EE Prof Co-Authors Radar Systems Design Book

MATLAB Simulations for Radar Systems Design by Bassem R Mahafza, Decibel Research, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama and Atef Elsherbeni, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

Dr. Atef Z. Elsherbeni, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Applied Electromagnetic Systems Research (CAESR) at The University of Mississippi, recently teamed with Dr. Bassem R Mahafza, Founder and President of Decibel Research, Inc. of Huntsville, AL, to write a new book on radar simulations. The content of this text includes work developed by Dr. Elsherbeni while teaching radar courses off-campus at the Raytheon Electronic Systems facility in Forest, Ms, over the past few years. The book is illustrated with the accompanying title box and book cover, along with publication information from the publichers.

This new book, MATLAB Simulations for Radar Systems Design, is unlike Dr. Mahafza' other books, Introduction to Radar Analysis and Radar Systems Analysis and Design Using MATLAB, in that the emphasis of this book is on radar system design as opposed to radar analysis. However, the authors include enough theory to provide readers with the tools needed to perform radar systems analysis. Featuring comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the most important radar topics, the book is organized to show the reader how to design a radar system and analyze and perform the necessary calculations. MATLAB code has been included throughout the book to help with both analysis and design of radar systems. A unique feature of the book is the inclusion of a design case study that is carried throughout the book with increasing complexity. Main points of text are:

1. Emphasizes radar system design process while providing the detailed coverage necessary for analysis
2. Provides all the MATLAB programs and functions found in the book on the CRC Press Web site or on the Math Works Web site
3. Includes detailed mathematical derivations of all the most important formulas and equations used in radar MATLAB Simulations for Radar Systems Design by Bassem R Mahafza, Decibel Research, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama and Atef Elsherbeni, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
4. Features comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the most important radar topics such as target tracking systems, synthetic aperture radar, electronic counter measures

The Chapman & Hall/CRC publication date is December 16, 2003.

Dr. Atef Elsherbeni

Dr. Atef Z. Elsherbeni joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi in August 1987 as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. He advanced to the rank of Associate Professor on July 1991, and to the rank of Professor on July 1997. He received The 2003 Mississippi Academy of Science Outstanding Contributions to Science Award, the 2002 IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, The 2002 School of Engineering Outstanding Engineering Faculty Member of the Year Award, the 2001 Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES) Exemplary Service Award for leadership and contributions as Electronic Publishing managing Editor 1999-2001, the 2001 Researcher/Scholar of the year award in the Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Mississippi, and the 1996 Outstanding Engineering Educator of the IEEE Memphis Section.

His professional interests include scattering and diffraction of electromagnetic waves, numerical techniques, antennas, remote sensing, and computer applications for electromagnetic education. He has published 58 technical journal articles and 12 book chapters on applied electromagnetics, antenna design, and microwave subjects, and presented over 193 papers at professional conferences.

Dr. Elsherbeni's home page can be found at ee.olemiss.edu/atef and his email address is atef@olemiss.edu.