Course Details Registration & Fees These short courses are being offered on 6 August 2012 in conjunction with the Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits were awarded for completion of these DEPS short courses.
Course 1. Introduction to High Energy Laser Systems Classification: Unclassified, Public Release Instructor: Dan Herrick Duration: Half-day course 0800-1200 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems. At the end of the class, the student will have been introduced to the major characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of HEL weapons and the current state of development. Topics include:
Intended Audience: The course is appropriate for anyone who wants to understand something about High-Energy Lasers. It is particularly appropriate for someone who is working in another science or engineering field or in technical program management. The course assumes some science or engineering background at the bachelor's level, but not necessarily in lasers or optics. Instructor Biography:
Course 2. Introduction to High Power Microwave Systems Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C (Attendance limited to U.S. citizens who are employees of the federal government or its contractors.) Instructors: Duration: Half-day course 0800-1200 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to High Power Microwave (HPM) systems. At the end of the course, the student will have been introduced to the principle of operation and major characteristics of sources, propagation, target interaction, and target response. Topics include:
Intended Audience: The course is appropriate for anyone who wants to understand something about High Power Microwaves (HPM). It is particularly appropriate for someone who is working in another science or engineering field or in technical program management. The course assumes some science or engineering background at the bachelor's level, but not necessarily in microwaves or electromagnetics. Instructor Biographies: Bob Richer-Sand is an Associate Chief Scientist with Northrop Grumman. He has over 30 years experience with high power electromagnetic systems and effects including nuclear EMP and HPM. Bob is an EMP Fellow, an award given to about 100 individuals worldwide for their contributions to high power electromagnetic technology.
Course 3. Integrating Design of Experiments (DOE) into RDT&E Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution D (Attendance limited to U.S. citizens who are employees of the Department of Defense or its contractors.) Instructor: Michelle Zeisset, 746 Test Support Squadron Duration: Half-day course 0800-1200 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This four-hour course provides an overview of Design of Experiments (DOE) as it relates to research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E). DOE is a technique for controlling the data collection environment such that maximum information can be gained in an efficient manner. Experimental design is a large field of academic study and details of implementation vary depending upon the problem. Therefore, technical computational detail will be lacking in this course since most researchers rely on commercially available software for implementation. One weakness of many DOE short courses is that they delve into aspects matrix algebra without giving a context for the method being presented. This course is about providing context with a focus on knowledge gathering philosophies, concepts, definitions, and processes. The course will also provide some pathways forward-tactics, techniques, and procedures that will help the student think about and apply DOE in their knowledge gathering endeavors. Topics to be covered include:
Intended Audience: Because this course focuses on big picture process-oriented topics, students of all technical levels may benefit. Managers and those with less technical experience will receive an overview of concepts and definitions that will help them communicate more effectively with a technical workforce. Those with technical expertise will have an opportunity to provide input into class discussion and share their experiences and lessons learned. Instructor Biography: Dr. Zeisset has a BS and MS in biology, a MS in experimental statistics, and a PhD in industrial engineering with a focus on quality control and operations research analysis. She has more than 20 years of research and applied statistics experience: 10 years as a biological researcher and 11 years as a military analyst. In the course of her career she has applied experimental design to diverse problems in natural science (How do organisms interact with their environment?), engineering (How should the system or process be designed?) and military acquisition (What are the operational requirements, how do we train people to use and sustain the system, how do we test and evaluate system performance?). She has taught university-level statistics courses in arts & sciences, business and engineering colleges. She currently works as an operations research analyst providing experimental design and statistical analysis consultation to the 46th Test Group at Holloman Air Force Base.
Course 4. Test and Evaluation of High Energy Laser Systems Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C (Attendance limited to U.S. citizens who are employees of the federal government or its contractors.) Instructor: Larry McKee, SAIC Duration: Half-day course 1300-1700 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: An introduction to fundamental considerations for the test and evaluation (T&E) of High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems. Students will be given an overview of the various distinct types of HEL testing, including example test concepts/configurations, considerations for test instrumentation, and key testing issues, such as safety and environmental concerns. Topics include:
Intended Audience: T&E engineers who may be responsible for planning, supporting, and/or executing range tests that involve HEL weapon systems. Instructor Biography: Dr. Larry McKee has over 30 years experience directing and performing RDT&E programs in directed energy weapon (DEW) T&E, distributed testing, nuclear weapon effects, system survivability, neutral particle beam interactive discrimination, and high energy laser effects. This experience includes 20 years as an Air Force officer with duties in management of advanced R&D programs in DEW technology, R&D leadership as the Air Force Branch and Division levels, development and instruction of advanced graduate courses, and technical direction of underground nuclear tests. He joined SAIC in 1989 and is currently the Chief Scientist for the Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Capability Lead System integrator and also develops and presents High Energy Laser T&E short courses for the Electronic Warfare Directorate at Edwards AFB, CA.
Course 5. Test and Evaluation of High Power Microwave Systems Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C (Attendance limited to U.S. citizens who are employees of the federal government or its contractors.) Instructors: Duration: Half-day course 1300-1700 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description:The short course is an introduction to the testing of high power radio frequency weapons. The course contains a short introduction to the fundamentals of these high power microwave (HPM) weapons to establish a common vocabulary. The focus of the course is on test practices as they apply to HPM weapons for U.S. system testing and susceptibility testing as specified in MIL STD 464C. HPM instrumentation, test measures, and analysis make up a section of the course. Various presentations address military applications of HPM weapons and how fielded systems have been tested. Substantial new HPM test equipment has been recently made available to military test ranges and developmental laboratories. The course will address the availability, location, and procedures for these test capabilities as well as the process used to determine what test equipment was needed. A portion of the course will address the specialized requirements of these systems for safety considerations and permitting required for testing to proceed. This course is appropriate for managers and analysts requiring an overview of HPM weapons and how they are tested in addition to new HPM field test engineers. Topics include:
Intended Audience: This is a non-technical presentation focusing on testing HPM systems and system susceptibility to HPM. The course is appropriate for both technicians and managers interested in the scope of HPM testing and associated reporting. The emphasis is on testing practices and procedures for HPM system development or effects on other systems. Instructor Biographies: Jeff Schleher has spent 40-years in military test and is an early member of ITEA, participating in concept, developmental, and operational test. Mr. Schleher's early test activities focused on large radar and space system testing, but since the 1990's he has engaged in high power microwave test support. Mr. Schleher's current activities are as a subject matter expert for the Test Resource Management Center science and technology efforts to provide military test ranges with necessary equipment and capabilities to support testing of high powered microwave weapon and modern electronic warfare systems. Previously, he supported the acquisition of high power microwave sources and sensors through the Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Capability. Mr. Schleher is retired from the Air Force and is the current president of the Albuquerque Chapter of the Association of Old Crows. Dr. J. Mark DelGrande is Chief Scientist of TechFlow Scientific. He began development and test of high power microwave (HPM) sources in the late 80s as a lieutenant in the Air Force. When he retired from the Air Force, he was Chief of the HPM Models and Effects Branch at Air Force Research Laboratory. Since joining industry, he has led the development and test of major HPM-based weapon systems and worked as a subject matter expert (SME) for the directed energy (DE) test and evaluation capability in indentifying and addressing range requirements for DE testing. Presently, Dr. DelGrande leads a number of HPM related modeling and effects test activities. He is also a SME for the Test Resource Management Center's DE science and technology efforts, finding ways to advance the technologies that support DE test & evaluation. Course 6. Predictive Avoidance Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C (Attendance limited to U.S. citizens who are employees of the federal government or its contractors.) Instructors: Duration: Half-day course, starts at 1300 CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description:This course is intended to teach the "Why, Who, What, How and What's New" of Predictive Avoidance (PA) – the process by which space assets are protected from accidental illumination by lasers. Airspace Deconfliction (AD) – protecting air assets - will also be mentioned but not in any significant detail. PA and AD are critical pieces of the testing process for DoD and NSF laser systems and a knowledgeable and proactive approach by the testing organization can maximize test windows and minimize frustration. The course is also intended to help the laser community work together in this area and provide a consistent source of information on current issues, capabilities developed by other groups and what's store for the future. The goal of this course is to familiarize the student with the reasons behind PA, the process for working with the Laser Clearing House (LCH) as well as tools and points of contact available to hopefully simplify and clarify the process. In addition the course will cover efforts in the community to standardize the process and make the safety requirements more in line with current probabilistic risk assessment methodology. Topics to be covered include:
Intended Audience: Anyone who is currently involved or anticipates involvement in laser testing will benefit from this course. Test planners and managers as well as those technically involved with the testing are welcome. Instructor Biographies: Mike Walter is a Senior Test Engineer with Schafer Corporation's Advanced Concepts and Technology Division in Albuquerque, NM. He graduated from University of Portland with a BS in Electrical Engineering and received his commission in the Air Force in 2000. Mr. Walter's primary Air Force duties included test and evaluation, mission planning and program management of missile defense and directed energy technology development programs. He obtained a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Air Institute of Technology (AFIT) in March 2005. In 2008, he joined Schafer and has provided mission planning and flight test and evaluation support for several DARPA hypersonic flight tests as well payload integration support to the NASA Flight Opportunities Program Office of the Chief Technologist. More recently, Mr. Walter has supported PA and AD HEL test and operations efforts for the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office (HEL JTO). Heather Witts is the Deputy Chief of the DE Branch of the JFCC SPACE/J95 Unified Space Vault. In that role she is primarily responsible for carrying out the Laser Clearinghouse mission. She was accepted into the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NuPOC) Program in 2001 and graduated from Luther College with a BA in Math and Physics in May 2003. She received her commission in December 2003, completed sea tours on USS IWO JIMA and USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, and passed the nuclear engineers exam. In August 2008, then LT Lehmann reported to JFCC SPACE/J95 at Vandenberg AFB as Deputy Chief of the Directed Energy Branch where she spent most of her time dedicated to carrying out the LCH mission. In late 2010 she transitioned out of the active force, into the Navy Reserves, and became an AF civilian - remaining in a similar position at JFCC SPACE. She obtained a Masters Degree in Engineering Management and was married in 2011. Ms Witts is presently the primary point of contact for the LCH mission. Registration & Fees
Persons requesting cancellation through 9 July will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 9 July are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. There will be no refunds after 2 August.
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