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EducationEducation ProgramUnderwater Acoustic Engineering

  This specialty begins in 1958, belonging to 1st grade subject in the specialty of Ship and ocean engineering. It was authorized to give doctor and master degrees to its researchers in 1998.The specialty is supported by the national pivot lab of vibration, impingement and noise, obtaining international-standard equipments including high-capability computer working station, complete vibration and acoustic test system and analytic system, the system measuring intermediate frequency of water sound under high and static water pressure as well as small measuring apparatus of underwater sound in pool and other acoustic measuring devices. In these years, the specialty takes in hand the researches of vital projects listed in National Nature and Science Fund and National Defense and Scientific Research Projects and wins a lot of achievement includes Scientific Progressing Award beyond departmental level.

  This specialty has now 3 doctor tutors (one of whom is pluralistic), and 2 master tutors.

  The researchers of this specialty mainly undertake the work of teaching, researching and high-tech R&E in universities and research institutions.

  I. Training Objectives
  The specialty aims at training talents in the underwater acoustic researching work in acoustics, vibration and signal disposal. Doctors and masters should have a mastery of deep-founded theoretical knowledge of basic acoustics and vibration, clearly understand the characteristics and developing directions of underwater acoustics, and have the ability of basically researching underwater acoustic engineering and its practical application. Through the study of master’s course and the training of writing study papers, they should have the independent ability in theoretical and practical work. They should find creative solution to the practical problems relating to this subject.

  II. Main Research Directions
  1. Mechanism of underwater noise and its control
  2. Disposal of underwater acoustic signals and the identifying of their modes
  3. Underwater stealth technologies and anti-stealth technologies
  4. Underwater obstacle’s echo and its identifying

  III. Length of Schooling and Credits
  The full-time Master degree candidates’ length of schooling is 2. 5 years. The total credits must get requested 32 credits at least; among them the credits of degree lessons must get requested 19. Semi-sabbatical master degree candidates’ period of schooling can be prolonged for another half a year or one year as approved.

   IV. Courses Offered
Classification No. Name of Courses Credit Time Remarks
Degree G090501 Introduction to Natural Dialectics 2.0 autumn Compulsory courses
Degree G090503 Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism   spring Compulsory courses
Degree G140501 Basic English 3.0 spring and autumn Compulsory courses
Degree G140503 Professional English 1.0 autumn Compulsory courses
Degree G071501 Matrix Theory 2.0 autumn  
Degree G071505 Mathematical statistics 3.0 autumn  
Degree X010521 Acoustics principle and noise control 3.0 spring  
Degree X010522 Fundamental of Underwater Sound 2.0 spring Compulsory courses
Degree X010523 Vibration theory and application in engineering 3.0 autumn  
Degree X010524 Signal processing 3.0 autumn  
Non-degree G071507 Math-Physical Equation 3.0 autumn  
Non-degree F020515 Computation method of vibration and acoustic problems 2.0 spring  
Non-degree F010540 Underwater noise 3.0 spring and autumn  
Non-degree F010541 Modern Testing Technique 2.0 spring  
Non-degree F010542 Linear System Theory 2.0 autumn  
Non-degree F010543 Optimal estimate theory and system discrimination 2.0 spring  
Non-degree F034511 Handling of dispersed random signals 2.0 spring  
Non-degree S010501 Symposium 2.0 spring and autumn Compulsory courses


   V. Middle Examinations
   Engineering master degree candidates are supposed to have an all-round exam once a month in the fourth term to check whether their credits and grades in course study meet demands, by which to determine whether they can enter the stage of the academic dissertation. Its details refer to the relevant regulations of the graduates’ institution.

  VI. Opening Report
  The opening report of engineering master degree candidates should be finished before the end of the third term (at the latest the fourth term after in months). An argumentation should be held on the range, meaning, value, contents, approaches and subject conditions of the research. And the department will organize three to five professors or associate professors to verify the argumentation. The reading amount of documents is no less than twenty.

  VII. Academic Dissertation
  Refers to the regulations about academic dissertation of the university.

  VIII. Thesis Publishing
  Refers to “Requirement for graduate students of publishing scientific paper during learning at Shanghai Jiaotong University ".