AMTA SHORT COURSE

Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 8:00 am–5:15 pm  

A Practical Intuitive Approach to Modern Near-Field Antenna Measurements

“One-Day Summary of a Career of Study into Near-Field Metrology”

Prof. Stuart Gregson
Next Phase Measurements & Queen Mary University of London
Dennis Lewis
Boeing

This one-day short course provides a grounded, measurement orientated, introduction to classical near-field theory. The planar, cylindrical and spherical transformations are developed from a practical, intuitive, measurement-oriented point of view that provides the attendee with the necessary foundations and understanding that are then harnessed to develop several important modern measurement techniques. These techniques place an emphasis on key developments in the last 15 years including near-field imaging, reflection suppression, and the use of sparse sampling and compressive sensing in antenna measurements that highlight the use of modern industrial, multi-axis, robotic antenna measurement systems. The course includes extensive data and numerous practical examples of real-world applications.

Prof. Stuart Gregson is lead author of Principles of Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements 2nd Ed., IET Press, London, 2023 and coauthor of, Theory and Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements 2nd Ed., IET Press, London, 2021, with the material presented here cross-referencing these books. Given the compact nature of such a course, this cross-referencing will have significant value for students that wish to study the topics presented in greater depth.

Short Course Schedule:

TimeSubjectDurationSpeakers
7:15 – 8:00Registration and Breakfast45 mins
8:00 – 8:05Introduction5 minsStuart Gregson
8:05 – 9:00Background and Fundamentals55 minsStuart Gregson
9:00 – 10:15Planar Near-Field Theory (measurement view)75 minsStuart Gregson
10:15 – 10:30Break15 mins
10:30 – 11:45Cylindrical Near-Field Theory (measurement view)75 minsStuart Gregson
11:45 – 12:45Lunch60 mins
12:45 – 13:30Case Study – Boeing (Example Applications)45 minsDennis Lewis
13:30 – 14:30Spherical Near-Field Theory (measurement view)60 minsStuart Gregson
14:30 – 14:45Break15 mins
14:45 – 15:45Advanced Antenna Measurements &
Scattering Suppression
60 minStuart Gregson
15:45 – 16:00Break15 mins
16:00 – 17:00New Innovations & Future Trends (Inc. Compressive Sensing)60 minStuart Gregson
17:00 – 17:15Discussion, Q&A, Close15 minsInteractive

Instructors

Prof. Stuart Gregson
Next Phase Measurements & Queen Mary University of London

Professor Stuart Gregson has thirty years of experience working in the space, aerospace and communications sectors and is Director of Operations and Research at Next Phase Measurements, and an honorary visiting professor in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. He received his BSc degree in Physics, his MSc degree in Microwave Solid State Physics, both from the University of Portsmouth and his PhD degree from Queen Mary University of London. From his time with: Airbus, Leonardo, NSI-MI, NPL, and Next Phase Measurements; Prof. Gregson has developed special experience with near-field antenna measurements, finite array mutual coupling, computational electromagnetics, installed antenna and radome performance prediction, compact antenna test range design & simulation, electromagnetic scattering, 5G OTA measurements and has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed research papers on these topics, regularly contributing to and organizing industrial courses in these subject areas. At the end of 2007 he was the lead author of the research text, Principles of Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements, and in 2014 he co-authored a second text, Theory and Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements, both of which are in their second editions and are published by the IET within their Electromagnetic Waves Series. He has twice received the AMTA Best Technical Paper award.  In 2015 he jointly presented the AMTA Sunday Short Course on Near-Field Measurement Error Analysis & Computational Electromagnetic Modelling and currently organizes and presents the IET’s annual short course on Modern Antenna Range Measurements. In 2018, Prof. Gregson was elected to the AMTA Board of Directors where he served first as Treasurer, then as Vice President and until 2025 as Chair of the AMTA Growth Committee.  In 2022 he received the AMTA Outstanding Service Award.  He is a Fellow of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and is a chartered Engineer and Physicist.

Dennis Lewis
Boeing

Dennis Lewis received his BS EE degree with honors from Henry Cogswell College and his MS degree in Physics from the University of Washington.  He has worked at Boeing for 35 years and is recognized as a Technical Fellow, leading the enterprise antenna measurement capability for Boeing Test and Evaluation. Dennis holds twelve patents and is the recipient of the 2013 & 2015 Boeing Special Invention Award.   He is a senior member of the IEEE and several of its technical societies including the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society.  He actively contributes to these societies as a member of the IEEE MTT-S subcommittee 3 on microwave measurements and as a Board Member and a past Distinguished Lecturer for the EMC Society.  He is a Fellow of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association and served as Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Antenna Measurements Techniques Association (AMTA) and chaired its annual symposium in 2012 & 2023.  As a past faculty member at North Seattle College, Dennis developed and taught a course on The Fundamentals of Measurement Science. He is also a past chair and serves on the Technical Advisory Committee. His current technical interests include aerospace applications of reverberation chamber test techniques as well as microwave and antenna measurement systems and uncertainties.