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https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/238225

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - HOW RADAR HELPED WIN WORLD WAR II

DR. ELI BROOKNER

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26.  3:30 PACIFIC TIME (6:30 ET)

AESS Chapter Meeting. Virtual Meeting Registration open to all IEEE
chapters and sections to co-host and serve their local membership and
the public. Registration is being collected through Boston, watch out
for time zone as 6:30 eastern start time is 3:30 pacific.



Talk for the general public of all ages and technical levels.

Dr. Brookner will provide an easy to understand explanation of how
radar works. Radar was in its infancy at the start of World War II. The
British were using radar effectively along their coastline with a
network of antennas on 300-foot-tall towers to warn of approaching
enemy aircraft and missiles but they needed an invention that would
allow radars to be small enough to fit on ships and aircraft. They
invented the cavity magnetron and looked to American manufacturing
know-how and resources for rapid mass production. They were turned down
by all the major US firms, but a small Boston newcomer, Raytheon
Company, responded with a solution. The once small company ended up
making 85% of all magnetrons used by the allies in the war; this
changed the course of the war. By the end of World War II, Raytheon’s
shipborne radars were on all allied ships military and civilian.  Radar
can see at night, through clouds, in and fog. Radar can be used to land
aircraft in zero visibility. Radar can be used to identify targets to
prevent fratricide, deploy forces optimally, for navigation, for
collision avoidance.

Eli Brookner, global radar authority, worked at Raytheon Company from
1962 to 2014. Dr. Brookner will show just how dramatically the use of
radar on aircraft and ships helped to destroy enemy aircraft, ships,
missiles and submarines.  How the use of miniature radars on the tops
of artillery shells immensely increased their effectiveness against
aircraft, missiles, infantry men and their equipment. These miniature
TOP SECRET radars, called proximity fuzes, used miniature glass tubes
which had to withstand 20,000 g when blasted from the artillery guns.
Raytheon was one of the suppliers of these tubes. 22,000,000 proximity
fuzes with 140,000,000 tubes were produced during WW II.

Date and Time

Date: 26 Aug 2020
Time: 03:30 PM to 05:15 PM
All times are US/Pacific
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San Diego, California

Hosts

San Diego Section Chapter, AES10
with the IEEE Boston Chapter
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Registration

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Speaker

Dr. Eli Brookner, Distinguished Lecturer Eli Brookner is a global
radar authority known for his contributions to airborne, intelligence,
space, air-traffic control and defense mission systems. Among his
accomplishments is his leadership in designing advanced airport
surveillance radars, making air travel safer. A principal engineering
fellow at Raytheon Company’s Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury,
Massachusetts, Dr. Brookner has played a key role in many major radar
and phased-array radar systems developed during the past 40 years. His
teaching and lecturing have inspired and educated several generations
of radar engineers worldwide, over 10,000 have attended his lectures.


Agenda - must preregister

3:20 PM PACIFIC (5:20 Eastern) Joint Meeting - Registration is
collected through Boston, watch out for time zone

3:30 Speaker

Pre-registration required.  This meeting will be available via webinar
and your contact details are necessary to provide connection
information.