Abstract:

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is offering a new graduate program in the area of Marine Acoustics leading to the degree of Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Marine Acoustics. The Marine Acoustics specialization is multidisciplinary in nature bringing together the physical, mechanical, and electrical engineering aspects of the study of the production, propagation, and reception of underwater sound. The graduate program is currently running on campus as well as off-site at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport for as many as 60 students. Students in the NUWC program have completed the first 4 courses of an 11-course program consisting of a Mathematics Review (ECE403), the Fundamentals of Acoustics (ECE 557), Random Signals (ECE 521), Underwater Acoustics I (ECE 597), Underwater Acoustics II (ECE 597), Acoustic Transduction (ECE699), Digital Signal Processing (ECE574), Sonar Signal Processing (ECE575), Sonar Systems Engineering (ECE675), and a graduate thesis or two additional graduate courses (e.g., Computer Systems, Nonlinear Acoustics, etc.). The program is expected to provide the student with a good foundation in Acoustics. Details will be elaborated on during the presentation. [Program sponsored by NUWC and UMass Dartmouth.]