doppler processing.
continues now for several interests worldwide. Mr. Hill Third Afternoon – Subsystems: Control and
is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE “distinguished Interface Apparatus.
lecturer”, a member of its Radar Systems Panel and
previously a member of its Aerospace and Electronic Automatic detection and constant-false-alarm-rate
Systems Society Board of Governors for many years. (CFAR) techniques of threshold control. Automatic
He established in 1975 and chaired through 1990 the tracking: exponential track filters. Multi-radar fusion,
IEEE’s series of international radar conferences and briefly Course review, discussion, current topics and
remains on the organizing committee of these, and community activity.
works with the several other nations cooperating in that
series. He has published numerous conference papers, The course is taught from the student notebook
magazine articles and chapters of books, and is the supplied, based heavily on the open literature and
author of the radar, monopulse radar, airborne radar with adequate references to the most popular of the
and synthetic aperture radar articles in the McGraw-Hill many textbooks now available. The student’s own
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and note-taking and participation in the exercises will
contributor for radar-related entries of their technical enhance understanding as well.
dictionary.
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Fundamentals of Rockets and Missiles
December 8-10, 2009 Course Outline
Colorado Springs, Colorado 1. Introduction to Rockets and Missiles The Classifications
of guided, and unguided, missile systems is introduced. The
March 8-10, 2010 practical uses of rocket systems as weapons of war, commerce
and the peaceful exploration of space are examined.
Laurel, Maryland 2. Rocket Propulsion made Simple. How rocket motors and
engines operate to achieve thrust. Including Nozzle Theory, are
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) explained. The use of the rocket equation and related Mass
Properties metrics are introduced. The flight environments and
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each conditions of rocket vehicles are presented. Staging theory for
Off The Course Tuition." rockets and missiles are explained. Non-traditional propulsion is
addressed.
3. Introduction to Liquid Propellant Performance, Utility
and Applications. Propellant performance issues of specific
impulse, Bulk density and mixture ratio decisions are examined.
Storable propellants for use in space are described. Other
propellant Properties, like cryogenic properties, stability, toxicity,
Summary compatibility are explored. Mono-Propellants and single
propellant systems are introduced.
This course provides an overview of rockets and missiles
for government and industry officials with limited technical 4. Introducing Solid Rocket Motor Technology. The
experience in rockets and missiles. The course provides a advantages and disadvantages of solid rocket motors are
practical foundation of knowledge in rocket and missile issues examined. Solid rocket motor materials, propellant grains and
construction are described. Applications for solid rocket motors as
and technologies. The seminar is designed for engineers, weapons and as cost-effective space transportation systems are
technical personnel, military specialist, decision makers and explored. Hybrid Rocket Systems are explored.
managers of current and future projects needing a more
5. Liquid Rocket System Technology. Rocket Engines, from
complete understanding of the complex issues of rocket and pressure fed to the three main pump-fed cycles, are examined.
missile technology The seminar provides a solid foundation in Engine cooling methods are explored. Other rocket engine and
the issues that must be decided in the use, operation and stage elements are described. Control of Liquid Rocket stage
development of rocket systems of the future. You will learn a steering is presented. Propellant Tanks, Pressurization systems
wide spectrum of problems, solutions and choices in the and Cryogenic propellant Management are explained.
technology of rockets and missile used for military and civil 6. Foreign vs. American Rocket Technology and Design.
purposes. How the former Soviet aerospace system diverged from the
Attendees will receive a complete set of printed notes. American systems, where the Russians came out ahead, and what
These notes will be an excellent future reference for current we can learn from the differences. Contrasts between the Russian
trends in the state-of-the-art in rocket and missile technology and American Design philosophy are observed to provide lessons
and decision making. for future design. Foreign competition from the end of the Cold War
to the foreseeable future is explored.
7. Rockets in Spacecraft Propulsion. The difference
Instructor between launch vehicle booster systems, and that found on
spacecraft, satellites and transfer stages, is examined The use of
Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle System storable and hypergolic propellants in space vehicles is explained.
Engineer, specializing in integration of launch Operation of rocket systems in micro-gravity is studied.
vehicle technology, design, modeling and 8. Rockets Launch Sites and Operations. Launch Locations
business strategies. He is currently an in the USA and Russia are examined for the reason the locations
independent consultant, writer and teacher of have been chosen. The considerations taken in the selection of
rocket system technology. He is experienced launch sites are explored. The operations of launch sites in a more
in launch vehicle operations, design, testing, efficient manner, is examined for future systems.
business analysis, risk reduction, modeling, 9. Rockets as Commercial Ventures. Launch Vehicles as
safety and reliability. He also has 13-years of government American commercial ventures are examined, including the
experience including five years working launch operations at motivation for commercialization. The Commercial Launch Vehicle
Vandenberg AFB. Mr. Keith has written over 20 technical market is explored.
papers on various aspects of low cost space transportation 10. Useful Orbits and Trajectories Made Simple. The
over the last two decades. student is introduced to simplified and abbreviated orbital
mechanics. Orbital changes using Delta-V to alter an orbit, and the
use of transfer orbits, are explored. Special orbits like
geostationary, sun synchronous and Molnya are presented.
Who Should Attend Ballistic Missile trajectories and re-entry penetration is examined.
• Aerospace Industry Managers. 11. Reliability and Safety of Rocket Systems. Introduction to
• Government Regulators, Administrators and the issues of safety and reliability of rocket and missile systems is
sponsors of rocket or missile projects. presented. The hazards of rocket operations, and mitigation of the
problems, are explored. The theories and realistic practices of
• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket and understanding failures within rocket systems, and strategies to
missile projects. improve reliability, is discussed.
• Contractors or investors involved in missile 12. Expendable Launch Vehicle Theory, Performance and
development. Uses. The theory of Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) dominance
over alternative Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) is explored. The
• Military Professionals. controversy over simplification of liquid systems as a cost effective
strategy is addressed.
What You Will Learn 13. Reusable Launch Vehicle Theory and Performance.
The student is provided with an appreciation and understanding of
• Fundamentals of rocket and missile systems. why Reusable Launch Vehicles have had difficulty replacing
• The spectrum of rocket uses and technologies. expendable launch vehicles. Classification of reusable launch
• Differences in technology between foreign and vehicle stages is introduced. The extra elements required to bring
stages safely back to the starting line is explored. Strategies to
domestic rocket systems. make better RLV systems are presented.
• Fundamentals and uses of solid and liquid rocket 14. The Direction of Technology. A final open discussion
systems. regarding the direction of rocket technology, science, usage and
• Differences between systems built as weapons and regulations of rockets and missiles is conducted to close out the
those built for commerce. class study.
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Missile Autopilots
Summary
This applications-oriented course provides a
comprehensive overview of missile autopilots. The
course begins with an overview of the missile
equations of motion and aerodynamic models,
followed by a review of linear system theory
including frequency response and Bode plots, root
locus, stability criteria, and compensator design.
This introductory material is followed by detailed
discussion of modern missile autopilot design topics
including hardware and hardware modeling, November 16-19, 2009
autopilot design requirements, and autopilot design
examples. The remainder of the course focuses on Columbia, Maryland
'real world' issues such as nonlinearities, gain
scheduling, discretization, pitch-yaw-roll autopilot $1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
design, and other advanced concepts. Examples "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
are included throughout the course. Off The Course Tuition."
Instructor
Paul Jackson is the supervisor of the
Engineering and Development
Section of the Guidance and Control “We went from theory to
Group at the Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL) and is the APL Lead advanced design & analysis
for Standard Missile-2 Guidance and techniques ... all with real world
Control. Since joining the staff of APL
in 1988, he has worked as an analyst issues.”
on missile guidance and control
systems, particularly for the US Navy Tomahawk
and Standard missiles. His early contributions came Course Outline
as a member of the APL team that was among the
first to demonstrate the application of modern robust 1. Overview of Missile Autopilots. Definitions,
control techniques such as H-Infinity Control and Types of Autopilots, Example Applications.
Mu-Synthesis to the missile autopilot design 2. Equations of Motion. Coordinate Systems,
problem. Subsequent experience includes the Transformations, Euler Angles, Force Equations,
design, analysis, and simulation of missile autopilot Moment Equations, Aerodynamic Variables,
and guidance algorithms and hardware. Mr. Linearization, Aerodynamics.
Jackson has presented papers at AIAA and the IEEE 3. Linear Systems. State Variables, Block
conferences and is a former member of the AIAA Diagrams, Laplace Transforms, Transfer Functions,
Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Impulse Response, Step Response, Stability, Second
Committee. Order Systems, Frequency Response, Root Locus,
Nyquist Stability Theory.
4. Feedback Control. Need for Feedback, Design
What You Will Learn Criteria, Types of Feedback, Compensator Design via
Root Locus, Compensator Design via Frequency
• The underlying physics governing missile dynamics.
Response.
• Theory and applications for autopilot design and
optimization. 5. Autopilot Hardware. Actuators, Principles of the
Gyro, Gyro Modeling, Principles of Accelerometers,
• Autopilot requirements and design tradeoffs between Accelerometer Modeling.
performance and robustness.
6. Pitch Autopilot Design. Time Domain
• Choosing autopilot implementation approaches. Requirements, Frequency Domain Requirements,
• Applications to real-world missile systems. Acceleration Feedback, Acceleration and Rate
• Fundamentals for autopilot design and analysis with Feedback, Pitch Over Autopilot, Three-Loop Autopilot
emphasis on linear systems. 7. Implementation Issues. Body Modes, Actuator
• Missile dynamics including aerodynamic modeling. Saturation, Integrator Windup, Gain Scheduling,
• Feedback, feedback design criteria, types of Discretization.
feedback, compensator design. 8. Pitch-Yaw-Roll Autopilot Design. Classical
• Autopilot hardware modeling including actuators, Approach, Skid-to-Turn, Bank-to-Turn, Design
gyros, and accelerometers. Examples.
• Pitch Autopilot Design. 9. Advanced Concepts. Multivariable Stability
• Pitch-Yaw-Roll Autopilot Design. Analysis, LQR Optimal Control, Modern Robust Control
• Advanced Design and Analysis Techniques. Design Techniques.
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Modern Infrared Sensor Technology
Fundamentals and Applications for Space and Missile Defense
Learn the state-of-the-art IR technology
& stay ahead of the missile defense game! November 4-6, 2009
Huntsville, Alabama
Summary February 9-11, 2010
This is a comprehensive 3-day course designed for
engineers, managers, and marketers of defense Beltsville, Maryland
industries and small businesses who wish to enhance
their understanding of infrared (IR) technology, and $1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
improve their skills in designing IR sensing system, or "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
advocating for IR technology development. The practical Off The Course Tuition."
aspect of modern IR physics and design principles are
given in simple terms. Different IR materials, detectors
and focal plane arrays (FPAs) will be presented with
comparisons of the strong and weak points of each
material for different applications. IR for space Course Outline
applications will be emphasized. Examples of IR sensors 1. Introduction: IR in the electromagnetic spectrum
for ballistic missile defense kill vehicles and surveillance and IR signatures. The importance of IR technology to
systems will be given. Some knowledge of semiconductor commercial markets, military systems and missile defense.
electronics will be helpful, but not required. FLIR, scanning and staring IR systems.
2. Infrared fundamentals: What is blackbody
Instructor radiation, how does the temperature of a target relate to its
Dr. Meimei Z Tidrow has over fifteen years radiation wavelength? What is a blackbody, grey-body, and
experience in IR sensor technology a non-grey-body?
development, including IR material 3. Infrared detection fundamentals: What is a
research, detector design and thermal detector? What is a photon detector? How do they
modeling, device processing, sensor work? What are the figures of merit of IR detectors? Why
integration and system applications. some detectors are cooled while others are room
She is well recognized in the IR field temperature (called uncooled)? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of each detection mechanism?
and has made important contributions
to the development of the most advanced IR 4. Infrared detectors: What IR materials are used
sensors. She serves on many international advisory mostly in current IR systems? How do HgCdTe and InSb
and program committees. She has given over 60 detectors work? How does quantum well infrared
invited and contributed speeches at international photodetector (QWIP) work? How does the extrinsic
silicon detector work? How does the IR bolometer work?
conferences, workshops, seminars and colloquiums
How does the ferroelectric detector work? What are the
in the IR technology area. She has published over advantages and disadvantages of each material and each
100 journal and conference publications, one book detector? How to design an IR detector?
chapter and holds 4 patents. Dr. Tidrow is a Military
5. Infrared FPAs: How are IR FPAs manufactured?
Sensing Symposium (MSS) Fellow and a SPIE
What are the figures-of-the merit of IR FPAs? What is the
Fellow. Dr. Tidrow holds the highest technical rank
state-of-the art of IR FPAs?
ST (Senior Technical Staff) in US government and is
the Technical Advisor to the Director of the US Army 6. Multi-color IR FPAs: What are multi-color IR
FPAs? How to design multi-color IR FPAs? How important
Night Vision Lab in the IR focal plane array area.
are temporal and spatial co-registration? What IR
Prior to joining the Army, Dr. Tidrow was a ST at the
materials are suitable for multi-color FPAs? What is the
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) as the Technical state-of-the-art? What are the advantages? How many
Advisor to the Director of the Advanced Technology colors are enough?
Directorate of MDA and managed the Passive
7. Type II Strained Layer Superlattice: A new IR
EO/IR Technology Program. As an Army ST, she
material that has potential to be a IR material choice for
continues to lead the MDA IR sensor technology future space and other military IR systems.
programs and SBIR programs.
8. Infrared systems: Critical sensing components, IR
FPA chip assembly, ROIC, cryocoolers, Optics, and
What You Will Learn processing electronics. Examples of current IR systems for
• How IR detectors work, and simple design rules commercial and military systems.
• How to compare different IR sensor materials and 9. Infrared systems for space: What is the
decide which one to use. atmosphere made of? How does the atmosphere affect IR
• How space IR sensors are different from terrestrial IR sensors? What is the challenge of IR in space? How do IR
sensors. sensors affect satellite orbit design? What happens when
looking up, or looking down? How to eliminate earth shine?
• Why is IR so important to space and missile defense.
Why current IR systems have difficulty meeting
• What is the latest in IR sensor material and FPA requirements for space.
development.
10. Infrared systems for missile defense: IR sensors
• What kind of IR sensors current ballistic missile and ballistic missile defense. Sensors to be expected in
defense systems use and what are expected for the future. Examples: Ground-based midcourse (GMD),
future upgrades. Aegis BMD, Airborne Laser (ABL), THAAD, and STSS.
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Modern Missile Analysis
Propulsion, Guidance, Control, Seekers, and Technology
February 22-25, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
June 21-24, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1695 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary Course Outline
This 4-day course presents a broad introduction to major
missile subsystems and their integrated performance, 1. Introduction. Brief history of missiles. Types of
explained in practical terms, but including relevant analytical guided missiles. Introduction to ballistic missile defense.
methods. While emphasis is on today’s homing missiles and Endoatmospheric and exoatmospheric missile operation.
future trends, the course includes a historical perspective of Missile basing. Missile subsystems overview. Warheads,
relevant older missiles. Both endoatmospheric and lethality and hit-to-kill. Power and power conditioning.
exoatmospheric missiles (missiles that operate in the
atmosphere and in space) are addressed. Missile propulsion, 2. Missile Propulsion. The rocket equation. Solid and
guidance, control, and seekers are covered, and their roles liquid propulsion. Single stage and multistage boosters.
and interactions in integrated missile operation are explained. Ramjets and scramjets. Axial propulsion. Divert and
The types and applications of missile simulation and testing attitude control systems. Effects of gravity and
are presented. Comparisons of autopilot designs, guidance atmospheric drag.
approaches, seeker alternatives, and instrumentation for
various purposes are presented. The course is recommended 3. Missile Airframes, Autopilots and Control.
for analysts, engineers, and technical managers who want to Phases of missile flight. Purpose and functions of
broaden their understanding of modern missiles and missile autopilots. Missile control configurations. Autopilot design.
systems. The analytical descriptions require some technical Open-loop autopilots. Inertial instruments and feedback.
background, but practical explanations can be appreciated by Autopilot response, stability, and agility. Body modes and
all students. rate saturation. Roll control and induced roll in high
performance missiles. Radomes and their effects on
missile control. Adaptive autopilots. Rolling airframe
Instructor missiles.
Dr. Walter R. Dyer is a graduate of UCLA, with a Ph.D. degree
in Control Systems Engineering and Applied 4. Exoatmospheric Missiles for Ballistic Missile
Mathematics. He has over thirty years of Defense. Exoatmospheric missile autopilots, propulsion
industry, government and academic and attitude control. Pulse width modulation. Exo-
experience in the analysis and design of atmospheric missile autopilots. Limit cycles.
tactical and strategic missiles. His experience
includes Standard Missile, Stinger, AMRAAM,
5. Missile Guidance. Seeker types and operation for
HARM, MX, Small ICBM, and ballistic missile endo- and exo-atmospheric missiles. Passive, active and
defense. He is currently a Senior Staff semi active missile guidance. Radar basics and radar
Member at the Johns Hopkins University seekers. Passive sensing basics and passive seekers.
Applied Physics Laboratory and was formerly the Chief Scanning seekers and focal plane arrays. Seeker
Technologist at the Missile Defense Agency in Washington, comparisons and tradeoffs for different missions. Signal
DC. He has authored numerous industry and government processing and noise reduction
reports and published prominent papers on missile
technology. He has also taught university courses in 6. Missile Seekers. Boost and midcourse guidance.
engineering at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Zero effort miss. Proportional navigation and augmented
proportional navigation. Biased proportional navigation.
Predictive guidance. Optimum homing guidance.
What You Will Learn Guidance filters. Homing guidance examples and
You will gain an understanding of the design and analysis of simulation results. Miss distance comparisons with
homing missiles and the integrated performance of their different homing guidance laws. Sources of miss and miss
subsystems.
reduction. Beam rider, pure pursuit, and deviated pursuit
• Missile propulsion and control in the atmosphere and in
space. guidance.
• Clear explanation of homing guidance. 7. Simulation and its applications. Current
• Types of missile seekers and how they work. simulation capabilities and future trends. Hardware in the
• Missile testing and simulation. loop. Types of missile testing and their uses, advantages
and disadvantages of testing alternatives.
• Latest developments and future trends.
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Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
February 2-4, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
May 11-13, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
d With
Revise Added
Newly ics Course Outline
Top
1. Introduction.
2. The Kalman Filter.
3. Other Linear Filters.
Summary 4. Non-Linear Filters.
The objective of this course is to introduce 5. Angle-Only Tracking.
engineers, scientists, managers and military 6. Maneuvering Targets: Adaptive Techniques.
operations personnel to the fields of target 7. Maneuvering Targets: Multiple Model Approaches.
tracking and data fusion, and to the key 8. Single Target Correlation & Association.
technologies which are available today for 9. Track Initiation, Confirmation & Deletion.
application to this field. The course is designed 10. Using Measured Range Rate (Doppler).
to be rigorous where appropriate, while 11. Multitarget Correlation & Association.
remaining accessible to students without a 12. Probabilistic Data Association.
specific scientific background in this field. The 13. Multiple Hypothesis Approaches.
course will start from the fundamentals and 14. Coordinate Conversions.
move to more advanced concepts. This course 15. Multiple Sensors.
will identify and characterize the principle
16. Data Fusion Architectures.
components of typical tracking systems. A
17. Fusion of Data From Multiple Radars.
variety of techniques for addressing different
18. Fusion of Data From Multiple Angle-Only
aspects of the data fusion problem will be Sensors.
described. Real world examples will be used to 19. Fusion of Data From Radar and Angle-Only
emphasize the applicability of some of the Sensor.
algorithms. Specific illustrative examples will be 20. Sensor Alignment.
used to show the tradeoffs and systems issues 21. Fusion of Target Type and Attribute Data.
between the application of different techniques. 22. Performance Metrics.
Instructor What You Will Learn
• State Estimation Techniques – Kalman Filter,
Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior constant-gain filters.
Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy • Non-linear filtering – When is it needed? Extended
Applied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30 Kalman Filter.
years of experience in tracking, sensor fusion, • Techniques for angle-only tracking.
and radar systems analysis and design for the • Tracking algorithms, their advantages and
Navy,Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA. limitations, including:
Recent work has included the integration of a - Nearest Neighbor
new radar into an existing multisensor system - Probabilistic Data Association
and in the integration, using a multiple - Multiple Hypothesis Tracking
hypothesis approach, of shipboard radar and - Interactive Multiple Model (IMM)
ESM sensors. Previous experience has • How to handle maneuvering targets.
included analysis and design of multiradar • Track initiation – recursive and batch approaches.
fusion systems, integration of shipboard • Architectures for sensor fusion.
sensors including radar, IR and ESM, • Sensor alignment – Why do we need it and how do
we do it?
integration of radar, IFF, and time-difference-of-
• Attribute Fusion, including Bayesian methods,
arrival sensors with GPS data sources. Dempster-Shafer, Fuzzy Logic.
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Radar Systems Design & Engineering
Radar Performance Calculations
Course Outline
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
March 2-5, 2010 receiving chain; noise figure and noise temperature; false
alarm and detection probability; pulse integration; target
Beltsville, Maryland models; detection of steady and fluctuating targets.
June 14-17, 2010 3. Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere.
Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere. The
Beltsville, Maryland pattern propagation factor; interference (multipath) and
diffraction; refraction; standard and anomalous refractivity;
$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm) littoral propagation; propagation modeling; low altitude
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each propagation; atmospheric attenuation.
Off The Course Tuition." 4. CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture.
Basic properties; CW and high PRF relationships; the
Doppler principle; dynamic range, stability; isolation
Summary requirements; homodynes and superheterodyne receivers;
This four-day course covers the fundamental in-phase and quadrature; signal spectrum; matched
principles of radar functionality, architecture, and filtering; CW ranging; and measurement accuracy.
performance. Diverse issues such as transmitter 5. Radar Clutter and Clutter Filtering Principles.
stability, antenna pattern, clutter, jamming, propagation, Surface and volumetric clutter; reflectivity; stochastic
target cross section, dynamic range, receiver noise, properties; sea, land, rain, chaff, birds, and urban clutter;
receiver architecture, waveforms, processing, and Pulse Doppler and MTI; transmitter stability; blind speeds
target detection, are treated in detail within the unifying and ranges,; Staggered PRFs; filter weighting;
context of the radar range equation, and examined performance measures.
within the contexts of surface and airborne radar
platforms. The fundamentals of radar multi-target 6. Airborne Radar. Platform motion; iso-ranges and
tracking principles are covered, and detailed examples iso-Dopplers; mainbeam and sidelobe clutter; the three
of surface and airborne radars are presented. This PRF regimes; ambiguities; real beam Doppler sharpening;
course is designed for engineers and engineering synthetic aperture ground mapping modes; GMTI.
managers who wish to understand how surface and 7. High Range Resolution Principles: Pulse
airborne radar systems work, and to familiarize Compression. The Time-bandwidth product; the pulse
themselves with pertinent design issues and with the compression process; discrete and continuous pulse
current technological frontiers. compression codes; performance measures; mismatched
filtering.
8. High Range Resolution Principles: Synthetic
Instructors Wideband. Motivation; alternative techniques; cross-band
Dr. Menachem Levitas is the Chief Scientist of calibration.
Technology Service Corporation (TSC) / Washington. 9. Electronically Scanned Radar Systems. Beam
He has thirty-eight years of experience, thirty of which formation; beam steering techniques; grating lobes; phase
include radar systems analysis and design for the Navy, shifters; multiple beams; array bandwidth; true time delays;
Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. He holds the degree ultralow sidelobes and array errors; beam scheduling.
of Ph.D. in physics from the University of Virginia, and
10. Active Phased Array Radar Systems. Active vs.
a B.S. degree from the University of Portland.
passive arrays; architectural and technological properties;
Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior Technical the T/R module; dynamic range; average power; stability;
Staff of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics pertinent issues; cost; frequency dependence.
Laboratory. He has over thirtyyears of experience in
radar systems analysis and design for the Navy, Air 11. Auto-Calibration and Auto-Compensation
Force, and FAA. His areas of specialization include Techniques in Active Phased. Arrays. Motivation;
automatic detection and tracking systems, sensor data calibration approaches; description of the mutual coupling
fusion, simulation, and system evaluation. approach; an auto-compensation approach.
12. Sidelobe Blanking. Motivation; principle;
implementation issues.
What You Will Learn 13. Adaptive Cancellation. The adaptive space
• What are radar subsystems cancellation principle; broad pattern cancellers; high gain
• How to calculate radar performance cancellers; tap delay lines; the effects of clutter; number of
• Key functions, issues, and requirements jammers, jammer geometries, and bandwidths on
canceller performance; channel matching requirements;
• How different requirements make radars different
sample matrix inverse method.
• Operating in different modes & environments
14. Multiple Target Tracking. Definition of Basic
• Issues unique to multifunction, phased array, radars terms. Track Initiation, State Estimation & Filtering,
• How airborne radars differ from surface radars Adaptive and Multiple Model Processing, Data Correlation
• Today's requirements, technologies & designs & Association, Tracker Performance Evaluation.
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Rocket Propulsion 101
Rocket Fundamentals & Up-to-Date Information
Course Outline
1. Classification of Rocket Propulsion. Introduction to
the types and classification of rocket propulsion, including
chemical, solid, liquid, hybrid, electric, nuclear and solar-
thermal systems.
2. Fundaments and Definitions. Introduction to mass
ratios, momentum thrust, pressure balances in rocket engines,
specific impulse, energy efficiencies and performance values.
3. Nozzle Theory. Understanding the acceleration of
gasses in a nozzle to exchange chemical thermal energy into
kinetic energy, pressure and momentum thrust,
thermodynamic relationships, area ratios, and the ratio of
specific heats. Issues of subsonic, sonic and supersonic
nozzles. Equations for coefficient of thrust, and the effects of
under and over expanded nozzles. Examination of cone&bell
nozzles, and evaluation of nozzle losses.
February 15-17, 2010 4. Performance. Evaluation of performance of rocket
Laurel, Maryland stages & vehicles. Introduction to coefficient of drag,
aerodynamic losses, steering losses and gravity losses.
March 16-18, 2010 Examination of spaceflight and orbital velocity, elliptical orbits,
transfer orbits, staging theory. Discussion of launch vehicles
Beltsville, Maryland and flight stability.
5. Propellant Performance and Density Implications.
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) Introduction to thermal chemical analysis, exhaust species
shift with mixture ratio, and the concepts of frozen and shifting
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each equilibrium. The effects of propellant density on mass
Off The Course Tuition." properties & performance of rocket systems for advanced
design decisions.
Summary 6. Liquid Rocket Engines. Liquid rocket engine
fundamentals, introduction to practical propellants, propellant
This three-day course is based on the popular text feed systems, gas pressure feed systems, propellant tanks,
Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton and Biblarz. The turbo-pump feed systems, flow and pressure balance, RCS
course provides practical knowledge in rocket and OMS, valves, pipe lines, and engine supporting structure.
propulsion engineering and design technology issues. 7. Liquid Propellants. A survey of the spectrum of
It is designed for those needing a more complete practical liquid and gaseous rocket propellants is conducted,
understanding of the complex issues. including properties, performance, advantages and
disadvantages.
The objective is to give the engineer or manager the
8. Thrust Chambers. The examination of injectors,
tools needed to understand the available choices in combustion chamber and nozzle and other major engine
rocket propulsion and/or to manage technical experts elements is conducted in-depth. The issues of heat transfer,
with greater in-depth knowledge of rocket systems. cooling, film cooling, ablative cooling and radiation cooling are
Attendees will receive a copy of the book Rocket explored. Ignition and engine start problems and solutions are
Propulsion Elements, a disk with practical rocket examined.
equations in Excel, and a set of printed notes covering 9. Combustion. Examination of combustion zones,
advanced additional material. combustion instability and control of instabilities in the design
and analysis of rocket engines.
Instructor 10. Turbopumps. Close examination of the issues of
turbo-pumps, the gas generation, turbines, and pumps.
Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle Parameters and properties of a good turbo-pump design.
System Engineer, specializing in 11. Solid Rocket Motors. Introduction to propellant grain
integration of launch vehicle technology, design, alternative motor configurations and burning rate
design, modeling and business issues. Burning rates, and the effects of hot or cold motors.
Propellant grain configuration with regressive, neutral and
strategies. He is an independent progressive burn motors. Issues of motor case, nozzle, and
consultant, writer and teacher of rocket thrust termination design. Solid propellant formulations,
system technology, experienced in binders, fuels and oxidizers.
launch vehicle operations, design, 12. Hybrid Rockets. Applications and propellants used in
testing, business analysis, risk reduction, modeling, hybrid rocket systems. The advantages and disadvantages of
safety and reliability. Mr. Keith’s experience includes hybrid rocket motors. Hybrid rocket grain configurations /
reusable & expendable launch vehicles as well as solid combustion instability.
& liquid rocket systems. 13. Thrust Vector Control. Thrust Vector Control
mechanisms and strategies. Issues of hydraulic actuation,
gimbals and steering mechanisms. Solid rocket motor flex-
Who Should Attend bearings. Liquid and gas injection thrust vector control. The
• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket design use of vanes and rings for steering..
projects. 14. Rocket System Design. Integration of rocket system
• Aerospace Industry Managers. design and selection processes with the lessons of rocket
propulsion. How to design rocket systems.
• Government Regulators, Administrators and sponsors of
rocket or missile projects. 15. Applications and Conclusions. Now that you have
an education in rocket propulsion, what else is needed to
• Contractors or investors involved in rocket propulsion design rocket systems? A discussion regarding the future of
development projects. rocket engine and system design.
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Synthetic Aperture Radar
Fundamentals Advanced
November 2-3, 2009 November 4-5, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland Beltsville, Maryland
May 3-4, 2010 May 5-6, 2010
Chantilly, Virginia Chantilly, Virginia
Instructors: Instructor:
Walt McCandless & Bart Huxtable Bart Huxtable
$1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm) $1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm)
$990 without RadarCalc software $990 without RadarCalc software
**Includes single user RadarCalc license for Windows PC, for the design of airborne & space-based
SAR. Retail price $1000.
What You Will Learn What You Will Learn
• Basic concepts and principles of SAR. • How to apply SAR to the design of high-
resolution systems.
• What are the key system parameters. • How to design and build high performance
• Performance calculations using RadarCalc. signal processors.
• Design and implementation tradeoffs using
• Design and implementation tradeoffs. RadarCalc.
• Current system performance. Emerging • SAR activities in DoD, NASA and commercial
systems. applications.
• Current state-of-the-art.
Course Outline Course Outline
1. Applications Overview. A survey of important 1. SAR Review Origins. Theory, Design,
applications and how they influence the SAR system Engineering, Modes, Applications, System.
from sensor through processor. A wide number of SAR 2. Processing Basics. Traditional strip map
designs and modes will be presented from the processing steps, theoretical justification, processing
pioneering classic, single channel, strip mapping systems designs, typical processing systems.
systems to more advanced all-polarization, spotlight,
and interferometric designs. 3. Advanced SAR Processing. Processing
complexities arising from uncompensated motion and
2. Applications and System Design Tradeoffs low frequency (e.g., foliage penetrating) SAR
and Constraints. System design formulation will begin processing.
with a class interactive design workshop using the
RadarCalc model designed for the purpose of 4. Interferometric SAR. Description of the state-of-
demonstrating the constraints imposed by the-art IFSAR processing techniques: complex SAR
range/Doppler ambiguities, minimum antenna area, image registration, interferogram and correlogram
limitations and related radar physics and engineering generation, phase unwrapping, and digital terrain
constraints. Contemporary pacing technologies in the elevation data (DTED) extraction.
area of antenna design, on-board data collection and 5. Spotlight Mode SAR. Theory and
processing and ground system processing and analysis implementation of high resolution imaging. Differences
will also be presented along with a projection of SAR from strip map SAR imaging.
technology advancements, in progress, and how they 6. Polarimetric SAR. Description of the image
will influence future applications. information provided by polarimetry and how this can
3. Civil Applications. A review of the current NASA be exploited for terrain classification, soil moisture,
and foreign scientific applications of SAR. ATR, etc.
4. Commercial Applications. The emerging 7. High Performance Computing Hardware.
interest in commercial applications is international and Parallel implementations, supercomputers, compact
is fueled by programs such as Canada’s RadarSat, the DSP systems, hybrid opto-electronic system.
European ERS series, the Russian ALMAZ systems 8. Image Phenomenology & Interpretation.
and the current NASA/industry LightSAR initiative. The Imagery of moving targets (e.g., train off the track), lay
applications (soil moisture, surface mapping, change over, shadowing, slant-plane versus ground plane
detection, resource exploration and development, etc.) imagery, ocean imagery.
driving this interest will be presented and analyzed in 9. Example Systems and Applications. SIR-C,
terms of the sensor and platform space/airborne and ERS-1, AirSAR, Almaz, image artifacts and causes.
associated ground systems design and projected cost. ATR, coherent change detection, polarimetry, along-
track interferometry.
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Theory and Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare
NEW! January 19-20, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$995 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
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 Course Outline
policy, doctrine, strategy, and operational 1. Cyberspace as a Warfare Domain. Domain
constraints affecting the development of terms of reference. Comparison of operational
cyber warfare systems. This knowledge will missions conducted through cyberspace.
greatly enhance participants’ ability to Operational history of cyber warfare.
develop operational systems and concepts 2. Stack Positioning as a Maneuver Analog.
that will produce integrated, controlled, and Exploring the space where tangible cyber warfare
effective cyber effects at each warfare level. maneuver really happens. Extend the network stack
concept to other elements of cyberspace.
Understand the advantage gained through proficient
Instructor cyberscape navigation.
Albert Kinney is a retired Naval Officer 3. Organizational Constructs in Cyber
and holds a Masters Degree in electrical Warfare. Inter-relationships between traditional and
emerging warfare, intelligence, and systems policy
engineering. His professional experience authorities.
includes more than 20 years of experience in 4. Cyberspace Doctrine and Strategy. National
research and operational cyberspace Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations.
mission areas including the initial Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
development and first operational (CNCI). Developing a framework for a full spectrum
employment of the Naval Cyber Attack Team. cyberspace capabilities.
5. Legal Considerations for Cyber Warfare.
Overview of pertinent US Code for cyberspace.
What You Will Learn Adapting the international Law of Armed Conflict to
cyber warfare. Decision frameworks and metaphors
• What are the relationships between cyber warfare, for making legal choices in uncharted territory.
information assurance, information operations, and
network-centric warfare? 6. Operational Theory of Cyber Warfare.
Planning and achieving cyber effects.
• How can a cyber warfare capability enable freedom
Understanding policy implications and operational
of action in cyberspace?
risks in cyber warfare. Developing a cyber
• What are legal constraints on cyber warfare? deterrence strategy.
• How can cyber capabilities meet standards for 7. Cyber Warfare Training and Exercise
weaponization?
Requirements. Understanding of the depth of
• How should cyber capabilities be integrated with technical proficiency and operational savvy required
military exercises? to develop, maintain, and exercise integrated cyber
• How can military and civilian cyberspace warfare capabilities.
organizations prepare and maintain their workforce
8. Cyber Weaponization. Cyber weapons
to play effective roles in cyberspace?
taxonomy. Weapon-target interplay. Test and
• What is the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Evaluation Standards. Observable effects.
Initiative (CNCI)?
9. Command & Control for Cyber Warfare. Joint
From this course you will obtain in-depth
Command & Control principles. Joint Battlespace
knowledge and awareness of the cyberspace
Awareness. Situational Awareness. Decision
domain, its functional characteristics, and its
organizational inter-relationships enabling your Support.
organization to make meaningful contributions in 10. Survey of International Cyber Warfare
the domain of cyber warfare through technical Capabilities. Open source exploration of cyber
consultation, systems development, and warfare trends in India, Pakistan, Russia, and China.
operational test & evaluation.
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Applications
Engineering, Spectrum, and Regulatory Issues Associated with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
November 10, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
NEW! February 17, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$650 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
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 Course Outline
(Predator, Shadow, Warrior and others) and real-world 1. Historic Development of UAS Post 1960’s.
problems and issues concerning the use and
expansion of their applications. 2. Components and latest developments of a
UAS. Ground Control Station, Radio Links (LOS
and BLOS), UAV, Payloads.
Instructor 3. UAS Manufacturers. Domestic,
Mr. Mark N. Lewellen has nearly 25 years of International.
experience with a wide variety of space, satellite and
aviation related projects, including the 4. Classes, Characteristics and
Predator/Shadow/Warrior/Global Hawk Comparisons of UAS.
UAVs, Orbcomm, Iridium, Sky Station, 5. Operational Scenarios for UAS. Phases of
and aeronautical mobile telemetry
systems. More recently he has been
Flight, Federal Government Use of UAS, State
working in the exciting field of UAS. He is and Local government use of UAS. Civil and
currently the Vice Chairman of a UAS commercial use of UAS.
Sub-group under Working Party 5B 6. ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and
which is leading the US preparations to find new radio Reconnaissance) of UAS. Optical, Infrared,
spectrum for UAS operations for the next World
Radiocommunication Conference in 2011 under Radar.
Agenda Item 1.3. He is also a technical advisor to the 7. Comparative Study of the Safety of UAS.
US State Department and a member of the National In the Air and On the ground.
Committee which reviews and comments on all US
submissions to international telecommunication 8. UAS Access to the National Airspace
groups, including the International Telecommunication System (NAS). Overview of the NAS, Classes of
Union (ITU). Airspace, Requirements for Access to the NAS,
Issues Being Addressed, Issues Needing to be
Addressed.
What You Will Learn 9. Bandwidth and Spectrum Issues.
• Categories of current UAS and their aeronautical
capabilities?
Bandwidth of single UAV, Aggregate bandwidth of
UAS population.
• Major manufactures of UAS?
• The latest developments and major components of 10. International UAS issues. WRC Process,
a UAS? Agenda Item 1.3 and Resolution 421.
• What type of sensor data can UAS provide? 11. UAS Centers of Excellence. North Dakota,
• Regulatory and spectrum issues associated with Las Cruses, NM, DoD.
UAS? 12. Worked Examples of Channeling Plans
• National Airspace System including the different and Link/Interference Budgets. Shadow,
classes of airspace
Predator/Warrior.
• How will UAS gain access to the National Airspace
System (NAS)? 13. UAS Interactive Deployment Scenarios.
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Advanced Topics in Digital Signal Processing
An Examination of DSP in Modern Fourth Generation Modems
March 29 - April 1, 2010
Laurel, Maryland
$1795 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Summary "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
This four-day course is designed for Off The Course Tuition."
communication systems engineers,
programmers, implementers and managers who
need to understand current practice and next
generation DSP techniques for upcoming
communication systems. DSP is more than
mapping legacy analog designs to a DSP Course Outline
implementation. To avoid compromise solution 1. Introduction. An examination of Past,
appropriate for an earlier time period, we return to Present, and Future Digital Modulation Systems.
first principles to learn how to apply new
technology capabilities to the design of next 2. Digital Filters. FIR Filters, Resampling
generation communication Filters, Interpolators and Decimators, Half Band
systems. Filters, Cascade-Integrator-comb (CIC) filters,
Hogenauer Filters, Multirate IIR filters.
Students will receive a
copy of the instructor’s 3. Channelizers. Modulation and
new textbook, Multirate Demodulation. Design Techniques. Workload
Signal Processing for Comparisons.
Communication Systems, 4. Filter Design Techniques. Window
published by Prentice Designs and Performance considerations.
Hall. Equiripple Designs. System Considerations.
Options to Improve System Performance. Finite
ArithmeticWindow Designs and Performance
considerations. Equiripple Designs. System
Instructor Considerations. Options to Improve System
Dr. fred harris teaches at San Diego State Performance. Finite Arithmetic.
University where he occupies the CUBIC Signal 5. Digital Baseband Transmission. The
Processing Chair. His teaching and Nyquist Filter, Excess Bandwidth, Matched
research areas include Digital Signal Filters, Square-Root Nyquist Filter, Shaping and
Processing, Multirate Signal Up-Sampling Filters.
Processing, Communication Systems,
Source Coding and Modem Design. He 6. Pre-and Post-Signal Conditioning.
has extensive practical experience in Analog Filters, Timing Jitter, Direct Digital
communication systems, high Synthesizers, CORDIC processors, Digital
performance modems, sonar and advanced radar Oscillators, Interpolating and Decimating Filters in
systems and high performance laboratory A-to-D and D-to-A, AGC, DC Canceling, I-Q
instrumentation. He holds a number of patents on Balancing.
Multirate Signal Processing for Satellite and Cable
Modems and lectures throughout the world on DSP 7. Sigma-Delta Converters. A-to-D, D-to-A,
applications. Dr. harris recently published a textbook D-to-D. Multi-loop Converters, Wide-Band
through Prentice Hall entitled Multirate Signal Converters. System Considerations.
Processing for Communication Systems. He consults 8. Carrier Centered Modulation and
for organizations requiring high performance, cost- Demodulation. Shaping and Interpolation,
effective DSP solutions.
QPSK, QAM, Digital IF Options, OFDM, Legacy
Analog modulation and Demodulation in DSP. FM
What You Will Learn Modulation and demodulation.
• How to size and design filters for a specified 9. Synchronization. The Phase Locked
processing task Loop, Proportional plus Integral Loops, Phase
• Effects of Finite Arithmetic on Different Filter Recovery, Band Edge Filters in Frequency
Architectures Recovery, Timing Recovery, Polyphase Filters in
• Understand Multi-rate Signal processing for Sample Timing Recovery.
Rate Changes 10. Adaptive Filters. LMS Algorithm, RLS
• Understand Multi-rate Signal processing for Algorithm, Lattice Filters, Linear Equalization,
Intentional Aliasing Adaptive Equalization, Decision Feedback
• DSP Based Signal Enhancement and Signal Equalizers, Constant Modulus (Blind) Equalizers.
Conditioning
11. Modem Structures. Wireline, Cable,
• DSP Based Synchronization Techniques
Satellite, and Terrestrial modems and
• Limitations and Boundaries of DSP Based Solutions. considerations.
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Composite Materials for Aerospace
Composite Materials, Processing, Fabrication, Design, Analysis and Applications:
NEW! January 19-21, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Summary
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
This three-day course will be of use to design Off The Course Tuition."
engineers, structural engineers, and materials
engineers in the selection of composite materials,
design, analysis, processing and fabrication of
composite structures. Will include worked numerical
examples, physical material samples for classroom Course Outline
examination and references for later application. Day 1 – Composites: What are they and how do you use
them?
Instructors 1. Composite Materials. What are they? Why use
them?
Dr. Jack Roberts is a member of the Principal 2. Past Examples of Composite Applications. From
Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins University ancient building materials to aerospace structural
Applied Physics Laboratory and Research solutions.
Professor in the Department of Mechanical
3. Reinforcement Materials. Glass, Carbon, Ceramics
Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr.
and Metals. Fibers and other forms.
Roberts has performed hand structural analysis
and finite element modeling on composite 4. Matrix Materials. Resin systems including
structures for Aerospace, Naval, Space and thermosetting and thermoplastic. Safety issues.
biomedical applications. Dr. Roberts holds the Materials sources, storage and handling
requirements.
degree of Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 5. Processing. Methods available and why processing
and design cannot be treated separately. Tooling
Mr. Paul Biermann is a member of the Principal design, materials and repair. New developments.
Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory. He has 27 years 6. Quality Assurance. Physiochemical testing.
experience with the selection and processing of Mechanical testing. Non-destructive testing.
advanced composite materials for use in Day 2 – How to design and analyze composite
Aerospace, Naval, Space and biomedical material structures.
applications. He holds 12 US Patents. 7. Laminate Analysis. Nomenclature, anisotropic and
orthotropic equations, material properties, failure
theories.
What You Will Learn
8. Use of “The Laminator”. Material properties,
• What are composite materials? strengths, ply angles, ply thicknesses, mechanical
• How to process composite materials and how that loads (forces and moments), thermal loads, moisture
affects your design. loads.
• What are anisotropic materials? 9. Preliminary Design and Analysis. For preliminary
• What is laminate analysis? analysis many structures can be broken-down into
• What are the failure theories used for composites? series of flat rectangular plates or shells.
• What is a laminate code and what does it do? 10. Composite Orthotropic Plate Bending and
Buckling. Closed-form and approximate equations for
• How is a laminate code used to design a composite bending and buckling of flat rectangular orthotropic
structure? plates due to uniform out-of-plane pressure or in-plane
• What is an orthotropic material? compressive loads.
• How to break a structure down into simple plates 11. Sandwich Plate Bending and Buckling. Equations
and shells for preliminary analysis. for honeycomb core sandwich plates using
• What design equations can be used for orthotropic composite face sheets.
materials? 12. Cylindrical Shell Bending and Buckling.
• What are the applications of these equations to Equations for torsion, bending, buckling, or
plates and shells under in-plane or out-of-plane internal/external pressurization of composite
cylindrical shells. Shells under multiple loads.
loads?
Day 3- Applications.
From this course you will obtain the knowledge
and ability to perform basic composite materials 13. Buckling and Bending of Orthotropic Plates.
selection, separate structures into basic plates and 14. EMI Shielding of Composites.
shells for initial preliminary design, perform design 15. Design Techniques for Electronic Enclosures.
and analysis with composite materials, identify 16. Composite Electronic Enclosure Optimization.
tradeoffs, understand the use of special equations
for orthotropic materials under in-plane and out-of- 17. Composite Bone Implant Design and analysis.
plane loads for plates and shells, interact 18. Re-Design of an Aluminum Electro-Optical
meaningfully with colleagues, and understand the Shroud in Composites.
literature.
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Engineering Systems Modeling
With Excel / VBA
NEW!
November 18-19, 2009
Recent attendee comments ... Beltsville, Maryland
"Lots of useful information, and a good $990 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
combination of lecture and hands-on." "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
"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 Course Outline
engineering system models. Principles and 1. Excel/VBA Review. Excel capabilities. Visual Basic
practices are established for creating integrated for Applications (VBA). Input/output (I/O) basics.
models using Excel and its built - in programming Integrating functions & subroutines.
environment, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). 2. Identifying Scope & Capabilities. Defining model
Real-world techniques and tips not found in any requirements. Project scope. User inputs. Model outputs.
other course, book, or other resource are revealed. 3. Quick Prototyping. Creating key functions. Testing
Step - by - step implementation, instructor - led I/O & calculations. Confirming overall approach.
interactive examples, and integrated participant
exercises solidify the concepts introduced. 4. Defining Model Structure. Refining model
architecture. Identifying input mechanisms. Defining
Application examples are demonstrated from the
output data & graphics.
instructor’s experience in unmanned underwater
vehicles, LEO spacecraft, cryogenic propulsion 5. Designing Graphical User Interfaces. Using
systems, aerospace & military power systems, ActiveX controls. Custom user-forms. Creating system
avionics thermal management, and other projects. diagrams & other graphics. Model navigation.
6. Building & Tuning the VBA Engine. Programming
techniques. VBA integrated development environment.
Instructor Best practices for performance.
Matthew E. Moran, PE is the owner of 7. Customizing Output Results. Data tables. Plots.
Interactive output.
Isotherm Technologies LLC, a Senior Engineer
at NASA, and an instructor in the graduate 8. Exploiting Built-in Excel Functions. Advanced
math functions. Data handling.
school at Walsh University. He has 27 years
experience developing products and systems for 9. Integrating External Data. Retrieving online data.
Array handling. Curve fitting.
aerospace, electronics, military, and power
generation applications. He has created Excel / 10. Adding Interdisciplinary Capabilities. Integrating
other technical analyses. Financial/cost models.
VBA engineering system models for the Air
11. Unleashing GoalSeek & Solver. Single variable,
Force, Office of Naval Research, Missile
single target using GoalSeek. Multivariable optimization
Defense Agency, NASA, and other using Solver.
organizations. Matt is a Professional Engineer 12. Incorporating Scenarios. Comparing multiple
(Ohio), with a B.S. & graduate work in designs. Tradeoff comparisons. Parameter sensitivities.
Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA in Quick what-if evaluations.
Systems Management. He has published 39 13. Documentation, References, & Links.
papers, and has 3 patents, in the areas of Documenting inputs, methodology, and results.
thermal systems, cryogenics, MEMS / Incorporating references. Adding links to files & online
microsystems, power generation systems, and data.
electronics cooling. 14. Formatting & Protection. Optimizing formatting for
reporting. Protecting algorithms & proprietary data.
Distribution tips.
What You Will Learn
15. Flexibility, Standardization, & Configuration
• Exploit the full power of Excel for building Control. Building user flexibility and extensibility.
engineering system models. Standardizing algorithms. Version & configuration control.
• Master the built-in VBA programming environment. 16. Other Useful Tips & Tricks. Practical hands-on
• Implement advanced data I/O, manipulation, techniques & tips.
analysis, and display. 17. Application Topics. Tailored to participant
• Create full featured graphical interfaces and interests.
interactive content.
This course will provide the knowledge and
• Optimize performance for multi-parameter systems methods to create custom engineering system
and designs. models for analyzing conceptual designs,
• Integrate interdisciplinary and multi-physics performing system trades, and optimizing system
capabilities. performance with Excel/VBA.
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Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing
for Land, Sea, Air, Space Vehicles & Electronics Manufacture
November 4-6, 2009
Frederick, Maryland
$2595 (8:00am - 4:00pm)
“Also Available As A Distance Learning Course”
(Call for Info)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary Course Outline
This three-day course is primarily designed for 1. Minimal math review of basics of vibration,
test personnel who conduct, supervise or commencing with uniaxial and torsional SDoF
"contract out" vibration and shock tests. It also systems. Resonance. Vibration control.
benefits design, quality and reliability specialists 2. Instrumentation. How to select and correctly
who interface with vibration and shock test use displacement, velocity and especially
activities. acceleration and force sensors and microphones.
Each student receives the instructor's brand Minimizing mechanical and electrical errors. Sensor
new, minimal-mathematics, minimal-theory and system dynamic calibration.
hardbound text Random Vibration & Shock 3. Extension of SDoF to understand multi-
Testing, Measurement, Analysis & Calibration. resonant continuous systems encountered in land,
This 444 page, 4-color book also includes a CD- sea, air and space vehicle structures and cargo, as
ROM with video clips and animations. well as in electronic products.
4. Types of shakers. Tradeoffs between
mechanical, electrohydraulic (servohydraulic),
Instructor electrodynamic (electromagnetic) and piezoelectric
Wayne Tustin is President of Equipment shakers and systems. Limitations. Diagnostics.
Reliability Institute (ERI), a 5. Sinusoidal one - frequency - at - a - time
specialized engineering school and vibration testing. Interpreting sine test standards.
consultancy. His BSEE degree is Conducting tests.
from the University of Washington, 6. Random Vibration Testing. Broad-spectrum
Seattle. He is a licensed all-frequencies-at-once vibration testing.
Professional Engineer - Quality in Interpreting random vibration test standards.
the State of California. Wayne's first encounter 7. Simultaneous multi-axis testing gradually
with vibration was at Boeing/Seattle, performing replacing practice of reorienting device under test
(DUT) on single-axis shakers.
what later came to be called modal tests, on the
XB-52 prototype of that highly reliable platform. 8. Environmental stress screening (ESS) of
Subsequently he headed field service and electronics production. Extensions to highly
accelerated stress screening (HASS) and to highly
technical training for a manufacturer of accelerated life testing (HALT).
electrodynamic shakers, before establishing
another specialized school on which he left his 9. Assisting designers to improve their designs
by (a) substituting materials of greater damping or
name. Wayne has written several books and (b) adding damping or (c) avoiding "stacking" of
hundreds of articles dealing with practical aspects resonances.
of vibration and shock measurement and testing. 10. Understanding automotive buzz, squeak
and rattle (BSR). Assisting designers to solve BSR
problems. Conducting BSR tests.
What You Will Learn 11. Intense noise (acoustic) testing of launch
• How to plan, conduct and evaluate vibration vehicles and spacecraft.
and shock tests and screens.
12. Shock testing. Transportation testing.
• How to attack vibration and noise problems. Pyroshock testing. Misuse of classical shock pulses
• How to make vibration isolation, damping and on shock test machines and on shakers. More
absorbers work for vibration and noise control. realistic oscillatory shock testing on shakers.
• How noise is generated and radiated, and how 13. Shock response spectrum (SRS) for
it can be reduced. understanding effects of shock on hardware. Use of
SRS in evaluating shock test methods, in specifying
From this course you will gain the ability to
and in conducting shock tests.
understand and communicate meaningfully
with test personnel, perform basic 14. Attaching DUT via vibration and shock test
fixtures. Large DUTs may require head expanders
engineering calculations, and evaluate and/or slip plates.
tradeoffs between test equipment and
15. Modal testing. Assisting designers.
procedures.
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Fundamentals of RF Technology
January 14-15, 2010
NEW! Laurel, Maryland
$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Course Outline
Day One: Circuit Considerations
1. Physical Properties of RF circuits
Summary
2. Propagation and effective Dielectric
This two-day course is designed for engineers Constants
that are non specialists in RF engineering, but are
3. Impedance Parameters
involved in the design or analysis of communication
systems including digital designers, managers, 4. Reflections and Matching
procurement engineers, etc. The course 5. Circuit matrix parameters (Z,Y, & S
emphasizes RF fundamentals in terms of physical parameters)
principles behavioral concepts permitting the 6. Gain
student to quickly gain an intuitive understanding of 7. Stability
the subject with minimal mathematical complexity. 8. Smith Chart data displays
These principles are illustrated using modern 9. Performance of example circuits
examples of wireless components such as
Bluetooth, Cell Phone and Paging, and 802.11 Data Day Two: System considerations
Communications Systems. 1. Low Noise designs
2. High Power design
3. Distortion evaluation
Instructor 4. Spurious Free Dynamic Range
5. MATLAB Assisted Assessment of state-of-
Dr. M. Lee Edwards is a private RF the-art RF systems
Engineering Consultant since
January 2007 when he retired from
What You Will Learn
The Johns Hopkins University
• How to recognize the physical properties that
Applied Physics Laboratory make RF circuits and systems unique.
(JHU/APL). He served for 15 years • What the important parameters are that
the Supervisor of the RF characterize RF circuits.
Engineering Group in APL’s Space Department. • How to interpret RF Engineering performance
Dr. Edwards’ leadership introduced new RF data.
capabilities into deep space communications • What the considerations are in combining RF
systems including GaAs technology and phased circuits into systems.
array antennas, etc. For two decades Dr. • How to evaluate RF Engineering risks such as
Edwards was also the Chairman of the JHU instabilities, noise, and interference, etc.
Masters program in Electrical and Computer • How performance assessments can be enhanced
with basic engineering tools such as MATLAB.
Engineering and pioneered many of the RF
From this course you will obtain the
Engineering courses and laboratories. He is a
knowledge and ability to understand how RF
recipient of the JHU excellence in teaching award circuits functions, how multiple circuits
and is known for his fundamental understanding interact to determine system performance, to
of RF Engineering and his creative and insightful interact effectively with RF engineering
approach to teaching. specialists and to understand the literature.
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Grounding & Shielding for EMC
December 1-3, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
February 2-4, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
April 27-29, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
$1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
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
Summary
(EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). He This three-day course is designed for technicians,
is internationally recognized as a leader in the operators, and engineers who need an
development of engineering technology for understanding of all facets of grounding and
achieving EMC in communication and electronic shielding at the circuit, PCB, box or equipment level,
systems. He has more than 40 years of experience cable-interconnected boxes (subsystem), system
in EMI/EMC analysis, design, test and problem and building, facilities or vehicle levels. The course
solving for a wide variety of communication and offers a discussion of the qualitative techniques for
electronic systems. He has extensive experience in EMI control through grounding and shielding at all
assessing EMI at the circuit, equipment and/or the levels. It provides for selection of EMI suppression
system level and applying EMI mitigation techniques methods via math modeling and graphics of
to "fix" problems. Bill has written more than 40 grounding and shielding parameters.
technical papers and four books on EMC. He is a Our instructor will use computer software to
NARTE Certified EMC Engineer. provide real world examples and case histories. The
Bill has been very active in the IEEE EMC Society. computer software simulates and demonstrates
He served on the Board of Directors, is currently various concepts and helps bridge the gap between
Chairman of the Fellow Evaluation Committee and is theory and the real world. The computer software
an Associate Editor for the Newsletter. He is a past will be made available to the attendees. One of the
president of the IEEE EMC Society and a past computer programs is used to design
Director of the Electromagnetics and Radiation interconnecting equipments. This program
Division of IEEE. 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
What You Will Learn material; seams and gaskets; cooling and viewing
• Examples Of Potential EMI Threats. apertures; and various "fixes" that may be used for
• Safety Earthing/Grounding Versus Noise aperture protection.
Coupling. There are also hardware demonstrations of the
• Field Coupling Into Ground Loops. effect of various compromises and resulting "fixes"
• Coupling Reduction Methods. on the shielding effectiveness of an enclosure. The
• Victim Sensitivities. compromises that are demonstrated are seam
leakage, and a conductor penetrating the enclosure.
• Common Ground Impedance Coupling.
The hardware demonstrations also include
• Ground Loop Coupling. incorporating various "fixes" and illustrating their
• Shielding Theory. impact.
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Introduction to EMI / EMC
Summary February 23-25, 2010
This three day course is designed for technicians,
operators and engineers who need an understanding of Beltsville, Maryland
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) methodology and concepts. The March 1-3, 2010
course provides a basic working knowledge of the Laurel, Maryland
principles of EMC.
The course will provide real world examples and $1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
case histories. Computer software will be used to
"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
simulate and demonstrate various concepts and help to Off The Course Tuition."
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 EMI “EMI mitigation
techniques" 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 Course Outline
"EMI mitigation techniques" that may be used for 1. Examples Of Communications System. A
aperture protection. Discussion Of Case Histories Of Communications
There are also hardware demonstrations of the effect System EMI, Definitions Of Systems, Both Military
of various compromises on the shielding effectiveness of And Industrial, And Typical Modes Of System
an enclosure. The compromises that are demonstrated
are seam leakage, and a conductor penetrating the Interactions Including Antennas, Transmitters And
enclosure. The hardware demonstrations also include Receivers And Receiver Responses.
incorporating various "EMI mitigation techniques" and 2. Quantification Of Communication System
illustrating their impact. EMI. A Discussion Of The Elements Of Interference,
Including Antennas, Transmitters, Receivers And
Instructor Propagation.
Dr. William G. Duff (Bill) is the President of 3. Electronic Equipment And System EMI
SEMTAS. Previously, he was the Chief Concepts. A Description Of Examples Of EMI
Technology Officer of the Advanced Coupling Modes To Include Equipment Emissions
Technology Group of SENTEL. Prior to And Susceptibilities.
working for SENTEL, he worked for 4. Common-Mode Coupling. A Discussion Of
Atlantic Research and taught courses Common-Mode Coupling Mechanisms Including
on electromagnetic interference (EMI)
and electromagnetic compatibility Field To Cable, Ground Impedance, Ground Loop
(EMC). He is internationally recognized And Coupling Reduction Techniques.
as a leader in the development of engineering 5. Differential-Mode Coupling. A Discussion
technology for achieving EMC in communication and Of Differential-Mode Coupling Mechanisms
electronic systems. He has 42 years of experience in Including Field To Cable, Cable To Cable And
EMI/EMC analysis, design, test and problem solving for Coupling Reduction Techniques.
a wide variety of communication and electronic
systems. He has extensive experience in assessing 6. Other Coupling Mechanisms. A Discussion
EMI at the equipment and/or the system level and Of Power Supplies And Victim Amplifiers.
applying EMI suppression and control techniques to 7. The Importance Of Grounding For
"fix" problems. Achieving EMC. A Discussion Of Grounding,
Bill has written more than 40 technical papers and Including The Reasons (I.E., Safety, Lightning
four books on EMC. He also regularly teaches seminar Control, EMC, Etc.), Grounding Schemes (Single
courses on EMC. He is a past president of the IEEE Point, Multi-Point And Hybrid), Shield Grounding
EMC Society. He served a number of terms as a
member of the EMC Society Board of Directors and is
And Bonding.
currently Chairman of the EMC Society Fellow 8. The Importance Of Shielding. A Discussion
Evaluation Committee and an Associate Editor for the Of Shielding Effectiveness, Including Shielding
EMC Society Newsletter. He is a NARTE Certified EMC Considerations (Reflective And Absorptive).
Engineer.
9. Shielding Design. A Description Of
Shielding Compromises (I.E., Apertures, Gaskets,
What You Will Learn Waveguide Beyond Cut-Off).
• Examples of Communications Systems EMI. 10. EMI Diagnostics And Fixes. A Discussion
• Quantification of Systems EMI. Of Techniques Used In EMI Diagnostics And Fixes.
• Equipment and System EMI Concepts.
11. EMC Specifications, Standards And
• Source and Victim Coupling Modes. Measurements. A Discussion Of The Genesis Of
• Importance of Grounding. EMC Documentation Including A Historical
• Shielding Designs. Summary, The Rationale, And A Review Of MIL-
• EMI Diagnostics. Stds, FCC And CISPR Requirements.
• EMC/EMI Specifications and Standards.
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Introduction to Electronic Packaging
NEW!
Summary
Packaging topics include die and lead attachment,
substrates, hybrids, surface-mount technology, chip February 16-18, 2010
and board environmental protection, connectors, Columbia, Maryland
harnesses, and printed and embedded wiring boards.
Students develop a fundamental understanding of the
basic principles used in the packaging of modern
$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
electronics so that when faced with a packaging issue "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
they can recognize the various methods available and Off The Course Tuition."
perform the tradeoffs necessary to select the
appropriate/optimum packaging solution for the
application. Case studies for satellite design will be Course Outline
covered. This 3-day course includes fundamentals of 1. Introduction.
electronic packaging engineering and basic concepts in
thermal, mechanical, electrical, and environmental 2. Electronic Packaging Concepts.
management of modern electronic systems. Emphasis - Materials
is on high-frequency (and high-speed) package
performance and its achievement through the use of - Packaging Hierarchy
advanced analytical tools, proper materials selection, - Package Types
and efficient computer- aided design. - Package Design-Electrical
- Package Design-Thermal
Instructor - Economics
Dr. Harry Charles holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 3. Interconnection.
Electrical Engineering from Drexel - Wirebonding
University and The Johns Hopkins - Flipchip
University, respectively. He is a member
of the Principal Professional Staff at The - Surface Mount
Johns Hopkins University Applied - Connectors
Physics Laboratory and Department 4. Substrates/Boards.
Head of the Technical Services
Department. Dr. Charles has worked for - Printed Wiring Boards
over 30 years in the microelectronics arena and is a - Advanced Multilayers
specialist in solid state physics, electronic devices, 5. Environmental Protection.
packaging, and reliability. His latest interests include
ultra-thin modules; advanced interconnect; biomedical
6. Reliability.
instrumentation; nano-scale electronics; and alternate 7. System Packaging.
energy. He has published over 200 papers on 8. Case Studies of Satellite Applications .
electronic devices and packaging, along with thirteen
patents and several pending patent applications. Dr.
Charles is a Fellow and former President of IMAPS -
The Microelectronics and Packaging Society, a Fellow What You Will Learn
of the IEEE, and a past member of the Board of • Students master fundamental knowledge of
Governors of the IEEE's Components Packaging and electronic packaging including package styles,
Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society. He has hierarchy, and methods of package necessary for
received international recognition for his research, various environments.
development, and teaching activities, including ISHM's • The student should be able to perform simple thermal
Technical Achievement Award (1987), selection as models and make appropriate trade offs involving
Maryland's Distinguished Young Engineer (1989), The materials and structures to solve electronic heating
Johns Hopkins University's Outstanding Teaching problems.
Award (1992), the CPMT Board of Governors'
Outstanding Service Award (1992), ISHM’s • Basic understanding and application of electronic
Distinguished Service Award (1994), the IMAPS Daniel packaging models and electrical performance
C. Hughes Memorial Award (1998), and numerous concepts such as impedance, loss, time delay,
awards for best papers. Dr. Charles has taught for 30 risetime, etc.
years in the Johns Hopkins University Engineering • The ability to distinguish between engineering
Program for Professionals (JHUEPP). He has performance and economic efficiency and develop
developed nine new courses and is currently chair of cost efficient high performing packaging approaches.
the Applied Physics Program in the EPP. Dr. Charles The student understands reliability models and the
also holds the Office of Naval Research information necessary to predict the reliability of
Distinguished Chair for Science and Technology at electronic components and structures.
the US Naval Academy.
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Signal & Image Processing And Analysis For Scientists And Engineers
November 3-4, 2009
NEW! Cleveland, Ohio
December 16-17, 2009
Beltsville, Maryland
Summary $1190 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
This two-day course is designed is designed "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
for engineers, scientists, technicians, Off The Course Tuition."
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 Course Outline
engineer with 26 years of experience in NDE, 1. Introduction. Basic Descriptions, Terminology,
measurement and imaging sciences, and and Concepts Related to Signals, Imaging, and
software design. His primary areas of expertise Processing for science and engineering. Analog and
over his career include research and Digital. Data acquisition concepts. Sampling and
development in the imaging modalities of Quantization. Signal Processing. Basic operations,
ultrasound, infrared, x-ray, computed Frequency-domain filtering, Wavelet filtering,
tomography, and terahertz. He has been Wavelet Decomposition and Reconstruction, Signal
heavily involved in the development of software Deconvolution, Joint Time-Frequency Processing,
Model-based Curve Fitting.
for custom data and control systems, and for
signal and image processing software systems. 2. Signal Analysis. Parameter Extraction, Peak
Detection, Signal Statistics, Joint Time – Frequency
Dr. Roth holds the degree of Ph.D. in Materials
Analysis.
Science from the Case Western Reserve
University and has published over 100 articles, 3. Image Processing. Basic and Advanced
Methods, Spatial frequency Filtering, Wavelet
presentations, book chapters, and software filtering, lookup tables, Kernel convolution/filtering
products. (e.g. Sobel, Gradient, Median), Directional Filtering,
Image Deconvolution, Wavelet Decomposition and
What You Will Learn Reconstruction, Thresholding. Colorizing. Batch
• Basic terminology, definitions, and concepts Processing.
related to signal and image processing. 4. Image Analysis. Region-of-interest Analysis,
Line profiles, Feature Selection and Measurement,
• Basic and advanced methods in practice.
Principal Component Analysis, Derivative Images.
• Case histories where these methods have Image Math, Logical Operators, Masks, Areal
proven applicable. fraction and particle analysis.
• The underlying methods behind popular signal 5. Integrated Signal and Image Processing
and image processing software. and Analysis Software and algorithm strategies.
• A strategy for developing integrated signal and The instructor will draw on his extensive experience
image processing and analysis software. to demonstrate how these methods can be
combined and utilized in a post-processing software
From this course you will obtain the knowledge package. Software strategies including code and
and ability to perform basic and advanced signal interface design concepts for versatile signal and
image processing and analysis software
and image processing and analysis that can be development will be provided. These strategies are
applied to many signal and image acquisition applicable for any language including LabVIEW,
scenarios in order to improve and analyze signal MATLAB, and IDL. Practical considerations and
and image data approaches will be emphasized.
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Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach
February 23-25, 2010
San Diego, California
“This course uses very little math, yet provides an in-
depth understanding of the concepts and real-world June 1-3, 2010
applications of these powerful tools.”
Beltsville, Maryland
Summary $1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) are in wide use and "Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each
work very well if your signal stays at a constant Off The Course Tuition."
frequency (“stationary”). But if the signal could vary,
have pulses, “blips” or any other kind of interesting "Your Wavelets course was very helpful in our Radar
behavior then you need Wavelets. Wavelets are studies. We often use wavelets now instead of the Fourier
remarkable tools that can stretch and move like an Transform for precision denoising."
amoeba to find the hidden “events” and then –Long To, NAWC WD, Point Wugu, CA
simultaneously give you their location, frequency, and "I was looking forward to this course and it was very
shape. Wavelet Transforms allow this and many other rewarding–Your clear explanations starting with the big
capabilities not possible with conventional methods like picture immediately contextualized the material allowing
us to drill a little deeper with a fuller understanding"
the FFT. –Steve Van Albert, Walter Reed Army Institute
This course is vastly different from traditional math- of Research
oriented Wavelet courses or books in that we use "Good overview of key wavelet concepts and literature.
examples, figures, and computer demonstrations to The course provided a good physical understanding of
show how to understand and work with Wavelets. This wavelet transforms and applications."
is a comprehensive, in-depth. up-to-date treatment of –Stanley Radzevicius, ENSCO, Inc.
the subject, but from an intuitive, conceptual point of
view.
We do look at some key equations but only AFTER
Course Outline
the concepts are demonstrated and understood so you 1. What is a Wavelet? Examples and Uses. “Waves”
can see the wavelets and equations “in action”. that can start, stop, move and stretch. Real-world
applications in many fields: Signal and Image Processing,
Each student will receive extensive course slides, a Internet Traffic, Airport Security, Medicine, JPEG, Finance,
CD with MATLAB demonstrations, and a copy of the Pulse and Target Recognition, Radar, Sonar, etc.
instructor’s new book, Conceptual Wavelets. 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.
What You Will Learn Strengths, weaknesses, optimal choices.
• How to use Wavelets as a “microscope” to analyze 3. The Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT).
data that changes over time or has hidden “events” Stretching and shifting the Wavelet for optimal correlation.
that would not show up on an FFT. Predefined vs. Constructed Wavelets.
• How to understand and efficiently use the 3 types of 4. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT).
Wavelet Transforms to better analyze and process Shrinking the signal by factors of 2 through downsampling.
your data. State-of-the-art methods and Understanding the DWT in terms of correlations with the
applications. data. Relating the DWT to the CWT. Demonstrations and
uses.
• How to compress and de-noise data using advanced 5. The Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform
Wavelet techniques. How to avoid potential pitfalls (RDWT). Stretching the Wavelet by factors of 2 without
by understanding the concepts. A “safe” method if in downsampling. Tradeoffs between the alias-free
doubt. processing and the extra storage and computational
• How to increase productivity and reduce cost by burdens. A hybrid process using both the DWT and the
choosing (or building) a Wavelet that best matches RDWT. Demonstrations and uses.
your particular application. 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
Instructor Wavelets. The “magic” of alias cancellation demonstrated
in both the time and frequency domains.
D. Lee Fugal is Founder and President of Space &
Signals Technologies, LLC. He has over 7. Highly useful properties of popular Wavelets.
How to choose the best Wavelet for your application.
30 years of industry experience in Digital When to create your own and when to stay with proven
Signal Processing (including Wavelets) favorites.
and Satellite Communications. He has
8. Compression and De-Noising using Wavelets.
been a full-time consultant on numerous How to remove unwanted or non-critical data without
assignments since 1991. Recent throwing away the alias cancellation capability. A new,
projects include Excision of Chirp powerful method to extract signals from large amounts of
Jammer Signals using Wavelets, design of Space- noise. Demonstrations.
Based Geolocation Systems (GPS & Non-GPS), and 9. Additional Methods and Applications. Image
Advanced Pulse Detection using Wavelet Technology. Processing. Detecting Discontinuities, Self-Similarities and
He has taught upper-division University courses in DSP Transitory Events. Speech Processing. Human Vision.
and in Satellites as well as Wavelet short courses and Audio and Video. BPSK/QPSK Signals. Wavelet Packet
seminars for Practicing Engineers and Management. Analysis. Matched Filtering. How to read and use the
He holds a Masters in Applied Physics (DSP) from the various Wavelet Displays. Demonstrations.
University of Utah, is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a 10. Further Resources. The very best of Wavelet
recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. references.
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