ORE 603: OCEANOGRAPHY FOR ENGINEERS
Fall Semester 2008 Tues/Thurs 10:30-11:45 am Holmes Hall 242
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The objective of this course is to provide the ocean engineering student with an understanding of the ocean environment. The course will provide an overview of the physical, chemical, biological and geological processes that determine the state of the ocean and its dynamics. Topics of discussion will include description of the world’s oceans and dynamic processes, introduction to analytical description, circulation and ocean measurement techniques. Theory of underwater acoustics will be examined along with sonar, swath bathymetry and tomography applications.
Course developed by Geno Pawlak.

ORE 766: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDRODYNAMIC PROBLEMS
Spring Semester 2009 Tues/Thurs 10:30-11:45 am MSB 314
Syllabus

The objective of this course is to provide students with the background and skills required to numerically simulate and solve ocean engineering problems. This will be a hands-on class with theory accompanied by practical implementation in MATLAB. After a review of programming in MATLAB, numerical methods for linear equations, interpolation, differentiation and integration, and ordinary and partial differential equations will be covered. Emphasis will be placed on application to ocean engineering problems such as potential flow, water waves, ocean structures, and ocean acoustics.