Text Box: 11th International Conference on 
Ground Penetrating Radar 
June 19 - 22, 2006
Columbus, Ohio, USA 
 
 
Text Box: 11th International Conference on 
Ground Penetrating Radar 
June 19 - 22, 2006
Columbus, Ohio, USA 
 
 
Text Box: 11th International Conference on 
Ground Penetrating Radar 
June 19 - 22, 2006
Columbus, Ohio, USA 
 
 

 

 

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Short Courses

June 18 (sunday)

 
 

1  FDTD Modeling for GPR Applications                               $125.00               

2  Fundamentals of GPR Antennas                                           $125.00                

3  Hands-on Fundamentals of GPR                                           $125.00 

 


 

1. Hands-On Fundamentals of GPR

Instructor:            Jeffrey J. Daniels, Barry J. Allred and Mark Vendl

Date:                      June 18 (Sunday Morning), 2006

Time:                     8:30 to 12:00  

Location:               Waterman Farm

                                2490 Carmark Road

                                Columbus OH, 43221           

                                Shuttle bus will be served

                                       Departure from the blackwell hotel at 8:00 AM

                                       Departure from Waterman Farm at 12:30 PM

    

1.     GPR Overview

2.     Field Operations (presentation and hands-on demo)

           a. 2D surveys

           b. 3D surveys

3.    Data Processing & Display (presentation and hands-on demo)

4.    Interpretation

(take-away 2D/3D data processing and display software will be provided)

2. Finite Difference Time Domain Modeling for GPR Applications

Instructors:           Robert Lee and Fernando Teixeira

Date:                       June 18 (Sunday Morning), 2006

Time:                      8:30 to 12:00 (two 15-minute breaks)

 

1.        Basic theory

2.        Outer boundary conditions

3.        Earth media modeling

a.        Soil parameters and random medium models

b.       Frequency dispersion

4.        Antenna modeling issues

5.        Advanced Concepts

a.        Subgridding

b.       ADI

c.        Hybridization with finite element time domain method

 3. GPR Antenna Designs

Instructor:            Chi-Chih Chen

Date:                      June 18 (Sunday Afternoon), 2006

Time:                     13:00 - 16:30 (one break)

 

 1.     GPR Antenna Fundamentals

  • Review basic antenna characteristics

  • Review small antenna performance limitations

  • Advanced small antennas design techniques

 

2.     Small Antenna Design and Limitations

  • Antenna’s impacts on detection and characterization

  • Ground effect on antenna radiations 

  • How to choose a GPR antenna design?