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Table of ContentsSpace & Satellite Systems

Communications Payload Design - Satellite System ArchitectureSep 23-26, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Design & Analysis of Bolted JointsOct 22-24, 2013 • Littleton, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Earth Station DesignJan 6-9, 2014 • Houston, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Ground Systems Design & Operation Nov 11-13, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Orbital & Launch Mechanics - FundamentalsDec 9-12, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Satellite Communications - An Essential IntroductionOct 1-3, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Dec 2-5, 2013 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Satellite Communications - Design & EngineeringOct 15-17, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Satellite Communications - IP Networking Performance & EffiencyJan 26-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Satellite Communications Systems - AdvancedJan 21-23, 2014 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12XXXXXXXXX • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Satellite Laser CommunicationsFeb 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft DesignJan 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Space Mission StructuresNov 12-15, 2013 • Littleton, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Space Systems FundamentalsJan 20-23, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integrations & TestingMar 13-14, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Spacecraft Thermal ControlFeb 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Structural Test Design & Interpretation for AerospaceDec 10-12, 2013 • Littleton, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Systems Engineering & Project Management

Agile Boot Camp: An Immersive Introduction (Please See Page 20 For Dates/Times & Web Address) . . . . . . . . . 20Certified Scrum Master Workshop(Please See Page 20 For Dates/Times & Web Address). . . . . . . . . 20Agile in the Government Environment(Please See Page 21 For Dates/Times & Web Address) . . . . . . . . 21Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Boot Camp(Please See Page 21 For Dates/Times & Web Address) . . . . . . . . 21Applied Systems EngineeringOct 14-17, 2013 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 22CSEP PreparationDec 9-10, 2013 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Cost EstimatingFeb 25-26, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Fundamentals of Systems EngineeringDec 11-12, 2013 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Model Based Systems Engineering NEW!Sep 17-19, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Nov 5-7, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Requirements Engineering With DEVSME NEW!Sep 10-12, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Technical CONOPS & Concepts Master's CourseOct 22-24, 2013 • Virginia Beach, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Defense, Missiles, & Radar

AESA Airborne Radar Theory & Operations NEW!Sep 16-19, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Feb 3-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Combat Systems EngineeringFeb 25-27, 2014 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Examining Network Centric WarfareJan 22-23, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Electronic Warfare - AdvancedFeb 3-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32GPS TechnologyNov 11-14, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Jan 13-16, 2014 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33LINK 16: Advanced

Feb 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Military Standard 810GSep 9-12, 2013 • Santa Clarita, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Oct 21-24, 2013 • Bohemia, New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Missile System DesignSep 16-19, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Feb 10-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Modern Missile AnalysisDec 9-12, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Multi-Target Tracking & Multi-Sensor Data Fusion (MSDF)Jan 28-30, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Passive Emitter Geo-LocationFeb 11-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Radar Systems Design & EngineeringFeb 24-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Rockets & Missiles - FundamentalsFeb 18-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Software Defined Radio Engineering NEW!Jan 21-23, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Solid Rocket Motor Design & ApplicationsApr 14-17, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Synthetic Aperture Radar - FundamentalsFeb 10-11, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Synthetic Aperture Radar - AdvancedFeb 12-13, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Unmanned Air Vehicle DesignSep 24-26, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Jan 28-30, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Unmanned Aircraft System FundamentalsFeb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cyber Security, Engineering & Communications

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Fundamentals NEW!Sep 24-26, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Cyber Warfare - Global TrendsFeb XXXXXX, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Apr 7-10, 2014 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Digital Video Systems, Broadcast & OperationsMar 17-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Fiber Optic Communication Systems EngineeringApr 8-10, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50EMI / EMC in Military SystemsSep 24-26, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Eureka Method: How to Think Like An Inventor NEW!Nov 5-6, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Statistics with Excel Examples - FundamentalsSep 24-25, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Telecommunications System Reliability Engineering NEW!Feb 24-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical ApproachFeb 11-13, 2014 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Jun 10-12, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Wavelets: A Concise GuideMar 11-12, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Wireless Communications & Spread Spectrum DesignMar 24-26, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Acoustics & Sonar Engineering

Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements & ApplicationsFeb 25-27, 2014 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Mar 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Design, Operation, & Data Analysis of Side Scan Sonar SystemsFeb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Random Vibration & Shock Testing - FundamentalsSep 17-19, 2013 • Boxborough, Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . 60Nov 13-15, 2013 • Lynchburg, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Sonar Transducer Design - Fundamentals Mar 18-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Underwater Acoustics for Biologists & Conservation ManagersSep 24-26, 2013 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Nov 11-13, 2013 • Silver Spring, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Topics for On-site Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register . . . . . 64


Communications Payload Design and Satellite System Architecture

InstructorBruce R. Elbert (MSEE, MBA) is president of an

independent satellite communicationsconsulting firm. He is a recognized satellitecommunications expert with 40 years ofexperience in satellite communicationspayload and systems engineeringbeginning at COMSAT Laboratories andincluding 25 years with Hughes Electronics(now Boeing Satellite). He has contributedto the design and construction of major

communications satellites, including Intelsat V, Inmarsat 4,Galaxy, Thuraya, DIRECTV, Morelos (Mexico) and PalapaA (Indonesia). Mr. Elbert led R&D in Ka band systems andis a prominent expert in the application of millimeter wavetechnology to commercial use. He has written eight books,including: The Satellite Communication ApplicationsHandbook – Second Edition (Artech House, 2004), TheSatellite Communication Ground Segment and EarthStation Handbook (Artech House, 2004), and Introductionto Satellite Communication - Third Edition (Artech House,2008), is included.

September 23-26, 2013Columbia, Maryland

$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each

Off The Course Tuition."

SummaryThis four-day course provides communications and

satellite systems engineers and system architects with acomprehensive and accurate approach for thespecification and detailed design of the communicationspayload and its integration into a satellite system. Bothstandard bent pipe repeaters and digital processors (onboard and ground-based) are studied in depth, andoptimized from the standpoint of maximizing throughputand coverage (single footprint and multi-beam).Applications in Fixed Satellite Service (C, X, Ku and Kabands) and Mobile Satellite Service (L and S bands) areaddressed as are the requirements of the associatedground segment for satellite control and the provision ofservices to end users. Discussion will address inter-satellite links using millimeter wave RF and opticaltechnologies. The text, Satellite Communication – ThirdEdition (Artech House, 2008) is included.

What You Will Learn• How to transform system and service requirements into

payload specifications and design elements.• What are the specific characteristics of payload

components, such as antennas, LNAs, microwave filters,channel and power amplifiers, and power combiners.

• What space and ground architecture to employ whenevaluating on-board processing and multiple beamantennas, and how these may be configured for optimumend-to-end performance.

• How to understand the overall system architecture and thecapabilities of ground segment elements - hubs and remoteterminals - to integrate with the payload, constellation andend-to-end system.

• From this course you will obtain the knowledge, skill andability to configure a communications payload based on itsservice requirements and technical features. You willunderstand the engineering processes and devicecharacteristics that determine how the payload is puttogether and operates in a state - of - the - arttelecommunications system to meet user needs.

Course Outline1. Communications Payloads and Service

Requirements. Bandwidth, coverage, services andapplications; RF link characteristics and appropriate use of linkbudgets; bent pipe payloads using passive and activecomponents; specific demands for broadband data, IP oversatellite, mobile communications and service availability;principles for using digital processing in system architecture,and on-board processor examples at L band (non-GEO andGEO) and Ka band.

2. Systems Engineering to Meet ServiceRequirements. Transmission engineering of the satellite linkand payload (modulation and FEC, standards such as DVB-S2and Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ATM and IP routing inspace); optimizing link and payload design throughconsideration of traffic distribution and dynamics, link margin,RF interference and frequency coordination requirements.

3. Bent-pipe Repeater Design. Example of a detailedblock and level diagram, design for low noise amplification,down-conversion design, IMUX and band-pass filtering, groupdelay and gain slope, AGC and linearizaton, poweramplification (SSPA and TWTA, linearization and parallelcombining), OMUX and design for high power/multipactor,redundancy switching and reliability assessment.

4. Spacecraft Antenna Design and Performance. Fixedreflector systems (offset parabola, Gregorian, Cassegrain)feeds and feed systems, movable and reconfigurableantennas; shaped reflectors; linear and circular polarization.

5. Communications Payload Performance Budgeting.Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T), Saturation FluxDensity (SFD), and Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP);repeater gain/loss budgeting; frequency stability and phasenoise; third-order intercept (3ICP), gain flatness, group delay;non-linear phase shift (AM/PM); out of band rejection andamplitude non-linearity (C3IM and NPR).

6. On-board Digital Processor Technology. A/D and D/Aconversion, digital signal processing for typical channels andformats (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA); demodulation andremodulation, multiplexing and packet switching; static anddynamic beam forming; design requirements and serviceimpacts.

7. Multi-beam Antennas. Fixed multi-beam antennasusing multiple feeds, feed layout and isloation; phased arrayapproaches using reflectors and direct radiating arrays; on-board versus ground-based beamforming.

8. RF Interference and Spectrum ManagementConsiderations. Unraveling the FCC and ITU internationalregulatory and coordination process; choosing frequencybands that address service needs; development of regulatoryand frequency coordination strategy based on successful casestudies.

9. Ground Segment Selection and Optimization.Overall architecture of the ground segment: satellite TT&C andcommunications services; earth station and user terminalcapabilities and specifications (fixed and mobile); modems andbaseband systems; selection of appropriate antenna based onlink requirements and end-user/platform considerations.

10. Earth station and User Terminal Tradeoffs: RFtradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T); network design for provisionof service (star, mesh and hybrid networks); portability andmobility.

11. Performance and Capacity Assessment.Determining capacity requirements in terms of bandwidth,power and network operation; selection of the air interface(multiple access, modulation and coding); interfaces withsatellite and ground segment; relationship to availablestandards in current use and under development .

12. Advanced Concepts for Inter-satellite Links andSystem Verification. Requirements for inter-satellite links incommunications and tracking applications. RF technology atKa and Q bands; optical laser innovations that are applied tosatellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground links. Innovations inverification of payload and ground segment performance andoperation; where and how to review sources of availabletechnology and software to evaluate subsystem and systemperformance; guidelines for overseeing development andevaluating alternate technologies and their sources.

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InstructorTom Sarafin has worked full time in the space industry

since 1979. He worked over 13 years at Martin MariettaAstronautics, where he contributed to and led activities instructural analysis, design, and test, mostly for largespacecraft. Since founding Instar in 1993, he’s consulted forNASA, DigitalGlobe, Lockheed Martin, AeroAstro, and otherorganizations. He’s helped the U. S. Air Force Academydesign, develop, and verify a series of small satellites and hasbeen an advisor to DARPA. He was a member of the coreteam that developed NASA-STD-5020 and continues to serveon that team to help address issues with threaded fastenersat NASA. He is the editor and principal author of SpacecraftStructures and Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch and isa contributing author to Space Mission Analysis and Design.Since 1995, he has taught over 150 courses to more than3000 engineers and managers in the space industry.

October 22-24, 2013Littleton, Colorado

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

"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 eachOff The Course Tuition."

SummaryJust about everyone involved in developing hardware for

space missions (or any other purpose, for that matter) has beenaffected by problems with mechanical joints. Common problemsinclude structural failure, fatigue, unwanted and unpredictedloss of stiffness, joint slipping or loss of alignment, fastenerloosening, material mismatch, incompatibility with the spaceenvironment, mis-drilled holes, time-consuming and costlyassembly, and inability to disassemble when needed. Theobjectives of this course are to.

• Build an understanding of how bolted joints behave andhow they fail.

• Impart effective processes, methods, and standards fordesign and analysis, drawing on a mix of theory, empiricaldata, and practical experience.

• Share guidelines, rules of thumb, and valuablereferences.

• Help you understand the new NASA-STD-5020.The course includes many examples and class problems.

Participants should bring calculators.

Design and Analysis of Bolted JointsFor Aerospace Engineers

Course Outline1. Overview of Designing Fastened Joints. Common

problems with structural joints. A process for designing astructural joint. Identifying functional requirements. Selectingthe method of attachment. General design guidelines.Introduction to NASA-STD-5020. Key definitions per NASA-STD-5020. Top-level requirements. Factors of safety, fittingfactors, and margin of safety. Establishing design standardsand criteria. The importance of preload.

2. Introduction to Threaded Fasteners. Brief history ofscrew threads. Terminology and specification. Tensile-stressarea. Are fine threads better than coarse threads?

3. Developing a Concept for the Joint. General types ofjoints and fasteners. Configuring the joint. Designing a stiffjoint. Shear clips and tension clips. Avoiding problems withfixed fasteners.

4. Calculating Fastener Loads. How a preloaded jointcarries load. Temporarily ignoring preload. Other commonassumptions and their limitations. An effective process forcalculating bolt loads in a compact joint. Examples.Estimating fastener loads for skins and panels.

5. Failure Modes, Assessment Methods, and DesignGuidelines. An effective process for strength analysis. Bolttension, shear, and interaction. Tension joints. Shear joints.Identifying potential failure modes. Fastening compositematerials.

6. Thread Shear and Pull-out Strength. How threads fail.Computing theoretical shear engagement areas. Including aknock-down factor. Test results.

7. Selecting Hardware and Detailing the Design.Selecting compatible materials. Selecting the nut: ensuringstrength compatibility. Common types of threaded inserts.Use of washers. Selecting fastener length and grip.Recommended fastener hole sizes. Guidelines for simplifyingassembly. Establishing bolt preload. Torque-preloadrelationships. Locking features and NASA-STD-5020.Recommendations for establishing and maintaining preload.

8. Mechanics of a Preloaded Joint. Mechanics of apreloaded joint under applied tension. Estimating bolt stiffnessand clamp stiffness. Understanding the loading-plane factor.Worst case for steel-aluminum combination. Key conclusionsregarding load sharing. Effects of bolt ductility. Howtemperature change affects preload.

9. Analysis Criteria in NASA-STD-5020. Objectives andsummary. Calculating maximum and minimum preloads.Tensile loading: ultimate-strength analysis Separationanalysis. Tensile loading: yield-strength analysis. Shearloading: ultimate-strength analysis. Shear loading: ultimate-strength analysis. Shear loading: joint-slip analysis. Revisitingthe bolt fatigue and fracture requirement.

10. Summary.

Recent attendee comments ...

“It was a fantastic course?one of the most useful

short courses I have ever taken.” “Interaction between

instructor and experienced designers (in the class) was

priceless.”

“(The) examples (and) stories from industry were

invaluable.” “Everyone at NASA should take this

course!”

“(What I found most useful:) strong emphasis on

understanding physical principles vs. blindly applying

textbook formulas.”

(What you would tell others) “Take it!” “You need

to take it.” “Take it. Tell everyone you know to take it.”

“Excellent instructor. Great lessons learned on failure

modes shown from testing.”

“A must course for structural/mechanical engineers

and anyone who has ever questioned the assumptions in

bolt analysis”

“Well-researched, well-designed course.” “Kudos to you

for spreading knowledge!”


Earth Station Design, Implementation, Operation and Maintenancefor Satellite Communications

Course Outline1. Ground Segment and Earth Station Technical

Aspects.Evolution of satellite communication earth stations—

teleports and hubs • Earth station design philosophy forperformance and operational effectiveness • Engineeringprinciples • Propagation considerations • The isotropic source,line of sight, antenna principles • Atmospheric effects:troposphere (clear air and rain) and ionosphere (Faraday andscintillation) • Rain effects and rainfall regions • Use of theDAH and Crane rain models • Modulation systems (QPSK,OQPSK, MSK, GMSK, 8PSK, 16 QAM, and 32 APSK) •Forward error correction techniques (Viterbi, Reed-Solomon,Turbo, and LDPC codes) • Transmission equation and itsrelationship to the link budget • Radio frequency clearanceand interference consideration • RFI prediction techniques •Antenna sidelobes (ITU-R Rec 732) • Interference criteria andcoordination • Site selection • RFI problem identification andresolution.

2. Major Earth Station Engineering.RF terminal design and optimization. Antennas for major

earth stations (fixed and tracking, LP and CP) • Upconverterand HPA chain (SSPA, TWTA, and KPA) • LNA/LNB anddownconverter chain. Optimization of RF terminalconfiguration and performance (redundancy, powercombining, and safety) • Baseband equipment configurationand integration • Designing and verifying the terrestrialinterface • Station monitor and control • Facility design andimplementation • Prime power and UPS systems. Developingenvironmental requirements (HVAC) • Building design andconstruction • Grounding and lightening control.

3. Hub Requirements and Supply.Earth station uplink and downlink gain budgets • EIRP

budget • Uplink gain budget and equipment requirements •G/T budget • Downlink gain budget • Ground segment supplyprocess • Equipment and system specifications • Format of aRequest for Information • Format of a Request for Proposal •Proposal evaluations • Technical comparison criteria •Operational requirements • Cost-benefit and total cost ofownership.

4. Link Budget Analysis using SatMaster Tool .Standard ground rules for satellite link budgets • Frequency

band selection: L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka. Satellite footprints(EIRP, G/T, and SFD) and transponder plans • Introduction tothe user interface of SatMaster • File formats: antennapointing, database, digital link budget, and regenerativerepeater link budget • Built-in reference data and calculators •Example of a digital one-way link budget (DVB-S) usingequations and SatMaster • Transponder loading and optimummulti-carrier backoff • Review of link budget optimizationtechniques using the program’s built-in features • Minimizerequired transponder resources • Maximize throughput •Minimize receive dish size • Minimize transmit power •Example: digital VSAT network with multi-carrier operation •Hub optimization using SatMaster.

5. Earth Terminal Maintenance Requirements andProcedures.

Outdoor systems • Antennas, mounts and waveguide •Field of view • Shelter, power and safety • Indoor RF and IFsystems • Vendor requirements by subsystem • Failure modesand routine testing.

6. VSAT Basseband Hub Maintenance Requirementsand Procedures.

IF and modem equipment • Performance evaluation • Testprocedures • TDMA control equipment and software •Hardware and computers • Network management system •System software

7. Hub Procurement and Operation Case Study.General requirements and life-cycle • Block diagram •

Functional division into elements for design and procurement• System level specifications • Vendor options • Supplyspecifications and other requirements • RFP definition •Proposal evaluation • O&M planning

SummaryThis intensive four-day course is intended for satellite

communications engineers, earth station designprofessionals, and operations and maintenance managersand technical staff. The course provides a provenapproach to the design of modern earth stations, from thesystem level down to the critical elements that determinethe performance and reliability of the facility. We addressthe essential technical properties in the baseband and RF,and delve deeply into the block diagram, budgets andspecification of earth stations and hubs. Also addressedare practical approaches for the procurement andimplementation of the facility, as well as proper practicesfor O&M and testing throughout the useful life. The overallmethodology assures that the earth station meets itsrequirements in a cost effective and manageable manner.Each student will receive a copy of Bruce R. Elbert’s textThe Satellite Communication Ground Segment and EarthStation Engineering Handbook, Artech House, 2001.

InstructorBruce R. Elbert, (MSEE, MBA) is president of an

independent satellite communicationsconsulting firm. He is a recognizedsatellite communications expert andhas been involved in the satellite andtelecommunications industries for over40 years. He founded ATSI to assistmajor private and public sector

organizations that develop and operate digital videoand broadband networks using satellite technologiesand services. During 25 years with HughesElectronics, he directed the design of several majorsatellite projects, including Palapa A, Indonesia’soriginal satellite system; the Galaxy follow-on system(the largest and most successful satellite TV system inthe world); and the development of the first GEOmobile satellite system capable of serving handhelduser terminals. Mr. Elbert was also ground segmentmanager for the Hughes system, which included eightteleports and 3 VSAT hubs. He served in the US ArmySignal Corps as a radio communications officer andinstructor. By considering the technical, business, andoperational aspects of satellite systems, Mr. Elbert hascontributed to the operational and economic successof leading organizations in the field. He has writtenseven books on telecommunications and IT, includingIntroduction to Satellite Communication, Third Edition(Artech House, 2008). The Satellite CommunicationApplications Handbook, Second Edition (ArtechHouse, 2004); The Satellite Communication GroundSegment and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House,2001), the course text.

January 6-9, 2014Houston, Texas

$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


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Ground Systems Design and Operation

SummaryThis three-day course provides a practical

introduction to all aspects of ground system design andoperation. Starting with basic communicationsprinciples, an understanding is developed of groundsystem architectures and system design issues. Thefunction of major ground system elements is explained,leading to a discussion of day-to-day operations. Thecourse concludes with a discussion of current trends inGround System design and operations.

This course is intended for engineers, technicalmanagers, and scientists who are interested inacquiring a working understanding of ground systemsas an introduction to the field or to help broaden theiroverall understanding of space mission systems andmission operations. It is also ideal for technicalprofessionals who need to use, manage, operate, orpurchase a ground system.

InstructorSteve Gemeny is Director of Engineering for

Syntonics. Formerly Senior Member ofthe Professional Staff at The JohnsHopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory where he served as GroundStation Lead for the TIMED mission toexplore Earth’s atmosphere and LeadGround System Engineer on the NewHorizons mission to explore Pluto by

2020. Prior to joining the Applied Physics Laboratory,Mr. Gemeny held numerous engineering and technicalsales positions with Orbital Sciences Corporation,Mobile TeleSystems Inc. and COMSAT Corporationbeginning in 1980. Mr. Gemeny is an experiencedprofessional in the field of Ground Station and GroundSystem design in both the commercial world and onNASA Science missions with a wealth of practicalknowledge spanning more than three decades. Mr.Gemeny delivers his experiences and knowledge to hisstudents with an informative and entertainingpresentation style.

What You Will Learn• The fundamentals of ground system design,

architecture and technology.• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the spacecraft-to-

ground communications link.• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the design and

implementation of a ground system.• The capabilities and limitations of the various

modulation types (FM, PSK, QPSK).• The fundamentals of ranging and orbit determination

for orbit maintenance.• Basic day-to-day operations practices and

procedures for typical ground systems.• Current trends and recent experiences in cost and

schedule constrained operations.

November 11-13, 2013Columbia, Maryland

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. The Link Budget. An introduction to

basic communications system principles andtheory; system losses, propagation effects,Ground Station performance, and frequencyselection.

2. Ground System Architecture andSystem Design. An overview of groundsystem topology providing an introduction toground system elements and technologies.

3. Ground System Elements. An elementby element review of the major ground stationsubsystems, explaining roles, parameters,limitations, tradeoffs, and current technology.

4. Figure of Merit (G/T). An introduction tothe key parameter used to characterizesatellite ground station performance, bringingall ground station elements together to form acomplete system.

5. Modulation Basics. An introduction tomodulation types, signal sets, analog anddigital modulation schemes, and modulator -demodulator performance characteristics.

6. Ranging and Tracking. A discussion ofranging and tracking for orbit determination.

7. Ground System Networks andStandards. A survey of several ground systemnetworks and standards with a discussion ofapplicability, advantages, disadvantages, andalternatives.

8. Ground System Operations. Adiscussion of day-to-day operations in a typicalground system including planning and staffing,spacecraft commanding, health and statusmonitoring, data recovery, orbit determination,and orbit maintenance.

9. Trends in Ground System Design. Adiscussion of the impact of the current cost andschedule constrained approach on GroundSystem design and operation, including COTShardware and software systems, autonomy,and unattended “lights out” operations.


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

conducted broadranging studies onorbital mechanics at McDonnellDouglas, Boeing Aerospace, andRockwell International His key researchprojects have included Project Apollo,the Skylab capsule, the nuclear flightstage and the GPS radionavigation

system.Mr. Logsdon has taught 300 short course and

lectured in 31 different countries on six continents. Hehas written 40 technical papers and journal articles and29 technical books including Striking It Rich in Space,Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications,Understanding the Navstar, and MobileCommunication Satellites.

What You Will Learn• How do we launch a satellite into orbit and maneuver it into

a new location?• How do today’s designers fashion performance-optimal

constellations of satellites swarming the sky?• How do planetary swingby maneuvers provide such

amazing gains in performance?• How can we design the best multi-stage rocket for a

particular mission?• What are libration point orbits? Were they really discovered

in 1772? How do we place satellites into halo orbits circlingaround these empty points in space?

• What are JPL’s superhighways in space? How were theydiscovered? How are they revolutionizing the exploration ofspace?

Course Outline1. The Essence of Astrodynamics. Kepler’s

amazing laws. Newton’s clever generalizations.Launch azimuths and ground-trace geometry. Orbitalperturbations.

2. Satellite Orbits. Isaac Newton’s vis vivaequation. Orbital energy and angular momentum.Gravity wells. The six classical Keplerian orbitalelements.

3. Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals. The rocketequation. Building efficient liquid and solid rockets.Performance calculations. Multi-stage rocket design.

4. Modern Booster Rockets. Russian boosters onparade. The Soyuz rocket and its economies of scale.Russian and American design philosophies. America’spowerful new Falcon 9. Sleek rockets and highlyreliable cars.

5. Powered Flight Maneuvers. The Hohmanntransfer maneuver. Multi-impulse and low-thrustmaneuvers. Plane-change maneuvers. The bi-elliptictransfer. Relative motion plots. Deorbiting spentstages. Planetary swingby maneuvers.

6. Optimal Orbit Selection. Polar and sunsynchronous orbits. Geostationary satellites and theiron-orbit perturbations. ACE-orbit constellations.Libration point orbits. Halo orbits. Interplanetaryspacecraft trajectories. Mars-mission opportunities.Deep-space mission.

7. Constellation Selection Trades. Civilian andmilitary constellations. John Walker’s rosetteconfigurations. John Draim’s constellations. Repeatingground-trace orbits. Earth coverage simulations.

8. Cruising Along JPL’s Superhighways inSpace. Equipotential surfaces and 3-dimensionalmanifolds. Perfecting and executing the Genesismission. Capturing ancient stardust in space.Simulating thick bundles of chaotic trajectories.Driving along tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky.

Orbital & Launch Mechanics-FundamentalsIdeas and Insights

SummaryAward-winning rocket scientist, Thomas S. Logsdon

really enjoys teaching this short course becauseeverything about orbital mechanics is counterintuitive.Fly your spacecraft into a 100-mile circular orbit. Put onthe brakes and your spacecraft speeds up! Mash downthe accelerator and it slows down! Throw a bananapeel out the window and 45 minutes later it will comeback and slap you in the face!

In this comprehensive 4-day short course, Mr.Logsdon uses 400 clever color graphics to clarify theseand a dozen other puzzling mysteries associated withorbital mechanics. He also provides you with a fewsimple one-page derivations using real-world inputs toillustrate all the key concepts being explored

Each Student willreceive a free GPSreceiver with color mapdisplays!

December 9-12, 2013Columbia, Maryland

$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


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What You Will Learn• How do commercial satellites fit into the telecommunications

industry?• How are satellites planned, built, launched, and operated?• How do earth stations function?• What is a link budget and why is it important?• What is radio frequency interference (RFI) and how does it affect

links? • What legal and regulatory restrictions affect the industry?• What are the issues and trends driving the industry?

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

telecommunications and the space sciences.Since 1984 he has presented professionalseminars on satellite technology and spacesciences to individuals and businesses in theUnited States, Canada, Latin America,Europe, and Asia. Among the manycompanies and organizations to which he haspresented this course are Intelsat, Inmarsat,Asiasat, Boeing, Lockheed Martin,

PanAmSat, ViaSat, SES, Andrew Corporation, Alcatel Espace,the EU telecommunications directorate, the Canadian SpaceAgency, ING Bank, NSA, FBI, and DISA. Dr. Chartrand hasserved as a technical and/or business consultant to NASA,Arianespace, GTE Spacenet, Intelsat, Antares Satellite Corp.,Moffett-Larson-Johnson, Arianespace, Delmarva Power,Hewlett-Packard, and the International CommunicationsSatellite Society of Japan, among others. He has appeared asan invited expert witness before Congressional subcommitteesand was an invited witness before the National Commission OnSpace. He was the founding editor and the Editor-in-Chief of theannual The World Satellite Systems Guide, and later thepublication Strategic Directions in Satellite Communication. Heis author of seven books, including an introductory textbook onsatellite communications, and of hundreds of articles in thespace sciences. He has been chairman of several internationalsatellite conferences, and a speaker at many others.

Course Outline1. Satellite Services, Markets, and Regulation.

Introduction and historical background. The place of satellitesin the global telecommunications market. Major competitorsand satellites strengths and weaknesses. Satellite servicesand markets. Satellite system operators. Satellite economics.Satellite regulatory issues: role of the ITU, FCC, etc.Spectrum issues. Licensing issues and process. Satellitesystem design overview. Satellite service definitions: BSS,FSS, MSS, RDSS, RNSS. The issue of government use ofcommercial satellites. Satellite real-world issues: security,accidental and intentional interference, regulations. State ofthe industry and recent develpments. Useful sources ofinformation on satellite technology and the satellite industry.

2. Communications Fundamentals. Basic definitionsand measurements: channels, circuits, half-circuits, decibels.The spectrum and its uses: properties of waves, frequencybands, space loss, polarization, bandwidth. Analog and digitalsignals. Carrying information on waves: coding, modulation,multiplexing, networks and protocols. Satellite frequencybands. Signal quality, quantity, and noise: measures of signalquality; noise and interference; limits to capacity; advantagesof digital versus analog. The interplay of modulation,bandwidth, datarate, and error correction.

3. The Space Segment. Basic functions of a satellite. Thespace environment: gravity, radiation, meteoroids and spacedebris. Orbits: types of orbits; geostationary orbits; non-geostationary orbits. Orbital slots, frequencies, footprints, andcoverage: slots; satellite spacing; eclipses; sun interference,adjacent satellite interference. Launch vehicles; the launchcampaign; launch bases. Satellite systems and construction:structure and busses; antennas; power; thermal control;stationkeeping and orientation; telemetry and command.What transponders are and what they do. Advantages anddisadvantages of hosted payloads. Satellite operations:housekeeping and communications. High-throughput andprocessing satellites. Satellite security issues.

4. The Ground Segment. Earth stations: types, hardware,mountings, and pointing. Antenna properties: gain;directionality; sidelobes and legal limits on sidelobe gain.Space loss, electronics, EIRP, and G/T: LNA-B-C’s; signalflow through an earth station. The growing problem ofaccidental and intentional interference.

5. The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects onsignals: rain effects and rain climate models; rain fademargins. The most important calculation: link budgets, C/Nand Eb/No. Link budget examples. Improving link budgets.Sharing satellites: multiple access techniques: SDMA, FDMA,TDMA, PCMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-boardmultiplexing. Signal security issues. Conclusion: industryissues, trends, and the future.

Satellite CommunicationsAn Essential Introduction

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SummaryThis three-day (or four-day virtual ) course has been taught

to thousands of industry professionals for almost thirty years, inpublic sessions and on-site to almost every major satellitemanufacturer and operator, to rave reviews. The course isintended primarily for non-technical people who mustunderstand the entire field of commercial satellitecommunications (including their increasing use by governmentagencies), and by those who must understand andcommunicate with engineers and other technical personnel. Thesecondary audience is technical personnel moving into theindustry who need a quick and thorough overview of what isgoing on in the industry, and who need an example of how tocommunicate with less technical individuals. The course is aprimer to the concepts, jargon, buzzwords, and acronyms of theindustry, plus an overview of commercial satellitecommunications hardware, operations, business and regulatoryenvironment. Concepts are explained at a basic level,minimizing the use of math, and providing real-world examples.Several calculations of important concepts such as link budgetsare presented for illustrative purposes, but the details need notbe understood in depth to gain an understanding of theconcepts illustrated. The first section provides non-technicalpeople with an overview of the business issues, including majoroperators, regulation and legal issues, security issues andissues and trends affecting the industry. The second sectionprovides the technical background in a way understandable tonon-technical audiences. The third and fourth sections coverthe space and terrestrial parts of the industry. The last sectiondeals with the space-to-Earth link, culminating with theimportance of the link budget and multiple-access techniques.Attendees use a workbook of all the illustrations used in thecourse, as well as a copy of the instructor's textbook, SatelliteCommunications for the Non-Specialist. Plenty of time isallotted for questions

October 1-3, 2013Columbia, Maryland (8:30am - 4:30pm)

December 2-5, 2013LIVE Instructor-led Virtual (Noon - 4:30pm)

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Course Outline1. Mission Analysis. Kepler’s laws. Circular and

elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period ofrevolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Groundtrace.

2. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Azimuth and elevation.Slant range. Coverage area.

3. Signals and Spectra. Properties of a sinusoidalwave. Synthesis and analysis of an arbitrary waveform.Fourier Principle. Harmonics. Fourier series and Fouriertransform. Frequency spectrum.

4. Methods of Modulation. Overview of modulation.Carrier. Sidebands. Analog and digital modulation. Need forRF frequencies.

5. Analog Modulation. Amplitude Modulation (AM).Frequency Modulation (FM).

6. Digital Modulation. Analog to digital conversion.BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK FSK, QAM. Coherent detection andcarrier recovery. NRZ and RZ pulse shapes. Power spectraldensity. ISI. Nyquist pulse shaping. Raised cosine filtering.

7. Bit Error Rate. Performance objectives. Eb/No.Relationship between BER and Eb/No. Constellationdiagrams. Why do BPSK and QPSK require the samepower?

8. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain.Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and Reed-Solomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi andsequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions.Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding.

9. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupiedbandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship betweenbandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth onmethods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff betweenbandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidthefficient modulation.

10. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Frequency bandsused for satellite communication. ITU regulations. FixedSatellite Service. Direct Broadcast Service. Digital AudioRadio Service. Mobile Satellite Service.

11. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components.Network Operations Center. Data displays.

12. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half powerbeamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes.

13. System Temperature. Antenna temperature. LNA.Noise figure. Total system noise temperature.

14. Satellite Transponders. Satellite communicationspayload architecture. Frequency plan. Transponder gain.TWTA and SSPA. Amplifier characteristics. Nonlinearity.Intermodulation products. SFD. Backoff.

15. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency divisionmultiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access(TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spreadspectrum. Capacity estimates.

16. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization.Misalignment angle.

17. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. Crane rain model.Effect on G/T.

18. The RF Link. Decibel (dB) notation. Equivalentisotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Freespace loss. Power flux density. Carrier to noise ratio. TheRF link equation.

19. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations.Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Linkbudgets for single carrier and multiple carrier operation.Detailed worked examples.

20. Performance Measurements. Satellite modem.Use of a spectrum analyzer to measure bandwidth, C/N,and Eb/No. Comparison of actual measurements withtheory using a mobile antenna and a geostationary satellite.

InstructorChris DeBoy- leads the RF Engineering Group in the

Space Department at the JohnsHopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory, and is a member of APL’sPrincipal Professional Staff. He hasover 20 years of experience in satellitecommunications, from systemsengineering (he is the lead RF

communications engineer for the New HorizonsMission to Pluto) to flight hardware design for both low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions. He holds aBSEE from Virginia Tech, a Master’s degree inElectrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, andteaches the satellite communications course for theJohns Hopkins University

Satellite Communications Design & EngineeringA comprehensive, quantitative tutorial designed for satellite professionals

October 15-17, 2013Columbia, Maryland



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SummaryThis three-day (or four-day virtual) course is

designed for satellite communications engineers,spacecraft engineers, and managers who want toobtain an understanding of the "big picture" of satellitecommunications. Each topic is illustrated by detailedworked numerical examples, using published data foractual satellite communications systems. The course istechnically oriented and includes mathematicalderivations of the fundamental equations. It will enablethe participants to perform their own satellite linkbudget calculations. The course will especially appealto those whose objective is to develop quantitativecomputational skills in addition to obtaining aqualitative familiarity with the basic concepts.

What You Will Learn• A comprehensive understanding of satellite

communication.• An understanding of basic vocabulary.• A quantitative knowledge of basic relationships.• Ability to perform and verify link budget calculations.• Ability to interact meaningfully with colleagues and

independently evaluate system designs. • A background to read the literature.

NewlyUpdated!


Satellite Communications-IP NetworkingPerformance & Effiency

SummaryThis two-day course is designed for satellite engineers and

managers in military, government and industry who need toincrease their understanding of how Internet Protocols (IP)can be used to efficiently transmit mission-critical convergedtraffic over satellites. Satellites extend the reach of theInternet and mission-critical Intranets. New generation, highthroughput satellites provide efficient transport for IP. Withthese benefits come challenges. Satellite delay and bit errorscan impact performance. Satellite links must be integratedwith terrestrial networks. IP protocols and encryption createoverheads. Space segment is expensive. This courseexplains techniques that mitigate these challenges, includingtraffic engineering, quality of service, WAN optimizationdevices, TDMA DAMA to capture statistical multiplexing gains,improved satellite modulation and coding. Quantitativetechniques for understanding throughput and response timeare presented. Detailed case histories illustrate methods foroptimizing the design of converged real-world networks toproduce responsive networks while minimizing the use andcost of satellite resources.

Course Outline1. Introduction.2. Overview of Data Networking and Internet

Protocols. The Internet Protocol (IP). Impact of bit errors andpropagation delay on TCP-based applications. Introduction tohigher level services. NAT and tunneling.. Impact of IPVersion 6. Impact of IP overheads.

3. Quality of Service Issues in the Internet. QoS factorsfor streams and files. Performance of voice over IP and video.Response time for web object retrievals. Priority processingand packet discard in routers. Caching and performanceenhancement. Use of WAN optimizers to reduce impact ofdata redundancies, IP overheads and satellite delay. Impactof encryption in IP networks.

4. Satellite Data Networking Architectures. GEO andLEO satellites. The link budget, modulation and codingtechniques. Methods for improving satellite link efficiency(bits per second/Hz)–including adaptive coding andmodulation (ACM) and overlapped carriers. Point to Point,Point to Multipoint using satellite hubs. Shared outboundcarriers incorporating DVB. Return channels for sharedoutbound systems: TDMA, CDMA, Aloha, DVB/RCS. Fullmesh networks. Military, commercial standards for DAMAsystems. The JIPM IP modem and other advanced modems.

5. System Design Issues. Mission critical Intranet issuesincluding asymmetric routing, reliable multicast, impact ofuser mobility. Comm. on the move vs. comm. on the halt.

6. Predicting Performance in Mission CriticalNetworks. Queuing models to help predict response timebased on workload, performance requirements and channelrates. Single server, priority queues and multiple serverqueues.

7. Design Case Histories Integrating voice and datarequirements in mission-critical networks usingTDMA/DAMA. Determine how to wring out dataredundancies. Create statistical multiplexing gains by use ofTDMA DAMA. Optimize space segment requirements usinglink budget tradeoffs. Determine savings that can accrue fromACM.

8. A View of the Future. Impact of Ka-band and spotbeam satellites. Benefits and issues associated with OnboardProcessing. Descriptions of current and proposed commercialand military satellite systems including MUOS, GBS and thenew generation of commercial high throughput satellites (e.g.ViaSat 1, Jupiter). Low-cost ground station technology.

January 26-28, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1150 (8:30 - 4:30pm)


InstructorBurt H. Liebowitz is Principal Network Engineer at the

MITRE Corporation, specializing in theanalysis of wireless services. He has morethan 30 years experience in computernetworking, the last ten of which havefocused on Internet-over-satellite servicesin demanding military and commercialapplications. He was President of NetSatExpress Inc. Before that he was ChiefTechnical Officer for Loral Orion,

responsible for Internet-over-satellite access products. Mr.Liebowitz has authored two books on distributedprocessing and numerous articles on computing andcommunications systems. He has lectured extensively oncomputer networking. He holds three patents for asatellite-based data networking system. Mr. Liebowitz hasB.E.E. and M.S. in Mathematics degrees from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. from PolytechnicInstitute of Brooklyn.

What You Will Learn• The impact of IP overheads and the off the shelf devices available

to reduce this impact. These include WAN optimizers, voice andvideo compression, voice multiplexers, caching, satellite-basedIP multicasting.

• How to deploy Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms and usetraffic engineering to ensure maximum efficiency over satellitelinks.

• How to use satellites as essential elements in mission critical datanetworks.

• How to understand and overcome the impact of propagationdelay and bit errors on throughput and response time in satellite-based IP networks.

• Impact of new coding and modulation techniques on bandwidthefficiency – more bits per second per hertz.

• How to use statistical multiplexing to reduce the cost and amountof satellite resources that support converged voice, video, datanetworks with strict performance requirements.

• Link budget tradeoffs in the design of TDM/TDMA DAMAnetworks.

• The impact on cost and performance of new technology, such asLEOs, Ka band, on-board processing, inter-satellite links, trafficoptimization devices, high through put satellites such as Jupiter,Viasat-1.

After taking this course you will understand how to implementhighly efficient satellite-based networks that provide Internetaccess, multicast content delivery services, and mission-criticalIntranet services to users around the world..


January 21-23, 2014Cocoa Beach, Florida

XXXX 3-5, 2013LIVE Instructor-led Virtual

(Noon - 4:30pm)

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course covers all the technology

of advanced satellite communications as well as theprinciples behind current state-of-the-art satellitecommunications equipment. New and promisingtechnologies will be covered to develop anunderstanding of the major approaches. Networktopologies, VSAT, and IP networking over satellite.

InstructorDr. John Roach is a leading authority in satellitecommunications with 35+ years in the SATCOMindustry. He has worked on many developmentprojects both as employee and consultant /contractor. His experience has focused on thesystems engineering of state-of-the-art systemdevelopments, military and commercial, from theworldwide architectural level to detailed terminaltradeoffs and designs. He has been an adjunctfaculty member at Florida Institute of Technologywhere he taught a range of graduate comm-unications courses. He has also taught SATCOMshort courses all over the US and in London andToronto, both publicly and in-house for bothgovernment and commercial organizations. Inaddition, he has been an expert witness in patent,trade secret, and government contracting cases. Dr.Roach has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering fromGeorgia Tech. Advanced Satellite CommunicationsSystems: Survey of Current and Emerging DigitalSystems.

Course Outline1. Introduction to SATCOM. History and overview.

Examples of current military and commercial systems. 2. Satellite orbits and transponder characteristics.3. Traffic Connectivities: Mesh, Hub-Spoke,

Point-to-Point, Broadcast. 4. Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA,

CDMA, Random Access. DAMA and Bandwidth-on-Demand.

5. Communications Link Calculations. Definitionof EIRP, G/T, Eb/No. Noise Temperature and Figure.Transponder gain and SFD. Link Budget Calculations.

6. Digital Modulation Techniques. BPSK, QPSK.Standard pulse formats and bandwidth. Nyquist signalshaping. Ideal BER performance.

7. PSK Receiver Design Techniques. Carrierrecovery, phase slips, ambiguity resolution, differentialcoding. Optimum data detection, clock recovery, bitcount integrity.

8. Overview of Error Correction Coding,Encryption, and Frame Synchronization. StandardFEC types. Coding Gain.

9. RF Components. HPA, SSPA, LNA, Up/downconverters. Intermodulation, band limiting, oscillatorphase noise. Examples of BER Degradation.

10. TDMA Networks. Time Slots. Preambles.Suitability for DAMA and BoD.

11. Characteristics of IP and TCP/UDP oversatellite. Unicast and Multicast. Need for PerformanceEnhancing Proxy (PEP) techniques.

12. VSAT Networks and their systemcharacteristics; DVB standards and MF-TDMA.

13. Earth Station Antenna types. Pointing /Tracking. Small antennas at Ku band. FCC - Intelsat -ITU antenna requirements and EIRP densitylimitations.

14. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Military useand commercial PSD spreading with DS PN systems.Acquisition and tracking. Frequency Hop systems.

15. Overview of Bandwidth Efficient Modulation(BEM) Techniques. M-ary PSK, Trellis Coded 8PSK,QAM.

16. Convolutional coding and Viterbi decoding.Concatenated coding. Turbo & LDPC coding.

17. Emerging Technology Developments andFuture Trends.

What You Will Learn• Major Characteristics of satellites.• Characteristics of satellite networks.• The tradeoffs between major alternatives in

SATCOM system design.• SATCOM system tradeoffs and link budget

analysis.• DAMA/BoD for FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA

systems.• Critical RF parameters in terminal equipment and

their effects on performance.• Technical details of digital receivers.• Tradeoffs among different FEC coding choices.• Use of spread spectrum for Comm-on-the-Move.• Characteristics of IP traffic over satellite.• Overview of bandwidth efficient modulation types.

Satellite Communications Systems-AdvancedSurvey of Current and Emerging Digital Systems


Course Outline1. Introduction. Brief historical background,

RF/Optical comparison; basic Block diagrams; andapplications overview.

2. Link Analysis. Parameters influencing the link;frequency dependence of noise; link performancecomparison to RF; and beam profiles.

3. Laser Transmitter. Laser sources; semiconductorlasers; fiber amplifiers; amplitude modulation; phasemodulation; noise figure; nonlinear effects; and coherenttransmitters.

4. Modulation & Error Correction Encoding. PPM;OOK and binary codes; and forward error correction.

5. Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing.Requirements; acquisition scenarios; acquisition; point-ahead angles, pointing error budget; host platform vibrationenvironment; inertial stabilization: trackers; passive/activeisolation; gimbaled transceiver; and fast steering mirrors.

6. Opto-Mechanical Assembly. Transmit telescope;receive telescope; shared transmit/receive telescope;thermo-Optical-Mechanical stability.

7. Atmospheric Effects. Attenuation, beam wander;turbulence/scintillation; signal fades; beam spread; turbid;and mitigation techniques.

8. Detectors and Detections. Discussion of availablephoto-detectors noise figure; amplification; backgroundradiation/ filtering; and mitigation techniques. Poissonphoton counting; channel capacity; modulation schemes;detection statistics; and SNR / Bit error probability.Advantages / complexities of coherent detection; opticalmixing; SNR, heterodyne and homodyne; laser linewidth.

9. Crosslinks and Networking. LEO-GEO & GEO-GEO; orbital clusters; and future/advanced.

10. Flight Qualification. Radiation environment;environmental testing; and test procedure.

11. Eye Safety. Regulations; classifications; wavelengthdependence, and CDRH notices.

12. Cost Estimation. Methodology, models; andexamples.

13. Terrestrial Optical Comm. Communicationssystems developed for terrestrial links.

February 4-6, 2014 Columbia, Maryland

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


SummaryThis three-day course will provideThis course will provide

an introduction and overview of laser communicationprinciples and technologies for unguided, free-space beampropagation. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting thedifferences, as well as similarities to RF communications andother laser systems, and design issues and options relevantto future laser communication terminals.

Who should attendEngineers, scientists, managers, or professionals who

desire greater technical depth, or RF communicationengineers who need to assess this competing technology.

What You Will Learn• This course will provide you the knowledge and ability to

perform basic satellite laser communication analysis,identify tradeoffs, interact meaningfully with colleagues,evaluate systems, and understand the literature.

• How is a laser-communication system superior toconventional technology?

• How link performance is analyzed.• What are the options for acquisition, tracking and beam

pointing?• What are the options for laser transmitters, receivers

and optical systems.• What are the atmospheric effects on the beam and how

to counter them. • What are the typical characteristics of laser-

communication system hardware? • How to calculate mass, power and cost of flight systems.

InstructorHamid Hemmati, Ph.D. , is with the Jet propulsion laboratory

(JPL), California Institute of Technologywhere he is a Principal member of staff andthe Supervisor of the OpticalCommunications Group. Prior to joining JPLin 1986, he worked at NASA’s GoddardSpace Flight Center and at the NIST(Boulder, CO) as a researcher. Dr. Hemmati

has published over 40 journal and over 100 conferencepapers, holds seven patents, received 3 NASA Space ActBoard Awards, and 36 NASA certificates of appreciation. Heis a Fellow of SPIE and teaches optical communicationscourses at CSULA and the UCLA Extension. He is the editorand author of two books: “Deep Space OpticalCommunications” and “near-Earth Laser Communications”.Dr. Hemmati’s current research interests are in developinglaser-communications technologies and systems forplanetary and satellite communications, including: systemsengineering for electro-optical systems, solid-state laser,particularly pulsed fiber lasers, flight qualification of opticaland electro-optical systems and components; low-cost multi-meter diameter optical ground receiver telescope; active andadaptive optics; and laser beam acquisition, tracking andpointing.

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Satellite Laser Communications


Course Outline1. Introduction. Spacecraft Subsystem Design,

Orbital Mechanics, The Solar-Planetary Relationship,Space Weather.

2. The Vacuum Environment. Basic Description –Pressure vs. Altitude, Solar UV Radiation.

3. Vacuum Environment Effects. PressureDifferentials, Solar UV Degradation, MolecularContamination, Particulate Contamination.

4. The Neutral Environment. Basic AtmosphericPhysics, Elementary Kinetic Theory, HydrostaticEquilibrium, Neutral Atmospheric Models.

5. Neutral Environment Effects. Aerodynamic Drag,Sputtering, Atomic Oxygen Attack, Spacecraft Glow.

6. The Plasma Environment. Basic Plasma Physics -Single Particle Motion, Debye Shielding, PlasmaOscillations.

7. Plasma Environment Effects. SpacecraftCharging, Arc Discharging, Effects on Instrumentation.

8. The Radiation Environment. Basic RadiationPhysics, Stopping Charged Particles, Stopping EnergeticPhotons, Stopping Neutrons.

9. Radiation in Space. Trapped Radiation Belts, SolarProton Events, Galactic Cosmic Rays, HostileEnvironments.

10. Radiation Environment Effects. Total DoseEffects - Solar Cell Degradation, Electronics Degradation;Single Event Effects - Upset, Latchup, Burnout; Dose RateEffects.

11. The Micrometeoroid and Orbital DebrisEnvironment. Hypervelocity Impact Physics,Micrometeoroids, Orbital Debris.

12. Additional Topics. Effects on Humans; Modelsand Tools; Available Internet Resources.

InstructorDr. Alan C. Tribble has provided space environments effects

analysis to more than one dozen NASA,DoD, and commercial programs, includingthe International Space Station, the GlobalPositioning System (GPS) satellites, andseveral surveillance spacecraft. He holds aPh.D. in Physics from the University of Iowaand has been twice a Principal Investigatorfor the NASA Space Environments and

Effects Program. He is the author of four books, including thecourse text: The Space Environment - Implications for SpaceDesign, and over 20 additional technical publications. He is anAssociate Fellow of the AIAA, a Senior Member of the IEEE,and was previously an Associate Editor of the Journal ofSpacecraft and Rockets. Dr. Tribble recently won the 2008AIAA James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award. He hastaught a variety of classes at the University of SouthernCalifornia, California State University Long Beach, theUniversity of Iowa, and has been teaching courses on spaceenvironments and effects since 1992.

Who Should Attend:Engineers who need to know how to design systems with

adequate performance margins, program managers whooversee spacecraft survivability tasks, and scientists whoneed to understand how environmental interactions can affectinstrument performance.

Review of the Course Text:“There is, to my knowledge, no other book that provides its

intended readership with an comprehensive and authoritative,yet compact and accessible, coverage of the subject ofspacecraft environmental engineering.” – James A. Van Allen,Regent Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa.


$1245 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryAdverse interactions between the space environment

and an orbiting spacecraft may lead to a degradation ofspacecraft subsystem performance and possibly evenloss of the spacecraft itself. This two-day course presentsan introduction to the space environment and its effect onspacecraft. Emphasis is placed on problem solvingtechniques and design guidelines that will provide thestudent with an understanding of how space environmenteffects may be minimized through proactive spacecraftdesign.

Each student will receive a copy of the course text, acomplete set of course notes, including copies of allviewgraphs used in the presentation, and acomprehensive bibliography.

“I got exactly what I wanted from thiscourse – an overview of the spacecraft en-vironment. The charts outlining the inter-actions and synergism were excellent. Thelist of references is extensive and will beconsulted often.”

“Broad experience over many designteams allowed for excellent examples ofapplications of this information.”

Space Environment – Implications for Spacecraft Design


SummaryThis four-day short course presents a systems

perspective of structural engineering in the space industry.If you are an engineer involved in any aspect of

spacecraft or launch–vehicle structures, regardless ofyour level of experience, you will benefit from this course.Subjects include functions, requirements development,environments, structural mechanics, loads analysis,stress analysis, fracture mechanics, finite–elementmodeling, configuration, producibility, verificationplanning, quality assurance, testing, and risk assessment.The objectives are to give the big picture of space-missionstructures and improve your understanding of

• Structural functions, requirements, and environments• How structures behave and how they fail• How to develop structures that are cost–effective and

dependable for space missionsDespite its breadth, the course goes into great depth in

key areas, with emphasis on the things that are commonlymisunderstood and the types of things that go wrong in thedevelopment of flight hardware. The instructor sharesnumerous case histories and experiences to drive themain points home. Calculators are required to work classproblems.

Each participant will receive a copy of the instructors’850-page reference book, Spacecraft Structures andMechanisms: From Concept to Launch.

InstructorsTom Sarafin has worked full time in the space industry

since 1979, at Martin Marietta and InstarEngineering. Since founding anaerospace engineering firm in 1993, hehas consulted for DigitalGlobe, AeroAstro,AFRL, and Design_Net Engineering. Hehas helped the U. S. Air Force Academydesign, develop, and test a series of small

satellites and has been an advisor to DARPA. He is theeditor and principal author of Spacecraft Structures andMechanisms: From Concept to Launch and is acontributing author to all three editions of Space MissionAnalysis and Design. Since 1995, he has taught over 150short courses to more than 3000 engineers and managersin the space industry.

Poti Doukas worked at Lockheed Martin SpaceSystems Company (formerly MartinMarietta) from 1978 to 2006. He served asEngineering Manager for the Phoenix MarsLander program, Mechanical EngineeringLead for the Genesis mission, Structuresand Mechanisms Subsystem Lead for theStardust program, and Structural Analysis

Lead for the Mars Global Surveyor. He’s a contributingauthor to Space Mission Analysis and Design (1st and 2ndeditions) and to Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms:From Concept to Launch.

Testimonial"Excellent presentation—a reminder ofhow much fun engineering can be."

Course Outline1. Introduction to Space-Mission Structures.

Structural functions and requirements, effects of thespace environment, categories of structures, howlaunch affects things structurally, understandingverification, distinguishing between requirements andverification.

2. Review of Statics and Dynamics. Staticequilibrium, the equation of motion, modes of vibration.

3. Launch Environments and How StructuresRespond. Quasi-static loads, transient loads, coupledloads analysis, sinusoidal vibration, random vibration,acoustics, pyrotechnic shock.

4. Mechanics of Materials. Stress and strain,understanding material variation, interaction ofstresses and failure theories, bending and torsion,thermoelastic effects, mechanics of compositematerials, recognizing and avoiding weak spots instructures.

5. Strength Analysis: The margin of safety,verifying structural integrity is never based on analysisalone, an effective process for strength analysis,common pitfalls, recognizing potential failure modes,bolted joints, buckling.

6. Structural Life Analysis. Fatigue, fracturemechanics, fracture control.

7. Overview of Finite Element Analysis.Idealizing structures, introduction to FEA, limitations,strategies, quality assurance.

8. Preliminary Design. A process for preliminarydesign, example of configuring a spacecraft, types ofstructures, materials, methods of attachment,preliminary sizing, using analysis to design efficientstructures.

9. Designing for Producibility. Guidelines forproducibility, minimizing parts, designing an adaptablestructure, designing to simplify fabrication,dimensioning and tolerancing, designing for assemblyand vehicle integration.

10. Verification and Quality Assurance. Thebuilding-blocks approach to verification, verificationmethods and logic, approaches to product inspection,protoflight vs. qualification testing, types of structuraltests and when they apply, designing an effective test.

11. A Case Study: Structural design, analysis,and test of The FalconSAT-2 Small Satellite.

12 Final Verification and Risk Assessment.Overview of final verification, addressing lateproblems, using estimated reliability to assess risks(example: negative margin of safety), making thelaunch decision.

November 12-15, 2013Littleton, Colorado

$1990 (8:30am - 5:00pm)


Space Mission Structures: From Concept to Launch


Space Systems Fundamentals

SummaryThis four-day course provides an overview of the

fundamentals of concepts and technologies of modernspacecraft systems design. Satellite system andmission design is an essentially interdisciplinary sportthat combines engineering, science, and externalphenomena. We will concentrate on scientific andengineering foundations of spacecraft systems andinteractions among various subsystems. Examplesshow how to quantitatively estimate various missionelements (such as velocity increments) and conditions(equilibrium temperature) and how to size majorspacecraft subsystems (propellant, antennas,transmitters, solar arrays, batteries). Real examplesare used to permit an understanding of the systemsselection and trade-off issues in the design process.The fundamentals of subsystem technologies providean indispensable basis for system engineering. Thebasic nomenclature, vocabulary, and concepts willmake it possible to converse with understanding withsubsystem specialists.

The course is designed for engineers and managerswho are involved in planning, designing, building,launching, and operating space systems andspacecraft subsystems and components. Theextensive set of course notes provide a concisereference for understanding, designing, and operatingmodern spacecraft. The course will appeal toengineers and managers of diverse background andvarying levels of experience.

InstructorDr. Mike Gruntman is Professor of Astronautics at

the University of Southern California.He is a specialist in astronautics, spacetechnology, sensors, and spacephysics. Gruntman participates inseveral theoretical and experimentalprograms in space science and spacetechnology, including space missions.

He authored and co-authored more 200 publications invarious areas of astronautics, space physics, andinstrumentation.

What You Will Learn• Common space mission and spacecraft bus

configurations, requirements, and constraints.• Common orbits.• Fundamentals of spacecraft subsystems and their

interactions.• How to calculate velocity increments for typical

orbital maneuvers.• How to calculate required amount of propellant.• How to design communications link.• How to size solar arrays and batteries.• How to determine spacecraft temperature.

January 20-23, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico$1940 (9:00am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Space Missions And Applications. Science,

exploration, commercial, national security. Customers.2. Space Environment And Spacecraft

Interaction. Universe, galaxy, solar system.Coordinate systems. Time. Solar cycle. Plasma.Geomagnetic field. Atmosphere, ionosphere,magnetosphere. Atmospheric drag. Atomic oxygen.Radiation belts and shielding.

3. Orbital Mechanics And Mission Design.Motion in gravitational field. Elliptic orbit. Classical orbitelements. Two-line element format. Hohmann transfer.Delta-V requirements. Launch sites. Launch togeostationary orbit. Orbit perturbations. Key orbits:geostationary, sun-synchronous, Molniya.

4. Space Mission Geometry. Satellite horizon,ground track, swath. Repeating orbits.

5. Spacecraft And Mission Design Overview.Mission design basics. Life cycle of the mission.Reviews. Requirements. Technology readiness levels.Systems engineering.

6. Mission Support. Ground stations. DeepSpace Network (DSN). STDN. SGLS. Space LaserRanging (SLR). TDRSS.

7. Attitude Determination And Control.Spacecraft attitude. Angular momentum.Environmental disturbance torques. Attitude sensors.Attitude control techniques (configurations). Spin axisprecession. Reaction wheel analysis.

8. Spacecraft Propulsion. Propulsionrequirements. Fundamentals of propulsion: thrust,specific impulse, total impulse. Rocket dynamics:rocket equation. Staging. Nozzles. Liquid propulsionsystems. Solid propulsion systems. Thrust vectorcontrol. Electric propulsion.

9. Launch Systems. Launch issues. Atlas andDelta launch families. Acoustic environment. Launchsystem example: Delta II.

10. Space Communications. Communicationsbasics. Electromagnetic waves. Decibel language.Antennas. Antenna gain. TWTA and SSA. Noise. Bitrate. Communication link design. Modulationtechniques. Bit error rate.

11. Spacecraft Power Systems. Spacecraft powersystem elements. Orbital effects. Photovoltaic systems(solar cells and arrays). Radioisotope thermalgenerators (RTG). Batteries. Sizing power systems.

12. Thermal Control. Environmental loads.Blackbody concept. Planck and Stefan-Boltzmannlaws. Passive thermal control. Coatings. Active thermalcontrol. Heat pipes.


Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing

SummaryQuality assurance, reliability, and testing are critical

elements in low-cost space missions. The selection oflower cost parts and the most effective use ofredundancy require careful tradeoff analysis whendesigning new space missions. Designing for low costand allowing prudent risk are new ways of doingbusiness in today's cost-conscious environment. Thiscourse uses case studies and examples from recentspace missions to pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffsin design, reviews, quality assurance, and testing ofspacecraft. Lessons learned from past successes andfailures are discussed and trends for future missionsare highlighted.

What You Will Learn• Why reliable design is so important and techniques for

achieving it.• Dealing with today's issues of parts availability,

radiation hardness, software reliability, process control,and human error.

• Best practices for design reviews and configurationmanagement.

• Modern, efficient integration and test practices.

InstructorEric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience,

including 19 years as the ChiefEngineer of the Johns Hopkins AppliedPhysics Laboratory Space Department,which has designed and built 66spacecraft and more than 200instruments. His experience includessystems engineering, design integrity,

performance assurance, and test standards. He hasled many of APL's system and spacecraft conceptualdesigns and coauthored APL's quality assuranceplans. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA andcoauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems.

Recent attendee comments ...

“Instructor demonstrated excellent knowledge of topics.”

“Material was presented clearly and thoroughly. An incredible depth of expertise forour questions.”

Course Outline1. Spacecraft Systems Reliability and

Assessment. Quality, reliability, and confidence levels.Reliability block diagrams and proper use of reliabilitypredictions. Redundancy pro's and con's.Environmental stresses and derating.

2. Quality Assurance and Component Selection.Screening and qualification testing. Acceleratedtesting. Using plastic parts (PEMs) reliably.

3. Radiation and Survivability. The spaceradiation environment. Total dose. Stopping power.MOS response. Annealing and super-recovery.Displacement damage.

4. Single Event Effects. Transient upset, latch-up,and burn-out. Critical charge. Testing for single eventeffects. Upset rates. Shielding and other mitigationtechniques.

5. ISO 9000. Process control through ISO 9001 andAS9100.

6. Software Quality Assurance and Testing. Themagnitude of the software QA problem. Characteristicsof good software process. Software testing and whenis it finished?

7. Design Reviews and Configuration Management.Best practices for space hardware and softwarerenumber accordingly.

8. Integrating I&T into electrical, thermal, andmechanical designs. Coupling I&T to missionoperations.

9. Ground Support Systems. Electrical andmechanical ground support equipment (GSE). I&Tfacilities. Clean rooms. Environmental test facilities.

10. Test Planning and Test Flow. Which tests areworthwhile? Which ones aren't? What is the right orderto perform tests? Test Plans and other importantdocuments.

11. Spacecraft Level Testing. Ground stationcompatibility testing and other special tests.

12. Launch Site Operations. Launch vehicleoperations. Safety. Dress rehearsals. The LaunchReadiness Review.

13. Human Error. What we can learn from theairline industry.

14. Case Studies. NEAR, Ariane 5, Mid-courseSpace Experiment (MSX).

March 13-14, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)



InstructorDouglas Mehoke is the Assistant Group Supervisor

and Technology Manager for the Mechanical SystemGroup in the Space Department at The Johns HopkinsUniversity Applied Physics Laboratory. He has workedin the field of spacecraft and instrument thermal designfor 30 years, and has a wide background in the fieldsof heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He has been thelead thermal engineer on a variety spacecraft andscientific instruments, including MSX, CONTOUR, andNew Horizons. He is presently the Technical Lead forthe development of the Solar Probe Plus ThermalProtection System.

What You Will Learn• How requirements are defined.• Why thermal design cannot be purchased off the

shelf.• How to test thermal systems.• Basic conduction and radiation analysis.• Overall thermal analysis methods.• Computer calculations for thermal design.• How to choose thermal control surfaces.• When to use active devices.• How the thermal system interacts with other

systems.• How to apply thermal devices.

February 27-28, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis is a fast paced two-day course for system

engineers and managers with an interest in improvingtheir understanding of spacecraft thermal design. Allphases of thermal design analysis are covered inenough depth to give a deeper understanding of thedesign process and of the materials used in thermaldesign. Program managers and systems engineers willalso benefit from the bigger picture information andtradeoff issues.

The goal is to have the student come away from thiscourse with an understanding of how analysis, design,thermal devices, thermal testing and the interactions ofthermal design with the overall system design fit intothe overall picture of satellite design. Case studies andlessons learned illustrate the importance of thermaldesign and the current state of the art.

Spacecraft Thermal Control

Course Outline1. The Role of Thermal Control. Requirements,

Constraints, Regimes of thermal control. 2. The basics of Thermal Analysis, conduction,

radiation, Energy balance, Numerical analysis, Thesolar spectrum.

3. Overall Thermal Analysis. Orbital mechanicsfor thermal engineers, Basic orbital energy balance.

4. Model Building. How to choose the nodalstructure, how to calculate the conductors capacitorsand Radfacs, Use of the computer.

5. System Interactions. Power, Attitude andThermal system interactions, other systemconsiderations.

6. Thermal Control Surfaces. Availability, Factorsin choosing, Stability, Environmental factors.

7. Thermal control Devices. Heatpipes, MLI,Louvers, Heaters, Phase change devices, Radiators,Cryogenic devices.

8. Thermal Design Procedure. Basic designprocedure, Choosing radiator locations, When to useheat pipes, When to use louvers, Where to use MLI,When to use Phase change, When to use heaters.

9. Thermal Testing. Thermal requirements, basicanalysis techniques, the thermal design process,thermal control materials and devices, and thermalvacuum testing.

10. Case Studies. The key topics and tradeoffs areillustrated by case studies for actual spacecraft andsatellite thermal designs. Systems engineeringimplications.


InstructorTom Sarafin has worked full time in the space

industry since 1979. He spent over 13years at Martin Marietta Astronautics,where he contributed to and ledactivities in structural analysis, design,and test, mostly for large spacecraft.Since founding Instar in 1993, he’sconsulted for NASA, Space Imaging,DigitalGlobe, AeroAstro, Design_Net

Engineering, and other organizations. He’s helped theUnited States Air Force Academy (USAFA) design,develop, and verify a series of small satellites and hasbeen an advisor to DARPA. He is the editor andprincipal author of Spacecraft Structures andMechanisms: From Concept to Launch and is acontributing author to Space Mission Analysis andDesign (all three editions). Since 1995, he’s taughtover 150 courses to more than 3000 engineers andmanagers in the space industry.

Structural Test Design & Interpretation for Aerospace

SummaryThis new three-day course provides a rigorous look

at structural testing and its roles in productdevelopment and verification for aerospace programs.The course starts with a broad view of structuralverification throughout product development and therole of testing. The course then covers planning,designing, performing, interpreting, and documenting atest. The course covers static loads testing at low- andhigh-levels of assembly, modal survey testing andmath-model correlation, sine-sweep and sine-bursttesting, and random vibration testing.

Who Should AttendAll engineers and managers involved in ensuring

that flight vehicles and their payloads are structurallysafe to fly. This course is intended to be an effectivefollow-up Instar’s course “Space-Mission Structures(SMS): From Concept to Launch”, although that courseis not a prerequisite.

What You Will LearnThe objectives of this course are to improve

your understanding of how to:• Identify and clearly state test objectives.• Design (or recognize) a test that satisfies the

identified objectives while minimizing risk.• Establish pass/fail criteria.• Design the instrumentation.• Interpret test data.• Write a good test plan and a good test report.

December 10-12, 2013Littleton, Colorado

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


Course Outline1. Overview of Structural Testing. Why do a

structural test? Structural requirements; the building-blocks verification process; verification logic flows;qualification, acceptance, and protoflight testing;selecting the right type of test; two things all tests need;test management: documents, reviews, and controls.

2. Designing and Documenting a Test. Designinga test, suggested contents of a test plan, test-articleconfiguration, boundary conditions, ensuring adequacyof a strength test, a key difference between aqualification test and a proof test, success criteria andeffective instrumentation, preparing to interpret testdata, documenting with a test report.

3. Loads Testing of Small Specimens.Applications and objectives, common loading systems,test standards, case history: designing a test tosubstantiate new NASA criteria for analysis ofpreloaded bolts.

4. Static Loads Testing of Large Assemblies.Introduction to static loads testing, specialconsiderations, introducing and controlling loads,developing the load cases, example: developing loadcases for a truss structure, be sure to design the righttest!, centrifuge testing.

5. Testing on an Electrodynamic Shaker. Testconfiguration, limitations of testing on a shaker, fixturedesign, deriving loads from measured accelerations,sine-sweep testing, sine- burst testing, understandingrandom vibration, random vibration testing, interpretingtest data, notching, risk associated with testing on ashaker.

6. Example: Notching a Random Vibration Test.Problem statement, determining whether notching isneeded, first-cut estimates of notches, agreeing uponnotching ground rules, process for designing thenotches, FEA predictions without notches, FEA-derived notches, test strategy, summary.

7. Modal Survey Testing and Math Model.Correlation Test objectives and target modes,designing a modal survey test, key considerations, testconfiguration and approaches, checking the test data,correlating the math model.

8. Case History. Vibration Testing of a SpacecraftTelescope. Case History: Vibration Testing of aSpacecraft Telescope Overview, initial structural testplan, problem statement, revised test plan, testing atthe telescope assembly level, testing at the vehiclelevel, lessons learned and conclusions.

9. Summary.






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SummaryThe Scrum Alliance is a nonprofit organization committed

to delivering articles, resources, courses, and events that willhelp Scrum users be successful. The Scrum Alliance (sm)’smission is to promote increased awareness andunderstanding of Scrum, provide resources to individuals andorganizations using Scrum, and support the iterativeimprovement of the software development profession.

This 2-day course is backed by our Exam Pass Guarantee.Upon completion of our Scrum Master Certification Course, ifafter two attempts within the 60-day evaluation period youhave not passed the exam and obtained certification, ASPEwill allow you to attend another session of our Scrum MasterCertification Course free of charge and pay for you to retakeyour certification exam. Specifically, you will:

• The "Art of the Possible": learn how small change can havea large impact on productivity.

• Product integrity: review various options employees usewhen faced with difficulty, learn the importance of deliveringhigh quality products in Scrum

• Customer Expectations: Using a changing schedule andagile estimating and planning, assess the work to properlyset customer expectations and manage customersatisfaction

• Running the Scrum Project: Run a full Scrum project thatlasts 59 minutes. You will walk through all steps under theScrum Framework

• Agile Estimating and Planning: Break into teams, andthrough decomposition and estimating plan out a projectthrough delivery

• Team Dynamics: Since Scrum deals with change, conflictwill happen. Learn methods to resolve problems in a self-managed environment

SummaryWhile not a silver bullet, Agile Methodologies are quickly

becoming the most practical way to create outstandingsoftware. Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean, DynamicSystems Development Method, Feature Driven Developmentand other methods each have their strengths. While there aresignificant similarities that have brought them together underthe Agile umbrella, each method brings unique strengths thatcan be utilized for your team success.

This 3-day classroom is set up in pods/teams. Each teamlooks like a real-world development unit in Agile with ProjectManager/Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Tester andDevelopment. The teams will work through the Agile processincluding Iteration planning, Product road mapping andbacklogging, estimating, user story development iterationexecution, and retrospectives by working off of real workscenarios. Specifically, you will:

• Practice how to be and develop a self-organized team.• Create and communicate a Product Vision.• Understand your customer and develop customer roles and

personas.• Initiate the requirements process by developing user stories

and your product backlog.• Put together product themes from your user stories and

establish a desired product roadmap.• Conduct story point estimating to determine effort needed for

user stories to ultimately determine iteration(s) length.• Take into consideration assumed team velocity with story

point estimates and user story priorities to come up with yourelease plan.

• Engage the planning and execution of your iteration(s).• Conduct retrospectives after each iteration.• Run a course retrospective to enable an individual plan of

execution on how to conduct Agile in your environment.

Certified ScrumMasterWorkshop

Agile Boot Camp:An Immersive Introduction

Course Outline1. Agile Thinking. We begin with the history of agile

methods and how relatively new thoughts in softwaredevelopment have brought us to Scrum.

2. The Scrum Framework. Everyone working from thesame foundational concepts that make up the ScrumFramework.

3. Implementation Considerations. Digging deeper intothe reasons for pursuing Scrum. We'll also use this time tobegin a discussion of integrity in the marketplace and how thisrelates to software quality.

4. Scrum Roles. Who are the different players in theScrum game.

5. The Scrum Team Explored. We investigate teambehaviors so we can be prepared for the various behaviorsexhibited by teams of different compositions. We'll also take alook at some Scrum Team variants.

6. Agile Estimating and Planning. Although agileestimating and planning is an art unto itself, the conceptsbehind this method fit very well with the Scrum methodologyan agile alternative to traditional estimating and planning.

7. The Product Owner: Extracting Value. How can wehelp ensure that we allow for project work to provide the bestvalue for our customers and our organization.

8. The ScrumMaster Explored. We'll talk about thecharacteristics of a good ScrumMaster that go beyond asimple job description.

9. Meetings and Artifacts Reference Material. Moredetailed documentation is included here for future reference.

10. Advanced Considerations and Reference Material.This section is reserved for reference material. Particularinterests from the class may warrant discussion during ourclass time together.

What You Will LearnBecause this is an immersion course and the intent is to

engage in the practices every Agile team will employ, thiscourse is recommended for all team members responsible fordelivering outstanding software. That includes, but is notlimited to, the following roles:

• Business Analyst• Analyst• Project Manager• Software Engineer/Programmer• Development Manager• Product Manager• Product Analyst• Tester• QA Engineer• Documentation SpecialistThe Agile Boot Camp is a perfect place for cross functional

"teams" to become familiar with Agile methods and learn thebasics together. It's also a wonderful springboard for teambuilding & learning. Bring your project detail to work on inclass.


$1395 (Live 8:00am - 6:00pm)(Virtual, noon – 6:00 pm)


$2995 (Live 8:30am - 4:30pm)"Register 3 or More & Receive $5000 each


SummaryA common misconception is that Agility means lack of

order or discipline, but that’s incorrect. It requires strongdiscipline. You must have a solid foundation of practices andprocedures in order to successfully adapt Agile in theGovernment Environment , and you must also learn to followthose practices correctly while tying them to pre-defined, rigidquality goals.

This two-days public (three-days online) workshop givesyou the foundation of knowledge and experience you need inorder to be successful on your next federal project. Defineprinciples and highlight advantages and disadvantages ofAgile development and how to map them to federal guidelinesfor IT procurement, development and delivery. Get firsthandexperience organizing and participating in an Agile team. Putthe concepts you learn to practice instantly in the classroomproject. Understand and learn how to take advantage of theopportunities for Agile, while applying them within currentgovernment project process requirements. Specifically, youwill:

• Consistently deliver better products that will enable yourcustomer’s success.

• Reduce the risk of project failure, missed deadlines, scopeoverrun or exceeded budgets.

• Establish, develop, empower, nurture and protect high-performing teams.

• Identify and eliminate waste from processes. • Map government project language to Agile language simply

and effectively. • Foster collaboration, even with teams that are distributed

geographically and organizationally. • Clearly understand how EVM and Agile can be integrated. • Understand the structure of Agile processes that breed

success in the federal environment. • Embrace ever-changing requirements.

SummaryThe PMP Boot Camp offers in-class practice exams to help

you learn not only the project management knowledge, butalso the nature of the Project Management Professionalexam, the types of questions asked, and the form thequestions take.

This is a four-days public (five-days online) course withmany available dates and locations throughout the US.Through practice exercises you will gain valuable information,learn how to rapidly recall important facts, and generallyincrease your test-taking skills. Specifically, you will:

• Learn the subject matter of the PMP examination • Memorize the important test information that has a high

probability of being on your examination • Develop time management skills necessary to complete the

PMP exam within the allotted time • Leverage your existing Project Management Skills • Extrapolate from your real world experiences to the PMP

examination subject matter • Learn to identify pertinent question information to quickly

answer examination problemsIf you are in IT where PMs skills are becoming a necessity

or if you are interested in or planning to get your PMPcertification, you must take this PMP Boot Camp course. ThePMP® certification is a great tool for:

• Project Managers• IT Managers/Directors• Outsourcing Professionals• QA Managers/Directors • Application Development Managers/Directors• Business Analysts• Systems Analysts• Systems Architect

Agile in the Government Environment

Project Management Professional:(PMP) Certification Exam Boot Camp

Course Outline1. Self-organized teams, even in a highly matrixed agency

or organization.2. Simulate a project introduction, create a vision and set

of light requirements.3. How to plan your product’s release within the mandated

6 month timeframe.4. How to communicate project status utilizing both Agile

and EVM indicators for progress.5. How to satisfy the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) requirements (Circular A-11) while applying an Agileexecution approach.

6. Understanding customers and how to collaborate withthem to create User Stories.

7. Relative estimating – focus on becoming more accuraterather than precise.

8. Defining the distinction between capabilities andrequirements and when to document each.

9. Identify Agile best practices as they relate to challengeswithin the federal environment.

Course Outline1. Introduction. An introduction to the format and scope

of this project management training course.2. PMP Certification: the Credentials. An overview of the

PMI requirements for the PMP certification. Test subjectareas.

3. Project Management Overview. An introduction toProject Management, what it is, and what it isn’t. Projectphases. Project life cycle. Knowledge areas. Stakeholdermanagement.

4. The Project Environment. An overview of the variousorganizational structures in which a project might operate.

5. The Project Management Life Cycle. The five processgroups that make up the Project Management Life Cycle.

6. Specific Topics Areas needed to pass the PMPCertification Exam.

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Applied Systems Engineering

SummarySystems engineering is a simple flow of concepts,

frequently neglected in the press of day-to-day work,that reduces risk step by step. In this workshop, youwill learn the latest systems principles, processes,products, and methods. This is a practical course, inwhich students apply the methods to build real,interacting systems during the workshop. You can usethe results now in your work.

This workshop provides an in-depth look at thelatest principles for systems engineering in context ofstandard development cycles, with realistic practice onhow to apply them. The focus is on the underlyingthought patterns, to help the participant understandwhy rather than just teach what to do.

A 4-Day PracticalWorkshop

Planned and ControlledMethods are Essential toSuccessful Systems.

Participants in this coursepractice the skills by designing and buildinginteroperating robots that solve a larger problem.

Small groups build actual interoperating robots tosolve a larger problem. Create these interesting andchallenging robotic systems while practicing:

• Requirements development from a stakeholderdescription.

• System architecting, including quantified,stakeholder-oriented trade-offs.

• Implementation in software and hardware• Systm integration, verification and validation

InstructorEric Honour, CSEP, international consultant and

lecturer, has a 40-year career ofcomplex systems development &operation. Founder and formerPresident of INCOSE. He has led thedevelopment of 18 major systems,including the Air Combat ManeuveringInstrumentation systems and the Battle

Group Passive Horizon Extension System. BSSE(Systems Engineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE,Naval Postgraduate School, and PhD candidate,University of South Australia.

This course is designed for systems engineers,technical team leaders, program managers, projectmanagers, logistic support leaders, designengineers, and others who participate in definingand developing complex systems.

Who Should Attend• A leader or a key member of a complex system

development team.• Concerned about the team’s technical success.• Interested in how to fit your system into its system

environment.• Looking for practical methods to use in your team.

October 14-17, 2013Albuquerque, New Mexico$2090 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 EachOff The Course Tuition.

Course Outline1. How do We Work With Complexity? Basic

definitions and concepts. Problem-solvingapproaches; system thinking; systemsengineering overview; what systems engineeringis NOT.

2. Systems Engineering Model. Anunderlying process model that ties together allthe concepts and methods. Overview of thesystems engineering model; technical aspects ofsystems engineering; management aspects ofsystems engineering.

3. A System Challenge Application.Practical application of the systems engineeringmodel against an interesting and entertainingsystem development. Small groups build actualinteroperating robots to solve a larger problem.Small group development of systemrequirements and design, with presentations formutual learning.

4. Where Do Requirements Come From?Requirements as the primary method ofmeasurement and control for systemsdevelopment. How to translate an undefinedneed into requirements; how to measure asystem; how to create, analyze, managerequirements; writing a specification.

5. Where Does a Solution Come From?Designing a system using the best methodsknown today. System architecting processes;alternate sources for solutions; how to allocaterequirements to the system components; how todevelop, analyze, and test alternatives; how totrade off results and make decisions. Gettingfrom the system design to the system.

6. Ensuring System Quality. Building inquality during the development, and thenchecking it frequently. The relationship betweensystems engineering and systems testing.

7. Systems Engineering Management. Howto successfully manage the technical aspects ofthe system development; virtual, collaborativeteams; design reviews; technical performancemeasurement; technical baselines andconfiguration management.


SummaryThis two-day course walks through the CSEP

requirements and the INCOSE Handbook Version 3.2.2 tocover all topics on the CSEP exam. Interactive work, studyplans, and sample examination questions help you to prepareeffectively for the exam. Participants leave the course withsolid knowledge, a hard copy of the INCOSE Handbook,study plans, and three sample examinations.

Attend the CSEP course to learn what you need. Followthe study plan to seal in the knowledge. Use the sample examto test yourself and check your readiness. Contact ourinstructor for questions if needed. Then take the exam. If youdo not pass, you can retake the course at no cost.

What You Will Learn• How to pass the CSEP examination!• Details of the INCOSE Handbook, the source for the

exam.• Your own strengths and weaknesses, to target your

study.• The key processes and definitions in the INCOSE

language of the exam. • How to tailor the INCOSE processes.• Five rules for test-taking.

Course Outline1. Introduction. What is the CSEP and what are the

requirements to obtain it? Terms and definitions. Basis ofthe examination. Study plans and sample examinationquestions and how to use them. Plan for the course.Introduction to the INCOSE Handbook. Self-assessmentquiz. Filling out the CSEP application.

2. Systems Engineering and Life Cycles. Definitionsand origins of systems engineering, including the latestconcepts of “systems of systems.” Hierarchy of systemterms. Value of systems engineering. Life cyclecharacteristics and stages, and the relationship ofsystems engineering to life cycles. Developmentapproaches. The INCOSE Handbook systemdevelopment examples.

3. Technical Processes. The processes that take asystem from concept in the eye to operation, maintenanceand disposal. Stakeholder requirements and technicalrequirements, including concept of operations,requirements analysis, requirements definition,requirements management. Architectural design, includingfunctional analysis and allocation, system architecturesynthesis. Implementation, integration, verification,transition, validation, operation, maintenance and disposalof a system.

4. Project Processes. Technical management andthe role of systems engineering in guiding a project.Project planning, including the Systems Engineering Plan(SEP), Integrated Product and Process Development(IPPD), Integrated Product Teams (IPT), and tailoringmethods. Project assessment, including TechnicalPerformance Measurement (TPM). Project control.Decision-making and trade-offs. Risk and opportunitymanagement, configuration management, informationmanagement.

5. Enterprise & Agreement Processes. How todefine the need for a system, from the viewpoint ofstakeholders and the enterprise. Acquisition and supplyprocesses, including defining the need. Managing theenvironment, investment, and resources. Enterpriseenvironment management. Investment managementincluding life cycle cost analysis. Life cycle processesmanagement standard processes, and processimprovement. Resource management and qualitymanagement.

6. Specialty Engineering Activities. Uniquetechnical disciplines used in the systems engineeringprocesses: integrated logistics support, electromagneticand environmental analysis, human systems integration,mass properties, modeling & simulation including thesystem modeling language (SysML), safety & hazardsanalysis, sustainment and training needs.

7. After-Class Plan. Study plans and methods.Using the self-assessment to personalize your study plan.Five rules for test-taking. How to use the sampleexaminations. How to reach us after class, and what to dowhen you succeed.

The INCOSE Certified Systems EngineeringProfessional (CSEP) rating is a coveted milestone inthe career of a systems engineer, demonstratingknowledge, education and experience that are of highvalue to systems organizations. This two-day courseprovides you with the detailed knowledge andpractice that you need to pass the CSEP examination.

December 9-10, 2013Orlando, Florida

$1290 (8:30am - 4:30pm)Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each

Off The Course Tuition.

InstructorsEric Honour, CSEP, international consultant and

lecturer, has a 40-year career ofcomplex systems development &operation. Founder and formerPresident of INCOSE. Author of the“Value of SE” material in the INCOSEHandbook. He has led the developmentof 18 major systems, including the AirCombat Maneuvering Instrumentation

systems and the Battle Group Passive HorizonExtension System. BSSE (Systems Engineering), USNaval Academy, MSEE, Naval Postgraduate School,and PhD candidate, University of South Australia.

Mr. William "Bill" Fournier is Senior SoftwareSystems Engineering with 30 years experience the last11 for a Major Defense Contractor. Mr. Fournier taughtDoD Systems Engineering full time for over three yearsat DSMC/DAU as a Professor of EngineeringManagement. Mr. Fournier has taught SystemsEngineering at least part time for more than the last 20years. Mr. Fournier holds a MBA and BS IndustrialEngineering / Operations Research and is DOORStrained. He is a certified CSEP, CSEP DoD Acquisition,and PMP. He is a contributor to DAU / DSMC, MajorDefense Contractor internal Systems EngineeringCourses and Process, and INCOSE publications.

Certified Systems Engineering Professional - CSEP PreparationGuaranteed Training to Pass the CSEP Certification Exam

www.aticourses.com/CSEP_preparation.htm

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Cost Estimating

SummaryThis two-day course covers the primary methods for

cost estimation needed in systems development, includingparametric estimation, activity-based costing, life cycleestimation, and probabilistic modeling. The estimationmethods are placed in context of a Work BreakdownStructure and program schedules, while explaining theentire estimation process.

Emphasis is also placed on using cost models toperform trade studies and calibrating cost models toimprove their accuracy. Participants will learn how to usecost models through real-life case studies. Commonpitfalls in cost estimation will be discussed includingbehavioral influences that can impact the quality of costestimates. We conclude with a review of the state-of-the-art in cost estimation.

February 25-26, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico$1150 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Cost estimation in context of

system life cycles. Importance of cost estimation inproject planning. How estimation fits into theproposal cycle. The link between cost estimationand scope control. History of parametric modeling.

2. Scope Definition. Creation of a technical workscope. Definition and format of the Work BreakdownStructure (WBS) as a basis for accurate costestimation. Pitfalls in WBS creation and how toavoid them. Task-level work definition. Classexercise in creating a WBS.

3. Cost Estimation Methods. Different ways toestablish a cost basis, with explanation of each:parametric estimation, activity-based costing,analogy, case based reasoning, expert judgment,etc. Benefits and detriments of each. Industry-validated applications. Schedule estimation coupledwith cost estimation. Comprehensive review of costestimation tools.

4. Economic Principles. Concepts such aseconomies/diseconomies of scale, productivity,reuse, earned value, learning curves and predictionmarkets are used to illustrate additional methodsthat can improve cost estimates.

5. System Cost Estimation. Estimation insoftware, electronics, and mechanical engineering.Systems engineering estimation, including designtasks, test & evaluation, and technical management.Percentage-loaded level-of-effort tasks: projectmanagement, quality assurance, configurationmanagement. Class exercise in creating costestimates using a simple spreadsheet model andcomparing against the WBS.

6. Risk Estimation. Handling uncertainties in thecost estimation process. Cost estimation and riskmanagement. Probabilistic cost estimation andeffective portrayal of the results. Cost estimation,risk levels, and pricing. Class exercise inprobabilistic estimation.

7. Decision Making. Organizational adoption ofcost models. Understanding the purpose of theestimate (proposal vs. rebaselining; ballpark vs.detailed breakdown). Human side of cost estimation(optimism, anchoring, customer expectations, etc.).Class exercise on calibrating decision makers.

8. Course Summary. Course summary andrefresher on key points. Additional cost estimationresources. Principles for effective cost estimation.

InstructorRicardo Valerdi, is an Associate Professor of Systems

& Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona and aResearch Affiliate at MIT. He developed the COSYSMO

model for estimating systems engineeringeffort which has been used by BAESystems, Boeing, General Dynamics, L-3Communications, Lockheed Martin,Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and SAIC.Dr. Valerdi is a Visiting Associate of theCenter for Systems and SoftwareEngineering at the University of Southern

California where he earned his Ph.D. in Industrial &Systems Engineering. Previously, he worked at TheAerospace Corporation, Motorola and GeneralInstrument. He served on the Board of Directors ofINCOSE, is an Editorial Advisor of the Journal of CostAnalysis and Parametrics, and is the author of the bookThe Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model(COSYSMO): Quantifying the Costs of SystemsEngineering Effort in Complex Systems (VDM Verlag,2008).

What You Will Learn• What are the most important cost estimation methods?• How is a WBS used to define project scope?• What are the appropriate cost estimation methods for

my situation?• How are cost models used to support decisions?• How accurate are cost models? How accurate do they

need to be? • How are cost models calibrated?• How can cost models be integrated to develop

estimates of the total system?• How can cost models be used for risk assessment?• What are the principles for effective cost estimation?From this course you will obtain the knowledge andability to perform basic cost estimates, identify tradeoffs,use cost model results to support decisions, evaluate thegoodness of an estimate, evaluate the goodness of acost model, and understand the latest trends in costestimation.


InstructorsDr. Scott Workinger has led innovative technology

development efforts in complex, risk-laden environments for 30 years. Hecurrently teaches courses on programmanagement and engineering andconsults on strategic management andtechnology issues. Scott has a B.S in

Engineering Physics from Lehigh University, an M.S. inSystems Engineering from the University of Arizona,and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environment Engineering fromStanford University.

SummaryToday's complex systems present difficult

challenges to develop. From military systems to aircraftto environmental and electronic control systems,development teams must face the challenges with anarsenal of proven methods. Individual systems aremore complex, and systems operate in much closerrelationship, requiring a system-of-systems approachto the overall design.

This two-day workshop presents the fundamentalsof a systems engineering approach to solving complexproblems. It covers the underlying attitudes as well asthe process definitions that make up systemsengineering. The model presented is a research-proven combination of the best existing standards.

Participants in this workshop practice the processeson a realistic system development.

Who Should AttendYou Should Attend This Workshop If You Are:• Working in any sort of system development • Project leader or key member in a product

development team • Looking for practical methods to use todayThis Course Is Aimed At:• Project leaders, • Technical team leaders, • Design engineers, and • Others participating in system development

Course Outline1. Systems Engineering Model. An underlying

process model that ties together all the concepts andmethods. System thinking attitudes. Overview of thesystems engineering processes. Incremental,concurrent processes and process loops for iteration.Technical and management aspects.

2. Where Do Requirements Come From?Requirements as the primary method of measurementand control for systems development. Three steps totranslate an undefined need into requirements;determining the system purpose/mission from anoperational view; how to measure system quality,analyzing missions and environments; requirementstypes; defining functions and requirements.

3. Where Does a Solution Come From?Designing a system using the best methods knowntoday. What is an architecture? System architectingprocesses; defining alternative concepts; alternatesources for solutions; how to allocate requirements tothe system components; how to develop, analyze, andtest alternatives; how to trade off results and makedecisions. Establishing an allocated baseline, andgetting from the system design to the system. Systemsengineering during ongoing operation.

4. Ensuring System Quality. Building in qualityduring the development, and then checking itfrequently. The relationship between systemsengineering and systems testing. Technical analysis asa system tool. Verification at multiple levels:architecture, design, product. Validation at multiplelevels; requirements, operations design, product.

5. Systems Engineering Management. How tosuccessfully manage the technical aspects of thesystem development; planning the technicalprocesses; assessing and controlling the technicalprocesses, with corrective actions; use of riskmanagement, configuration management, interfacemanagement to guide the technical development.

6. Systems Engineering Concepts ofLeadership. How to guide and motivate technicalteams; technical teamwork and leadership; virtual,collaborative teams; design reviews; technicalperformance measurement.

7. Summary. Review of the important points ofthe workshop. Interactive discussion of participantexperiences that add to the material.

Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

December 11-12, 2013Orlando, Florida

$1190 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


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Model Based Systems Engineering with OMG SysML™Productivity Through Model-Based Systems Engineering Principles & Practices

SummaryThis three day course is intended for practicing systems

engineers who want to learn how to apply model-drivensystems engineering practices using the UML Profile forSystems Engineering (OMG SysML™). You will applysystems engineering principles in developing acomprehensive model of a solution to the class problem,using modern systems engineering development tools and adevelopment methodology tailored to OMG SysML. Themethodology begins with the presentation of a desiredcapability and leads you through the performance of activitiesand the creation of work products to support requirementsdefinition, architecture description and system design. Themethodology offers suggestions for how to transition tospecialty engineering, with an emphasis on interfacing withsoftware engineering activities. Use of a modeling tool isrequired.

Each student will receive a lab manual describing how tocreate each diagram type in the selected tool, access to theObject-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology(OOSEM) website and a complete set of lecture notes.

InstructorJ.D. Baker is a Software Systems Engineer with expertise

in system design processes and methodologies that supportModel-Based Systems Engineering. He has over 20 years ofexperience providing training and mentoring in software andsystem architecture, systems engineering, softwaredevelopment, iterative/agile development, object-orientedanalysis and design, the Unified Modeling Language (UML),the UML Profile for Systems Engineering (SysML), use casedriven requirements, and process improvement. He hasparticipated in the development of UML, OMG SysML, andthe UML Profile for DoDAF and MODAF. J.D. holds manyindustry certifications, including OMG Certified SystemModeling Professional (OCSMP), OMG Certified UMLProfessional (OCUP), Sun Certified Java Programmer, and heholds certificates as an SEI Software ArchitectureProfessional and ATAM Evaluator.



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


Course Outline1. Model-Based Systems Engineering Overview.

Introduction to OMG SysM, role of open standards andopen architecture in systems engineering, what is amodel, 4 modeling principles, 5 characteristics of agood model, 4 pillars of OMG SysML.

2. Getting started with OOSEM. Use casediagrams and descriptions, modeling functionalrequirements, validating use cases, domain modelingconcepts and guidelines, OMG SysML languagearchitecture.

3. OOSEM Activities and Work Products. Walkthrough the OOSEM top level activities, decomposingthe Specify and Design System activity, relating usecase and domain models to the system model, optionsfor model organization, the package diagram.Compare and contrast Distiller and Hybrid SUVexamples.

4. Requirements Analysis. Modeling Requirementsin OMG SysML, functional analysis and allocation, therole of functional analysis in an object-oriented worldusing a modified SE V, OOSEM activity –"AnalyzeStakeholder Needs”. Concept of Operations, DomainModels as analysis tools. Modeling non-functionalrequirements. Managing large requirement sets.Requirements in the Distiller sample model.

5. OMG SysML Structural Elements. BlockDefinition Diagrams (BDD), Internal Block Diagrams(IBD), Ports, Parts, Connectors and flows. Creatingsystem context diagrams. Block definition and usagerelationship. Delegation through ports. Operations andattributes.

6. OMG SysML Behavioral Elements. Activitydiagrams, activity decomposition, State Machines,state execution semantics, Interactions, allocation ofbehavior. Call behavior actions. Relating activitybehavior to operations, interactions, and statemachines.

7. Parametric Analysis and Design Synthesis.Constraint Blocks, Tracing analysis tools to OMGSysML elements, Design Synthesis, Tracingrequirements to design elements. Relating SysMLrequirements to text requirements in a requirementsmanagement tool. Analyzing the Hybrid SUVdynamics.

8. Model Verification. Tracing requirements toOMG SysM test cases, Systems Engineering ProcessOutputs, Preparing work products for specialtyengineers, Exchanging model data using XMI,Technical Reviews and Audits, Inspecting OMG SysMLand UML artifacts.

9. Extending OMG SysML. Stereotypes, tagvalues and model libraries, Trade Studies, Modelingand Simulation, Executable UML.

10. Deploying OMG SysML™ in yourOrganization. Lessons learned from MBSEinitiatives, the future of SysML.OMG Certified SystemModeling Professional resources and exams.

What You Will Learn• Identify and describe the use of all nine OMG

SysML™ diagrams.• Follow a formal methodology to produce a system

model in a modeling tool.• Model system behavior using an activity diagram.• Model system behavior using a state diagram.• Model system behavior using a sequence diagram.• Model requirements using a requirements diagram.• Model requirements using a use case diagram.• Model structure using block diagrams.• Allocate behavior to structure in a model.• Recognize parametrics and constraints and describe

their usage.

NEW!


Requirements Engineering with DEVSME

What You Will Learn• Overview of IEEE and CMMI approaches to requirements

engineering.• Basic concepts of Discrete Event System Specification

(DEVS) and how to apply them using DEVS ModelingEnvironment.

• How to understand and develop requirements and thensimulate them with both Discrete and Continuous temporalbehaviors.

• System of Systems Concepts, Interoperability, serviceorientation, and data-centricity within a modeling andsimulation framework.

• Integrated System Development and virtual testing withapplications to service oriented and data-distributionarchitectures.

From this course you will obtain the understandingof how to leverage collaborative modeling andsimulation to develop requirements and analyzecomplex information-intensive systems engineeringproblems within an integrated requirementsdevelopment and testing process.

InstructorsBernard P. Zeigler is chief scientist for RTSync,

Zeigler has been chief architect forsimulation-based automated testing ofnet-centric IT systems with DoD’s JointInteroperability Test Command as wellas for automated model composition forthe Department of Homeland Security.He is internationally known for his

foundational text Theory of Modeling and Simulation,second edition (Academic Press, 2000), He wasnamed Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of hiscontributions to the theory of discrete event simulation.

Phillip Hammonds is a senior scientist for RTSync,He co-authored (with Professor Zeigler). the 2007book, “Modeling & Simulation-Based DataEngineering: Introducing Pragmatics into Ontologiesfor Net-Centric Information Exchange”. Elsevier Press.He has worked as a technical director and programmanager for several large DoD contractors whereskilled requirements and data engineering were criticalto project success.

Course Outline1. Introduction to the Requirements

Engineering Process.

2. Introduction to Discrete Event SystemSpecification. (DEVS)--System-Theory Basis andConcepts, Levels of System Specification, SystemSpecifications: Continuous and Discrete.

3. Framework for Modeling and SimulationBased Requirements Engineering. DEVSSimulation Algorithms, DEVS Modeling andSimulation Environments.

4. DEVS Model Development. Constrainednatural language DEVS-based model construction,System Entity Structure - coupling and hierarchicalconstruction, Verification and Visualization.

5. DEVS Hybrid Discrete and ContinuousModeling and Simulation. Introduction tosimulation with DEVSJava/ADEVS Hybrid software,Capturing stakeholder requirements for spacesystems communication and service architectures.

6. Interoperability and Reuse. System ofSystems Concepts, Component-based systems,modularity, Levels of Interoperability (syntactic,semantic, and pragmatic). Service OrientedArchitecture, Data Distribution Service standards.

7. Integrated System RequirementsDevelopment and Visualization/Testing. UsingDEVS Modeling Environment (DEVSME) –Requirements capture in an unambiguous,interoperable language, structured in terms of input,output, timing and coupling to other requirements,Automated DEVS-based Test Case Generation,Net-Enabled System Testing – Measures ofPerformance / Effectiveness.

8. Cutting Edge Concepts and Tools. Modeland Simulation-based data engineering for interest-based collection and distribution of massive data.Capturing requirements for IT systemsimplementing such concepts. Software/Hardwareimplementations based on DEVS-Chip hardware.


$1490 (8:30am - 4:30pm)(8:30am- 12:30pm on last day)


SummaryThis two and one half -day course is designed for

engineers, managers and educators who wish to enhancetheir capabilities to capture needs and requirements in astandardized, interoperable format that allows immediatedynamic visualization of workflows and relationships. One ofthe most serious issues of modern systems engineering iscapturing requirements in an unambiguous, interoperablelanguage that is structured in terms of input, output, timingand coupling to other requirements. The DEVS ModelingEnvironment (DEVSME) uses a restricted natural languagethat is easy to use, but powerful enough to express complexmathematical, logical and process functions in such a waythat other engineers and stakeholders will understand theintent as well as the behavior of the requirement.

The course covers the basics of systems concepts anddiscrete event systems specification (DEVS), a computationalbasis for system theory. It demonstrates the application ofDEVS to "virtual build and test" requirements engineering incomplex information-intensive systems development. TheDEVSME Requirements Engineering Environment leveragesthe power of the DEVS modeling and simulation methodology.A particular focus is the application of model-based dataengineering in today’s data rich – and information challenged– system environments.

NEW!


Technical CONOPS & Concepts Master's CourseA hands on, how-to course in building Concepts of Operations, Operating Concepts,

Concepts of Employment and Operational Concept Documents

What You Will Learn• What are CONOPS and how do they differ from CONEMPS,

OPCONS and OCDs? How are they related to the DODAF andJCIDS in the US DOD?

• What makes a “good” CONOPS?• What are the two types and five levels of CONOPS and when is

each used? • How do you get users’ active, vocal support in your CONOPS?

After this course you will be able to build and updateOpCons and CONOPS using a robust CONOPS team,determine the appropriate type and level for a CONOPSeffort, work closely with end users of your products andsystems and elicit solid, actionable, user-drivenrequirements.

InstructorMack McKinney, president and founder of a consulting

company, has worked in the defense industrysince 1975, first as an Air Force officer for 8years, then with Westinghouse Defense andNorthrop Grumman for 16 years, then with aSIGINT company in NY for 6 years. He nowteaches, consults and writes Concepts ofOperations for Boeing, Sikorsky, LockheedMartin Skunk Works, Raytheon Missile

Systems, Joint Forces Command, MITRE, Booz AllenHamilton, and DARPA, all the uniformed services and the IC.He has US patents in radar processing and hyperspectralsensing.

SummaryThis three-day course is de signed for engineers, scientists,

project managers and other professionals who design, build,test or sell complex systems. Each topic is illustrat ed by real-world case studies discussed by experienced CONOPS andrequirements professionals. Key topics are reinforced withsmall-team exercises. Over 200 pages of sample CONOPS(six) and templates are provided. Students outline CONOPSand build OpCons in class. Each student gets instructor’sslides; college-level textbook; ~250 pages of case studies,templates, checklists, technical writing tips, good and badCONOPS; Hi-Resolution personalized Certificate of CONOPSCompetency and class photo, opportunity to join US/CoalitionCONOPS Community of Interest.

Course Outline1. How to build CONOPS. Operating Concepts (OpCons)

and Concepts of Employment (ConEmps). Five levels ofCONOPS & two CONOPS templates, when to use each.

2. The elegantly simple Operating Concept and themathematics behind it (X2-X)/2

3. What Scientists, Engineers and Project Managersneed to know when working with operational end users.Proven, time-tested techniques for understanding the enduser’s perspective – a primer for non-users. Rules for visiting anoperational unit/site and working with difficult users andoperators.

4. Modeling and Simulation. Detailed cross-walk forCONOPS and Modeling and Simulation (determining thescenarios, deciding on the level of fidelity needed, modelingoperational utility, etc.)

5. Clear technical writing in English. (1 hour crashcourse). Getting non-technical people to embrace scientificmethods and principles for requirements to drive solidCONOPS.

6. Survey of major weapons and sensor systems in troubleand lessons learned. Getting better collaboration amongengineers, scientists, managers and users to build moreeffective systems and powerful CONOPS. Special challengeswhen updating existing CONOPS.

7. Forming the CONOPS team. Collaborating with peoplefrom other professions. Working With Non-Technical People:Forces that drive Program Managers, Requirements Writers,Acquisition/Contracts Professionals. What motivates them, howwork with them.

8. Concepts, CONOPS, JCIDS and DODAF. How does itall tie together?

9. All users are not operators. (Where to find the goodones and how to gain access to them). Getting actionableinformation from operational users without getting thrown out ofthe office. The two questions you must ALWAYS ask, one ofwhich may get you bounced.

10. Relationship of CONOPS to requirements &contracts. Legal minefields in CONOPS.

11. Users. The four essential groups of user-supporters,where to find them and how to gain the support of each group.

12. R&D and CONOPS. Using CONOPS to increase theTransition Rate (getting R&D projects from the lab to adopted,fielded systems). People Mover and Robotic Medic teamexercises reinforce lecture points, provide skills practice.Checklist to achieve team consensus on types of R&D neededfor CONOPS (effects-driven, blue sky, capability-driven, newspectra, observed phenomenon, product/process improvement,basic science). Unclassified R&D Case Histories: $$$ millionsinvested - - - what went wrong & key lessons learned: (Softwarefor automated imagery analysis; low cost, lightweight,hyperspectral sensor; non-traditional ISR; innovative ATCaircraft tracking system; full motion video for bandwidth-disadvantaged users in combat - - - Getting it Right!).

13. Critical thinking, creative thinking, empathic thinking,counterintuitive thinking and when engineers and scientists useeach type in developing concepts and CONOPS.

14. DoD Architectural Framework (DoDAF), JCIDS andCONOPS. how they play together and support each other.

15. Lessons Learned From No/Poor CONOPS. Real worldproblems with fighters, attack helicopters, C3I systems, DHSborder security project, humanitarian relief effort, DIVAD, airdefense radar, E/O imager, civil aircraft ATC tracking systemsand more.

16. Beyond the CONOPS: Configuring a program forsuccess and the critical attributes and crucial considerationsthat can be program-killers; case histories and lessons-learned.

October 22-24, 2013Virginia Beach, Virginia

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


www.aticourses.com/Technical_CONOPS_Concepts.htm

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SummaryThis four-day seminar is for practicing scientists and

engineers provides a comprehensive treatment of thelatest technology required to re-target the AESA Radarmode suite while incorporating stealth and LPIfeatures. The AESA provides huge gains in reliabilityand performance over mechanically scanned Radars.It also provides huge challenges in designing for highduty cycle, fast beam switching, and adaptive beamformation. The seminar introduces a weapons systemsimulator where AESA requirements and designs canbe evaluated from the end user point of view. Thesefundamental requirements are then integrated withnew technology receivers to formulate state-of-the-artmode designs. The detection performance for systemtrade-off studies is quickly computed using an Excelspread sheet augmented with Visual Basic functionsincluded free with the course. Tools for masteringcomplex algorithms like STAP, adaptive beamformation and multi target Kalman filters are providedgratis with Mathcad 14.0 simulations and internetreferences.

We recommend - but do not require- that youbring a laptop to the class to maximize the learningmaterials.

InstructorBob Phillips has 38 years experience as a

leader in the emerging technologies of airborneRadar systems and software. He was a keydeveloper of the F16 radar including the APG-80AESA, the upgraded B1B ESA, the APG-68(V)9,APG-68 and the APG-66 MLU. As a consultingengineer Bob reviewed designs for AESA, FLIR,and EW systems and taught Radar to pilots andengineers around the world. Bob holds a BS inengineering physics from Merrimack and aMasters in numerical science from JohnsHopkins University where he matriculated in postgraduate studies in electrical engineering. Bob isretired from Northrop Grumman and enjoyssailing and working part time as a Radarinstructor.

What You Will Learn• The pilots view of real world practical AESA.• The design and performance of the unique AESA

Med PRF and Alert/Confirm workhorse waveforms.• How STAP and adaptive beam formers cancel noise

jamming.• How to design a 20+ target track mode.• How to design high resolution SAR.• How to detect and track slow moving ground targets

with a state-of-the-art main beam clutter canceler.• How to calculate the detection range of an AESA.

AESA Airborne Radar Theory and Operations



$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction to AESA Radar. The evolution of

radar, preview of the antenna, receiver and AESAmodes.

2. Air-Air Operations. The weapons systemsimulator, mode interleaving concepts, passive sensorintegration, Low Probability of Intercept, Med PRF, HI-Med PRF, cued search, and multi target track.Cumulative vs. single scan detection performance,radar vulnerabilities and strong points.

3. Receiver Exciter: Super Heterodyne receiverblock diagrams, receiver protector, frequencymultipliers, IF filters, synchronous detectors, and A/Dconverters.

4. Array Antennas. Gain and beam widthcalculations. Two dimensional antenna patterns,weighting functions, grating lobes, array steering,monopulse vector measurements. Side lobe, adaptiveside lobe, and main beam cancellers including cluttercancelation for slow moving ground target detection.Adaptive beam forming and Space-Time-Adaptive-Processing (STAP).

5. Radar Equation. The air-air and air-groundRadar equations with IF Filters, A/D Integrators, pulsecompression, coherent and non-coherent integration.

6. Radar Clutter. Airborne Radar clutter sources,Doppler effects, clutter maps, constant clutter gammamodel, clutter radar equation. Radomes for minimizingreflections. Clutter distribution functions andsimulations.

7. CFAR. Probability theory, computation of thedetection threshold. High PRF, cell averaging, greatestof, and ordered statistic CFAR designs. Cluttertemplates and window considerations.

8. Air-Air Search Modes. Range/Dopplerambiguities, the three PRF regimes. Block diagrams,processing and performance for the Low PRF, allaspect Medium PRF, and long range High PRF Alert-Confirm waveforms. Frequency agility considerations,guard channel and STAP processing. Track modewaveforms, spoofing and tracking in main beam clutter,LPI considerations.

9. Air-Ground Modes. Block diagrams andprocessing for real beam map, SEA search andsynthetic aperture Radar.

10. Kalman Filters and Tracking. 20+ target trackmode block diagrams, design, performance, LPI andstealth considerations.


Combat Systems Engineering

February 25-27, 2014Huntsville, Alabama

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


SummaryThe increasing level of combat system integration

and communications requirements, coupled withshrinking defense budgets and shorter product lifecycles, offers many challenges and opportunities in thedesign and acquisition of new combat systems. Thisthree-day course teaches the systems engineeringdiscipline that has built some of the modern military’sgreatest combat and communications systems, usingstate-of-the-art systems engineering techniques. Itdetails the decomposition and mapping of war-fightingrequirements into combat system functional designs. Astep-by-step description of the combat system designprocess is presented emphasizing the trades madenecessary because of growing performance,operational, cost, constraints and ever increasingsystem complexities.

Topics include the fire control loop and its closure bythe combat system, human-system interfaces,command and communication systems architectures,autonomous and net-centric operation, inducedinformation exchange requirements, role ofcommunications systems, and multi-missioncapabilities.

Engineers, scientists, program managers, andgraduate students will find the lessons learned in thiscourse valuable for architecting, integration, andmodeling of combat system. Emphasis is given tosound system engineering principles realized throughthe application of strict processes and controls, therebyavoiding common mistakes. Each attendee will receivea complete set of detailed notes for the class.

InstructorRobert Fry works at The Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory where he isa member of the Principal ProfessionalStaff. Throughout his career he hasbeen involved in the development ofnew combat weapon system concepts,development of system requirements,and balancing allocations within the fire

control loop between sensing and weapon kinematiccapabilities. He has worked on many aspects of theAEGIS combat system including AAW, BMD, AN/SPY-1, and multi-mission requirements development.Missile system development experience includes SM-2, SM-3, SM-6, Patriot, THAAD, HARPOON,AMRAAM, TOMAHAWK, and other missile systems.

What You Will Learn• The trade-offs and issues for modern combat

system design.• The role of subsystem in combat system operation.• How automation and technology impact combat

system design.• Understanding requirements for joint warfare, net-

centric warfare, and open architectures.• Lessons learned from AEGIS development.

Course Outline1. Combat System Overview. Combat

system characteristics. Functional description forthe combat system in terms of the sensor andweapons control, communications, andcommand and control. Anti-air Warfare. Anti-surface Warfare. Anti-submarine Warfare.

2. Combat System FunctionalOrganization. Combat system layers andoperation.

3. Sensors. Review of the variety of multi-warfare sensor systems, their capability,operation, management, and limitations.

4. Weaponry. Weapon system suitesemployed by the AEGIS combat system and theircapability, operation, management, andlimitations. Basics of missile design andoperation.

5. Fire Control Loops. What the fire controlloop is and how it works, its vulnerabilities,limitations, and system battlespace.

6. Engagement Control. Weapon control,planning, and coordination.

7. Tactical Command and Contro. Human-in-the-loop, system latencies, and coordinatedplanning and response.

8. Communications. Current and futurecommunications systems employed with combatsystems and their relationship to combat systemfunctions and interoperability.

9. Combat System Development. Overviewof the combat system engineering and acquisitionprocesses.

10. Current AEGIS Missions and Directions.Performance in low-intensity conflicts. ChangingNavy missions, threat trends, shifts in thedefense budget, and technology growth.

11. Network-Centric Operation and Warfare.Net-centric gain in warfare, network layers andcoordination, and future directions.

Updated!


Examining Network Centric Warfare (NCW)


$1150 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


SummaryThis two-day course offers an initial exposure to

network centricity in US military service systems andprograms from the warfighting edge vice enterprise.Information is power. In the past 30 years, the mostsignificant renaissance in the art of war has transpiredin the implementation of collaborative networks for andbetween military platforms and entities. In many casesNCW replaces mass with understanding. This courseis a mark in time, and seeks to provide the student withsome level of currency and sensitivity to serviceprograms and also a candid perspective from industry.It also suggests where and what future vulnerabilitiesand opportunities exist within the scope of networkcentricity. This course is restricted to US citizens only.

InstructorFrank R. Prautzsch has worked in the field of

network centric systems and satellitecommunications for 35 years supportingthe US Army, Industry and the Nation.He received a Bachelor of Science inEngineering from the United StatesMilitary at West Point and an MS inSystems Technology (C3I and Space)

from Naval Postgraduate School. He has numerousawards, accolades, professional papers and patentwork. His expertise in communications, wirelessnetworks, cyber, satcom, navigation and renewableenergy remains nationally recognized.

What You Will Learn• What are the foundations of network-centricity in

doctrine and practice across the Services.• What are the Joint and Service interpretations of

NCW? What is the Joint Information Enterprise(JIE)? the Joint Operational Access Concept(JOAC).

• Examine Army LandWarNet/Land ISR net and itscomponents.

• Examine Navy NGEN and CANES Programs andits components.

• Examine Air Force Aerial Layer Network (ALN).• Examine -Some perspectives on NCW for SOF,

First Responder and Industry at large.• Understanding the impact of Space and

Cyberspace on NCW.• The impact of unmanned systems and intelligent

wireless at the network edge.• The Future. What are the next network

transformational Legos® .

Course Outline1. Introduction. The Nature and Doctrine that

support NCW. Why? More importantly why should wecare.

2. Current Governance. National, DoD, Joint andService Doctrine that shape NCW thinking andinvestments.

3. Examining the JIE and JOAC. A motivation forchange by necessity, attitude and budgets. Adaptive,Globally Networked Joint Operations.

4. The Army. Spelling out the basics ofLandWarNet and its parts to include WIN-T and JTRS.Spelling out the basics of LandISRnet and its parts toinclude Cloud, RITE, and ISCA.

5. The Navy. Understanding lessons fromForceNet and NMCI and how NGEN and CANES willshape the Navy and Marine Corps NCW future.

6. The Air Force. The basics of the Aerial LayerNetwork (ALN), the Future Airborne CapabilityEnvironment (FACE) Architecture, UniversalNetworking Interface (UNI) / Airborne Networking GIGInterface (ANGI) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS),Multi-Functional Advanced Data Link (MADL) / Link-16/ Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT).

7. SOF. The use of NCW for specialcommunications, remote sensing, TTL and integratedsupport operations.

8. Industry and First Responders. The need forstandards. The evolution of AN/P-25. Novel conceptsin cloud applications and wireless virtual hypervisors.(a surprise case study).

9. Space and Cyber-Space. The criticality ofMILSATCOM and C4ISR to future operations.Command and Control on the Move. Machine-to-machine (M2M) space concepts. Cyber inNCW.worries beyond the virus. The integration ofspace and cyberspace.

10. Unmanned Systems. NCW and C4ISRenablers and liabilities. Successes and warnings.

11. The Future. Changes in the C4ISR Construct.Emerging technologies to embrace. The need forvelocity.

Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) describeshow future joint forces will achieve operational accessin the face of such strategies. Its central thesis isCross-Domain Synergy-the complementary vicemerely additive employment of capabilities in differentdomains such that each enhances the effectivenessand compensates for the vulnerabilities of the others-toestablish superiority in some combination of domainsthat will provide the freedom of action required by themission. The JOAC envisions a greater degree ofintegration across domains and at lower echelons thanever before.

Reference document http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/JOAC_Jan%202012_Signed.pdf


SummaryThis four-day course builds on the information in

Fundamentals of EW (or equivalent) courses. Theprinciples learned in the fundamentals course will beapplied to more complex practical problems, and thetheoretical underpinnings of fundamental EW conceptsand techniques will be developed. Special interest willbe given to advanced types of radar andcommunication threats and resources available to EWprofessionals: the range of textbooks and authors,periodicals, journals, organizations, etc.

This course is intended for those who havecompleted a basic Electronic Warfare course or haveequivalent knowledge from previous education or workexperience in the field. This course, unlike thefundamentals course, uses a moderate amount ofengineering mathematics. Each student will receiveinstructor's texts Electronic Warfare 101 and ElectronicWarfare 102 and a full set of course notes.

InstructorDavid Adamy holds BSEE and MSEE degrees, both

with communication theory majors. Hehas over 40 years experience as anengineer and manager in thedevelopment of electronic warfare andrelated systems. He has published over140 articles on electronic warfare andcommunications theory related subjects,

including a popular monthly tutorial section in theJournal of Electronic Defense. He has ten books inprint. He consults to various military organizations andteaches electronic warfare and communication theoryshort courses all over the world.

What You Will Learn• Theoretical basis for important EW concepts and

techniques.• Relationship between electronic and information

warfare and top level strategies for the applicationof EW (vs. just tactical approaches).

• How to perform Communication intercept andjamming performance prediction using line of sight,two-ray, and knife edge diffraction propagationmodels.

• How to perform EW and reconnaissance receiversystem design trade-off analyses. They willunderstand how LPI signals are generated and thegeneral approaches to the application of EWtechniques to these types of signals and othermodern signal types.

• Directed energy weapons and stealth.

Course Outline1. Electronic warfare and information warfare:

Operational interrelationships between the varioussubfields; basic strategies for EA, ES and EP inmodern warfare.

2. Radio propagation models.3. Receiver system design: Advantages /

disadvantages of various receiver types, dynamicrange/sensitivity trade-offs, Digital receiver systemdesign tradeoffs.

4. Advanced radar threat: Phased array radars,SAR & ISAR, ES challenges, EP challenges.

5. Low probability of intercept signals.6. ES: Modern signal processing challenges; ES

against LPI signals.7. Modern EA architectures.8. EA against modern radar systems.9. EA against LPI signals.

10. Expendables and Decoy Systems.11. Directed Energy Weapons.12. Stealth: Stealth technology; EW vs. stealth.


$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Electronic Warfare - Advanced


GPS TechnologyInternational Navigation Solutions for Military, Civilian, and Aerospace Applications

"The presenter was very energetic and trulypassionate about the material"

" Tom Logsdon is the best teacher I have everhad. His knowledge is excellent. He is a 10!"

"Mr. Logsdon did a bang-up job explainingand deriving the theories of special/generalrelativity–and how they are associated withthe GPS navigation solutions."

"I loved his one-page mathematical deriva-tions and the important points they illus-trate."

SummaryIf present plans materialize, 128 radionavigation

satellites will soon be installed along the space frontier.They will be owned and operated by six differentcountries hoping to capitalize on the financial successof the GPS constellation.

In this popular four-day short course Tom Logsdondescribes in detail how these various radionavigationsystems work and reviews the many practical benefitsthey are slated to provide to military and civilian usersaround the globe. Logsdon will explain how eachradionavigation system works and how to use it invarious practical situations.


January 13-16, 2013Cocoa Beach, Florida

$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each Off The Course Tuition.

Course Outline1. Radionavigation Concepts. Active and passive

radionavigation systems. Position and velocity solutions.Nanosecond timing accuracies. Today’s spaceborneatomic clocks. Websites and other sources of information.Building a flourishing $200 billion radionavigation empirein space.

2. The Three Major Segments of the GPS. Signalstructure and pseudorandom codes. Modulationtechniques. Practical performance-enhancements.Relativistic time dilations. Inverted navigation solutions.

3. Navigation Solutions and Kalman FilteringTechniques. Taylor series expansions. Numericaliteration. Doppler shift solutions. Kalman filteringalgorithms.

4. Designing Effective GPS Receivers. The functionsof a modern receiver. Antenna design techniques. Codetracking and carrier tracking loops. Commercial chipsets.Military receivers. Navigation solutions for orbitingsatellites.

5. Military Applications. Military test ranges. Tacticaland strategic applications. Autonomy and survivabilityenhancements. Smart bombs and artillery projectiles..

6. Integrated Navigation Systems. Mechanical andstrapdown implementations. Ring lasers and fiber-opticgyros. Integrated navigation systems. Militaryapplications.

7. Differential Navigation and Pseudosatellites.Special committee 104’s data exchange protocols. Globaldata distribution. Wide-area differential navigation.Pseudosatellites. International geosynchronous overlaysatellites. The American WAAS, the European EGNOS,and the Japanese QZSS..

8. Carrier-Aided Solution Techniques. Attitude-determination receivers. Spaceborne navigation forNASA’s Twin Grace satellites. Dynamic and kinematicorbit determination. Motorola’s spaceborne monarchreceiver. Relativistic time-dilation derivations. Relativisticeffects due to orbital eccentricity.

9. The Navstar Satellites. Subsystem descriptions.On-orbit test results. Orbital perturbations and computermodeling techniques. Station-keeping maneuvers. Earth-shadowing characteristics. The European Galileo, theChinese Biedou/Compass, the Indian IRNSS, and theJapanese QZSS.

10. Russia’s Glonass Constellation. Performancecomparisons. Orbital mechanics considerations. TheGlonass subsystems. Russia’s SL-12 Proton booster.Building dual-capability GPS/Glonass receivers. Glonassin the evening news.

InstructorTom Logsdon has worked on the GPS

radionavigation satellites and theirconstellation for more than 20 years. Hehelped design the Transit NavigationSystem and the GPS and he acted as aconsultant to the European GalileoSpaceborne Navigation System. His keyassignment have included constellation

selection trades, military and civilian applications, forcemultiplier effects, survivability enhancements andspacecraft autonomy studies.

Over the past 30 years Logsdon has taught morethan 300 short courses. He has also made two dozentelevision appearances, helped design an exhibit forthe Smithsonian Institution, and written and published1.7 million words, including 29 non fiction books.These include Understanding the Navstar, OrbitalMechanics, and The Navstar Global PositioningSystem.

Each Student willreceive a free GPSreceiver with color mapdisplays!

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InstructorPatrick Pierson has more than 23 years of

operational experience, and is internationallyrecognized as a Tactical Data Link subject matterexpert. Patrick has designed more than 30Tactical Data Link training courses and personallytrains hundreds of students around the globeevery year.

ApplicabilityThis course is suitable for personnel with little

or no experience and is designed to take thestudent to a very high level of comprehension in ashort period of time:

• Testing Required: No. • Hands On Training: No.• Prerequisites: None.




SummaryThe 3-day Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Advanced

course teaches 31 instructional modules coveringthe most important topics necessary to develop athorough understanding of Link 16 / JTIDS /MIDS. The Advanced course provides greaterdetail for many of the topics that are covered inour Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Intermediate Course,as well as offering nine advanced trainingmodules. This course is instructional in natureand does not involve hands-on training

Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS - Advanced

Course Outline1. Introduction to Link 16 2. Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Documentation 3. Link 16 Enhancements 4. System Characteristics 5. Time Division Multiple Access 6. Network Participation Groups 7. J-Series Messages 8. Message Standard Interpretation 9. Transmit and Receive Rules / Message Prioritization

10. Message Implementation 11. JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Development 12. JTIDS / MIDS Time Slot Components 13. JTIDS / MIDS Message Packing and Pulses 14. JTIDS / MIDS Networks / Nets 15. Access Modes 16. JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Synchronization 17. JTIDS / MIDS Network Time 18. Precise Participant Location and Identification 19. JTIDS / MIDS Voice 20. Link 16 Air Control 21. NonC2 Air-to-NonC2 Air 22. JTIDS / MIDS Network Roles 23. JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Navigation 24. JTIDS / MIDS Relays 25. Communications Security 26. JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Deconfliction 27. JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Restrictions 28. Time Slot Duty Factor 29. JTIDS / MIDS Terminals 30. MIDS Terminal Configurations / Maintenance 31. Link 16 Platforms


InstructorSteve Brenner has worked in environmental

simulation and reliability testing for over30 years, always involved with the latesttechniques for verifying equipmentintegrity through testing. He hasindependently consulted in reliabilitytesting since 1996. His client baseincludes American and European

companies with mechanical and electronic products inalmost every industry. Steve's experience includes theentire range of climatic and dynamic testing, includingESS, HALT, HASS and long term reliability testing.

September 9-12, 2013Santa Clarita, CaliforniaOctober 21-24, 2013

Bohemia, New York$3735 (8:00am - 4:00pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 EachOff The Course Tuition.Summary

This four-day class provides understanding ofthe purpose of each test, the equipment requiredto perform each test, and the methodology tocorrectly apply the specified test environments.Vibration and Shock methods will be coveredtogether with instrumentation, equipment, controlsystems and fixture design. Climatic tests will bediscussed individually: requirements, origination,equipment required, test methodology,understanding of results.

The course emphasizes topics you will useimmediately. Suppliers to the military servicesprotectively install commercial-off-the-shelf(COTS) equipment in our flight and land vehiclesand in shipboard locations where vibration andshock can be severe. We laboratory test theprotected equipment (1) to assure twenty yearsequipment survival and possible combat, also (2)to meet commercial test standards, IECdocuments, military standards such as STANAGor MIL-STD-810G, etc. Few, if any, engineeringschools cover the essentials about suchprotection or such testing.

What You Will LearnWhen you visit an environmental test laboratory,

perhaps to witness a test, or plan or review a testprogram, you will have a good understanding of therequirements and execution of the 810G dynamics andclimatics tests. You will be able to ask meaningfulquestions and understand the responses of testlaboratory personnel.

Course Outline1. Introduction to Military Standard testing -

Dynamics.• Introduction to classical sinusoidal vibration.• Resonance effects • Acceleration and force measurement • Electrohydraulic shaker systems• Electrodynamic shaker systems • Sine vibration testing • Random vibration testing • Attaching test articles to shakers (fixture

design, fabrication and usage) • Shock testing 2. Climatics.• Temperature testing • Temperature shock • Humidity • Altitude • Rapid decompression/explosives • Combined environments • Solar radiation • Salt fog • Sand & Dust • Rain • Immersion • Explosive atmosphere • Icing • Fungus • Acceleration • Freeze/thaw (new in 810G) 3. Climatics and Dynamics Labs demonstrations.4. Reporting On And Certifying Test Results.

Military Standard 810G TestingUnderstanding, Planning and Performing Climatic and Dynamic Tests

NEW!


Who Should AttendThe course is oriented toward the needs of missile

engineers, systems engineers, analysts, marketingpersonnel, program managers, university professors, andothers working in the area of missile systems and technologydevelopment. Attendees will gain an understanding of missiledesign, missile technologies, launch platform integration,missile system measures of merit, and the missile systemdevelopment process.

What You Will Learn• Key drivers in the missile design and system engineering

process.• Critical tradeoffs, methods and technologies in subsystems,

aerodynamic, propulsion, and structure sizing.• Launch platform-missile integration.• Robustness, lethality, guidance navigation & control,

accuracy, observables, survivability, reliability, and costconsiderations.

• Missile sizing examples.• Development process for missile systems and missile

technologies.• Design, build, and fly competition.

InstructorEugene L. Fleeman has 49 years of government,

industry, academia, and consultingexperience in Missile Design and SystemEngineering. Formerly a manager ofmissile programs at Air Force ResearchLaboratory, Rockwell International, Boeing,and Georgia Tech, he is an internationallecturer on missiles and the author of over

100 publications, including the AIAA textbook, MissileDesign System Engineering.

SummaryThis four-day short course covers the fundamentals of

missile design, development, and system engineering. Thecourse provides a system-level, integrated method for missileaerodynamic configuration/propulsion design and analysis. Itaddresses the broad range of alternatives in meeting cost,performance, and risk requirements. The methods presentedare generally simple closed-form analytical expressions thatare physics-based, to provide insight into the primary drivingparameters. Configuration sizing examples are presented forrocket-powered, ramjet-powered, and turbo-jet poweredbaseline missiles. Typical values of missile parameters and thecharacteristics of current operational missiles are discussed aswell as the enabling subsystems and technologies for missilesand the current/projected state-of-the-art. Daily roundtablediscussion. Design, build, and fly competition. Seventy videosillustrate missile development activities and missileperformance. Attendees will vote on the relative emphasis ofthe material to be presented. Attendees receive course notesas well as the textbook, Missile Design and SystemEngineering.

Course Outline1. Introduction/Key Drivers in the Missile System Design

Process: Overview of missile design process. Examples of system-of-systems integration. Unique characteristics of missiles. Keyaerodynamic configuration sizing parameters. Missile conceptualdesign synthesis process. Examples of processes to establishmission requirements. Projected capability in command, control,communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance,reconnaissance (C4ISR). Example of Pareto analysis. Attendeesvote on course emphasis.

2. Aerodynamic Considerations in Missile System Design:Optimizing missile aerodynamics. Shapes for low observables.Missile configuration layout (body, wing, tail) options. Selecting flightcontrol alternatives. Wing and tail sizing. Predicting normal force,drag, pitching moment, stability, control effectiveness, lift-to-dragratio, and hinge moment. Maneuver law alternatives.

3. Propulsion Considerations in Missile System Design:Turbojet, ramjet, scramjet, ducted rocket, and rocket propulsioncomparisons. Turbojet engine design considerations, prediction andsizing. Selecting ramjet engine, booster, and inlet alternatives.Ramjet performance prediction and sizing. High density fuels. Solidpropellant alternatives. Propellant grain cross section trade-offs.Effective thrust magnitude control. Reducing propellant observables.Rocket motor performance prediction and sizing. Motor case andnozzle materials.

4. Weight Considerations in Missile System Design: How tosize subsystems to meet flight performance requirements. Structuraldesign criteria factor of safety. Structure concepts andmanufacturing processes. Selecting airframe materials. Loadsprediction. Weight prediction. Airframe and motor case design.Aerodynamic heating prediction and insulation trades. Domematerial alternatives and sizing. Power supply and actuatoralternatives and sizing.

5. Flight Performance Considerations in Missile SystemDesign: Flight envelope limitations. Aerodynamic sizing-equationsof motion. Accuracy of simplified equations of motion. Maximizingflight performance. Benefits of flight trajectory shaping. Flightperformance prediction of boost, climb, cruise, coast, steadydescent, ballistic, maneuvering, divert, and homing flight.

6. Measures of Merit and Launch Platform Integration:Achieving robustness in adverse weather. Seeker, navigation, datalink, and sensor alternatives. Seeker range prediction. Counter-countermeasures. Warhead alternatives and lethality prediction.Approaches to minimize collateral damage. Fuzing alternatives andrequirements for fuze angle and time delay. Alternative guidancelaws. Proportional guidance accuracy prediction. Time constantcontributors and prediction. Maneuverability design criteria. Radarcross section and infrared signature prediction. Survivabilityconsiderations. Insensitive munitions. Enhanced reliability. Costdrivers of schedule, weight, learning curve, and parts count. EMDand production cost prediction. Designing within launch platformconstraints. Standard launchers. Internal vs. external carriage.Shipping, storage, carriage, launch, and separation environmentconsiderations. Launch platform interfaces. Cold and solarenvironment temperature prediction.

7. Sizing Examples and Sizing Tools: Trade-offs for extendedrange rocket. Sizing for enhanced maneuverability. Developing aharmonized missile. Lofted range prediction. Ramjet missile sizingfor range robustness. Ramjet fuel alternatives. Ramjet velocitycontrol. Correction of turbojet thrust and specific impulse. Turbojetmissile sizing for maximum range. Turbojet engine rotational speed.Computer aided sizing tools for conceptual design. Design, build,and fly competition. Pareto, house of quality, and design ofexperiment analysis.

8. Missile Development Process: Design validation/technologydevelopment process. Developing a technology roadmap. History oftransformational technologies. Funding emphasis. Cost, risk, andperformance tradeoffs. New missile follow-on projections. Examplesof development tests and facilities. Example of technologydemonstration flight envelope. Examples of technologydevelopment. New technologies for missiles.





Missile System Design

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December 9-12, 2013Columbia, Maryland

$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


InstructorDr. Walter R. Dyer is a graduate of UCLA, with a Ph.D.degree in Control Systems Engineering and Applied

Mathematics. He has over thirty years ofindustry, government and academicexperience in the analysis and design oftactical and strategic missiles. His experienceincludes Standard Missile, Stinger, AMRAAM,HARM, MX, Small ICBM, and ballistic missiledefense. He is currently a Senior StaffMember at the Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory and was formerly the ChiefTechnologist at the Missile Defense Agency in Washington,DC. He has authored numerous industry and governmentreports and published prominent papers on missiletechnology. He has also taught university courses inengineering at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

What You Will LearnYou will gain an understanding of the design and analysis

of homing missiles and the integrated performance of theirsubsystems.• Missile propulsion and control in the atmosphere and in

space.• Clear explanation of homing guidance.• Types of missile seekers and how they work.• Missile testing and simulation.• Latest developments and future trends.

SummaryThis four-day course presents a broad introduction to

major missile subsystems and their integrated performance,explained in practical terms, but including relevant analyticalmethods. While emphasis is on today’s homing missiles andfuture trends, the course includes a historical perspective ofrelevant older missiles. Both endoatmospheric andexoatmospheric missiles (missiles that operate in theatmosphere and in space) are addressed. Missile propulsion,guidance, control, and seekers are covered, and their rolesand interactions in integrated missile operation are explained.The types and applications of missile simulation and testingare presented. Comparisons of autopilot designs, guidanceapproaches, seeker alternatives, and instrumentation forvarious purposes are presented. The course is recommendedfor analysts, engineers, and technical managers who want tobroaden their understanding of modern missiles and missilesystems. The analytical descriptions require some technicalbackground, but practical explanations can be appreciated byall students.

Course Outline1. Introduction. Brief history of Missiles. Types of

guided missiles. Introduction to ballistic missile defense. -Endoatmospheric and exoatmospheric missile operation.Missile basing. Missile subsystems overview. Warheads,lethality and hit-to-kill. Power and power conditioning.

2. Missile Propulsion. The rocket equation. Solid andliquid propulsion. Single stage and multistage boosters.Ramjets and scramjets. Axial propulsion. Divert andattitude control systems. Effects of gravity andatmospheric drag.

3. Missile Airframes, Autopilots And Control.Phases of missile flight. Purpose and functions ofautopilots. Missile control configurations. Autopilot design.Open-loop autopilots. Inertial instruments and feedback.Autopilot response, stability, and agility. Body modes andrate saturation. Roll control and induced roll in highperformance missiles. Radomes and their effects onmissile control. Adaptive autopilots. Rolling airframemissiles.

4. Exoatmospheric Missiles For Ballistic MissileDefense. Exoatmospheric missile autopilots, propulsionand attitude control. Pulse width modulation. Exo-atmospheric missile autopilots. Limit cycles.

5. Missile Guidance. Seeker types and operation forendo- and exo-atmospheric missiles. Passive, active andsemi active missile guidance. Radar basics and radarseekers. Passive sensing basics and passive seekers.Scanning seekers and focal plane arrays. Seekercomparisons and tradeoffs for different missions. Signalprocessing and noise reduction

6. Missile Seekers. Boost and midcourse guidance.Zero effort miss. Proportional navigation and augmentedproportional navigation. Biased proportional navigation.Predictive guidance. Optimum homing guidance.Guidance filters. Homing guidance examples andsimulation results. Miss distance comparisons withdifferent homing guidance laws. Sources of miss and missreduction. Beam rider, pure pursuit, and deviated pursuitguidance.

7. Simulation And Its Applications. Currentsimulation capabilities and future trends. Hardware in theloop. Types of missile testing and their uses, advantagesand disadvantages of testing alternatives.

Modern Missile AnalysisPropulsion, Guidance, Control, Seekers, and Technology

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InstructorStan Silberman is a member of the Senior

Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins UniveristyApplied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30years of experience in tracking, sensor fusion,and radar systems analysis and design for theNavy,Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA.Recent work has included the integration of anew radar into an existing multisensor systemand in the integration, using a multiplehypothesis approach, of shipboard radar andESM sensors. Previous experience hasincluded analysis and design of multiradarfusion systems, integration of shipboardsensors including radar, IR and ESM,integration of radar, IFF, and time-difference-of-arrival sensors with GPS data sources.

SummaryThe objective of this course is to introduce

engineers, scientists, managers and militaryoperations personnel to the fields of targettracking and data fusion, and to the keytechnologies which are available today forapplication to this field. The course is designedto be rigorous where appropriate, whileremaining accessible to students without aspecific scientific background in this field. Thecourse will start from the fundamentals andmove to more advanced concepts. This coursewill identify and characterize the principlecomponents of typical tracking systems. Avariety of techniques for addressing differentaspects of the data fusion problem will bedescribed. Real world examples will be used toemphasize the applicability of some of thealgorithms. Specific illustrative examples willbe used to show the tradeoffs and systemsissues between the application of differenttechniques.

What You Will Learn• State Estimation Techniques – Kalman Filter,

constant-gain filters.• Non-linear filtering – When is it needed? Extended

Kalman Filter.• Techniques for angle-only tracking.• Tracking algorithms, their advantages and

limitations, including:- Nearest Neighbor- Probabilistic Data Association- Multiple Hypothesis Tracking- Interactive Multiple Model (IMM)

• How to handle maneuvering targets.• Track initiation – recursive and batch approaches.• Architectures for sensor fusion.• Sensor alignment – Why do we need it and how do

we do it?• Attribute Fusion, including Bayesian methods,

Dempster-Shafer, Fuzzy Logic.

Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion


$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. 2. The Kalman Filter.3. Other Linear Filters. 4. Non-Linear Filters. 5. Angle-Only Tracking. 6. Maneuvering Targets: Adaptive Techniques. 7. Maneuvering Targets: Multiple Model

Approaches.8. Single Target Correlation & Association. 9. Track Initiation, Confirmation & Deletion.

10. Using Measured Range Rate (Doppler). 11. Multitarget Correlation & Association.12. Probabilistic Data Association.13. Multiple Hypothesis Approaches.14. Coordinate Conversions.15. Multiple Sensors.16. Data Fusion Architectures.17. Fusion of Data From Multiple Radars.18. Fusion of Data From Multiple Angle-Only

Sensors.19. Fusion of Data From Radar and Angle-Only

Sensor.20. Sensor Alignment.21. Fusion of Target Type and Attribute Data.22. Performance Metrics.

Revised With

Newly AddedTopics


InstructorMichael T. Grabbe is a Senior Staff Member in the

Weapon and Targeting Systems Groupat the Johns Hopkins University AppliedPhysics Laboratory. He has 20 years ofexperience working in the areas ofground emitter geo-location, targettracking, signal processing, and missilenavigation. Prior to joining APL, heworked in these areas at L-3

Communications, Raytheon Missile Systems, andTexas Instruments. He received a B.S. degree inEngineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S.degree in Electrical Engineering from SouthernMethodist University, an M.S. degree in AppliedMathematics from the University of Arkansas, and aPh.D. in Mathematical Sciences from ClemsonUniversity. He holds three geo-location and trackingalgorithm patents and is a Senior Member of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

What You Will Learn• Solve estimation problems using both batch

processing and recursive algorithms.• Develop mathematical models of quantities typically

used for geo-location, such as Direction of Arrival(DOA), Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), andFrequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA).

• Predict geo-location performance for a givensensor-signal source geometry.

Course Outline1. Overview of geo-location systems.2. Vectors and matrices.3. Probability and statistics.4. Linear estimation.5. Optimal estimation.6. Robust estimation.7. Recursive estimation and Kalman filters.8. Nonlinear estimation and extended Kalman

filters.9. Data association.10. Measurement models for DOA, TDOA,

FDOA.11. Geo-location algorithms.12. Geo-location performance analysis.13. Geo-location in WGS84 coordinates.

PrerequisitesA course in statistics, A course in linear algebra / matrix

theory.


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


SummaryThis three-day course covers the algorithms used to

locate a stationary RF signal source, such as a radar,radio, or cell phone. The topics covered include: areview of vectors, matrices, and probability; linearestimation and Kalman filters; nonlinear estimation andextended Kalman filters; robust estimation; dataassociation; measurement models for direction ofarrival, time difference of arrival, and frequencydifference of arrival; geo-location algorithms;performance analysis. Most of the course material isdeveloped in planar Cartesian coordinates forsimplicity; however, the extension to WGS84coordinates is provided to equip the students forpractical applications.

Passive Emitter Geo-Location


Radar Systems Design & EngineeringRadar Performance Calculations

What You Will Learn• What are radar subsystems.• How to calculate radar performance.• Key functions, issues, and requirements.• HHow different requirements make radars different.• Operating in different modes & environments.• ESA and AESA radars: what are these technologies, how they work,

what drives them, and what new issues they bring.• Issues unique to multifunction, phased array, radars.• State-of-the-art waveforms and waveform processing.• How airborne radars differ from surface radars.• Today's requirements, technologies & designs.

InstructorsDr. Menachem Levitas received his BS, maxima cum laude, from

the University of Portland and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Virginia in 1975, both in physics. Hehas forty three years experience in science andengineering, thirty five of which in radar systemsanalysis, design, development, and testing for theNavy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. Hisexperience encompasses many ground based,shipboard, and airborne radar systems. He hasbeen technical lead on many radar efforts includingGovernment source selection teams. He is the

author of multiple radar based innovations and is a recipient of theAegis Excellence Award for his contribution toward the AN/SPY-1 highrange resolution (HRR) development. For many years, prior to hisretirement in 2011, he had been the chief scientist of TechnologyService Corporation / Washington. He continues to provide radartechnical support under consulting agreements.

Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior Technical Staff of theApplied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30 years of experience intracking, sensor fusion, and radar systems analysis and design for theNavy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA. Recent work has included theintegration of a new radar into an existing multisensor system and inthe integration, using a multiple hypothesis approach, of shipboardradar and ESM sensors. Previous experience has included analysisand design of multiradar fusion systems, integration of shipboardsensors including radar, IR and ESM, integration of radar, IFF, andtime-difference-of-arrival sensors with GPS data sources, andintegration of multiple sonar systems on underwater platforms.

SummaryThis four-day course covers radar functionality, architecture, and

performance. Fundamental radar issues such as transmitter stability,antenna pattern, clutter, jamming, propagation, target cross section,dynamic range, receiver noise, receiver architecture, waveforms,processing, and target detection are treated in detail within the unifyingcontext of the radar range equation, and examined within the contextsof surface and airborne radar platforms and their respectiveapplications. Advanced topics such as pulse compression,electronically steered arrays, and active phased arrays are covered,together with the related issues of failure compensation and auto-calibration. The fundamentals of multi-target tracking principles arecovered, and detailed examples of surface and airborne radars arepresented. This course is designed for engineers and engineeringmanagers who wish to understand how surface and airborne radarsystems work, and to familiarize themselves with pertinent designissues and the current technological frontiers.


$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course OutlineDay 1 - Part I: Radar and Phenomenology Fundamentals

1. Introduction. Radar systems examples. Radar ranging principles,frequencies, architecture, measurements, displays, and parameters. Radarrange equation; radar waveforms; antenna patterns, types, andparameters.

2. Noise in Receiving Systems and Detection Principles. Noisesources; statistical properties. Radar range equation; false alarm anddetection probability; and pulse integration schemes. Radar cross section;stealth; fluctuating targets; stochastic models; detection of fluctuatingtargets.

3. CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture. Basicproperties; CW and high PRF relationships; dynamic range, stability;isolation requirements, techniques, and devices; superheterodynereceivers; in-phase and quadrature receivers; signal spectrum; spectralbroadening; matched filtering; Doppler filtering; Spectral modulation; CWranging; and measurement accuracy.

4. Radio Waves Propagation. The pattern propagation factor;interference (multipath,) and diffraction; refraction; standard refractivity; the4/3 Earth approximation; sub-refractivity; super refractivity; trapping;propagation ducts; littoral propagation; propagation modeling; attenuation.

5. Radar Clutter and Detection in Clutter. Volume, surface, anddiscrete clutter, deleterious clutter effects on radar performance, cluttercharacteristics, effects of platform velocity, distributed sea clutter and seaspikes, terrain clutter, grazing angle vs. depression angle characterization,volume clutter, birds, Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) thresholding,editing CFAR, and Clutter Maps.Day 2 - Part II: Clutter Processing, Waveform, and Waveform Processing

6. Clutter Filtering Principles. Signal-to-clutter ratio; signal andclutter separation techniques; range and Doppler techniques; principles offiltering; transmitter stability and filtering; pulse Doppler and MTI; MTD;blind speeds and blind ranges; staggered MTI; analog and digital filtering;notch shaping; gains and losses. Performance measures: clutterattenuation, improvement factor, subclutter visibility, and cancellation ratio.Improvement factor limitation sources; stability noise sources; compositeerrors; types of MTI.

7. Radar Waveforms. The time-bandwidth concept. Pulsecompression; Performance measures; Code families; Matched andmismatched filters. Optimal codes and code families: multiple constraints.Performance in the time and frequency domains; Mismatched filters andtheir applications; Orthogonal and quasi-orthogonal codes; Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar; MIMO waveforms and MIMO antennapatterns.

Part 3: ESA, AESA, and Related Topics8. Electronically Scanned Radar Systems. Beam formation; beam

steering techniques; grating lobes; lattice patterns; phase shifters; feed

considerations; multiple beamforming feed networks; array bandwidthconsiderations; true time delay network; ultralow sidelobe arrays; effects ofamplitude and phase errors; effects of random or periodic errors; beamscheduling.

9. Active Phased Array Radar Systems. What are solid state activearrays (SSAA), what advantages do they provide, emerging requirementsthat call for SSAA (or AESA), SSAA issues at T/R module, array, andsystem levels, digital arrays, future direction.

10. Sidelobe Blanking. Motivation, the sidelobe blanking principle,antenna pattern issues, the decision space, effect of strong distributedsidelobe clutter, processing requirements for the sidelobe blanker,performance analysis approach.

Day 311. Auto-Calibration Techniques in Active Phased Array Radars:

Motivation; the mutual coupling in a phased array radar; externalcalibration reference approach; the mutual coupling approach;architectural.

12. Module Failure and Array Auto-compensation: The ‘bathtub’profile of module failure rates and its three regions, burn-in and acceleratedstress tests, module packaging and periodic replacements, coolingalternatives, effects of module failure on array pattern, array auto-compensation techniques to extend time between replacements, need forrecalibration after module replacement.

Part 4: Applications13. Airborne Radar. Platform motion effects; iso-ranges and iso-

Dopplers; antenna pattern effects; clutter; reflection point; altitude line. Therole of medium and high PRF's in lookdown modes; the three PRFregimes; range and Doppler ambiguities; velocity search modes, TACCARand DPCA.

14. Synthetic Wideband in High Range ResolutionImplementation. Motivation, the various techniques to achieve wide band,the need for cross-band calibration, approach to cross-band calibration,advantages and limitation.

15. Tracking Radar. Angle measurement techniques, monopulsereceiver and angle measurement, advantages of monopulse, amplitudemonopulse, phase monopulse, analog and digital monopulseimplementations, multipath, glint and cross-eye, low altitude elevationmonopulse in anomalous propagation.

Day 416. Multiple Target Tracking. Definition of Basic terms. Track

Initiation: Methodology for initiating new tracks; Recursive and batchalgorithms; Sizing of gates for track initiation. M out of N processing. StateEstimation & Filtering: Basic filtering theory. Least-squares filter andKalman filter. Adaptive filtering and multiple model methods. Use ofsuboptimal filters such as table look-up and constant gain. Correlation &Association: Correlation tests and gates; Association algorithms;Probabilistic data association and multiple hypothesis algorithms.


Who Should Attend• Aerospace Industry Managers.• Government Regulators, Administrators and sponsors of rocket or

missile projects.• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket and missile projects.• Contractors or investors involved in missile development.

What You Will Learn• Fundamentals of rocket and missile systems, functions and

disciplines.• The full spectrum of rocket systems, uses and technologies.• Differences in technology between foreign and domestic rocket

systems.• Fundamentals and uses of solid, liquid and hybrid rocket systems.• Differences between systems built as weapons and those built for

commerce.

InstructorEdward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle System

Engineer, specializing in integration of launchvehicle technology, design, modeling and businessstrategies. He is currently an independentconsultant, writer and teacher of rocket systemtechnology. He is experienced in launch vehicleoperations, design, testing, business analysis, riskreduction, modeling, safety and reliability. Mr.Keith’s experience extends to both reusable and

expendable launch vehicles, as well as to solid, liquid and hybridrocket systems. Mr. Keith has designed complete rocket engines,rocket vehicles, small propulsion systems, and composite propellanttank systems, especially designed for low cost. Mr. Keith has workedthe Space Launch Initiative and the Liquid Fly-Back Booster programsfor Boeing, originated the Scorpius Program for Microcosm, worked onthe Brilliant Eyes and the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Programs forRockwell and worked on the Aerojet Launch Detection Satelliteprogram. He also has 13-years of government experience includingfive years working launch operations at Vandenberg AFB. Mr. Keithhas written 22 technical papers and two textbooks on various aspectsof space transportation over the last two decades.

SummaryThis 3-day course provides an overview of

rockets and missiles for government and industryofficials, even those with limited technicalexperience in rockets and missiles. It provides apractical knowledge in rocket and missile issuesand technologies. The seminar provides afoundation for understanding the issues that mustbe decided in the use, regulation and developmentof rocket systems of the future. You will learn a wide spectrum ofproblems, solutions and choices in the technology of rockets and missileused for both military and civil purposes.

The seminar is taught to the point-of-view of a decision makerneeding the technical knowledge to make better informed choices in themulti-discipline world of rockets and missiles. You will learn what youneed to know about how rockets and missiles work, why they are buildthe way they are, what they are used for and how they differ from use touse; how rockets and missiles differ when used as weapons, as launchvehicles, and in spacecraft or satellites. The objective is to give thedecision maker all the tools needed to understand the available choices,and to manage or work with other technical experts of differentspecialized disciplines.

Attendees will receive a 210-page text book written by Mr. Keith,covering all the course material in detail, and a complete set of printedclass notes used during the class.

Course Outline1. Fundamentals of Rockets and Missiles: The historic and

practical uses of rocket systems. 2. Classifications of Rockets and Missiles: The classifications

and terminology of all types of rocket and missile systems are defined. 3. Rocket Propulsion made Simple: The chemistry and physics

defining how all rockets and rocket nozzles operate to achieve thrustis explained. Rocket performance modeling and efficiencies areintroduced.

4. Rocket Flight Environments: The flight environments ofrockets, acceleration, propellant consumption, heating, shock,vibration, ascent profile and plume phenomenology are explored.

5. Aerodynamics and Winds: The effect of winds, atmosphericdensity, pressure and rocket velocity on lift, drag, and dynamicpressure is explained. Rocket shape, stability and ventingrequirements are discussed.

6. Performance Analysis and Staging: The use of low and highfidelity performance modeling, including performance loss factors, aredefined. Staging theory, performance and practices for multi-stagerockets are explained.

7. Mass Properties and Propellant Selection: No aspect ismore important, or more often mismanaged, that optimum propellantselection. The relative importance of specific impulse, bulk density,bulk temperature, storability, ignition properties, stability, toxicity,operability, compatibility with materials, ullege requirements, andspecial mixtures are defined. Monopropellant and cold gas propellantsare introduced.

8. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors: The historical andtechnological aspects of Solid Rocket Motors is explored to understandthe applications, advantages, disadvantages and tradeoffs over otherforms of rockets. Solid rocket materials, propellants, thrust-profiles,construction, cost advantages and special applications are explained.

9. Fundamentals of Hybrid Rockets: The operation, safety,technology and Problems associated with hybrid rockets is discussed.

10. Liquid Rocket Engines: Issues of pressure and pump-fedliquid rocket engines are explained, including injectors, cooling,chamber construction, pump cycles, ignition and thrust vector control.

11. Introducing the Liquid Rocket Stage: The elements of liquidrocket stages are introduced, including propellant tank systems,pressurization, cryogenics, and other structures.

12. Thrust Vector Control (TVC): TVC hardware and alternativesare explained.

13. Basic Rocket Avionics: Flight electronics elements ofGuidance, Navigation, Control, Communications, Telemetry, RangeSafety and Payloads are defined.

14. Modern Expendable Launch Vehicles: The essence of goodlaunch vehicle design is explored and defined, with examples of theAmerican Delta-II and Russian strategy as an alternative.

15. Rockets in Spacecraft Propulsion: The differences insystems found on spacecraft, operating in microgravity, are examined.

16. Launch Sites and Operations: Understanding of the role andpurpose of launch sites, and the choices available for a launchoperations infrastructure.

17. Useful Orbits & Trajectories Made Simple: A simplifiedpresentation of orbital mechanics, appropriate for the understanding ofthe role of rocket propulsion in orbital trajectories and maneuvers, isprovided to the student.

18. Safety of Rocket Systems: The hazards and mitigations ofinherently hazardous rocket operations are examined.

19. Reliability of Rocket Systems: Reliability issues for rocketsystems, with strategies to improve reliability are explored andexplained.

20. Reusable Launch Vehicle Theory: The student is providedwith an appreciation of why Reusable Launch Vehicles have failedeconomically.

21. Rocket Cost Principals and Cases: The student is introducedto cost estimation methods and cost model systems as a science. Anunderstanding of why costs are so high is provided, with alternativestrategies from the Soyuz Case to illustrate alternatives to costreduction.

22. Chemical Rocket Propulsion Alternatives: Alternatives tochemical rockets like jets, nuclear or thermal engines, cannons, tethersand laser weapons.

23. Proliferation of Missile Technology: International Traffickingin Arms issues.

24. The Future of Rockets and Missiles: A final open discussionregarding the direction of rocket technology, science, usage andregulations of rockets. missiles is conducted to close out the class.




Rockets & Missiles - Fundamentals


What You Will Learn• New digital communications requirements that drive the SDR

approach.• SDR standardization attempts, both military and civilian.• SDR complexity vs. granularity tradeoffs.• Current digital radio hardware limitations on SDR.• Many aspects of physical layer digital communications

design and how they relate to SDR.• The latest software development tools for SDR.• Practical DSP design techniques for SDR transceivers. • Possible SDR future directions.

From this course you will understand the SDR approachto digital radio design and become familiar with currentstandards and trends. You will gain extensive insight intothe differences between traditional digital radio design andthe SDR approach. You will be able to evaluate designapproaches for SDR suitability and lead SDR discussionswith colleagues.

InstructorsDr. John M Reyland has 20 years of experience in

digital communications design forboth commercial and militaryapplications. Dr. Reyland holds thedegree of Ph.D. in electricalengineering from the University ofIowa. He has presented numerousseminars on digital communications in

both academic and industrial settings.

SummaryThis 3-day course is designed for digital signal

processing engineers, RF system engineers, andmanagers who wish to enhance their understanding ofthis rapidly emerging technology. On day one wepresent an extensive overview of SDR definitions,applications, development tools and example products.On day two we cover basic digital radio concepts, withemphasis on SDR applications. On day three we tacklea complete SDR design, from antenna to decoded bits.Throughout the course, mostly intuitive explanationstake the place of detailed mathematical developments.The emphasis is on practical “take-away” high levelknowledge. Most topics include carefully describeddesign examples, alternative approaches,performance analysis, and references to publishedresearch results. Many topics are illustrated bysimulation demos. An extensive bibliography isincluded.

Course Outline1. SDR Introduction. SDR definitions, motivation,

history and evolution. SDR cost vs. benefits and othertradeoffs. SDR impact on various communicationsystem components.

2. Software Communications Architecture(SCA). Motivation, operational overview and details.Hardware abstraction concepts used in SCA. SCAstructural components such as domain manager, coreframework, application factory, etc. An example ispresented of how SCA is used to configure a simpleradio system.

3. GNU Radio. SDR application of this blockdiagram oriented develop environment. An example ispresented of how GNU Radio is useful for SDR.

4. SDR Examples. SDR application to governmentradio systems, amateur radio, personalcommunications systems, etc.

5. Digital Modulation. Linear and non-linearmultilevel modulations. Analysis of advancedtechniques such as OFDM and its application to LTE,DSL and 802.11a. System design implications ofbandwidth and power efficiency, peak to averagepower, error vector magnitude, error probability, etc.

6. RF Channels. Doppler, thermal noise,interference, slow and fast fading, time and frequencydispersion, RF spectrum usage, bandwidthmeasurement and link budget examples. Multipleinput, multiple output (MIMO) channels.

7. Receiver Channel Equalization. Inter-symbolinterference, group delay, linear and nonlinearequalization, time and frequency domain equalizers,Viterbi equalizers.

8. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency, timeand code division techniques. Carrier sensing, wirelesssensor networks, throughput calculations.

9. Source and Channel Coding. Shannon’stheorem, sampling, entropy, data compression, voicecoding, block and convolution coding, turbo coding.

10. Receiver Analog Signal Processing. RFconversion structures for SDR, frequency planning,automatic gain control, high speed analog to digitalconversion techniques and bandpass sampling. Anexample is presented of an SDR radio front end thatsupports rapid reconfiguration for multiple signalformats.

11. Receiver Digital Signal Processing.Quadrature downconversion, processing gain, packetsynchronization, Doppler estimation, automatic gaincontrol, carrier and symbol estimation and tracking,coherent vs. noncoherent demodulation. An example ispresented of SDR digital control over an FPGAimplementation.


$1790 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Software Defined Radio EngineeringComprehensive Study of State of the Art Techniques

NEW!


Solid Rocket Motor Design and Applications

What You Will Learn• Solid rocket motor principles and key requirements.• Motor design drivers and sensitivity on the design,

reliability, and cost.• Detailed propellant and component design features

and characteristics. • Propellant and component manufacturing processes. • SRM/Vehicle interfaces, transportation, and handling

considerations. • Development approach for qualifying new SRMs.

InstructorRichard Lee Lee has more than 45 years in the

space and missile industry. He was a Senior ProgramMgr. at Thiokol, instrumental in the development of theCastor 120 SRM. His experience includes managingthe development and qualification of DoD SRMsubsystems and components for the Small ICBM,Peacekeeper and other R&D programs. Mr. Lee hasextensive experience in SRM performance andinterface requirements at all levels in the space andmissile industry. He has been very active incoordinating functional and physical interfaces with thecommercial spaceports in Florida, California, andAlaska. He has participated in developing safetycriteria with academia, private industry andgovernment agencies (USAF SMC, 45th Space Wingand Research Laboratory; FAA/AST; NASAHeadquarters and NASA centers; and the Army Spaceand Strategic Defense Command. He has alsoconsulted with launch vehicle contractors in the design,material selection, and testing of SRM propellants andcomponents. Mr. Lee has a MS in EngineeringAdministration and a BS in EE from the University ofUtah.

SummaryThis three-day course provides an overall look - with

increasing levels of details-at solid rocket motors (SRMs)including a general understanding of solid propellant motorand component technologies, design drivers; motor internalballistic parameters and combustion phenomena; sensitivityof system performance requirements on SRM design,reliability, and cost; insight into the physical limitations;comparisons to liquid and hybrid propulsion systems; adetailed review of component design and analysis; criticalmanufacturing process parameters; transportation andhandling, and integration of motors into launch vehicles andmissiles. General approaches used in the development ofnew motors. Also discussed is the importance of employingformal systems engineering practices, for the definition ofrequirements, design and cost trade studies, developmentof technologies and associated analyses and codes used tobalance customer and manufacturer requirements,

All types of SRMs are included, with emphasis on currentmotos for commercial and DoD/NASA launch vehicles suchas LM Athena series, OSC GMD, Pegasus and Taurusseries, MDA SM-3 series,strap-on motors for the Deltaseries, Titan V, and Ares / Constellation vehicle. The use ofsurplus military motors (Minuteman, Peacekeeper, etc.) fortarget and sensor development and university research isdiscussed. The course also introduces nano technologies(nano carbon fiber) and their potential use for NASA’s deepspace missions.

For onsite presentations, course can be tailoredto specific SRM applications and technologies.

Course Outline1. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs). SRM

terminology and nomenclature, survey of types andapplications of SRMs, and SRM component description andcharacteristics.

2. SRM Design and Applications. Fundamental principlesof SRMs, key performance and configuration parameterssuch as total impulse, specific impulse, thrust vs. motoroperating time, size constraints; basic performanceequations, internal ballistic principles, preliminary approachfor designing SRMs; propellant combustion characteristics(instability, burning rate), limitations of SRMs based on thelaws of physics, and comparison of solid to liquid propellantand hybrid rocket motors.

3. Definition of SRM Requirements. Impact ofcustomer/system imposed requirements on design, reliability,and cost; SRM manufacturer imposed requirements andconstraints based on computer optimization codes andgeneral engineering practices and management philosophy.

4. SRM Design Drivers and Technology Trade-Offs.Identification and sensitivity of design requirements that affectmotor design, reliability, and cost. Understanding of ,interrelationship of performance parameters, componentdesign trades versus cost and maturity of technology;exchange ratios and Rules of Thumb used in back-of-theenvelope preliminary design evaluations.

5. Key SRM Component Design Characteristics andMaterials. Detailed description and comparison ofperformance parameters and properties of solid propellantsincluding composite (i.e., HTPB, PBAN, and CTPB), nitro-plasticized composites, and double based or cross-linkedpropellants and why they are used for different motor and/orvehicle objectives and applications; motor cases, nozzles,thrust vector control & actuation systems; motor igniters, andother initiation and flight termination electrical and ordnancesystems..

6. SRM Manufacturing/Processing Parameters.Description of critical manufacturing operations for propellantmixing, propellant loading into the SRM, propellant inspectionand acceptance testing, and propellant facilities and tooling,and SRM components fabrication.

7. SRM Transportation and Handling Considerations.General understanding of requirements and solutions fortransporting, handling, and processing different motor sizesand DOT propellant explosive classifications and licensingand regulations.

8. Launch Vehicle Interfaces, Processing andIntegration. Key mechanical, functional, and electricalinterfaces between the SRM and launch vehicle and launchfacility. Comparison of interfaces for both strap-on and straightstack applications.

9. SRM Development Requirements and Processes.Approaches and timelines for developing new SRMs.Description of a demonstration and qualification program forboth commercial and government programs. Impact ofdecisions regarding design philosophy (state-of-the-art versusadvanced technology) and design safety factors. Motor sizingmethodology and studies (using computer aided designmodels). Customer oversight and quality program. Motor costreduction approaches through design, manufacturing, andacceptance. Castor 120 motor development example.

April 14-17, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)



Synthetic Aperture Radar

What You Will Learn• Basic radar concepts and principles.• SAR imaging and approaches to SAR processing.• Basic SAR system engineering and design tradeoffs.• Survey of existing SAR systems.• Coherent and Non-Coherent SAR Exploitation including

basic interferometry,

InstructorMr. Richard Carande is the President, CEO and co-founder of a small business located in Boulder Colorado that specializes

in SAR and SAR exploitation technologies. Prevously, Mr. Carande was the Vice President and Director of Advanced RadarTechnologies at Vexcel Corporation. From 1986 to 1995 Mr. Carande was a group leader for a SAR processor development groupat the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena California). There he was involved in developing an operational SAR processor forthe JPL/NASA’s three-frequency, fully polarimetric AIRSAR system. Mr. Carande also worked as a System Engineer for the AlaskaSAR Processor while at JPL, and performed research in the area of SAR Along-Track Interferometry. Before starting at JPL, Mr.Carande was employed by a technology company in California where he developed optical and digital SAR processors for internalresearch applications. Mr. Carande has a BS & MS in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

What You Will Learn• SAR system design and performance estimation.• Interactive SAR design session illustrating design tradeoffs.• SAR Polarimetry.• Advanced SAR Interferometry including PS InSAR.• Survey of future applications and system.

FundamentalsFebruary 10-11, 2014

Chantilly, Virginia

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

AdvancedFebruary 12-13, 2014

Chantilly, Virginia

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

Course Outline1. Fundamentals of Radar. This portion of the course will provide

a background in radar fundamentals that are necessary for theunderstanding and appreciation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) andproducts derived from it. We will first review the history of radartechnology and applications, and introduce some fundamentalelements common to all radar systems. The student will learn howbasic ranging radar systems operate, why a chirp pulse is commonlyused, the Radar Range Equation and radar backscattering. We willalso discuss common (and uncommon) radar frequencies(wavelengths) and their unique characteristics, and why one frequencymight be preferred over another. A high-level description of radarpolarization will also be presented.

2. SAR Imaging. An overview of how SAR systems operate will beintroduced. We will discuss airborne systems and spaceborne systemsand describe unique considerations for each. Stripmap, spotlight andscanSAR operating modes will be presented. The advantages of eachmode will be described. A description of SAR image characteristicsincluding fore-shortening, layover and shadow will be shown. Rangeand azimuth ambiguities will be presented and techniques formitigating them explained. Noise sources will be presented. Equationsthat control system performance will be presented including resolution,ambiguity levels, and sensitivity. Approaches to SAR image formationwill be described including optical image formation and digital imageformation. Algorithms such as polar formatting, seismic migration,range-Doppler and time-domain algorithms will be discussed.

3. Existing and future SAR systems. We will describe the suiteof SAR systems currently operating. These will include all of thecommercial spaceborne SAR systems as well as common airbornesystems. Key features and advantages of each system will bedescribed. A description of upcoming SAR missions will be provided.

4. SAR Image Exploitation. In this section of the class a numberof SAR exploitation algorithms will be presented. The techniquesdescribed in this session rely on interpretation of detected images andare applied to both defense and scientific applications. A high-leveldescription of polarimetric SAR will be presented and the uniquecapabilities it brings for new applications. (More polarimetry detail canbe found in the ATI Advanced SAR course.)

5. Coherent SAR Exploitation. The coherent nature of SARimagery will be described and several ways to exploit this uniquecharacteristic will be presented. We will discuss the “importance ofphase,” and show how this leads to incredible sensitivities. Coherentchange detection will be described as well as basic interferometricapplications for measuring elevation or centimeter-level groundmotion. (More detail on interferometry can be found in the ATIAdvanced SAR course.)

Course Outline1. SAR Review. A brief review of SAR technology, capabilities and

terminology will set the stage for this Advanced SAR Class.2. SAR System Engineering and Performance Prediction. The

factors that control the quality of SAR imagery produced from a givensystem will be developed and presented. This includes noise-equivalent sigma zero (sensitivity) calculations, trade-offs in terms ofresolution verses coverage, and the impact of hardware selectionincluding radar echo quantization (ADCs), antenna area and gain.Parameters that affect PRF selection will be described and anomogrammatic approach for PRF selection will be presented.Specialized techniques to improve SAR performance will be described.

3. Design-A-SAR. Using an ideal implementation of the radarequation, we will design a simplified SAR system and predict itsperformance. During this interactive session, the students will selectradar “requirements” including radar frequency, coverage, resolution,data rate, sensitivity, aperture size and power; and the systemperformance will be determined. This interactive presentation of designtrade-offs will clearly illustrate the challenges involved in building arealistic SAR system.

4. SAR Polarimetry. We will first review polarimetric SAR principlesand described single-pol, dual-pol and quad-pol SAR systems and howthey operate. Hybrid and compact polarimetry will also be described.Polarization basis will be presented and we will discuss why one basismay be more useful than another for a particular application.Examples of using polarimetric data for performing SAR imagesegmentation and classification will be presented includingdecomposition approaches such as Cloud, Freeman-Durden andYamaguchi. Polarimetric Change detection will be introduced.

5. Advance SAR Interferometry. Techniques that exploit mutuallycoherent acquisitions of SAR data will be presented. We will firstreview two-pass interferometric SAR for elevation mapping and landmovement measurements. This will be expanded to using multipleobservations for obtaining time series results. Model-based methodsthat exploit redundant information for extracting unknown troposphericphase errors and other unknown noise sources will be presented (e.g.Permanent Scatterer Interferometry). Examples of these data productswill be provided, and a description of new exploitation products thatcan be derived will be presented.

6. Future and potential applications and systems. A survey ofcurrent work going on in the SAR community will be presented, andindications as to where this may lead in the future. This will include anoverview of recent breakthroughs in system design and operations,image/signal processing, processing hardware, exploitation, datacollection and fusion.


Unmanned Air Vehicle Design



$1845 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


SummaryThis three-day short course covers the design of

unmanned air vehicles. The course will cover thehistory and classes of UAVs, requirement definition,command and control concepts and UAV aircraftdesign. It provides first-hand understanding of theentire design and development process for unmannedvehicles from their involvement in the DARPA MAVdevelopment and as the lead for the Army’s BrigadeCombat Team Modernization Class I, Increment Twovehicle. The instructor is currently working towards firstflight and was a key contributor to requirementsdevelopment, conceptual design, design optimization.

UAV’s history will be covered and the lessonslearned and the breadth of the design space. UAV’s areand will be key components of aviation. From the nanosized flapping vehicles to the extreme duration of highaltitude surveillance vehicles.

Each student will be provided a hard copy of thepresentations and the text book, Fundamentals ofAircraft and Airship Design: Volume I -Aircraft Design,by Leland M. Nicolai.

InstructorMr. Paul Gelhausen is Founder, Managing Member

and Chief Technical Officer of an aerospace company.He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in AerospaceEngineering from the University of Michigan andStanford University, respectively. Mr. Gelhausenprovides technical managerial leadership in design,simulation, and testing of advanced ducted fan vehicleconfigurations as well as providing technical andmanagerial leadership in the definition of future vehiclerequirements to satisfy mission scenarios, functionaldecomposition, concept development and detailedsystems and technology analysis. Prior to founding thecompany Mr. Gelhausen was a former NASA LangleyEngineer where he led the configuration design,aerodynamic design and aerodynamic validationelements of the multi-center Mars Airplane Programincluding requirements generation, technicalspecifications,analysis planning, test planning andoverall management.

What You Will Learn• UAV design is not a simple task that can be fully

learned in a short time, however, the scope of theproblem can be outlined.

• The design process is similar to any aircraft design,but there are unique tasks involved in replacing theintelligence of the pilot.

• The long history of UAV’s and the breadth of thedesign space will be covered.

• Lessons learned from experience and byobservation will be shared in the course.

• We will cover the tools and techniques that areused to make design decisions and modifications.

• Representative practical examples of UAV will bepresented.

Course Outline1. Introduction.

• Brief history of UAV’s "How did toys becomeuseful?"

• Classes of UAV’s• Fixed Wing• Rotary Wing / VTOL• Micro

2. UAV Requirements Definition.• Operational Concepts• Mission definition• Requirements Flow-down

3. Command and Control Concepts.• Ground based operation• Autonomous operation• Systems and subsystems definition• System Safety and Reliability Concerns

4. UAV Aircraft Design.• Configuration• Aerodynamics• Propulsion and propulsion system integration

concepts• Structures• Performance• Flight Controls and Handling Qualities• Operational influences on control strategies• Vehicle analysis & how it affects control strategies• Make sure you have enough sensor bandwidth • Making sure you have enough control surfaces /

power / bandwidth (choosing an actuator)• Gust rejection and trajectory performance driven by

5. Case study Examples.• Case study 1: Large turbine design• Case study 2: Small piston engine design• Cost Analysis• Development• Manufacturing• Operations• Disposal• Design Tools• Design Optimization


InstructorDr (Col Ret) Jerry LeMieux, President of Unmanned

Vehicle University, has over 40 years and10,000 hours of aviation experience. Hehas over 30 years of experience inoperations, program management,systems engineering, R&D and test andevaluation for AEW, fighter and tacticaldata link acquisition programs. As theNetwork Centric Systems Wing

Commander he led 1,300 personnel and managed 100network and data link acquisition programs with a five yearportfolio valued at more than $22 billion. In civilian life heconsults for the US FAA, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA andDARPA. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and is agraduate of Air War College and Defense AcquisitionUniversity. He has over 20 years of academic experienceat MIT, Boston University, University of Maryland, DanielWebster College and Embry Riddle AeronauticalUniversity. Dr LeMieux is a National expert on sense andavoid systems for UAVs and is working with FAA & RTCAto integrate UAS into National Airspace.

What You Will Learn• Definitions, Concepts & General UAS Principles.• Types, Classification and Civilian Roles.• Characteristics of UAS Sensors.• UAS Communications and Data Links.• NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586.• Alternatives to GPS and INS Navigation.• Need for Regulation and Problems with Airspace

Integration.• Ground and Airborne Sense & Avoid Systems.• Lost Link and ATC Communication/Management

Procedures.• Principles of UAS Design & Alternative Power.• Improving Reliability with Fault Tolerant Control Systems.• Principles of Autonomous Control & Alternative

Navigation.• Future Capabilities Including Space Transport,

Hypersonic, UCAS, Pseudo-satellites and Swarming.

Unmanned Aircraft System FundamentalsDesign, Airspace Integration & Future Capabilities

SummaryThis 3-day, classroom instructional program is

designed to meet the needs of engineers, researchersand operators. The participants will gain a workingknowledge of UAS system classification, payloads,sensors, communications and data links. You will learnthe current regulation for small UAS operation

The principles of UAS conceptual design andhuman factors design considerations are described.The requirements and airspace issues for integratingUAS into civilian National Airspace is covered in detail.The need to improve reliability using redundancy andfault tolerant control systems is discussed. Multipleroadmaps are used to illustrate future UAS mission s.Alternative propulsion systems with solar and fuel cellenergy sources and multiple UAS swarming arepresented as special topics.

Each attendee will also receive a copy of Dr.LeMieux’s textbook Introduction to UnmannedSystems: Air, Ground, Sea & Space: Technologies &Commercial Applications (Vol. 1).

Course Outline1. UAS Basics. Definition, attributes, manned vs unmanned, design

considerations, life cycle costs, architecture, components, air vehicle,payload, communications, data link, ground control station.

2. UAS Types & Civilian Roles. Categories/Classification, UK & In-ternational classifications, law enforcement, disaster relief, fire detec-tion & assessment, customs & border patrol, nuclear inspection.

3. UAS Sensors & Characteristics: Sensor Acquisition, Electro Op-tical (EO), Infrared (IR), Multi Spectral Imaging (MSI), Hyper Spectral Im-aging (HSI), Light Detection & Ranging (LIDAR), Synthetic ApertureRadar (SAR), Atmospheric Weather Effects, Space Weather Effects.

4. Alternative Power: Solar and Fuel Cells: The Need for Alterna-tive Propulsion for UAS, Alternative Power Trends & Forecast, SolarCells & Solar Energy, Solar Aircraft Challenges, Solar Wing Design, PastSolar Designs, Energy Storage Methods & Density, Fuel Cell Basics &UAS Integration, Fuel Cells Used in Current Small UAS, Hybrid Power.

5. Communications & Data Links. Current State of Data Links,Future Data Link Needs, Line of Sight Fundamentals, Beyond Line ofSight Fundamentals, UAS Communications Failure, LinkEnhancements, STANAG 4586, Multi UAS Control.

6. UAS Conceptual Design. UAS Design Process, Airframe DesignConsiderations, Launch & Recovery Methods, Propulsion, Control &Stability, Ground Control System, Support Equipment, Transportation.

7. Human Machine Interface. Human Factors EngineeringExplained Human Machine Interface, Computer Trends, VoiceRecognition & Control Haptic Feedback, Spatial Audio (3D Audio),AFRL MIIRO, Synthetic Vision Brain Computer Interface, CRM.

8. Sense and Avoid Systems. Sense and Avoid Function ,Needs forSense and Avoid, TCAS, TCAS on UAS, ADS-B, Non CooperativeFOV & Detection Requirements, Optical Sensors, Acoustic &Microwave Sensors.

9. UAS Civil Airspace Issues. Current State, UAS Worldwide De-mand, UAS Regulation & Airspace Problems, Existing Federal UASRegulation Equivalent Level of Safety, Airspace Categories,AFRL/JPDO Workshop Results, Collision Avoidance & Sense andAvoid, Recommendations.10. Civil Airspace Integration Efforts. Civil UAS News, FAA CivilUAS Roadmap, UAS Certificate of Authorization Process, UAPOInterim Operational Approval Guidance (8-01), 14 CFR 107 Rule,NASA UAS R&D Plan, NASA Study Results, RTCA SC 203, UAS R&DPlan, FAA Reauthorization Bill, Six Test Sites.11. UAS Navigation. Satellite Navigation, Inertial Navigation, SensorFusion for Navigation, Image Navigation (Skysys), Locatta,Satellite/INS/Video, (NAVSYS), Image Aided INS (NAVSYS).12. Autonomous Control. Vision, Definitions, Automatic Control,Automatic Air to Air Refueling, Autonomy, Advanced AI Applications,Intelligent Control Techniques.13. UAS Swarming. History of Swarming, Swarming Battles, ModernMilitary Swarming, Swarming Characteristics, Swarming Concepts,Emergent Behavior, Swarming Algorithms, Swarm Communications.14. Future Capabilities. Space UAS & Global Strike, AdvancedHypersonic Weapon, Submarine Launched UAS, UCAS, Pseudo-satellites, Future Military Missions & Technologies.






$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


What You Will Learn• In depth view of the CISO role and how to become

one. • How to translate between tactical and strategic cyber

security efforts and translate them into organizationalneeds.

• How to protect your organization from threats andliability.

• Data Governance efforts around Privacy, HIPPA,Safety, Legal, Financial, PCI, and CriticalInfrastructure.

• How to select the most appropriate solutions basedon user and business requirements.

Course Outline1. Introduction. The CISO Role, and its evolution as

well as forecast to where the role may grow.2. Business Resilience. A holistic view of enterprise

risks that organizations face and techniques of how theCISO can respond to those risks. The goals and practicesof the CERT- Resiliency Management Model will be usedthroughout the discussion.

3. Data Governance. In order for users to beproductive, data must be shared and with the sharing ofdata comes risk to the organization. This section willdiscuss various data governance challenges and what tostrategies you can use to lower your exposure whilekeeping users productive.

4. Operational Risk Management. There are manyrisk management frameworks in publication however eachorganization is unique. This section will discuss thevarious frameworks. The pro’s, Con’s and overlap for eachand how you can leverage the good stuff tactically.

5. Investment & Measurement. Discussions around“How Much capability do I get per dollar spent?” and“Compliance does not result in good security, but goodsecurity does result in compliance” will be central themesthroughout this section. You will learn about what reallymatters and how to invest in those capabilities. Basicbudgeting, contracts, total cost of ownership andtechnology financial planning will also be covered.

6. Systems Security Engineering. We are vulnerablebecause we deploy vulnerable systems, in this sectionvarious Systems Security Engineering practices will becovered and how to rally leadership to invest in them.

7. Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures.We will discuss the various threats to the organizationfrom cyber crime to nation state activities and intellectualproperty protection. Additionally we will discuss the historyof countermeasures used, how effective they are and whatthe future holds.

8. Secure Architecture Strategies. An in depthtechnical section encompassing all layer of architecturechallenges, from Mobile devices, to cloud, tactical andstrategic sensors, Identity management and discussion ona zero trust environment.

9. Legal & Liability. Do you know what records areopen to e-Discovery? Did you know that you could needCyber Insurance? We will discuss the hidden risk thattechnologists may not be aware of and how you canmanage those issues.

10. Strategic Planning and leadership. Don’t be a“No” CISO, we will discuss how to build relationships withyour peers and leadership as well as leading by examplefor your own organization. With the CISO role everincreasing in responsibility this is one of the most criticalskills that CISO’s need to master.

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Fundamentals

SummaryThe role of the Chief Information Security Officer

continues to evolve and mature with the blending oftechnology protection aligned with organizationalobject.

This three-day course provides a comprehensiveview at all the various technical and non-technicalchallenges that CISO’s face, both internally andexternally to the organization. Whether you’re aseasoned pro or looking for the path to becoming aCISO, this course will provide value. The courDataGovernance, Business Resiliency, Investment &Measurement, and Legal & Liability challenges, SecureArchitecture Strategies, Operational RiskManagement, Threats Vulnerabilities &Countermeasures, Systems Security Engineering, aswell as Strategic Planning and Leadership. A coreaspect of this course will be to define and discuss theunique challenges that students face both within thefederal and private sectors. Each student will receive acomplete set of lecture notes plus a data CD containinga robust set of references and tools.

InstructorAdam Meyer is currently the Chief Information

Security Officer for the Washington Metropolitan AreaTransit Authority, the second largest publictransportation system in the country. Prior to becomingthe CISO for WMATA, Adam served as the Director ofInformation Assurance/Cyber Security for the NavalAir Warfare Center. Prior to focusing on the CyberSecurity discipline, Adam has served in positionssupporting Network Engineering & Operations,Enterprise Architecture & Configuration Management,Emergency Power and Systems Engineering fororganizations such as White House Communications,Army Pentagon, Joint Interoperability Test Command(JITC) and the Intelligence Community. He served as aProfessor of Practice and IA Advisory board memberfor Capitol College.

Adam received his undergraduate degree inInformation Technology Management from AmericanMilitary University, a master’s degree in InformationAssurance from Capitol College and holds multipleCISSP and CNSSI certifications.

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SummaryThis three-day (four-day virtual) course is

intended for operational leaders andprogrammatic staff involved in the planning,analysis, or testing of Cyber Warfare andNetwork-Centric systems. The course willprovide perspective on emerging policy,doctrine, strategy, and operationalconstraints affecting the development ofcyber warfare systems. This knowledge willgreatly enhance participants' ability todevelop operational systems and conceptsthat will produce integrated, controlled, andeffective cyber effects at each warfare level.U.S. citizenship required for studentsregistered in this course.

Instructor Albert Kinney is a retired Naval Officer

and holds a Masters Degree in electricalengineering. His professional experienceincludes more than 20 years of experience inresearch and operational cyberspacemission areas including the initialdevelopment and first operationalemployment of the Naval Cyber AttackTeam.

What You Will Learn • What are the relationships between cyber warfare,

information assurance, information operations,and network-centric warfare?

• How can a cyber warfare capability enablefreedom of action in cyberspace?

• What are legal constraints on cyber warfare?• How can cyber capabilities meet standards for

weaponization?• How should cyber capabilities be integrated with

military exercises? • How can military and civilian cyberspace

organizations prepare and maintain their workforceto play effective roles in cyberspace?

• What is the Comprehensive NationalCybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)?

From this course you will obtain in-depthknowledge and awareness of the cyberspacedomain, its functional characteristics, and itsorganizational inter-relationships enabling yourorganization to make meaningful contributions inthe domain of cyber warfare through technicalconsultation, systems development, andoperational test & evaluation

Course Outline1. Global Internet Governance.

2. A Cyber Power Framework.

3. Global Supply Chain & OutsourcingIssues.

4. Critical Infrastructure Issues.

5. U.S. Cyberspace Doctrine and Strategy.

6. Cyberspace as a Warfare Domain.

7. Netcentricity.

8. U.S. Organizational Constructs in CyberWarfare.

9. Legal Considerations for Cyber Warfare.

10. Operational Theory of Cyber Warfare.

11. Operational and Tactical Maneuver inCyberspace - Stack Positioning.

12. Capability Development &Weaponization.

13. Cyber Warfare Training and ExerciseRequirements.

14. Command & Control for Cyber Warfare.

15. Cyber War Case Study .

16. Human Capital in Cybersecurity.

17. Survey of International Cyber WarfareDoctrine & Capabilities.

18. Large-Scale Cybersecurity Mechanisms.

19. Social Considerations in Cybersecurity –Culture & the Human Interface.

20. Cybersecurity, Civil Liberties, & FreedomAround the World .

21. Non-State Actor Trends - Cyber Crime,Cyber Terrorism, Hactivism.

22. Homeland Security Case Study /Industrial Espionage Case Study.

February XXXXX, 2014Columbia, Maryland

(8:30am - 4:00pm)

April 7-10, 2014LIVE Instructor-led Virtual

(Noon - 4:30pm)

$1790Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each


Cyber Warfare – Global Trends


Digital Video Systems, Broadcast and Operations

What You Will Learn• How compressed digital video systems work

and how to use them effectively.• Where all the compressed digital video

systems fit together in history, application andimplementation.

• Where encryption and conditional access fit inand what systems are available today.

• How do tape-based broadcast facilities differfrom server-based facilities?

• What services are evolving to complementdigital video?

• What do you need to know to upgrade /purchase a digital video system?

• What are the various options for transmittingand distributing digital video?

InstructorSidney Skjei is president of Skjei Telecom,

Inc., an engineering andbroadcasting consulting firm. Hehas supported digital video systemsplanning, development andimplementation for a large numberof commercial organizations,including PBS, CBS, Boeing, and

XM Satellite Radio. He also works for smallertelevision stations and broadcast organizations.He is frequently asked to testify as an ExpertWitness in digital video system. Mr. Skjei holds anMSEE from the Naval Postgraduate School andis a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia.

SummaryThis four-day course is designed to make the

student aware of digital video systems in usetoday and planned for the near future, includinghow they are used, transmitted, and received.From this course you will obtain the ability tounderstand the various evolving digital videostandards and equipment, their use in currentbroadcast systems, and the concerns/issues thataccompany these advancements.


$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Technical Background. Types of video.

Advantages and disadvantages. Digitizing video.Digital compression techniques.

2. Proprietary Digital Video Systems.Digicipher. DirecTV. Other systems.

3. Videoconferencing Systems Overview.4. MPEG1 Digital Video. Why it was developed.

Technical description. Operation and Transmission.5. MPEG2 Digital Video. Why it was developed.

Technical description. Operation and Transmission.4:2:0 vs 4:2:2 profile. MPEG profiles and levels.

6. DVB Enhancements to MPEG2. What DVBdoes and why it does it. DVB standards review. WhatDVB-S2 will accomplish and how.

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

8. MPEG4 Advanced Simple Profile. Why itwas developed. Technical description. Operation andTransmission.

9. New Compression Systems. MPEG-4-10 orH.26L. Windows Media 9. How is different. Howimproved. Transcoding from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4.JPEG 2000.

10. Systems in use today: DBS systems (e.g.DirecTV, Echostar) and DARS systems (XM Radio,Sirius).

11. Encryption and Conditional AccessSystems. Types of conditional access / encryptionsystems. Relationship to subscriber managementsystems. Key distribution methods. Smart cards.

12. Digital Video Transmission. Over fiber opticcables or microwaves. Over the Internet – IP video.Over satellites. Private networks vs. public.

13. Delivery to the Home. Comparing andcontrasting terrestrial broadcasting, satellite (DBS),cable and others.

14. Production - Pre to Post. Productionformats. Digital editing. Graphics.ComputerAnimations. Character generation. Virtual sets, adsand actors. Video transitions and effects.

15. Origination Facilities. Playback control andautomation. Switching and routing and redundancy.System-wide timing and synchronization. Traffickingads and interstitials. Monitoring and control.

16. Storage Systems. Servers vs. physicalmedia. Caching vs. archival. Central vs. distributedstorage.

17. Digital Manipulation. Digital Insertion. BitStream Splicing. Statistical Multiplexing.

18. Asset Management. What is metadata.Digital rights management. EPGs.

19. Digital Copying. What the technology allows.What the law allows.

20. Video Associated Systems. Audio systemsand methods. Data encapsulation systems andmethods. Dolby digital audio systems handling in thebroadcast center.

21. Operational Considerations. Selecting theright systems. Encoders. Receivers / decoders.Selecting the right encoding rate. Source videoprocessing. System compatibility issues.


Fiber Optic Communication Systems Engineering

What You Will Learn• What are the basic elements in analog and digital fiber

optic communication systems including fiber-opticcomponents and basic coding schemes?

• How fiber properties such as loss, dispersion and non-linearity impact system performance.

• How systems are compensated for loss, dispersion andnon-linearity.

• How a fiber-optic amplifier works and it’s impact onsystem performance.

• How to maximize fiber bandwidth through wavelengthdivision multiplexing.

• How is the fiber-optic link budget calculated?• What are typical characteristics of real fiber-optic

systems including CATV, gigabit Ethernet, POF datalinks, RF-antenna remoting systems, long-haultelecommunication links.

• How to perform cost analysis and system design?

April 8-10, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course investigates the basic aspects of

digital and analog fiber-optic communication systems.Topics include sources and receivers, optical fibers andtheir propagation characteristics, and optical fibersystems. The principles of operation and properties ofoptoelectronic components, as well as signal guidingcharacteristics of glass fibers are discussed. Systemdesign issues include both analog and digital point-to-point optical links and fiber-optic networks.

From this course you will obtain the knowledge neededto perform basic fiber-optic communication systemsengineering calculations, identify system tradeoffs, andapply this knowledge to modern fiber optic systems. Thiswill enable you to evaluate real systems, communicateeffectively with colleagues, and understand the mostrecent literature in the field of fiber-optic communications.

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

Photonic Devices and Systems section and a member ofthe Principal Professional Staff of the Johns HopkinsUniversity Applied Physics Laboratory. He has aBachelors degree from Pennsylvania State University inElectrical Engineering, a Masters degree in AppliedPhysics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from JohnsHopkins University. With nearly 17 years of experience, hehas numerous patents and papers related to thedevelopment of high-speed photonic and fiber opticdevices and systems that are applied to communications,remote sensing and RF-photonics. His experience in fiberoptic communications systems include the design,development and testing of fiber communication systemsand components that include: Gigabit ethernet, highly-parallel optical data link using VCSEL arrays, high datarate (10 Gb/sec to 200 Gb/sec) fiber-optic transmitters andreceivers and free-space optical data links. He is anassistant research professor at Johns Hopkins Universityand has developed three graduate courses in Photonicsand Fiber-Optic Communication Systems that he teachesin the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School ofEngineering Part-Time Program.

Course OutlinePart I: FUNDAMENTALS OF FIBER OPTIC

COMPONENTS1. Fiber Optic Communication Systems. Introduction to

analog and digital fiber optic systems including terrestrial,undersea, CATV, gigabit Ethernet, RF antenna remoting, andplastic optical fiber data links.

2. Optics and Lightwave Fundamentals. Ray theory,numerical aperture, diffraction, electromagnetic waves,polarization, dispersion, Fresnel reflection, opticalwaveguides, birefringence, phase velocity, group velocity.

3. Optical Fibers. Step-index fibers, graded-index fibers,attenuation, optical modes, dispersion, non-linearity, fibertypes, bending loss.

4. Optical Cables and Connectors. Types, construction,fusion splicing, connector types, insertion loss, return loss,connector care.

5. Optical Transmitters. Introduction to semiconductorphysics, FP, VCSEL, DFB lasers, direct modulation, linearity,RIN noise, dynamic range, temperature dependence, biascontrol, drive circuitry, threshold current, slope efficiency, chirp.

6. Optical Modulators. Mach-Zehnder interferometer,Electro-optic modulator, electro-absorption modulator, linearity,bias control, insertion loss, polarization.

7. Optical Receivers. Quantum properties of light, PN,PIN, APD, design, thermal noise, shot noise, sensitivitycharacteristics, BER, front end electronics, bandwidthlimitations, linearity, quantum efficiency.

8. Optical Amplifiers. EDFA, Raman, semiconductor,gain, noise, dynamics, power amplifier, pre-amplifier, lineamplifier.

9. Passive Fiber Optic Components. Couplers,isolators, circulators, WDM filters, Add-Drop multiplexers,attenuators.

10. Component Specification Sheets. Interpreting opticalcomponent spec. sheets - what makes the best designcomponent for a given application.

Part II: FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS11. Design of Fiber Optic Links. Systems design issues

that are addressed include: loss-limited and dispersion limitedsystems, power budget, rise-time budget and sources of powerpenalty.

12. Network Properties. Introduction to fiber optic networkproperties, specifying and characterizing optical analog anddigital networks.

13. Optical Impairments. Introduction to opticalimpairments for digital and analog links. Dispersion, loss, non-linearity, optical amplifier noise, laser clipping to SBS (alsodistortions), back reflection, return loss, CSO CTB, noise.

14. Compensation Techniques. As data rates of fiberoptical systems go beyond a few Gbits/sec, dispersionmanagement is essential for the design of long-haul systems.The following dispersion management schemes arediscussed: pre-compensation, post-compensation, dispersioncompensating fiber, optical filters and fiber Bragg gratings.

15. WDM Systems. The properties, components andissues involved with using a WDM system are discussed.Examples of modern WDM systems are provided.

16. Digital Fiber Optic Link Examples: Worked examplesare provided for modern systems and the methodology fordesigning a fiber communication system is explained.Terrestrial systems, undersea systems, Gigabit ethernet, andplastic optical fiber links.

17. Analog Fiber Optic Link Examples: Workedexamples are provided for modern systems and themethodology for designing a fiber communication system isexplained. Cable television, RF antenna remoting, RF phasedarray systems.

18. Test and Measurement. Power, wavelength, spectralanalysis, BERT jitter, OTDR, PMD, dispersion, SBS, Noise-Power-Ratio (NPR), intensity noise.

Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 109 – 51Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 115 – 51

EMI / EMC in Military SystemsIncludes Mil Std-461/464 & Troubleshooting Addendums

What You Will Learn• How to identify, prevent, and fix common EMI/EMC

problems in military systems?• Simple models and "rules of thumb" and to help you

arrive at quick design decisions (NO heavy math).• EMI/EMC troubleshooting tips and techniques.• Design impact (by requirement) of military EMC

specifications (MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464)• EMI/EMC documentation requirements (Control

Plans, Test Plans, and Test Reports).

Instructors William (Bill) Kimmel, PE, has worked in the

electronics field for over 45 years. Hereceived his BSEE with distinctionfrom the University of Minnesota. Hisexperience includes design andsystems engineering with industryleaders like Control Data and SperryDefense Systems. Since, 1987, hehas been involved exclusively with

EMI/EMC as a founding partner of Kimmel GerkeAssociates, Ltd. Bill has qualified numeroussystems to industrial, commercial, military, medical,vehicular, and related EMI/EMC requirements.

Daryl Gerke, PE, has worked in the electronicsfield for over 40 years. He received hisBSEE from the University ofNebraska. His experience rangesincludes design and systemsengineering with industry leaders likeCollins Radio, Sperry DefenseSystems, Tektronix, and Intel. Since1987, he has been involved

exclusively with EMI/EMC as a founding partner ofKimmel Gerke Associates, Ltd. Daryl has qualifiednumerous systems to industrial, commercial,military, medical, vehicular, and related EMI/EMCrequirements.

SummarySystems EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

involves the control of EMI (ElectromagneticInterference) at the systems, facility, and platformlevels (e.g. outside the box.) This three-day courseprovides a comprehensive treatment of EMI/EMCproblems in military systems. These include both thebox level requirements of MIL-STD-461 and thesystems level requirements of MIL-STD-464. Theemphasis is on prevention through good EMI/EMCdesign techniques - grounding, shielding, cablemanagement, and power interface design.Troubleshooting techniques are also addressed in anaddendum. Please note - this class does NOT addresscircuit boards issues. Each student will receive a copyof the EDN Magazine Designer's Guide to EMC byDaryl Gerke and William Kimmel, along with acomplete set of lecture notes.


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


Course Outline1. Introduction. Interference sources, paths, and

receptors. Identifying key EMI threats - power disturbances,radio frequency interference, electrostatic discharge, self-compatibility. Key EMI concepts - Frequency and impedance,Frequency and time, Frequency and dimensions.Unintentional antennas related to dimensions.

2. Grounding - A Safety Interface. Grounds defined.Ground loops and single point grounds. Multipoint groundsand hybrid grounds. Ground bond corrosion. Lightninginduced ground bounce. Ground currents through chassis.Unsafe grounding practice.

3. Power - An Energy Interface. Types of powerdisturbances. Common impedance coupling in shared groundand voltage supply. Transient protection. EMI power linefilters. Isolation transformers. Regulators and UPS. Powerharmonics and magnetic fields.

4. Cables and Connectors - A Signal Interface. Cablecoupling paths. Cable shield grounding and termination.Cable shield materials. Cable and connector ferrites. Cablecrosstalk. Classify cables and connectors.

5. Shielding - An Electromagnetic Field Interface.Shielding principles. Shielding failures. Shielding materials.EMI gaskets for seams. Handling large openings. Cableterminations and penetrations.

6. Systems Solutions. Power disturbances. Radiofrequency interference. Electrostatic discharge.Electromagnetic emissions.

7. MIL-STD-461 & MIL-STD-464 Addendum.Background on MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464.Design/proposal impact of individual requirements (emphasison design, NOT testing.) Documentation requirements -Control Plans, Test Plans, Test Reports.

8. EMC Troubleshooting Addemdum. Troubleshootingvs Design & Test. Using the "Differential Diagnosis"Methodology Diagnostic and Isolation Techniques - RFI,power, ESD, emissions.



$1245 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


What You Will Learn• The power of dimensional thinking - the

dimensionality of the innovator's vision and theinnovation.

• The innovative cycle.• How to measure innovation and its impact.• The different types of technical innovative activities

and their most effective uses.• Tools for enabling innovation.• Key issues of patent protection that innovators must

know and practice in order to be outstandinglyeffective and valuable. Dr. Hershey is not an attorneybut has published extensively on patent issues.

Course Outline1. The Dimensional Mindset. When to be a

technician and when to be a visionary.2. How To Perform Quantitative Innovation.

The good, the bad, the ugly.3. How To Perform Qualitative Innovation.

Envisioning in one or more than one dimension.4. Patent data mining. A possible way to

shorten R&D time and expense.5. The "Bottom Line". Not a number but rather

a mindset and attitude for the accomplishedinnovator in order to effectively link the innovativeeffort to the bottom line requirements.

6. Regulation. A gift of opportunity.7. The Criticality of Clear Expression.8. Modules For Leading Discussion Groups

Back Home.9. The Utility of The Concept of Innovative.

"White space."10. How To Measure Innovation. First looking

backwards and using that perspective as insight toshaping the future.

11. The Basics of The Patenting Process andDifferent Ways To Use It.

12. Short Reviews of Spread Spectrum.Orbital mechanics, and cryptography as a basis forreal examples in innovative history.

13. Focusing Innovation Using TransferFunctions.

14. Understanding Innovators and BringingThe Innovator Out Of Yourself.

SummaryThis two-day course is targeted first to help the

participants understand the technical innovationprocess and to unlock their innovative powers and,second, to ground the participants in the art andscience of patent protection. Each student will receivea copy of Dr. Hershey’s text, The Eureka Method: Howto Think Like an Inventor.

InstructorDr. John Hershey is a consultant and trainer having

retired as a senior member of thetechnical staff at the general ElectricGlobal Research Center. He has fortyyears of engineering experience in thegovernment intelligence community,Dept. of Commerce, and privateindustry. He holds 187 US patents, has

coauthored 2 encyclopedia entries and 8 books onsystem theory, LEO satellites, spread spectrumcommunications, and, the latest two, CryptographyDemystified, in the McGraw-Hill “demystified” seriesand, The Eureka Method, also with McGraw-Hill. He isan elected Fellow of the IEEE “for contributions tosecure communications” and he has served as anadjunct faculty member for several universities and asan ABET program evaluator.

Eureka Method: How to Think Like An InventorInnovation in the 21st Century

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SummaryThis two-day course covers the basics of

probability and statistic analysis. The course isself-contained and practical, using Excel toperform the fundamental calculations. Studentsare encouraged to bring their laptops to workprovided Excel example problems. By the end ofthe course you will be comfortable with statisticalconcepts and able to perform and understandstatistical calculations by hand and using Excel.You will understand probabilities, statisticaldistributions, confidence levels and hypothesistesting, using tools that are available in Excel.Participants will receive a complete set of notesand the textbook Statistical Analysis with Excel.

InstructorDr. Alan D. Stuart, Associate Professor

Emeritus of Acoustics, Penn State, has over fortyyears in the field of sound and vibration where heapplied statistics to the design of experimentsand analysis of data. He has degrees inmechanical engineering, electrical engineering,and engineering acoustics and has taught forover thirty years on both the graduate andundergraduate levels. For the last eight years, hehas taught Applied Statistics courses atgovernment and industrial organizationsthroughout the country.

What You Will Learn• Working knowledge of statistical terms.• Use of distribution functions to estimateprobabilities.

• How to apply confidence levels to real-worldproblems.

• Applications of hypothesis testing.• Useful ways of summarizing statistical data.• How to use Excel to analyze statistical data.

Statistics with Excel Examples Fundamentals


$1240 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction to Statistics. Definition of

terms and concepts with simple illustrations.Measures of central tendency: Mean, mode,medium. Measures of dispersion: Variance,standard deviation, range. Organizing randomdata. Introduction to Excel statistics tools.

2. Basic Probability. Probability based on:equally likely events, frequency, axioms.Permutations and combinations of distinctobjects. Total, joint, conditional probabilities.Examples related to systems engineering.

3. Discrete Random Variables. Bernoulli trial.Binomial distributions. Poisson distribution.Discrete probability density functions andcumulative distribution functions. Excelexamples.

4. Continuous Random Variables. Normaldistribution. Uniform distribution. Triangulardistribution. Log-normal distributions. Discreteprobability density functions and cumulativedistribution functions. Excel examples.

5. Sampling Distributions. Sample sizeconsiderations. Central limit theorem. Student-tdistribution.

6. Functions of Random Variables.(Propagation of errors) Sums and products ofrandom variables. Tolerance of mechanicalcomponents. Electrical system gains.

7. System Reliability. Failure and reliabilitystatistics. Mean time to failure. Exponentialdistribution. Gamma distribution. Weibulldistribution.

8. Confidence Level. Confidence intervals.Significance of data. Margin of error. Sample sizeconsiderations. P-values.

9. Hypotheses Testing. Error analysis.Decision and detection theory. Operatingcharacteristic curves. Inferences of two-samplestesting, e.g. assessment of before and aftertreatments.

10. Probability Plots and ParameterEstimation. Percentiles of data. Box whiskerplots. Probability plot characteristics. Excelexamples of Normal, Exponential and Weibullplots..

11. Data Analysis. Introduction to linearregression, Error variance, Pearson linearcorrelation coefficients, Residuals pattern,Principal component analysis (PCA) of large datasets. Excel examples.

12. Special Topics of Interest to Class.


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SummarySystem reliability and availability are crucial

metrics within all telecommunications fields.Engineers within the telecommunications industryrequire the ability to quantify these metrics for usein service level agreements, system designdecisions and daily operations. Increasingsystem complexity and software logic requirenew, more sophisticated tools for systemmodeling and metric calculation than thoseavailable in current literature.

This 4-day course provides thecommunications engineer the tools to connectabstract systems reliability theory, systemtopology and computer simulation to predict andmeasure quantitative statistical performancemetrics such as reliability, availability andmaintainability.

Each student will receive a copy ofTelecommunications System ReliabilityEngineering, Theory and Practice in addition to acomplete set of lecture notes.

InstructorMark Ayers is manager of RF Engineering at

GCI Communications Corp headquartered inAnchorage, Alaska. Mark has a broad range oftelecommunications experience including work infiber optics, microwave radio and satellitenetwork design. Mark holds a B.S. degree inMathematics from the University of AlaskaAnchorage and an M.S. degree in ElectricalEngineering from the University of AlaskaFairbanks. He is a registered ProfessionalElectrical Engineer in the State of Alaska and asenior member in the IEEE. Mark teaches avariety of courses as an adjunct faculty memberin the Engineering Department at the Universityof Alaska Anchorage and is the author of thetextbook Telecommunications System ReliabilityEngineering, Theory and Practice.

What You Will Learn• Familiarity with the concepts of reliability andavailability as they relate to telecommunicationssystems.

• A comprehensive understanding of reliabilitytheory, system analysis techniques and systemmodeling.

• Skills and tools necessary to perform complex,detailed analyses using computer simulationtechniques.

• Specific applications of analysis theory to realtelecommunications systems.

• Practical techniques to determine proper sparinglevels.

• How software and firmware impact the overallreliability and availability performance oftelecommunications systems. Students taking thiscourse will have a complete grasp of the importanceand value of rigorous reliability analysis on asystem’s design.

Telecommunications System Reliability Engineering


$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Reliability engineering and its relationship to

communications. Historical development of reliabilityengineering as an academic field. Relevance ofreliability theory to communications systems, MIL spec,and Bellcore standards.

2. System reliability metrics. Commonly usedreliability engineering metrics are discussed. Thesemetrics include reliability, availability, failure rate,MTBF, and MTTR.

3. Reliability theory and random variables.Mathematics associated with reliability and availabilitymodels are presented. Statistical distributions and theirapplicability to TTF and TTR are discussed.

4. Reliability Block Diagrams. Success basednetworks of elements in serial or parallel. Used fordetermination of system reliability.

5. Markov Chain Analysis. State based analysisapproach for the determination of availability inrepairable systems.

6. Monte Carlo Simulation. Analysis techniqueusing computer simulation to compute reliability andavailability of an arbitrary configuration of components.

7. Fiber Optic Networks. Terrestrial andsubmarine systems including path protection andhighly available system designs.

8. Microwave Networks. Long-haul, short-haul andlocal area microwave network reliability and availabilityare examined in detail including propagation effectsand considerations (such as multi-path and rain fade).

9. Satellite Networks. Satellite earth station designand best practices, satellite redundancy considerationsand propagation impacts.

10. Facilities. Telecommunications facilitiesgenerator systems, commercial power delivery andbattery back sizing considerations.

11. Software and Firmware. IModels are presentedalong with consideration for accurate representation ofthe impact on system performance.


Instructor D. Lee Fugal is the Founder and President of an

independent consulting firm. He hasover 30 years of industry experience inDigital Signal Processing (includingWavelets) and SatelliteCommunications. He has been a full-time consultant on numerousassignments since 1991. Recent

projects include Excision of Chirp Jammer Signalsusing Wavelets, design of Space-Based GeolocationSystems (GPS & Non-GPS), and Advanced PulseDetection using Wavelet Technology. He has taughtupper-division University courses in DSP and inSatellites as well as Wavelet short courses andseminars for Practicing Engineers and Management.He holds a Masters in Applied Physics (DSP) from theUniversity of Utah, is a Senior Member of IEEE, and arecipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.

SummaryFast Fourier Transforms (FFT) are in wide use and work

very well if your signal stays at a constant frequency(“stationary”). But if the signal could vary, have pulses, “blips”or any other kind of interesting behavior then you needWavelets. Wavelets are remarkable tools that can stretch andmove like an amoeba to find the hidden “events” and thensimultaneously give you their location, frequency, and shape.Wavelet Transforms allow this and many other capabilities notpossible with conventional methods like the FFT.

This course is vastly different from traditional math-oriented Wavelet courses or books in that we use examples,figures, and computer demonstrations to show how tounderstand and work with Wavelets. This is a comprehensive,in-depth. up-to-date treatment of the subject, but from anintuitive, conceptual point of view.

We do look at some key equations but only AFTER theconcepts are demonstrated and understood so you can seethe wavelets and equations “in action”.

Each student will receive extensive course slides, a CDwith MATLAB demonstrations, and a copy of the instructor’snew book, Conceptual Wavelets.

If convenient we recommend that you bring a laptop to thisclass. A disc with the course materials will be provided andthe laptop will allow you to utilize the materials in class. Note:the laptop is NOT a requirement.

“This course uses very little math, yet provides an in-depth understanding of the concepts and real-worldapplications of these powerful tools.”

Course Outline1. What is a Wavelet? Examples and Uses. “Waves” that

can start, stop, move and stretch. Real-world applications inmany fields: Signal and Image Processing, Internet Traffic,Airport Security, Medicine, JPEG, Finance, Pulse and TargetRecognition, Radar, Sonar, etc.

2. Comparison with traditional methods. The conceptof the FFT, the STFT, and Wavelets as all being various typesof comparisons (correlations) with the data. Strengths,weaknesses, optimal choices.

3. The Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT).Stretching and shifting the Wavelet for optimal correlation.Predefined vs. Constructed Wavelets.

4. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Shrinkingthe signal by factors of 2 through downsampling.Understanding the DWT in terms of correlations with the data.Relating the DWT to the CWT. Demonstrations and uses.

5. The Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform (RDWT).Stretching the Wavelet by factors of 2 without downsampling.Tradeoffs between the alias-free processing and the extrastorage and computational burdens. A hybrid process usingboth the DWT and the RDWT. Demonstrations and uses.

6. “Perfect Reconstruction Filters”. How to cancel theeffects of aliasing. How to recognize and avoid any traps. Abreakthrough method to see the filters as basic Wavelets.The “magic” of alias cancellation demonstrated in both thetime and frequency domains.

7. Highly useful properties of popular Wavelets. Howto choose the best Wavelet for your application. When tocreate your own and when to stay with proven favorites.

8. Compression and De-Noising using Wavelets. Howto remove unwanted or non-critical data without throwingaway the alias cancellation capability. A new, powerful methodto extract signals from large amounts of noise.Demonstrations.

9. Additional Methods and Applications. ImageProcessing. Detecting Discontinuities, Self-Similarities andTransitory Events. Speech Processing. Human Vision. Audioand Video. BPSK/QPSK Signals. Wavelet Packet Analysis.Matched Filtering. How to read and use the various WaveletDisplays. Demonstrations.

10. Further Resources. The very best of Waveletreferences.

"Your Wavelets course was very helpful in our Radarstudies. We often use wavelets now instead of theFourier Transform for precision denoising."

–Long To, NAWC WD, Point Wugu, CA

"I was looking forward to this course and it was very re-warding–Your clear explanations starting with the big pic-ture immediately contextualized the material allowing usto drill a little deeper with a fuller understanding"

–Steve Van Albert, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

"Good overview of key wavelet concepts and literature.The course provided a good physical understanding ofwavelet transforms and applications."

–Stanley Radzevicius, ENSCO, Inc.

What You Will Learn• How to use Wavelets as a “microscope” to analyze

data that changes over time or has hidden “events”that would not show up on an FFT.

• How to understand and efficiently use the 3 types ofWavelet Transforms to better analyze and processyour data. State-of-the-art methods andapplications.

• How to compress and de-noise data usingadvanced Wavelet techniques. How to avoidpotential pitfalls by understanding the concepts. A“safe” method if in doubt.

• How to increase productivity and reduce cost bychoosing (or building) a Wavelet that best matchesyour particular application.

February 11-13, 2014San Diego, CaliforniaJune 10-12, 2014Columbia, Maryland

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


Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach

Updated!


Wavelets Analysis: A Concise Guide

What You Will Learn• Important mathematical structures of signal spaces:

orthonormal bases and frames.• Time, frequency, and scale localizing transforms: the

windowed Fourier transform and the continuouswavelet transform, and their implementation.

• Multi-resolution analysis spaces, Haar and Shannonwavelet transforms. Orthogonal and biorthogonalwavelet transforms of compact support:implementation and applications.

• Orthogonal wavelet packets, their implementation,and the best basis algorithm.

• Wavelet transform implementation for 2D images andcompression properties.From this course you will obtain the knowledge

and ability to perform wavelet analysis of signalsand image, and implement all the relevantalgorithms.


$1245 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis two-day course is based on a course taught at

the Johns Hopkins University Engineering forProfessionals Masters’ Degree program, designed tointroduce the fundamentals of wavelet analysis to awide audience of engineers, physicists, and appliedmathematicians. It complements the ATI Wavelets: AConceptual Practical Approach in providing moremathematical depth and detail required for a thoroughunderstanding of the theory and implementation in anyprogramming language (GUI computer code in IDL willbe provided to participants).

The textbook Wavelets: A Concise Guide providedto all attendees.

InstructorDr. A. H. Najmi is a staff member of the Johns

Hopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory, and a member of the faculty(Applied Physics and ElectricalEngineering) of the Johns HopkinsWhiting School Engineering forProfessionals Masters’ degreeprograms. Dr. Najmi holds the degreesof D.Phil. in theoretical physics from the

university of Oxford, M.Math., M.A., and B.A. inmathematics from the university of Cambridge. He isthe author of the textbook Wavelets: A Concise Guide(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012).

Course Outline1. Mathematical structures of signal spaces.

Review of important structures in function (signal)spaces required for analysis of signals, leading toorthogonal basis and frame representations and theirinversion.

2. Linear time invariant systems. Review lineartime invariant systems, convolutions and correlations,spectral factorization for finite length sequences, andperfect reconstruction quadrature mirror filters

3. Time, frequency and scale localizingtransforms. The windowed Fourier transform and thecontinuous wavelet transform (CWT). Implementationof the CWT.

4. The Harr and Shannon wavelets. two extremeexamples of orthogonal wavelet transforms, andcorresponding scaling and wavelet equations, and theirdescription in terms of FIR and IIR interscalecoefficients.

5. General properties of scaling and waveletfunctions. The Haar and Shannon wavelets are seento be special cases of a more general set of relationsdefining multi-resolution analysis subspaces that leadto orthogonal and biorthogonal waveletrepresentations of signals. These relations areexamined in both time and frequency domains.

6. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Theorthogonal discrete wavelet transform applied to finitelength sequences, implementation, denoising andthresholding. Implementation of the biorthogonaldiscrete wavelet transform to finite length sequences.

7. Wavelet Regularity and Solutions. Responseof the orthogonal DWT to data discontinuities andwavelet regularity. The Daubechies orthogonalwavelets of compact support. Biorthogonal wavelets ofcompact support and algebraic methods to solve forthem. The lifting scheme to construct biorthogonalwavelets of compact support.

8. Orthogonal Wavelet Packets and the BestBasis Algorithm. Orthogonal wavelet packets andtheir properties in the time and frequency domains.The minimum entropy best basis algorithm and itsimplementation.

9. The 2D Wavelet Transform. The DWT appliedto 2D (image) data using the product representation,and implementation of the algorithm. Application of the2D DWT to image compression and comparison withthe DCT.


What You Will Learn• How to perform link budgets for types of spread

spectrum communications?• How to evaluate different digital modulation/

demodulation techniques?• What additional techniques are used to enhance

digital Comm links including; multiple access,OFDM, error detection/correction, FEC, Turbocodes?

• What is multipath and how to reduce multipathand jammers including adaptive processes?

• What types of satellite communications andsatellites are being used and design techniques?

• What types of networks & Comms are beingused for commercial/military; ad hoc, mesh, WiFi,WiMAX, 3&4G, JTRS, SCA, SDR, Link 16,cognitive radios & networks?

• What is a Global Positioning System?• How to solve a 3 dimension Direction Finding?

From this course you will obtain the knowledgeand ability to evaluate and develop the systemdesign for wireless communication digitaltransceivers including spread spectrum systems.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Transceiver Design. dB power, link budgets, system

design tradeoffs, S/N, Eb/No, Pe, BER, link margin, trackingnoise, process gain, effects and advantages of using spreadspectrum techniques.

2. Transmitter Design. Spread spectrum transmitters,PSK, MSK, QAM, CP-PSK, FH, OFDM, PN-codes,TDMA/CDMA/FDMA, antennas, T/R, LOs, upconverters,sideband elimination, PAs, VSWR.

3. Receiver Design. Dynamic range, image rejection,limiters, MDS, superheterodyne receivers, importance ofLNAs, 3rd order intercept, intermods, spurious signals, twotone dynamic range, TSS, phase noise, mixers, filters, A/Dconverters, aliasing anti-aliasing filters, digital signalprocessors DSPs.

4. Automatic Gain Control Design & Phase Lock LoopComparison. AGCs, linearizer, detector, loop filter, integrator,using control theory and feedback systems to analyze AGCs,PLL and AGC comparison.

5. Demodulation. Demodulation and despreadingtechniques for spread spectrum systems, pulsed matchedfilters, sliding correlators, pulse position modulation, CDMA,coherent demod, despreading, carrier recovery, squaringloops, Costas and modified Costas loops, symbol synch, eyepattern, inter-symbol interference, phase detection,Shannon's limit.

6. Basic Probability and Pulse Theory. Simple approachto probability, gaussian process, quantization error, Pe, BER,probability of detection vs probability of false alarm, errordetection CRC, error correction, FEC, RS & Turbo codes,LDPC, Interleaving, Viterbi, multi-h, PPM, m-sequence codes.

7. Cognitive adaptive systems. Dynamic spectrumaccess, adaptive power gain control using closed loopfeedback systems, integrated solutions of Navigational dataand closed loop RSSI measurements, adaptive modulation,digital adaptive filters, adaptive cosite filters, use of AESAs forbeamsteering, nullstearing, beam spoiling, sidelobe detection,communications using multipath, MIMO, and a combinedcognitive system approach.

8. Improving the System Against Jammers. Burstjammers, digital filters, GSOs, adaptive filters, ALEs,quadrature method to eliminate unwanted sidebands,orthogonal methods to reduce jammers, types of interceptreceivers.

9. Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Basicunderstanding of GPS, spread spectrum BPSK modulatedsignal from space, satellite transmission, signal structure,receiver, errors, narrow correlator, selective availability SA,carrier smoothed code, Differential DGPS, Relative GPS,widelane/narrowlane, carrier phase tracking KCPT, doubledifference.10. Satellite Communications. ADPCM, FSS,

geosynchronous / geostationary orbits, types of antennas,equivalent temperature analysis, G/T multiple access,propagation delay, types of satellites.11. Broadband Communications and Networking. Home

distribution methods, Bluetooth, OFDM, WiFi, WiMax, LTE,3&4G cellular, QoS, military radios, JTRS, software definedradios, SCA, gateways, Link 16, TDMA, adaptive networks,mesh, ad hoc, on-the-move, MANETs, D-MANETs, cognitiveradios and networks.12. DF & Interferometer Analysis. Positioning and

direction finding using interferometers, direction cosines,three dimensional approach, antenna position matrix,coordinate conversion for moving.

SummaryThis three-day course is designed for wireless

communication engineers involved with spreadspectrum systems, and managers who wish toenhance their understandingof the wireless techniques thatare being used in all types ofcommunication systems andproducts. It provides an overalllook at many types andadvantages of spreadspectrum systems that aredesigned in wireless systemstoday. Cognitive adaptivesystems are discussed. Thiscourse covers an intuitiveapproach that provides a real feel for the technology,with applications that apply to both the government andcommercial sectors. Students will receive a copy of theinstructor's textbook, Transceiver and System Designfor Digital Communications.

Wireless Communications & Spread Spectrum Design

InstructorScott R. Bullock, P.E., MSEE, specializes in Wireless

Communications including Spread Spectrum Systems andBroadband Communication Systems, Networking, SoftwareDefined Radios and Cognitive Radios and Systems for bothgovernment and commercial uses. He holds 18 patents and22 trade secrets in communications and has publishedseveral articles in various trade magazines. He was activein establishing the data link standard for GPS SCAT-Ilanding systems, the first handheld spread spectrum PCScell phone, and developed spread spectrum landingsystems for the government. He is the author of two books,Transceiver and System Design for Digital Communications& Broadband Communications and Home Networking,Scitech Publishing, www.scitechpub.com. He has taughtseminars for several years to all the major communicationcompanies, an adjunct professor at two colleges, and was aguest lecturer for Polytechnic University on "DirectSequence Spread Spectrum and Multiple AccessTechnologies." He has held several high level engineeringpositions including VP, Senior Director, Director of R&D,Engineering Fellow, and Consulting Engineer.


Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements, and Applications

February 25-27, 2013San Diego, CaliforniaMarch 25-27, 2013Columbia, Maryland

$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course is intended for

engineers and other technical personnel andmanagers who have a work-related need tounderstand basic acoustics concepts and how tomeasure and analyze sound. This is anintroductory course and participants need nothave any prior knowledge of sound or vibration.Each topic is illustrated by appropriateapplications, in-class demonstrations, andworked-out numerical examples. Since thepractical uses of acoustics principles are vast anddiverse, participants are encouraged to conferwith the instructor (before, during, and after thecourse) regarding any work-related concerns.Each student will receive a copy of the textbook,Acoustics: An Introduction by Heinrich Kuttruff.

InstructorDr. Alan D. Stuart, Associate Professor Emeritusof Acoustics, Penn State, has over forty yearsexperience in the field of sound and vibration. Hehas degrees in mechanical engineering,electrical engineering, and engineeringacoustics. For over thirty years he has taughtcourses on the Fundamentals of Acoustics,Structural Acoustics, Applied Acoustics, NoiseControl Engineering, and Sonar Engineering onboth the graduate and undergraduate levels aswell as at government and industrialorganizations throughout the country.

Course Outline1. Introductory Concepts. Sound in fluids and

solids. Sound as particle vibrations. Waveforms andfrequency. Sound energy and power consideration.

2. Acoustic Waves in Air and Water. Air-bornesound. Plane and spherical acoustic waves. Soundpressure, intensity, and power. Decibel (dB) log powerscale. Sound reflection and transmission at surfaces.Sound absorption.

3. Acoustic and Vibration Sensors. Human earcharacteristics. Capacitor and piezoelectricmicrophone and hydrophone designs and responsecharacteristics. Intensity probe design and operationallimitations. Accelerometers design and frequencyresponse.

4. Sound Measurements. Sound level meters.Time weighting (fast, slow, linear). Decibel scales(Linear and A-and C-weightings). Octave bandanalyzers. Narrow band spectrum analyzers. Criticalbands of human hearing. Detecting tones in noise.Microphone calibration techniques.

5. Sound Radiation. Human speech mechanism.Loudspeaker design and response characteristics.Directivity patterns of simple and multi-pole sources:monopole, dipole and quadri-pole sources. Acousticarrays and beamforming. Sound radiation fromvibrating machines and structures. Radiationefficiency.

6. Low Frequency Components and Systems.Helmholtz resonator. Sound waves in ducts. Mufflersand their design. Horns and loudspeaker enclosures.

7. Applications. Representative topics include:Outdoor and underwater sound propagation (e.g.refraction due to temperature and other effects).Environmental acoustics (e.g. community noiseresponse and criteria). Auditorium and room acoustics(e.g. reverberation criteria and sound absorption).Structural acoustics (e.g. sound transmission lossthrough panels). Noise andvibration control(e.g.source-path-receiver model). Topics of interest tothe course participants.

What You Will Learn• How to make proper sound level measurements.• How to analyze and report acoustic data.• The basis of decibels (dB) and the A-weighting scale.• How intensity probes work and allow near-field sound

measurements.• How to measure radiated sound power and sound

transmission loss.• How to use third-octave bands and narrow-band

spectrum analyzers.• How the source-path-receiver approach is used in

noise control engineering.• How sound builds up in enclosures like vehicle

interiors and rooms.

Recent attendee comments ...“Great instructor made the course in-

teresting and informative. Helped

clear-up many misconceptions I had

about sound and its measurement.”

“Enjoyed the in-class demonstrations;

they help explain the concepts. In-

structor helped me with a problem I

was having at work, worth the price

of the course!”


InstructorVincent J. Capone, M.SC. has worked in the ocean

science fields for over thirty years with a focus onremote sensing/survey operations. He has conductedsonar operations in depths of as little as 1 meter anddown to over 3000m in every type of environment.Vince has conducted hundreds of side scan sonaroperations for government agencies, law enforcementand commercial clients. He is a sonar instructor for theUS Navy and has assisted in the recovery of debrisfrom the space shuttle Coumbia as well as the recentrecovery of Saturn V engines from the deep ocean Mr.Capone is the author of the DVD training programSecond Ed. Not in the manual guide to Side ScanSonar Image Interpretation.

What You Will Learn• Why is side scan sonar an effective mapping

tool.• The effects of side scan design on performance.• Effects of frequency, beam angle and pulse

length on sonar imagery.• Backscatter and target reflectivity.• Application of color and gain in the sonar image.• Detailed analysis of side scan imagery.• Operational components of side scan

deployment.• Optimizing search patterns for efficiency and

performance.• Post processing of sonar imagery.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Why is side scan sonar so effective?

General development history of side scan sonar systems.What are the different designs of side scan sonar and howdoes design affect performance. CHIRP vs CW SonarSystems. Hydrographic multibeam back scatter vs traditionalside scan sonar.

2. Beam Angle, Frequency, Pulse Length andResolution. How do beam angle, pulse length and frequencyaffect resolution and performance? Is resolution consistentover the entire sonar image.

3. Backscatter & Target Reflectivity. Why do varying seafloor types reflect sonar differently? What properties of atarget cause reflectivity. What types of materials do not reflectthe sonar pulse.

4. Application of Gain, Display Color and ColorPalettes. What types of Gain can be applied to the sonarsignal and how does gain processing such as normalizationaffect sonar data. What does the color palette represent andhow does the color palette affect display and interpretation ofthe data.

5. Detailed Target Analysis. While side scan sonar is adisplay type data which most users find intuitive to read,detailed analysis requires an in depth knowledge of imageformation. This section will provide a intensive look into targetand shadow analysis.

6. Anomalies, Noise and Thermoclines. Side scan sonarimagery often includes anomalies, reflections or ghost imagesthat do not represent actual objects on the sea floor. Thisdiscussion will focus on the types of anomalies and how torecognize these false returns in the sonar data. Noise andthermoclines can also limit the range and quality of sonardata. We will discuss the causes and how to limit the sourcesof noise as well as the affects of differing speed of sound onthe imagery.

7. Data and Target Positioning. Sonar data is only asgood as the geographic position of the target or final product.What are the best methods for obtaining accurate positioningand how to correct data when errors are present. What are thebest methods for establishing target positions and requiringtargets. How to apply target offsets to large debris fields.

8. Sonar Search Patterns and Coverage. How to bestdesign the most efficient and effective search patterns for sidescan sonar operations. How to best match pulse rate andspeed for 100% coverage.

9. Sonar Processing and Processing Software. Whatare the best practices for converting sonar data into geotiffsand which softwares provide the best results.10. Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Sonar. Advanced

side scan sonar systems will utilize synthetic aperture whichprovide range independent resolution. What are the basicprinciples of SAS image formation as well as advantages anddisadvantages of SAS data.

SummarySide scan sonar systems have become the

standard for ocean floor mapping and have evolvedfrom CW to broadband CHIRP and now interferometricsystems are common.

This three-day course provides a comprehensiveprogram on the design, operational considerations,analysis and post processing of side scan sonar data.Whether designing systems or conducting surveys, thecourse provides an in depth understanding of allaspects of the side scan sonar systems. The coursebuilds from a basic history of side scan developmentinto a comprehensive examination of theoretical andoperational components of systems, data and surveys.

Each student will receive a copy of the Second Ed.Not in the Manual Guide to Sonar Image Interpretationby Vincent Capone (a $250 value) in addition to acomplete set of lecture notes.

Design, Operation & Data Analysis of Side Scan Sonar Systems


September 17-19, 2013Boxborough, MassachusettsNovember 13-15, 2013

Lynchburg, Virginia$3295 (8:00am - 4:00pm)

“Also Available As A Distance Learning Course”(Call for Info)


Course Outline1. Minimal math review of basics of vibration,

commencing with uniaxial and torsional SDoFsystems. Resonance. Vibration control.

2. Instrumentation. How to select and correctly usedisplacement, velocity and especially acceleration andforce sensors and microphones. Minimizing mechanicaland electrical errors. Sensor and system dynamiccalibration.

3. Extension of SDoF. to understand multi-resonantcontinuous systems encountered in land, sea, air andspace vehicle structures and cargo, as well as inelectronic products.

4. Types of shakers. Tradeoffs between mechanical,electrohydraulic (servohydraulic), electrodynamic(electromagnetic) and piezoelectric shakers and systems.Limitations. Diagnostics.

5. Sinusoidal one-frequency-at-a-time vibrationtesting. Interpreting sine test standards. Conductingtests.

6. Random Vibration Testing. Broad-spectrum all-frequencies-at-once vibration testing. Interpretingrandom vibration test standards.

7. Simultaneous multi-axis testing. Graduallyreplacing practice of reorienting device under test (DUT)on single-axis shakers.

8. Environmental stress screening. (ESS) ofelectronics production. Extensions to highly acceleratedstress screening (HASS) and to highly accelerated lifetesting (HALT).

9. Assisting designers. To improve their designs by(a) substituting materials of greater damping or (b) addingdamping or (c) avoiding "stacking" of resonances.

10. Understanding automotive. Buzz, squeak andrattle (BSR). Assisting designers to solve BSR problems.Conducting BSR tests.

11. Intense noise. (acoustic) testing of launchvehicles and spacecraft.

12. Shock testing. Transportation testing. Pyroshocktesting. Misuse of classical shock pulses on shock testmachines and on shakers. More realistic oscillatory shocktesting on shakers.

13. Shock response spectrum. (SRS) forunderstanding effects of shock on hardware. Use of SRSin evaluating shock test methods, in specifying and inconducting shock tests.

14. Attaching DUT via vibration and shock testfixtures. Large DUTs may require head expanders and/orslip plates.

15. Modal testing. Assisting designers.

SummaryThis three-day course is primarily designed for

test personnel who conduct, supervise or"contract out" vibration and shock tests. It alsobenefits design, quality and reliability specialistswho interface with vibration and shock testactivities.

Each student receives the instructor's,minimal-mathematics, minimal-theory hardboundtext Random Vibration & Shock Testing,Measurement, Analysis & Calibration. This 444page, 4-color book also includes a CD-ROM withvideo clips and animations.

Instructor Wayne Tustin is the President of an

engineering school and consultancy.His BSEE degree is from theUniversity of Washington, Seattle.He is a licensed ProfessionalEngineer - Quality in the State ofCalifornia. Wayne's first encounter

with vibration was at Boeing/Seattle, performingwhat later came to be called modal tests, on theXB-52 prototype of that highly reliable platform.Subsequently he headed field service andtechnical training for a manufacturer ofelectrodynamic shakers, before establishinganother specialized school on which he left hisname. Wayne has written several books andhundreds of articles dealing with practical aspectsof vibration and shock measurement and testing.

What You Will Learn• How to plan, conduct and evaluate vibration

and shock tests and screens.• How to attack vibration and noise problems.• How to make vibration isolation, damping and

absorbers work for vibration and noise control.• How noise is generated and radiated, and how

it can be reduced.From this course you will gain the ability to

understand and communicate meaningfullywith test personnel, perform basicengineering calculations, and evaluatetradeoffs between test equipment andprocedures.

Random Vibration & Shock Testing - Fundamentalsfor Land, Sea, Air, Space Vehicles & Electronics Manufacture



$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Sonar Transducer Design - Fundamentals

What You Will Learn• Acoustic parameters that affect transducer

designs:Aperture designRadiation impedanceBeam patterns and directivity

• Fundamentals of acoustic wave transmission insolids including the basics of piezoelectricityModeling concepts for transducer design.

• Transducer performance parameters that affectradiated power, frequency of operation, andbandwidth.

• Sonar projector design parameters Sonarhydrophone design parameters.

From this course you will obtain the knowledge andability to perform sonar transducer systemsengineering calculations, identify tradeoffs, interactmeaningfully with colleagues, evaluate systems,understand current literature, and how transducerdesign fits into greater sonar system design.

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

with Raytheon Integrated DefenseSystems., a leading provider ofintegrated solutions for theDepartments of Defense andHomeland Security. Mr. Cochran has25 years of experience in the designof sonar transducer systems. Hisexperience includes high frequency

mine hunting sonar systems, hull mounted searchsonar systems, undersea targets and decoys, highpower projectors, and surveillance sonar systems.Mr. Cochran holds a BS degree from the Universityof California, Berkeley, a MS degree from PurdueUniversity, and a MS EE degree from University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara. He holds a certificate inAcoustics Engineering from Pennsylvania StateUniversity and Mr. Cochran has taught as a visitinglecturer for the University of Massachusetts,Dartmouth.

SummaryThis three-day course is designed for sonar

system design engineers, managers, and systemengineers who wish to enhance their understandingof sonar transducer design and how the sonartransducer fits into and dictates the greater sonarsystem design. Topics will be illustrated by workednumerical examples and practical case studies.

Course Outline1. Overview. Review of how transducer and

performance fits into overall sonar system design.2. Waves in Fluid Media. Background on how the

transducer creates sound energy and how this energypropagates in fluid media. The basics of soundpropagation in fluid media:• Plane Waves• Radiation from Spheres• Linear Apertures Beam Patterns• Planar Apertures Beam Patterns• Directivity and Directivity Index• Scattering and Diffraction• Radiation Impedance• Transmission Phenomena• Absorption and Attenuation of Sound3. Equivalent Circuits. Transducers equivalent

electrical circuits. The relationship between transducerparameters and performance. Analysis of transducerdesigns: • Mechanical Equivalent Circuits• Acoustical Equivalent Circuits• Combining Mechanical and Acoustical EquivalentCircuits

4. Waves in Solid Media: A transducer isconstructed of solid structural elements. Background inhow sound waves propagate through solid media. Thissection builds on the previous section and developsequivalent circuit models for various transducerelements. Piezoelectricity is introduced. • Waves in Homogeneous, Elastic Solid Media• Piezoelectricity• The electro-mechanical coupling coefficient• Waves in Piezoelectric, Elastic Solid Media.

5. Sonar Projectors. This section combines theconcepts of the previous sections and developes thebasic concepts of sonar projector design. Basicconcepts for modeling and analyzing sonar projectorperformance will be presented. Examples of sonarprojectors will be presented and will include sphericalprojectors, cylindrical projectors, half wave-lengthprojectors, tonpilz projectors, and flexural projectors.Limitation on performance of sonar projectors will bediscussed.

6. Sonar Hydrophones. The basic concepts ofsonar hydrophone design will be reviewed. Analysis ofhydrophone noise and extraneous circuit noise thatmay interfere with hydrophone performance. • Elements of Sonar Hydrophone Design• Analysis of Noise in Hydrophone and PreamplifierSystems• Specific Application in Sonar Hydronpone Design• Hydrostatic hydrophones• Spherical hydrophones• Cylindrical hydrophones• The affect of a fill fluid on hydrophone performance.


Underwater Acoustics for Biologists and Conservation ManagersA comprehensive tutorial designed for environmental professionals

InstructorDr. Adam S. Frankel is a senior scientist with Marine

Acoustics, Inc., Arlington, VA and vice-president of the Hawai‘i Marine MammalConsortium. For the past 25 years, hisprimary research has focused on the roleof natural sounds in marine mammals andthe effects of anthropogenic sounds on themarine environment, especially the impact

on marine mammals. A graduate of the College of Williamand Mary, Dr. Frankel received his M.S. and Ph.D.degrees from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, wherehe studied and recorded the sounds of humpback whales.Post-doctoral work was with Cornell University’sBioacoustics Research Program. Published researchincludes a recent paper on melon-headed whalevocalizations. Both scientist and educator, Frankelcombines his Hawai‘i - based research and acousticsexpertise with teaching for Cornell University and otherschools. He has advised numerous graduate students, allof whom make him proud. Frankel is a member of both theSociety for the Biology of Marine Mammals and theAcoustical Society of America.

What You Will Learn• The fundamentals of sound and how to properly

describe its characteristics.• Modern acoustic analysis techniques.• What are the key characteristics of man-made sound

sources and usage of correct metrics.• How to evaluate the resultant sound field from

impulsive, coherent and continuous sources.• What animal characteristics are important for

assessing both impact and requirements formonitoring/and mitigation.

• Capabilities of passive and active monitoring andmitigation systems.

SummaryThis three-day course is designed for biologists, and

conservation managers, who wish to enhance theirunderstanding of the underlying principles ofunderwater and engineering acoustics needed toevaluate the impact of anthropogenic noise on marinelife. This course provides a framework for makingobjective assessments of the impact of various types ofsound sources. Critical topics are introduced throughclear and readily understandable heuristic models andgraphics.

Course OutlineUnderstanding and Measuring Sound

The Language of Physics and the Study of Motion.This quick review of physics basics is designed to

introduce acoustics to the neophyte.1. What Is Sound and How to Measure Its Level.

This includes a quick review of physics basics isdesigned to introduce acoustics to the neophyte. Theproperties of sound are described, including thechallenging task of properly measuring and reportingits level.

2. Digital Representation of Sound. Today almostall sound is recorded and analyzed digitally. Thissection focuses on the process by which analog soundis digitized, stored and analyzed.

3. Spectral Analysis: A Qualitative Introduction.The fundamental process for analyzing sound isspectral analysis. This section will introduce spectralanalysis and illustrate its application in creatingfrequency spectra and spectrograms.

4. Basics of Underwater Propagation and Use ofAcoustic Propagation Models. The fundamentalprinciples of geometric spreading, refraction, boundaryeffects and absorption will be introduced and illustratedusing propagation models. Ocean acidification.

The Acoustic Environment and its Inhabitants.5. The Ambient Acoustic Environment. The first

topic will be a discussion of the sources andcharacteristics of natural ambient noise.

6. Basic Characteristics of AnthropogenicSound Sources. Implosive (airguns, pile drivers,explosives). Coherent (sonars, acoustic models, depthsounder, profilers,) continuous (shipping, offshoreindustrial activities).

7. Review of Hearing Anatomy and Physiology:Marine Mammals, Fish and Turtles. Review of hearingin marine mammals.

8. Marine Wildlife of interest and theircharacteristics. MM, turtles fish, inverts.Bioacoustics, hearing threshold, vocalization behavior;supporting databases on seasonal density andmovement.

Effects of Sound on Animals.9. Review and History of ocean anthropogenic

noise issue. Current state of knowledge and keyreferences.

10. Assessment of the impact of anthropogenicsound. Source-TL- receiver approach, level of soundas received by wildlife, injury, behavioral response,TTS, PTS, masking, modeling techniques, fieldmeasurements, assessment methods.

11. Monitoring and mitigation techniques.Passive devise (fixed and towed systems). ActiveDetections, matching device capabilities toenvironmental requirements 9examples of passive andactive localization, long-term monitoring, fish exposuretesting).

12. Overview of Current Research Efforts.


November 11-13, 2013Silver Spring, Maryland

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


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