2006 IEEE Radar Conference

Verona, NY   USA

Tutorial 1.1
Monday, 24 April 2006

The Fundamentals of Selected Radar Advances
Instructor: Robert T. Hill

Synopsis: This is a basic course in level of instruction, intended to introduce the less-experienced student to exciting advanced topics. A two-step approach is used - first, the underlying principle of each topic is covered at a basic level for complete understanding and only then are example achievements reviewed. Topics covered in this way are high resolution in radar, with applications to target recognition and radar imaging reviewed; polarimetry, with applications to image enhancement and interpretation reviewed; automatic detection and tracking, with emphasis upon the often- neglected association process; phased array radar considerations, challenges of wide-angle scanning and broadband operation, with new developments cited of great community interest; and bistatic radar, the principle, challenges and the resurgent interest.
The course should appeal particularly to those entering, or who one day may enter, one or more of these areas but who is not yet a trained specialist, or the generalist who simply wants to know what's behind each.

Mr. Robert Hill is a popular lecturer in radar for many world-wide sponsors. He is retired from his work for the U. S. Navy Department where he was responsible for radar and weapon system development; he was instrumental in the development of the Navy's AEGIS weapon system and its well-known phased array radar. Now a Fellow of the IEEE, he is a long-time member of the IEEE Radar Systems Panel and a former member of the AES-Society's Board of Governors. He was the organizer and chairman of the IEEE's International Radar Conferences 1975 through 1990, and continues in the conduct of that series with the cooperating organizations abroad. He has written many papers, articles and book chapters, and is the author, since 1982, of the radar-related entries in the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and their technical dictionary. He holds the BS (Iowa State University) and the MS (University of Maryland), both in electrical engineering.