IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 Seminars, Tutorials, and Workshops

The IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 Technical Program will include technical, tutorials, and workshops on Thursday and Friday of the conference. These technical tutorials and workshops require separate registration. Attendees may register and attend one or more of the technical tutorials/workshops without registering for the conference.
For conference attendees, several seminars and workshops are being offered at no additional charge on Friday and Saturday of the conference.
The confirmed program for seminars, tutorials, and workshops is detailed below.

Seminars and Workshops Included with Conference Registration

There are several seminars and workshops scheduled that are open free-of-additional-charge to all those registered for the full IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 conference. Attendees need not register for these seminars or workshops before the conference.

Technical Tutorials & Workshops Requiring Additional Registration

IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 Technical Tutorials and Workshops are arranged in one of three eight-hour tracks on Thursday; one or more four-hour tutorials in two tracks on Thursday; and one of three four-hour tracks on Friday of the conference. Prospective attendees must register for these tutorial and workshop tracks separately from the general conference registration. Those wishing to attend only one or more technical tutorial or workshop tracks need not register for the full conference.
Tutorial and workshop attendees may register for one of the three eight-hour tracks on Thursday or one or two of the four-hour tutorials on Thursday; and one of three four-hour tracks on Friday. See IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 Conference Registration for fees and additional details.
Attendees may register for the tutorial of their choice at any time up to the start of IEEE SoutheastCon 2008.  Each attendee will be eligible to receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for each tutorial. Each participant will receive a letter of confirmation for earned CEUs from The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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Schedules

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Technical Tutorials & Workshops (with separate fee & registration) - Thursday, April 3, 2008

Technical Tutorials & Workshops (with separate fee & registration) - Friday, April 4, 2008

Complimentary Seminars (included with conference registration) - Friday, April 4, 2008

Tutorial, Workshop and Seminar Details

Title:

Inertial Navigation Systems

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

Topics covered include:
1: Review of Fundamentals
2: Transition of perspective - conventional to modern
3: Operations with emphasis on rotation (pointing, transfer alignment)
4: Operations with emphasis on translation (SAR motion compensation)
5: Precision in both translation & rotation (fusion, conformal arrays)
6: Summary, revisit-as-desired and questions

Type of Presentation & Duration

8-hour tutorial (0.8 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Dr. James Farrell, Life Senior Member of IEEE and registered professional engineer in Maryland.

Dr. James L. Farrell, (MS, UCLA, Ph.D., U. of MD,) is a Life Senior Member of IEEE, a former ION Air Nav Representative, a former local board member of AIAA, a registered professional engineer in Maryland, and member of various scholastic honorary fraternities. His technical experience includes teaching appointments at Marquette and UCLA, two years each at Minneapolis Honeywell and Bendix-Pacific, plus 31 years at Westinghouse in design, simulation, and validation of navigation and tracking programs. He is author of INTEGRATED AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION (Academic Press, 1976; now in paperback after five hard-cover printings), and of GNSS AIDED NAVIGATION AND TRACKING (2007) - both distributed by NavtechGPS, as well as chapters in books edited by C.T. Leondes and Cary Spitzer. He has written columns for GPS World, several more for WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY, and over 80 journal and conference manuscripts. He served as co-chairman of RTCA Working Group for GPS Integrity. With VIGIL Inc. he has continued his teaching (on University campus and in seminars - industry, conference, IEEE, and on-site), while consulting for private industry, DoD, and University research. Main areas of recent activity are GPS/inertial integration, calibration, and integrity, writing programs validated with test data from Ohio University.

Registration Information:
Register via our secure web site: select A1 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83INNS.

Title:

ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

Topics to be covered include:

• The IEEE 802.15.4 Standard – the basics;
• A comparison: Bluetooth vs. ZigBee;
• What is required to create a ZigBee – certified device;
• What alternatives exist for low-power networking applications;
• An example of an 802.15.4 device with the Freescale and TI chipsets;
• Programming examples: Simple MAC, Full 802.15.4 MAC, ZigBee stack;
• Demos of point-to-point and star topology simple networks including code;
• Demo of a full ZigBee network;
• Discussion of the physical and network layers (the RF link);
• Updates on ZigBee 2006 and the new 802.15.4a standard;

and much more!

Type of Presentation & Duration

8-hour tutorial (0.8 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Mr. Charles J. Lord, P.E. - Consulting Engineer, Triangle Advanced Design and Automation, Cary, NC
Mr. Lord is a consulting engineer with over 25 years of experience in the embedded systems, RF, military, and medical device / pharmaceutical fields. He is a frequent speaker for IEEE and quality / regulatory meetings and conferences. His company, Triangle Advanced Design and Automation, is based in Cary, NC.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select B1 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83ZBIE.

Title:

Synthetic Aperture Radar
Description: The SAR Tutorial/Workshop will introduce the participant to the methods and techniques that enable moving radar platforms to generate amazingly beautiful high-resolution images of the earth.    It is the instructors’ goal to provide both an intuitively appealing understanding of the SAR algorithms and an appreciation for the key algorithms and challenges that SAR processing addresses.  A number of SAR variants will be described and contrasted, including strip-map and spotlight mode SAR, inverse SAR (ISAR), and interferometric SAR (IfSAR).  This course is ideally suited to those who have some knowledge of radar but want to learn how to apply their knowledge to the world of SAR.  More advanced participants will also likely benefit from the variety of ways that SAR will be described and applied. 

Preliminary Outline

• Introduction to Radar – What Radars See When they Look at Air & Ground Targets
• Processing of Radar Waveforms
• Clutter Phenomenology and Iso-Range / Iso-Doppler Contours
• Strip-Map Mode SAR Fundamentals
• Spotlight Mode SAR Fundamentals and Inverse SAR (ISAR) Concepts
• Processing to Mitigate Motion Artifacts
• Interferometric SAR/ISAR Concepts
• Review of Key Concepts and Techniques

Type of Presentation & Duration

8-hour tutorial (0.8 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Presenters:

Dr. Robert Berinato – Division Chief Scientist, Dynetics, Inc.

Dr. Berinato currently serves as Division Chief Scientist at Dynetics in Huntsville AL.  Dr. Berinato has supported a variety of Government and industry programs during his 22 year career at Dynetics, with the common theme being sensor signal processing, including radar, optics, and laser applications.  In addition to his work at Dynetics, Dr. Berinato serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department, is a frequent teacher of short courses on sensor technologies, and is rumored to have been sighted doing abstract proofs at the UAH Department of Mathematical Sciences. 

Dr. Brian Smith – Electronics Engineer, Applied Sensor, Guidance and Electronics Directorate, Aviation and Missile research, Development, and Engineering Center, US Army RDECOM

Dr. Smith has worked in modeling and simulation of Air Defense Systems, Anti-Radiation Missiles, SAR/ISAR systems, data compression, and battlefield communications systems.  He has conducted extensive research in localized computerized tomography for medical imaging and defense related areas.  He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Sloan Fellow and has attended Harvard University.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select C1 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83SYAR.

Title:

  The Art and Science of UWB Antennas

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

The Art and Science of UWB Antennas: This short course will discuss the history of antennas and basic principles of antenna engineering as applied to ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas. Presenting a wealth of examples, this short course will aid attendees in selecting, designing, and applying UWB antennas.

Outline:

1. A Historical Introduction to UWB Antennas
2. Antennas as Transducers
3. A Survey of UWB Antennas

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on April 3, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Presenter:

Dr. Hans Schantz - Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Scientist, Q-Track Corporation

Dr. Schantz is Q-Track’s Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Scientist. Dr. Schantz co-invented NFER® technology. His work experience includes stints with IBM, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the ElectroScience Lab of the Ohio State University, and as an instructor at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Since 1999, Hans has been an antenna engineer responsible for the development of a variety of innovative ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas. An internationally recognized expert on electromagnetics and UWB antennas, Hans is the author of The Art and Science of UWB Antennas. Hans has published work in the American Journal of Physics, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, and IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine. He has a couple dozen conference papers, nineteen US patents, and over a dozen pending patent applications to his credit. Hans earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and holds degrees in physics and industrial engineering from Purdue University.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select D1 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83ASUA.

Title:

Radio Frequency Identification

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been in development since 1970 on aircraft to return an identity of "friend or foe" when transponders are interrogated by radar transmitters. Low power RFID transponders and readers are being used to track virtually every type of object or animal using the available frequency band of 134 kHz, 13.6 MHz, in compliance with ISO/IEC standards of 14443 (Proximity) and 15693 (Vicinity).  Automobile immobilizers have been in use on most vehicles since 1999 to prevent theft. EPC global (EPC Gen2 or C1V2) and ISO/IEC (18000-6a, b) RFID standards have been released for UHF readers and tags and ISO18000-6c was released in July 2005.
The Tag Transponder can be active (with an internal power source), passive (rectifies RF energy to power the IC) or chipless. Passive tags are being developed as economic solutions to effectively manage product inventories and new RFID technology directives have been made recently by Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense. Read range performance data will be discussed to show the effects of the antenna design which is the circuit inlay of the transponder.

Outline Description:

1. Introduction
2. History and Practice of RFID
3. RFID Tag types
4. Radio Basics For UHF RFID
5. UHF RFID Readers
6. UHF RFID Tags
7. Reader Antennas
8. Tag Antennas
9. UHF RFID Protocols
10. RFID Demonstrations

Optional reference book for purchase:
The RF in RFID: Passive UHF RFID in Practice, Daniel Dobkin 2007

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville, on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 01:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Mr. Ron Ogan, Senior Systems Engineer, Raytheon Systems Corporation and member of IEEE AESS Board of Governors

Mr. Ogan received a B.S., Physics, Oklahoma State University, an M.S. Engineering, Southern Methodist University and post-graduate MSEE courses at the University of South Florida. He recently completed a project as Developer and Industry Instructor for a project-oriented course for engineering at University of North Texas (UNT) to introduce Radio Frequency Identification technology and applications in support of a National Science Foundation grant.

Mr. Ogan is currently employed as a Senior Systems Engineer on advanced phased array airborne radar systems at Raytheon Systems Company, Forest, MS. He was previously employed with Cadence Design Systems working on site at Nokia Networks, Irving, TX designing and developing GSM/GPRS/EDGE base station and as a Product Engineer on a Millimeter-wave communications project at Motorola and as a Systems Engineer under contract to Raytheon TI Systems, Lewisville, TX from 1995-1999 working on the HARM targeting system and other advanced technology for aircraft applications. His previous experience included staff engineer at Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin Corp.), Orlando, FL working on Electro-Optic programs and Project engineer on Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller Block II at Honeywell, Clearwater, FL. Currently, IEEE Senior member and Chair for IEEE Dallas Section and member of Board of Governors of the Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society. He served as Chair, Program Chair, Secretary/Treasurer of the IEEE of the Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society, Dallas Chapter and is also a member of International Council of Systems Engineers (INCOSE).

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select D2 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83RFID.

Title:

Software Safety

Description:

This tutorial is an introduction to software safety.  This tutorial addresses the key aspects of an effective software safety program and how to integrate these efforts into the overall program.  This tutorial provides a basic understanding of System Safety and introduces the attendee to basic software safety terminology, analysis techniques, and guidelines.  Emphasis is placed on developing a “proactive” software safety approach from the initial planning phases of a development project (which may include writing a Request for Proposal and Contract SOW) through product development, use/fielding and maintenance.  Topics will include:

• System Safety Overview
• Software Safety Process
• Software Safety definitions
• Software Safety Criticality Assessment
• Software Safety planning
• System Safety & Software Safety Analyses
• Key Software Development Processes Activities for safety critical systems
• Software Requirements, Design, Code, and Testing guidelines for safety critical systems

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville
 Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon

Presenters:

Dr. Willie J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Supervisory Computer Engineer, Software Engineering Directorate, Aviation and Missile Command, US Army RDECOM and Senior Member IEEE

Dr. Fitzpatrick has over 31 years experience in the software/systems engineering area. His experience includes the development and assessment of automatic control systems, systems engineering, and software engineering on various aviation and missile systems. He is currently Chief of the Aviation Division, in the Software Engineering Directorate of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command’s Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center. Dr. Fitzpatrick is responsible for the management of life cycle software engineering support and airworthiness assessments for several aviation systems. He is also the directorate’s manager for software safety analysis and assessments for aviation and missile systems. He has co-authored several technical reports and publications and is a Senior Member of IEEE.

Mr. Jonathan “Josh” McNeil, Computer Engineer, Software Engineering Directorate, Aviation and Missile Command, US Army RDECOM

Mr. McNeil received his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Mr. McNeil has worked in the Aerospace Industry for 19 years as a Software Safety and System Safety Engineer.  In his current position, Mr. McNeil is responsible for performing software safety analyses and software airworthiness assessments on various US Army Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS).  He has also performed Software Safety Analyses on a variety of other Army Aviation, Missile, and unmanned ground vehicle programs.  Mr. McNeil has given several tutorials on software safety and written numerous papers on software safety.  He has also been an active member of System Safety Society (SSS) for over 17 years, serving as: the SSS Director of Publicity and Media (2001-2005); Executive Chair for the 19th International System Safety Conference (ISSC) (2001); and Past President of the TVC (1997).

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select E1 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83SWSF.

Title:

Software Cost Estimation

Description:

This tutorial provides an overview of software cost estimation and will address the various methodologies for software cost estimation, aspects of building, applying and maintaining reliable software cost models.  This tutorial also addresses the determination of cost estimates for each phase of the software development and sustainment life-cycle as well as each of the activities within each of these phases, including independent verification and validation.   The tutorial will specifically address the following topics:

1.1          Software Cost Estimating
1.1.1       Software Development Processes
1.1.2       Software Development Phases
1.1.3       Support Activities Estimation
1.1.4       Independent Verification and Validation
1.1.5       Software Maintenance Estimation
1.1.6       Case Studies
1.1.7       Questions
1.2           Parametric Estimating Theories
1.2.1       Overview of Parametric
1.2.2       Database Development
1.2.3       Building the Model
1.2.4       Application of the Model
1.2.6       Case Studies
1.2.7       Questions

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 01:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Mr. James L. Samuelson, Director of Contracts, Proposals, and Pricing for Applied Data Trends, Inc

Mr. Samuelson is presently the Director of Contracts, Proposals, and Pricing for Applied Data Trends, Inc., and President of Madison Consulting and Research with over 25 years experience in the negotiation, and management of cost-plus, and fixed-price contracts in compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Department and NASA FAR Supplements, DOD 5000.2R Acquisition Processes and / or the Universal Commercial Code or International Accounting Standards.  He has additional experience in developing and negotiating proposal management, technical, past performance and cost volumes, independent life cycle cost estimates, and strategic budget estimates for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Strategic Missile Defense Command, U.S. Forces Europe, NASA Kennedy Space Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and MEADS International.  He has also performed as an Empowered Official with responsibility for the preparation, tracking, and negotiation of Contracts, Technical Assistance Agreements, and Export Licenses with the Royal Netherlands AF, MEADS Deutschland, MEADS Italia, and Royal Saudi Air Defense in compliance with the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select E2 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83SWCE.

Title:

Radar Waveforms and Signal Processing

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

This course will focus on radar waveforms and the signal processing of the radar return signals associated with these waveforms. Examples from a high-fidelity simulation will emphasize wideband waveforms and demonstrate signal processing techniques, including matched filtering, stretch processing, synthetic wideband, and range-doppler imaging.

Topics include:

• Receiver/exciter functionality: down conversion and analog-to-digital sampling
• Matched-filtering signal processing
• Point-spread function
• Stretch processing of linear frequency modulated (LFM) waveforms
• Doppler effects
• Ambiguity function
• Range resolution and bandwidth
• Coded waveforms: phase-coded, frequency-coded and chaotic
• Orthogonal waveforms and multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) processing
• Stepped-frequency synthetic wideband waveforms
• Introduction to range-doppler imaging

For radar prerequisites, it would be helpful to know the basic functionality of a radar system. For math prerequisites, it would be helpful to know the basics of complex numbers, complex exponentials, and Fourier transforms.

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon

Presenter:

Dr. Stephen Welstead - Radiance Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Welstead has over 20 years experience supporting major ground- and sea-based missile defense radars. His experience developing digital signal injection systems for multiple radar platforms has provided a unique view of the role of waveforms and signal processing in these radar systems. He received the Ph. D. degree in applied mathematics from Purdue University. He is the author of a number of papers in applied mathematics and radar, and two technical books. He has served as assistant professor and adjunct associate professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). His current radar interests include waveform diversity, distributed aperture architectures and SAR/ISAR image processing. Dr. Welstead is a member of IEEE, and currently works in the Advanced Technology group at Radiance Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, AL.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select A3 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83RWSP.

Title:

Determining and Verifying Civil Rotorcraft System Safety Requirements

*** Canceled ***

Anyone with a paid registration may request a refund or registration in another tutorial.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2008 regrets any inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation of this tutorial.

Description:

Using system engineering techniques, this tutorial will show how to extract system and safety requirements from Federal Aviation Administration regulations for transport rotorcraft.  Using the guidance of the Society of Automotive Engineer’s (SAE) Aerospace Recommended Practice ARP4761, Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment and the Society of Automotive Engineer’s (SAE) Aerospace Recommended Practice ARP4754, Certification Considerations for Highly-Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems, the extracted requirements will be used in a top down manner to first generate system and safety requirements and then show that a proposed system can meet the safety requirements.  Topics include:

• Category A  Rotorcraft  Definition
• Rotorcraft Requirements   Clarification
• Regulatory Basis For  Rotorcraft Safety
• Regulatory Basis For Flight  Instruments
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) Basics
• Functional Hazard Assessment  (FHA) Contents
• Aircraft FHA
• Aircraft FHA (Top Level FTA s)
• Cutset Analysis
• Aircraft FHA Cut Set Analysis
• Transitioning  From Aircraft To Avionics FHAs
• Avionics FHA
• Avionics FHA FTA
• Preliminary System  Safety Assessment (PSSA)
• Transitioning From The Avionics FHA To The Avionics PSSA
• Avionics PSSA
• Avionics PSSA FTAs

No previous knowledge is required.

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour workshop (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Presenter:

Mr. Steven R. Hosner -  BS, MS, PE, Senior Avionics Engineer, Westar Corporation
Mr. Hosner reached the peak of his 27 year civil service career when, for three years, he worked in the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.  AED is a small organization with the charter of ensuring the airworthiness of all Army air and rotorcraft.  Mr. Hosner had many years of system and software experience with the Air Force that he immediately applied to determining the airworthiness of Army aviation systems.  System safety is a large portion of airworthiness and Mr. Hosner, along with ensuring proper functionality of Army aviation systems, helped apply ARP4761 system safety assessments and analyses to Army systems until his retirement in 2005.  He has continued his airworthiness work on Army systems as a Westar employee supporting AED offices. 

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select B3 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83DVCR.

Title:

Introduction to Radar

Description:

This course is specifically designed to give students a fast and practical introduction to radar systems.  The focus is on practical applications, rather than detailed mathematical derivations.  Anyone interested in radars will benefit from the course and only a high school level of mathematics is assumed.  The course covers topics which include: the history of radars, the radar range equation, radar terms and definitions, radar design trades and considerations, a radar hardware overview, an introduction to radar discrimination techniques and classifier theory, and it ends with an interactive radar design exercise.  During the radar design exercise, the class will apply what it has learned to design a top level radar to meet "customer stated" design criteria and specifications.

Outline:

• Terms and Terminology
• Radar Range Equation
• Key Radar Design Parameters
• Radar Processing Considerations
• Introduction to Phased Arrays
• Sample Problem Sets and Solutions
• A Tour of the Radar
• Introduction to Discrimination
• Radar Design Exercise

Type of Presentation & Duration

4-hour tutorial (0.4 CEU)

Location & Time:

Embassy Suites Huntsville on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 08:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Presenter:

Earl Reed - Vice President, deciBel Research, Inc.

Mr. Earl Reed has over 20 years of experience in the field of tactical radar systems, working with both Government and Industry.

During his career he has supported a number of defense programs such as the Ground Based Radar (GBR) Program; Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD); National Missile Defense  (NMD); X-Band Radar (XBR); Sea-Based X-band Radar (SBX); Navy Theater Missile Defense and the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated, Netted Sensor System (JLENS).

Mr. Reed has a broad knowledge of radar topics including Systems Engineering; Radar Design, Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, Radar Discrimination, Tracking, Interceptor Support, Test, Integration and Interoperability.  Mr. Reed holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (with specialization in Electro-Magnetics) from the University of Alabama and an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (with Minors in Radars and Statistics) from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Mr. Reed has taught this popular course many times to both Industry and Government customers.

Registration Information:

Register via our secure web site: select C3 under Tutorials. TIP Code F83INTR.

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