Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems - Curriculum 284
Program Officer
LCDR Brannon Chapman
Code EC/MA, Spanagel Hall, Room 401A
(831)656-2678, DSN 756-2859
Fax (831)656-2760 (ECE)
bwchapma@nps.edu
Academic Associate
Monique P. Fargues, Ph.D.
Code EC/Fa, Spanagel Hall, Room 456
(831) 656-2859, DSN 756-2859
fargues@nps.edu
Brief Overview
Provides students with the skills required for analysis, design and evaluation of guidance, navigation and control systems. The certificate provides a solid engineering foundation which covers the fundamental concepts of optimal estimation methods for linear and nonlinear systems, optimal control laws for control systems, including minimum time control, minimum energy control, and linear quadratic regulator. Students will gain the skills required to analyze and design missile guidance and inertial navigation systems, ballistic missile targeting systems, and missile motion simulators.
The four-graduate-course sequence is extracted from the current set of graduate courses required to complete the Guidance, Navigation Control Systems specialization track for the MSEE Degree offered by the ECE Department.
The total number of NPS graduate credits obtained for the certificate is 16. This certificate program can also be applied toward a master's degree program.
Requirements for Entry
- Acceptance by the ECE Department: Entrance to the Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School is through a three-part requirement consisting of a minimum grade point average at the undergraduate level, a sufficient mathematics background, and a sufficient background in technical undergraduate studies. Applicants with a B.S.E.E. degree usually will satisfy the last two requirements automatically.
- Command/Company endorsement.
Convenes
Winter, Summer
Subspecialty
5304L
Graduate Certificate Requirements
The academic certificate program must be completed within three years of admission to the program. A student must maintain a 3.0 GQPR to be awarded a certificate.
Required Courses: Curriculum 284
EC3310 | Optimal Estimation: Sensor and Data Association | | 3 | 2 |
EC3320 | Optimal Control Systems | | 3 | 2 |
EC4330 | Navigation, Missile, and Avionics Systems | | 3 | 2 |
EC4350 | Nonlinear Control Systems | | 3 | 2 |
EC4310 | Fundamentals of Robotics | | 3 | 2 |