Lectures on Advanced Technologies

Abstract : These papers were selected from those presented in the 1985-86 and 1986-87 Naval Academy Advanced Technologies Seminar Series. These interdisciplinary seminars were presented at approximately monthly intervals to faculty and midshipmen. The topics presented were those deemed to have particular relevance to the Navy in either its short-term or long-term planning. Papers include: Development of the Curtiss Wright V/STOL airplane; Introducing new technology into the Navy; Automation, robotics and naval opportunities; Post war aircraft carrier innovations and their influence on modern developments in carrier aviation; Forces at play in the future of engineering education; Theoretical modeling of piezoelectric transducers; The U.S. Navy - National Academy of Sciences Connection; Applications of fiber optics in the Navy; The natural environment in the Strategic Defense Initiative.