Schedule for 2024
The 2024 schedule is provided below.
February : Introduction to Radar Systems
Course Code: EEE5119Z
The principal aim of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental principles underlying radar systems and to enable them to understand and apply these principles to generic radar systems. The subject is specifically structured around these aims.
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the main principles underlying radar systems.
- Understand the role of each component of a radar system.
- Use the radar equation to describe the performance of radar systems.
- Understand how target and environmental characteristics affect the choice of system design parameters.
- Describe and assess the relative advantages of different types of radars.
Presented By: Prof. Mike Inggs
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 19 - 23 February
Duration: 9 Weeks
Exam 22 - 26 April
April : Advanced Mathematics
Course Code: EEE5108Z
This course provides a useful mathematical toolkit for the Radar and Electronic Defence Engineer. Emphasis is on practical calculation and useful ‘tricks of the trade’ rather than mathematical rigour. The textbook, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, E. Kreyszig (Wiley) (with many editions available but edition 9 preferred) is prescribed. Some notes are also made available to assist the student.
Specific course topics include:
- Ordinary differential equations
- Laplace transforms
- Fourier analysis
- Partial differential equations
- Complex analysis
Presented By: Prof Pieter Uys
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 08 April - 12 April
Duration: 10 Weeks
Exam 10 - 14 June
EEE5119Z Exam 22 - 26 April
May
EEE5108Z Exam 27 - 31 May
June : Microwave Devices & Antennas
Course Code: EEE5121Z
This course describes the operation and design of microwave components used in radar and telecommunication systems. The course follows the recommended textbooks very closely.
Specific course topics include:
- Review of EM theory
- Antenna parameters
- Transmission lines
- Network analysis
- Antenna elements
- Power dividers and couplers
- Impedance matching
- Waveguides
- Oscillators, PLLs and mixers
- Array theory
- FEKO and Microwave Office
Presented By: Dr. Paine and Dr. Schonken / Dr. Wiid
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 17 - 21 June
Duration: 9 Weeks
EEE5108Z Exam 10 - 14 June
Exam 19 - 23 August
July : Intro to Electronic Defence
Course Code: EEE5120Z
Presented By: CSIR
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 15 - 19 July
Duration: 10 Weeks
Exam 23 - 27 September
August : Radar Signal Processing
Course Code: EEE5105Z
This course presents the principles and techniques fundamental to the operation of the signal processing found in a radar system. The course follows the recommended textbook very closely.
Specific course topics include:
- Fundamentals of radar signals & signal processing
- Threshold detection of radar targets
- Constant false alarm rate detectors
- Doppler processing
- Radar measurements
- Radar tracking algorithms
- Fundamentals of pulse compression waveforms
- Overview of radar imaging
Presented By: Dr Mishra and Dr Gaffar
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 05 - 09 August
Duration: 9 Weeks
Exam 07 - 11 October
EEE5121Z Exam 19 - 23 August
September : Advanced Technology and Algorithms
Course Code: EEE5132Z
This course is organized in three parts, which mainly cover aspects related to High Resolution Radar (HRR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR).
Having successfully completed this course, students should:
- Understand the concept behind high resolution radar, SAR and ISAR
- Understand the techniques that are currently used in high resolution radar, SAR and ISAR and be able to choose which ones are the most suitable for a given scenario,
- Understand the significance of using SAR/ISAR images in a number of applications,
- Be able to implement simple SAR/ISAR algorithms,
- Understand the main differences between radar imaging of static scenes and non-cooperative moving targets,
- Be able to predict radar imaging performance in some scenarios.
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: 09 - 13 September
Duration: 9 Weeks
Exam 04 - 08 November
EEE5120Z Exam 23 - 27 September
October : EMC CPD Course - TBD
Course Code: EEE5105Z
Venue: UCT Upper Campus
Dates: End of October - TBD
EEE5105Z Exam 07 - 11 October
November
EEE5132Z Exam 04 - 08 November