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    1 Introduction to the Class; Challenge; Lab Procedures
    2 Linear System Dynamics (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
    3 Wave Spectra (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF), Water Waves (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (Extra Page (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.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 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.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 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
    16 Engineering Ethics - Case Studies
    17 Engineering Ethics - Case Studies (cont.)
    18 Navigation Systems (PDF)
    19 Speed Effects and Sea-keeping (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
    20 Resistance and Powering of Vessels
    21 World Energy and Environmental Topics
    22 Optimization Principles (PDF)