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AOE-4265: Ocean Vehicle Design

Description: Study and application of systems engineering process and ocean engineering principles to the concept exploration, design and development of ocean vehicles including ships, submarines, surface and subsurface autonomous vehicles, boats and yachts. 4265: Emphasis on hullform, power and propulsion, synthesis, balance, metrics and design optimization. 4266: Emphasis on topside/external arrangements, internal arrangements, machinery arrangements, human systems, structural design, and final assessments of intact and damage stability, weights, space, seakeeping, cost, risk, overall balance and feasibility. Most of the work is done in teams.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-2204 and AOE-3264 and AOE-3214 and AOE-3234 and AOE-3224

Required By: AOE-4266

Corequisites: AOE-4205

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.35 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 18.42%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W