Standardized Syllabus for the College of Engineering
EOC 6934: Measurement Techniques for Coastal Applications
1. Catalog Description (3 credit hours) – This course is part of
“Advanced Topics in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering,”
which is described in the Graduate Catalog as: “Waves; wavestructure interaction; coastal structures; ocean structures;
sediment transport; instrumentation; advanced data analysis
techniques; turbulent flow and its applications.”
Specifically, however, this course intends to introduce the student
to the basic coastal physical oceanographic tools used to obtain
and analyze information. The student will use conductivitytemperature-depth profilers, conductivity-temperature-pressure
recorders, current profilers, tide gauges, wave gauges and
meteorological instruments to obtain data at different locations.
Data obtained with these instruments will be processed and
analyzed using the data analysis techniques discussed in class.
The data will then be used to answer a particular question related
to the temporal and/or spatial variability in a given region.
2. Pre-requisites and Co-requisites:
Use of Matlab or any other matrix-based program for data
manipulation and plotting is recommended
3. Course Objectives
a) Introduce students to basic instruments used to study coastal
physical processes.
b) Familiarize students with the language related to the field and
orient students in some data analysis approaches. .
4. Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
(ABET only – undergraduate courses)
Not Applicable
5. Relationship of course to program outcomes: Skills student will
develop in this course (ABET only undergraduate courses)
Not Applicable
6. Instructor: Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
a. Office location: 558 Weil Hall
b. Telephone: 352-392-9537 x 1479
c. E-mail address: arnoldo@ufl.edu
d. Class Web site:
https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/site/UFL-????
e. Office hours: Door is always open
7. Teaching Assistant: Not applicable
a. Office location
b. Telephone
c. E-mail address
d. Office hours
8. Meeting Times:
Tuesdays - Period 6 & 7 (12:50 to 02:45 PM)
Thursdays - Periods 6 & 7 (12:50 to 02:45 PM)
9. Class/laboratory schedule, i.e., number of sessions each
week and duration of each session:
We may have lab-like sessions for Homework and Matlab help
during period 7 on Thursday. These will be scheduled as needed.
10. Meeting Location:
Weil Hall, Room 0273
11.
Material and Supply Fees: N/A
12. Textbooks and Software Required
There is no textbook for the course. The course will rely on notes
and reading.
13.
Recommended Reading
14.
Course Outline (topics covered)
0. Use of a matrix-based program - MATLAB
Basic data manipulation and plotting with MATLAB. Click
here for a matlab example
1. Sampling Procedures
2. Towed Instruments: ADCP and CT
3. Profiling Instruments: CTD
4. Moored Instruments: CT, Pressure Sensors (Tides and Waves),
Current Meters (also wave directional spectra)
5. Autocorrelation, Filtering and Spectral Analysis Techniques
15. Attendance and Expectations
- Attendance will not be taken
- Homework is an integral part of the course grade and shall be
turned in on time; no late homework accepted
- Homework and Final Project are designed to practice two
essentials: oral and written communications
Students are expected to participate in four major sampling
activities:
1) Survey with current profiler (ADCP) and
CTD at Suwannee River Thursday January 30th
2) Current profiler (ADCP) and CT deployment
at Cape Cañaveral Februray 14th
3) Current profiler (ADCP) and CT and wave
deployment March 14th
4) Current profiler (ADCP) and CT deployment
April 10th
NO USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SIMILAR DEVICE (NO
TEXTING OR CALLING) ALLOWED DURING CLASS
ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN THE CLASSROOM WILL ONLY BE
PERMITTED TO FOLLOW LECTURES
16. Grading – methods of evaluation: homework and final
project
There will be 2-4 lectures per week. There will be several
homework assignments and a class project looking at data taken
in one of the field trips (of your choice).
There will be no examinations. Each of the four sampling activities
will be evaluated with specific questions that you will answer. The
answers to the questions will count as homework for your final
grade (65%). The remaining 35% of your grade will be from a
question that you will pose yourself (your final project). The
question should be posed by March 15th. You will answer your
question with one or several of the data sets collected during the
course. This will be your final project. You will present your
findings on April 24th and 25th.
Homework will consist of 3 activities:
a) answering problems and questions I will provide;
b) explaining a concept (I will give you the concept to develop) of
the previous lecture in front of the entire class; and
c) composing a RAP of at least 1 paragraph synthesizing concepts
of the previous lecture and presenting it in front of class.
The class project will answer a question that you will pose.
The question may be related to a field trip or to any other
measurement topic you may be interested in. The project will
have the format of a scientific paper (Abstract, Introduction,
Approach, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions) and shall
be no longer than 10 double-spaced pages. In addition, you
will present your project (in no more than 15 min) at a minisymposium at the end of the semester. The project will be
presented orally during April 23rd and 24th from 9 AM to 12
PM at 365 Weil Hall. The written project is due by 5 PM on
April 27th.
17.
Grading Scale:
Grades are to be curved. Percentage/points map will depend on
everyone’s performance in the class.
Undergraduate students, in order to graduate, must have an overall
GPA and an upper-division GPA of 2.0 or better (C or better). Note: a
C- average is equivalent to a GPA of 1.67, and therefore, it does not
satisfy this graduation requirement. Graduate students, in order to
graduate, must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better (B or better).
Note: a B- average is equivalent to a GPA of 2.67, and therefore, it
does not satisfy this graduation requirement. For more information
on grades and grading policies, please visit:
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx
18.
Make-up Exam Policy
No late homework or final project will be accepted
19. Honesty Policy – All students admitted to the University of
Florida have signed a statement of academic honesty committing
themselves to be honest in all academic work and understanding
that failure to comply with this commitment will result in disciplinary
action. This statement is a reminder to uphold your obligation as a
UF student and to be honest in all work submitted and exams
taken in this course and all others.
20. Accommodation for Students with Disabilities – Students
Requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the
Dean of Students Office. That office will provide the student with
documentation that he/she must provide to the course instructor
when requesting accommodation.
21. UF Counseling Services –Resources are available on-campus
for students having personal problems or lacking clear career and
academic goals. The resources include:
·
UF Counseling & Wellness Center, 3190 Radio Rd, 392-
·
1575, psychological and psychiatric services.
Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601, career and
job search services.
22. Software Use –
All faculty, staff and student of the University are required and
expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing
software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages
and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such
violations are also against University policies and rules,
disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members
of the University of Florida community, pledge to uphold ourselves
and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.