The Beginning
I did make it into the Graduate program I mentioned before. It’s a joint program with NUWC and URI through the Center of Excellence in Undersea Technology (COEUT). So far the first class is going great! That being said, we’ve had about 8 weeks of class (once a week for ~3 hours) and two homeworks; our first quiz is this week. It’s Ocean Engineering 550 (and ELE 550) and it’s a survey course of Ocean Engineering.
The format is interesting and the subject is very broad, covering basics of Linear Algebra (primarily solving of systems of equations), navigation and geodesy, signals (primarily regarding the Fourier transform and frequency domain), and communications (modulation, etc). I’m very glad that the first class was formatted as a survey with a lot of review from undergrad - my biggest worry was that 7 years out of college would have resulted in too much apathy. It’s apparent that I have a good deal of work ahead of me, but I think I’m doing well so far (though I’m still waiting on the first set of grades).