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This page contains the notes and presentations on a selection of lecture topics.
Lecture notes files.| LEC # | TOPICS | 
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| 1 | Introduction to the Class; Challenge; Lab Procedures | 
| 2 | Linear System Dynamics (PDF)# | 
| 3 | Wave Spectra (PDF)#, Water Waves (PDF)# (Extra Page (PDF)#) | 
| 4 | Physics of Acoustics (PDF) | 
| 5 | Estimating Underwater Acoustics Propagation: Slides (PDF), Notes (PDF), Solutions (PDF) (Courtesy of Ethem Sözer. Used with permission.) | 
| 6 | Electronics (PDF) and Embedded Computing (PDF) | 
| 7 | Vessel Hydrostatics and Stability | 
| 8 | Probability and Random Variables | 
| 9 | Long-term and Short-term Statistics (PDF)# | 
| 10 | Concepts of Design (PDF) | 
| 11 | Experiments, Data, Testing, and Presentation (PDF - 1.1 MB) | 
| 12 | Feedback Control (PDF) | 
| 13 | Feedback Control (cont.) (PDF) | 
| 14 | Maneuvering of Vessels (PDF) | 
| 15 | Fluid Forces on Floating Bodies (PDF)# | 
| 16 | Engineering Ethics - Case Studies | 
| 17 | Engineering Ethics - Case Studies (cont.) | 
| 18 | Navigation Systems (PDF) | 
| 19 | Speed Effects and Sea-keeping (PDF)# | 
| 20 | Resistance and Powering of Vessels | 
| 21 | World Energy and Environmental Topics | 
| 22 | Optimization Principles (PDF) |