Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Barkyoumb, NSWC Carderock Division; Steven Ouimette, NSWC Carderock Division

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Ocean and Marine

the 10-week summer internships. Wehave record of 26 being hired into positions within the US Navy. (The majority of hires work 1in our Carderock Division but some are at Naval Shipyards and other labs). Table 1 shows thestatistics of the total number of interns who applied to the program nationally, those graduateand undergraduate applicants who chose the Carderock Division as their first choice, thenumber of undergraduates who chose Carderock as their first choice, and the final number ofinterns who actually performed their internship at Carderock.The Carderock Division’s major areas of work center on the mission of Hull, Mechanical andElectrical systems, which translates to all Ship’s Systems

Conference Session

Topics at the intersection of Aero and Naval Eng.

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sung Kyung Hong, Sejong University; Min-kee Hong, Cheong-Shim International Academy; Yoon-ki Hong, Cheong-Shim International Academy; Jong-hyun Hwang, Sejong University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

extensive miniaturization work1.This paper will describe the PC-controlled aerial robot, its control algorithm and electronicassembly, as well as the educational uses it has been.Aerial Robot System(1) AircraftThe model aircraft used in this research is a miniature vehicle (Overall length: 720mm / overallwidth: 1,000mm / weight: 350g). In order to prevent damages caused by the novice controls of Page 13.412.2the students the aircraft was built with EPP(Expanded PolyPropylene) material. For thelimitations of space and load weight of aircraft, only GPS is loaded. Consequently the attitudeand rate of the aircraft (conventionally they can be acquired

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Giver, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; Stephen Michetti, NSWCCD

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

participated in the project, began to create a specific curriculum with a marineengineering theme. Lessons included such concepts as basic skills in ship and submarine design,buoyancy, displacement, motor movement, soldering, vectors, circuits and switches, ergonomicdesign, measurement of depth, biological sampling, and attenuation of light. The curriculum wasdesigned to meet the National Science Standards Matrix (Attachment 1.)The parts utilized to make the Sea Perch project include PVC pipe, wire, small motors, filmcanisters, wax, switches, small propellers, and other items. The students team up in small groupsof two to three, and follow the build curriculum, learning concepts as they build, workingtogether, and documenting their experience along

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damien Bretall, NSWC; Deborah Furey, NSWC

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

response to sensor data o Surface within a target region ‚ Acoustic Processing o Determine bearing to an acoustic source (range is helpful too) o Usually ~20 – 30 kHz ‚ Vision Processing o Identify lines or boxes and determine their position relative to the vehicle o Identify colors or flash rates of lights ‚ Perform a Task o Drop a marker or pick up an object at a specific location Figure 1: AUV Functional RequirementsAs described in the NEST Primer document3, a vehicle that can successfully meet tasks such asthese will need to be equipped with specific hardware designed to sense optical and acousticsignals. The vehicle will also need to be able to process

Conference Session

Topics at the intersection of Aero and Naval Eng.

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Konstantin Matveev, Washington State University

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Ocean and Marine

. One research project andoutreach activities are described in this paper.IntroductionAdvanced air-assisted marine craft, such as Power Augmented Ram Vehicles (PARV), Wing-In-Grounds (WIG), and Air Cavity Ships (ACS), can benefit many naval and civil applications,including landing/patrol/rescue missions, high-speed Sealift, Arctic operations, and shipping andrecreational industries. For example, a demand for these craft has been demonstrated by a recentBroad Agency Announcement of the Office of Naval Research.1 Due to complexity oftechnologies associated with high-speed motion at the air-sea interface and complex physics ofmulti-phase flows, traditional rigorous R&D approaches require enormous resources andsophisticated facilities. These

Conference Session

Topics at the intersection of Aero and Naval Eng.

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Wiggins, Webb Institute

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

diesel systems. Carbon dioxide productiondepends mainly on the hydrogen to carbon ratio of the fuel. Here again burning natural gas isattractive, because the hydrogen to carbon ratio is 4:1 as compared to roughly 2:1 for liquidfuels. Finally, the combustion of natural gas produces little or no particulates.Based on the considerations mentioned above, a combined gas and steam (COGAS) propulsionsystem is a very promising alternative to steam or diesel propulsion. It is therefore appropriatefor the marine engineering designers of the future to be familiar with this approach.Structure of the courseThe course has thermodynamics and fluid mechanics as prerequisites. In the thermodynamicscourse students learn all the tools that are required here. In

Conference Session

Topics at the intersection of Aero and Naval Eng.

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh McCue, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Pace, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

solutions/compromises. The project was deliberately open-ended to allow studentsmaximum freedom, but they were encouraged to view the assignment as a challenge to formulatedesign constraints and/or potential ship owner requirements.BackgroundDefinitionNewell defines inter-disciplinary studies as that which “draws insights from relevant disciplinesand integrates those insights into a more comprehensive understading”1. According to Newell,for a topic to be considered for inter-disciplinary studies, it must be both multi-faceted andcoherent1. By requiring it to be multi-faceted, different disciplines are needed to address thetopic at hand. Without this qualification it could be justly handled by a single discipline. Byrequiring it to be coherent, the