1.1 Basic Radar Concepts

Instructor: Bob Trebits - GTRI

Monday April 22, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Abstract

Basic Radar Concepts is a course in the fundamental principles of modern radar technology. This course is intended to impart to the student a basic, high-level understanding of today's modern radar technology in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The instructor, Bob Trebits, has significant experience in presentation of radar-related, short course material and has over the years developed an understanding of how to best present special topics (e.g., propagation phenomena, Nyquist sampling issues, use of decibel (dB) nomenclature, probability density functions, etc.) using easy-to-interpret everyday situations as examples. Topics include: basic radar definitions and terminology, the radar range equation, radar cross section, the radar detection process, radar antennas (including phased arrays), and clutter effects.

Bio

Bob Trebits received his BS degree in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965 and his masters and doctoral degrees from Georgia Tech in 1967 and 72, respectively. Dr. Trebits joined the staff at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in 1972 and has been involved in radar system, electronic attack, and electronic protection development. In addition to his 30 years of radar systems engineering experience, he has taught in numerous radar-related short courses, including "Principles of Modern Radar", which has been presented at GTRI for over 25 years. He is also the co-author of the text Millimeter Wave Radar, Artech House, Norwood MA. 1992 and several other radar related reference texts.

Dr. Trebits is a Fellow of the IEEE and is the current Chairman of the IEEE Radar Systems Panel. He also serves as the Vice-President, Administrative of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. Dr. Trebits was the General Chairman of the IEEE Radar Symposium held in Atlanta, Georgia in 1994.

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