This Training School was targeted to PhD students, University students, researchers and engineers interested in numerical-analytical methods for the solution of scattering problems and in electromagnetic simulation.

Coordinators of the Training School were Prof Dragan Poljak (University of Split, Croatia, TU1208 MC Substitute Member), Dr Silvestar Sesnic (University of Split, Croatia, TU1208 WG Member) and Prof Lara Pajewski (Sapienza University, Italy, TU1208 MC Chair).

Trainers were Prof. Dragan Poljak, Dr Silvestar Sesnic, Prof Lara Pajewski, Dr Albéric De Coster (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, TU1208 WG Member), Prof. Antonis Giannopoulos (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, TU1208 MC Member), Dr Raffaele Persico (CNR-IBAM, Italy, TU1208 WG Member), Dr Mercedes Solla (University of Vigo, Spain), Dr Nicola Tedeschi (Sapienza University, Italy, TU1208 WG Member) and Dr Craig Warren (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, TU1208 WG Member).

The course started with an introduction to the COST Programme and to the Action TU1208, followed by a lecture on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) basic principles and applications. Different full-wave methods were presented, for the solution of forward electromagnetic-scattering problems in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) scenarios: the finite-difference time-domain technique, frequency- and time-domain integral methods, the cylindrical and spherical wave approaches. Open-source and commercial software for electromagnetic modelling were introduced. Trainees could learn how to use the new version of gprMax and E2GPR, freeware tools developed in the framework of the Action TU1208. These topics were complemented by lectures on processing and inversion of GPR data. Further lectures were devoted to presenting the TU1208 open database of synthetic and experimental radargrams, the IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (Sub-Committee 6), and to discussing how to achieve total transmission and deep penetration in lossy media.

Class Scheduling

Wednesday, 9 November 2016 - Introduction to COST and the Action TU1208. GPR basic principles and applications. Introduction to electromagnetic modelling of GPR.

Thursday, 10 November 2016 - FDTD technique. Use of gprMax and E2GPR. Processing of GPR data. Full-wave inversion of GPR data.

Friday, 11 November 2016 - Frequency-domain and time-domain integral methods for GPR. Processing of GPR data. How to achieve deep penetration of GPR signal in lossy media.

Saturday, 12 November 2016 - Cylindrical and Spherical Wave Approaches for GPR. IEEE Committee on EM Safety. Database of synthetic & experimental radargrams. Summary and final discussion.