Course Details Registration & Fees These short courses are being offered in conjunction with the Seventeenth Annual Directed Energy Symposium, to be held 2-5 March 2015 in Anaheim, California. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits will be awarded upon successful completion of these DEPS short courses. All are half-day courses 1: Introduction to HPM Systems, 0800 Tuesday 3 March 2: Test and Evaluation of HPM Systems, 1300 Tuesday 3 March 3: Introduction to HEL Systems, 0800 Wednesday 4 March 4: Tri-Service Lethality: Testing & Equipment, 1300 Wednesday 4 March 5: Tri-Service Lethality: M&S Tools and Techniques, 0800 Thursday 5 March
Course 1. Introduction to High Power Microwave Systems Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C, US Only (Restricted to U.S. citizens who are employees of the U.S. Government or its contractors) Instructor: Mark Rader, NRL Duration: Half-day course, starts at 1300 Tuesday 3 March CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to RF Directed Energy weapons, also known as High Power Microwave (HPM) weapons. The course consists of four parts: 1) a general introduction to the basic terms and concepts, 2) a discussion of the varous types of effects that can be induced and how they are characterized, 3) the technologies that enable RF-DEW weaponization, and 4) hardening techniques and technologies. At the end of the class, students will know what RF-DEWs are and how they differ from classical Electronic Warfare and nuclear EMP. Students will learn the various ways in which microwaves couple into a target (i.e., front door/back door, in-band/out-of-band) and some of the many sorts of effects that they can precipitate. Technology discussions will show the difference between narrow band (NB) and ultra-wide band (UWB) sources, antennas and diagnostics, as well as the principal elements of the power systems needed to support them. The course concludes with a discussion of hardening techniques and technologies. Topics to be covered include:
Intended Audience: Newcomers to the field of RF-DEW or managers with some background in science and engineering will benefit the most from this course. Instructor Biography:
Course 2. Test and Evaluation of High Power Microwave Systems Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution C Instructor: Jeffrey S. Schleher, TRMC Duration: Half-day course, starts at 1300 Tuesday 3 March CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This course includes eight sections and requires a little under four hours to present. The initial session introduces High Power Microwave systems and establishes both terminology and how HPM microwave systems differ from other radio frequency systems that may require testing. The course addresses the kinds of HPM testing that might be conducted and some measures that must be determined. Other sessions address where HPM testers can go to obtain test resources such as high power sources, typical and special instrumentation, and targets. Other sessions address test procedures, safety and permitting. Topics to be covered include:
Intended Audience: This course is targeted at test managers, new test technicians, and personnel who need to know the specialized equipment used in high power microwave test activities and where this equipment can be obtained. The course is taught at a level sufficient for an individual unfamiliar with HPM fundamentals to understand the material, but not at level sufficient to work directly on HPM equipment. Instructor Biography: Jeffrey Schleher is a retired Air Weather Service Officer who spent most of his 23-year career is space weather and developing the first large space surveillance and missile warning radars. After retirement he worked for 30-years in testing large radar for AFOTEC, ATEC, and OPTEVFOR and testing electronic warfare systems. For the last 15-years Mr Schleher has worked for the Test Resource Management Center developing HPM test sources and instrumentation for the military test ranges and supporting electronic warfare test science and technology programs. He holds advanced degrees in ionospheric physics, electrical engineering, research management, and environmental engineering.
Course 3. Introduction to High Energy Laser Systems Classification: Unclassified, Public Release Instructor: John Wachs, Schafer Duration: Half-day course, starts at 0800 Wednesday 4 March CEUs awarded: 0.35 Course Description: This lecture will introduce the field of HEL weapons and their associated technologies using an interweaving of technical requirements, history, and accomplishments. The basic attributes of HEL weapons will be covered, leading into discussions of laser-material interaction, lethality, potential weapon applications, system requirements, laser power scaling, propagation, and beam control. DoD interest in tactical applications, current technical issues, and areas of research emphasis will be highlighted. Intended Audience: This course is geared to those with a technical background who seek an overview of HEL technology and the current state of the art. Individuals who are beginning to work in the field or technical managers who wish an integrated overview would benefit from the class. Instructor Biography: Mr. John Wachs worked as a civilian employee for the Army in Huntsville, AL during his entire 42 year career, which was devoted to directed energy (DE) research and development. The first part of his career focused on field testing of high energy laser devices. For the remainder of his career, Mr. Wachs managed the development and testing of DE systems for both tactical and strategic military applications. Since his retirement from Army civilian service in 2010, he has provided part time support to the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office through Schafer Corporation as a greybeard advisor. Courses 4 & 5. Tri-Service Lethality, presented in two parts Classification: Unclassified, Limited Distribution D, US Only (Restricted to U.S. citizens who are employees of the U.S. Department of Defense or its contractors) Instructors: Duration: CEUs awarded: 0.35 each Course Description: The Tri-Service Lethality short course is presented in two distinct half-day course sessions as described below. The Lethality Testing/Equipment Session (Course 4) will provide a discussion of all elements of HEL Lethality testing. The course will address data collection standards to be applied during the planning and execution of the test to assure meaningful and accurate data is collected. It will describe measurement techniques for measuring beam profile and other laser parameters during the execution of the test. Experimental test setup and processes will be described along with data acquisition requirements for targets, facility and test conditions as well as the instrumentation and equipment necessary to acquire those measurements. The testing session will conclude with a discussion of testing strategy for successful conduct of Dynamic Testing. This will include development of test matrices to describe all the key test parameters as well as techniques and methods to execute HEL Lethality full scale target testing. The Modeling & Simulation Tools/Techniques Session (Course 5) will describe the models, codes and tools utilized to analyze and predict Laser System performance in a variety of ground-based, air-based and at-sea based scenarios. Model discussions will include high-fidelity physics based models as well as fast-running codes to provide vulnerability assessment for system level modeling codes. The high-fidelity modeling will describe the key parameters and the physics associated with laser / material interaction. Engineering-level modeling codes will be described that identifies the key target and laser parameters used to analyze a wide set of target scenarios and engagements. The full scope of end-to-end modeling will be described as used in DoD Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) decision processes. This session will be concluded with a description and demonstration of the HEL JTO published Laser Lethality Knowledge Base. Intended Audience: Students attending this course should have an undergraduate degree in science or engineering. The course is tailored for the system program manager, system designer, and the lethality analyst who are interested in learning the full gamut of HEL lethality and target vulnerability analysis and testing. Experience in the field would be helpful but not necessary. Instructor Biographies: Dr. Christopher Lloyd is currently leading the Navy’s High Energy Laser Lethality program. He has been a Lead Scientist at NSWC Dahlgren since 2009, where he serves as the Lethality IPT Lead for the Solid State Laser-Technology Maturation program (SSL-TM). He worked at the Naval Research Laboratory for 9 years, supporting material fabrication and laser testing efforts for PMS-405 and NSWC Dahlgren. He has coordinated several HEL lethality field and laboratory tests and collaborated jointly with the Army and Air Force lethality teams to support the Navy’s SSL-TM, HEL JTO and Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) laser programs. Dr. Lloyd received his Ph.D. in Physical Sciences from George Mason University in 2009. Dr. Peter Wick is a Lead Senior Scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the Virginia Military Institute in 1990 and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University in 1995. Upon arriving at NSWC Dahlgren in 1995, he worked in the chemical and biological department, mainly focusing on instrument development and data acquisition up until 2007. He was brought into the high energy laser group in 2007 to develop instrumentation and diagnostic/algorithm capabilities to support laser weapon system lethality and development. He has been involved in several HEL field test events over the years and used his instrumentation background to perform system assessments via testing for various laser system platforms. Mr. Chuck LaMar leads the U.S. Army High Energy Laser Lethality program. As such, Mr. LaMar led the Directed Energy Alternative system engineering for the recent U.S. Army Analysis of Alternatives. He is also the program manager for the Army’s Solid State Laser Testbed; a facility dedicated to lethality and propagation studies for High Energy Lasers. In addition, he represents the Army on the JTO Lethality and Beam Control TAWG. He has written over 50 professional papers and publications in the field of High Energy Lasers. Mr. Robert Ulibarri is a Senior General Engineer with AFRL working in the laser effects branch. He has been involved in effects testing and analysis for over 15 years specifically supporting SBL, ABL and, currently, evaluation of tactical targets of interest to the Air Force. He has conducted numerous laser effects field tests at such facilities as HELSTF and AEDC. He is currently supporting the High Energy Laser - Future Air Dominance Study (AFRL/ACC study) and the upcoming DLWS field test effort. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Darren Luke is a Mechanical Engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory Laser Effects Research Branch. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of New Mexico with an emphasis in Computational Solid Mechanics. He has 10 years experience in high fidelity model development for laser effects applications with an emphasis in thermal transport, laser-material interaction, high temperature progressive damage plasticity, fracture mechanics, fluid dynamics, V&V methods, uncertainty quantification, finite element analysis and particle methods. He has been involved in laser vulnerability studies for tactical and strategic targets and is currently the laser effects modeling lead at AFRL/RDLE and is the synergistic effects IPT lead for the multi-disciplinary Integrated Weapons Environment for Analysis program. Mr. Bryan Knott received his degree in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech, after which he began work for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. For the past 14 years, Mr. Knott has worked in the Lethality and Effectiveness Branch performing analysis for both kinetic energy and directed energy weapon systems. Mr. Knott has also worked on the development of various M&S applications and he is currently the model manager for the Effectiveness ToolBox (ETB) and the Laser Vulnerability Tool (LVT). Mr. Knott is a member of the HEL JTO Lethality TAWG and is the NAVSEA representative for the HEL JTO M&S TAWG. Mr. David Loomis is providing program management and technical support to the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office. He led an effort to develop a set of Laser / Material Interaction data summaries and to integrate those data summaries into a Laser Lethality Knowledge Base that was published by the HEL JTO. He led an effort to perform a Beam Control Systems Study that reviewed and analyzed the state of the art of HEL Beam Control Technology delivering a comprehensive report to the HEL JTO that describes the state of the art and provides recommendations for advancing the Beam Control technology. Mr. Loomis was the Lockheed Martin Program Manager for the Zenith Star / Alpha - LAMP Integration Program that achieved several technology firsts including development of uncooled optics, design and fabrication of state of the art bandwidth deformable mirror and fast steering mirror, successful application of holographic optical elements on a 4 meter segmented primary mirror and development of the largest PtSi area focal plane array. Mr. Loomis was responsible for the test planning and test operations of all the Surface Navy Weapons System RDT&E programs including the Standard Surface to Air Missile, the Standard Arm Missile, the Standard Active Missile, the Vertical Launch System, the Surface Launched Harpoon, the Surface Launched Tomahawk, the Phalanx Close In Weapons System, the Rolling Airframe Missile, the 5 inch and the 8 inch Guided Projectiles. Registration & Fees Short Courses are $240 for each half-day class selected. Qualifying students (full-time students who are either presenting at, or volunteering service to, the Annual Symposium) will be allowed to attend the short courses for free (although they must still register). Registration for these short courses is done in conjunction with your Symposium Registration. If you have already registered for the Annual Symposium and would like to add short courses to your registration, please contact office@deps.org.
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