USAFA DFEC

ECE 495 — Electromagnetic Warfare and Survivability

Block 4: Aircraft Survivability and Mission Planning
Lesson 39: Peer Review
Juan Jurado, Col, USAF, Ph.D.
Permanent Professor and Head
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fall 2026
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Block 4 · Lesson 39 · The Clock

Today's Clock

ClockWhat happens
0–15 minDrafts in, reviewers posted; calibrate on one sample paragraph
15–45 minYour review, on the peer-review form
45–50 minReview submitted through Teams; returned to its author

Every cadet reviews one paper and receives one review.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Teams

How Drafts and Reviews Move

Your draft
  • One PDF, through the course Teams team, at the start of class
  • One reviewer: the cadet before you on the roster
  • Your reviewer reads the PDF — nothing else
Your review
  • One paper — the cadet after you — reviewed today
  • On the peer-review form — printed, or an annotated PDF
  • A PDF through Teams; the author revises from it at L40

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · The Form

The Peer-Review Form

Every rubric line
  • Circle one band: Exceeds · Meets · Developing · Missing
  • One comment: where, what you see, what would fix it
  • Line 6 is a self-check on your own review; line 7 names the comment the author must answer
Then
  • The citation check: open one of the author's cited lessons
  • The strongest element of the paper
  • The single change that would most improve it
Your review is 5% of your own project grade: specific, accurate, and anchored to the rubric.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Calibrate

Calibrate: Review This Paragraph

From a notional draft · V. Results

The aspect-aware route (Fig. 3) threads the gap between the two medium-range sites and greatly improves survivability over the shortest route. The planning grid is fine enough to resolve every lethal zone [9]. Fig. 4 shows the RCS the route presents to the binding site; it stays small for the whole ingress. This route is therefore the safest possible ingress, and with the stand-off jammer it defeats the integrated air defense.

[9] “Route planning tips,” anonymous post, flight-simulation forum, 2022. [Online].

0 100 200 300 0 2 4 6 8 distance flown RCS

Fig. 4. RCS the binding site sees, by distance.

Mark it as you would a draft: which rubric lines, which band, one specific comment each. Five minutes, alone.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Good Reviews

What a Good Review Looks Like

WeakGood
Comment“The results section is confusing and could use more detail. Nice figures overall!”“Table II, p. 2: the unsupported row repeats the aspect-blind row's promised $P_S$, so the route labeled aware used nose-on $\sigma$. Route results and the aspect-blind comparison — Developing. Re-plan it with the aspect-aware edge risks Sec. III states.”
SpecificNo page, section or figureTable, page and row named
AccurateNothing to checkNames the model error exactly
AnchoredNo rubric line, no bandOne line, one band, one fix
Write the review you would want to receive.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Citation Check

The Citation Check

  • Are all four blocks cited — at least one lesson each?
  • Pick one cited lesson that carries a claim the paper depends on
  • Open it from the URL in its reference: does it support the claim, where it is cited?
  • Any external source: credible, and vetted in one line in Appendix A?
A citation that does not support its claim, or a block with no lesson, is a finding. Write it down.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Your Review

Your Review: Thirty Minutes

One paper, one form, thirty minutes:

  • Read the whole draft once before you mark anything
  • Then line by line: one band and one comment each
  • The citation check, the strongest element, the single change
  • Submit through Teams before you leave
Specific. Accurate. Anchored to the rubric.

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · After Today

Your Response

The review you receive
  • From the cadet before you on the roster
  • Returned to you through Teams today
  • Revise from it at L40
Your response table
  • A row per comment asking for a change
  • Changed: what, and where in the final
  • Not changed: why, with your evidence
  • ResponseToReviewers.tex, due with the final at L41

Block 4 · Lesson 39 · Wrap-Up

Wrap-Up

Before you leave
  • Your review submitted through Teams
  • Your line 6 self-check circled
  • Your own reviewer's name known
Next lesson
  • L40: Revision Work Day — bring the review
  • L41, start of class: final paper, response table, code and AI transcripts, through Teams
  • HW4 due and Quiz 4 at L41