Courses

Electronic Countermeasures - Theory and Design

This course is designed to teach students about both the principles of countermeasures and how to design effective electronic attacks. Students explore the spectrum of EA techniques including range, velocity, and angle deception, along with noise jamming. They then learn to analyse threats and design an effective countermeasures using the latest techniques and platforms, from chaff to digital radio frequency memory jammers, and active decoys.

This course is aimed at professional audiences with an introductory background in EW.

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ELINT - Principles and Practice

The goal of this course is to educate participants in the principles and practice of Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) for radar and communications systems. At the conclusion of these modules students will have an understanding of the theory behind ELINT and be able to apply it in practical scenarios. This includes estimating radar performance from ELINT, using it to develop countermeasures, and hacking communications channels. This course is composed of six modules designed with a progressive approach to learning the principles and practice of ELINT.

This course is aimed at professional audiences with an introductory background in EW.

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EE563 - Digital Signal Processing using FPGAs

EEE563 is a graduate course that examines the FPGA algorithms and architecture for DSP. The course will feature the entire software design flow from concept, to bit true simulation, to hardware implementation. Course projects and lab work will focus on applications in radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, including low probability of intercept signal detection and active arrays.

The goal of this course is to provide the students with the education and skills to design, implement and test DSP systems for FPGAs.

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EE513 - Radar Systems Engineering

This graduate course provides an introduction to radar systems engineering, along with relevant areas of electronic warfare. The course is conducted with weekly lectures, supplemented by assigned readings and extensive lab work. Radar systems will be modelled and tested using a variety of microwave measurement tools, with a focus on system level metrics.

The goal of this course is to provide the students with the education and skills to design, analyse and measure radar systems, along with knowledge of the current state of the art in radar systems.

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AMS501 - Military Communications Systems

This is a professional level course targeted at officers and engineers involved in the systems engineering management of military communications projects.

The goal of this course is to provide the students with an understanding of modern military communications systems, their requirements, how they are integrated into with vehicle and soldier systems, along with an introduction to electronic warfare.

EEE495 - Digital Systems Architecture

This course provides students with an understanding of the architecture, design and implementation of modern digital systems using state-of-the-art computer aided engineering tools with emphasis on field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices. The course, supported by an extensive laboratory component, includes: FPGA architectures and resources; digital system design methodology; static timing analysis; high performance computer arithmetic architectures; and design for testability.

The goal of this course is to provide you with the education and skills to design, analyse and test digital systems using FPGAs, with a focus on communications and radar applications.

EEE474 - Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems

This course provides an introduction to radar and electronic warfare systems. Students completing this course will understand the principles of radar, be capable of designing radar subsystems, and understand aspects of electronic warfare. Students will design, fabricate and test their own radar subsystems during the course's laboratory component.

The goal of this course is to provide you with the education and skills, to design, analyze and measure Radar and EW systems.

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EEE410 - Integrated Circuit Design

This course presents modern integrated circuit design concepts for both bipolar and MOS technologies, with an emphasis placed on CMOS technology. Computer-aided design tools and laboratory exercises complement the course. Topics include: non-ideal operational amplifiers; internal circuitry of operational amplifiers; frequency response of single-stage and multistage integrated circuit amplifiers; integrated circuit biasing including current sources, current mirrors and current steering circuits; analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters; digital CMOS logic and memory; oscillators; multivibrators; and integrated circuit timers.

The goal of this course is to provide you with the education and skills, to design, analyse and test CMOS digital and analog integrated circuits.

EEE381 - Avionics

The course is designed to acquaint the students with modern aerospace avionics systems and associated system integration issues. Topics include radar, navigation, communications and identification systems. An overview of electro optics and electronic warfare systems will follow, and electromagnetic interference and compatibility will be investigated. Aircraft power generation and distribution, flight controls, displays, vehicle and weapons management, and avionics architectures will be covered, and finally the critical role of embedded avionics software is explored. The lectures are supplemented by problem assignments, case studies of existing avionics systems, laboratory experiments and demonstrations.

EEE374 - RF Systems Engineering

This course studies the transmitter and receiver circuitry that converts data into wireless signals, and vice versa. Students completing this course will be able to explain how transmitters and receivers work, design, build and test transceiver circuitry, and estimate link budgets.

The course includes a significant laboratory component in which the students will design, fabricate and test their own radio-frequency circuits. Topics include: radio-frequency network analysis; couplers; filters; amplifiers; oscillators; mixers; planar circuit technology and computer-aided design techniques; receivers and transmitters; radio links; and noise analysis.

The goal of this course is to provide you with the education and skills, to design, analyse and measure RF systems and components.

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Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems Technology

A two week course on the technical aspects of radar and electronic warfare for pilots and air combat systems operators who will become tactical electronic warfare instructors and planners at their units.

The objective of this course is to provide the students with an understanding of the theory behind the tactics of electronic warfare. Students will learn the principles of modern radar systems, and the process of conducting ELINT on these systems. The resulting intelligence is then used to understand the tactical characteristics of radar systems, and develop EW plans based on this intelligence.