Barbara Grant in SPIE's 2019 Women in Optics Planner

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Boulder, CO,  March 19-20, 2019

Barbara will be teaching two short courses for the Colorado Photonics Industry Association, "Radiometry and Applications" and "The Building Blocks of IR Instrument Design." Good for engineers and scientists in aerospace, autonomous systems, and any camera-based application.

Introduction to Radiometry:The Propagation and Measurement of Optical Radiant Energy

in UC Irvine's Optical Engineering Certificate Program Spring Quarter 2019.



Review of Barbara Grant's latest book

From the flagship publication of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, PE &RS, March 2017:

"This short but to the point book of 144 pages gives the reader exactly what the title suggests, a start and an overview of the details of collecting radiometric correctable data using imaging systems onboard UAV platforms." 

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 Grant Drone Solutions offers

• Imaging system selection based on mission requirements that benefit the goals of those who use/purchase drones
  

• Platform selection to correspond to the imaging goals of a project
  

• Development of test, measurement, and calibration plans for drone users, manufacturers, and platform integrators
  

• Radiometric calibration analysis
  

• Image data analysis

• Expert witness testimony

• UAV policy analysis and research
  

Grant Solutions, LLC, is the successor to Lines and Lights Technology, operated by Barbara Grant from 1995 to 2016. It represents the practical implementation of the prescriptions in her latest book,  "Getting Started with UAV Imaging Systems: A Radiometric Guide" published by SPIE Press in July 2016.

Check out Radiometry Case Study, : A Top-Level Systems Design Strategy , a free webinar designed to introduce my very practical radiometry course, taught online in the Spring Quarter through the UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education.

 

Here's what some former participants have to say:

"I want to thank Barbara Grant for working so hard as the instructor,very patient, very informative, very challenging."

“The material was great, the class organization was the best, and you[r] teaching was very clear.”

“I entered the course with essential[ly] no knowledge in this area, and am leaving with a significant amount of knowledge to address work-related problems.”

“I greatly appreciated the clarity of the presentations and the way they kept returning to the basic principles to make sure they are applied correctly.   Also the clarity in both understanding and answering my questions in the live webinars."

"I really enjoyed your class and use what you taught on a regular basis."

Component Level Calibration: Sources, Detectors, and Measurement Hardware SPIE SC1143 is a new half-day course  taught by Barbara Grant. For all planning a calibration of their sources, detectors, and measurement hardware, this is the course to learn how to do it and when to do it!

From former participants:

 " Ms. Grant was pleasant, well organized, and knowledgeable on the subject. I feel I was greatly benefited by my participation. I would certainly recommend this course to colleagues."

 "I was very impressed with the professor's ability to concisely and fluidly explain the topic....Barbara Grant's explanation of radiometric terms has laid out a solid foundation for me to build on as I continue to learn."







Grant Drone Media

How the Military UAV Community Can Learn from the Commercial Drone World (and Vice Versa)

DSIAC Journal Spring 2018

Hitting New Heights

Barbara Grant extensively sourced in UC Irvine's DCE Magazine's Cover Feature on UAVs for Spring, 2018

How Can UAV Data Solve Imaging Problems?

by Barbara Grant, published on 12/11/2017 in Commercial UAV News.

Coming in April, 2018

• DSIAC Journal article on how military UAV planners can learn from the commercial drone world

SPIE Newsroom Defense and Security, August 2014:

"Imagery analysis: standards needed for the drone age"

This article argues for analysis standards. I'd expand upon that now, arguing for high-quality cameras, not always in use these days. 

From SPIE Newsroom, 6 April 2017: Excerpt from Getting Started with UAV Imaging Systems: A Radiometric Guide is an effort to examine UAV imaging systems in light of their platform and applications contexts. 

Barbara was the invited speaker for the Long Range Imaging Conference held as part of SPIE's Defense and Commercial Sensing Symposium on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Her paper, "UAV imagery analysis: challenges and opportunities" can be accessed through the SPIE digital library.

About Barbara G. Grant, M. S.

SPIE Senior Member and UC-Irvine Distinguished Instructor Barbara G. Grant received the M. S. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1989, where she did her graduate research work in remote sensing imager calibration in the Remote Sensing Group. Read more here:



The Infrared Investigator  repeated her performance on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at Sunnyvale Library focusing on the need for standards in forensic imagery analysis to avoid the technical pitfalls of the Waco FLIR investigation. 

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