Lecture Notes

Lecture slides are available for selected topics. Please also see the Course Text page for extensive notes.

TOPICS SLIDES
Concepts of design (PDF)
Experiments, tests, and data (PDF)
Electronics essentials (PDF)
Design for the ocean environment (PDF - 2.2MB)
Applying optimization (PDF)
Stability and trim (PDF)
General presentation guidelines (PDF)
Corrosion in marine environments (PDF)
Important vehicle power sources (PDF)
Topics in machine elements (PDF - 1.1MB)
Navigation sensors and systems (PDF)
Basic physics of underwater acoustics (PDF)
Introduction to discrete-time systems (PDF)
Feedback control (PDF)
Control system design (PDF)