Details :: MK119 - Unterwasser Techniken

General information

Module name

Unterwasser Techniken

English Module name

Underwater Techniques

Module Code

MK119

Unique Identifier

UnderwTechn-01-MA-M

Module Leader(s)

Prof. Dr. Badri-Höher, Sabah (sabah.badri-hoeher@haw-kiel.de)

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Badri-Höher, Sabah (sabah.badri-hoeher@haw-kiel.de)

Offered in Semester

Sommersemester 2026

Module duration

1 Semester

Occurrence frequency

Module occurrence

In der Regel im Sommersemester

Language

Englisch

Recommended for international students

Curricular relevance (according to examination regulations)

Study Subject	Study Specialization	Module type	Semester
M.Eng. - MET - Elektrische Technologien (PO 2017, V3)		Wahlmodul	1 2 3
M.Eng. - MET - Elektrische Technologien (PO 2025, V20261)		Wahlmodul	1 2 3
M.Eng. - MET - Elektrische Technologien (PO 2017, V3)	Kommunikationstechnik und Embedded Systems	Wahlmodul	1 2 3
M.Sc. - MIE - Information Engineering (PO 2022, V3)		Wahlmodul	1 2 3 4
M.Sc. - MCS - Computer Science (PO 2023, V1)		Wahlmodul	1 2 3

Can be attended with different study programme

Qualification outcome

Areas of Competence: Knowledge and Understanding; Use, application and generation of knowledge; Communication and cooperation; Scientific self-understanding / professionalism.

Technical skills (Expertise)
The main subjects of this course are:
- Underwater sound propagation
- Underwater acoustical data transmission
- Underwater navigation and localization techniques
- Sonar signal processing algorithms and their implementation in software.

The students
- obtain specialized knowledge in the field of underwater sound transmission and detection matched to the
master level in the area of electrical and information engineering
- acquire skills to understand modern navigation and localization techniques. Sonal signal processing,
underwater acoustical data transmission.

The course covers elements of a classical interactive online lecture/exercise, as well as team-working based on the handling of scientific papers and lab work. Therefore the students learn to solve problems both
independently as well as team-oriented.

The students
- learn to communicate in teams about scientific contents
- learn to express and justify their opinion about suitable problem solutions in projects of underwater techniques.

Content information

Content

Properties of sound in water:
Absorption, scattering, multipath propagation, natural and artificial
noise sources.
Underwater acoustic positioning systems:
Long-baseline (LBL), short-baseline (SBL), ultra-short-baseline
(USBL), GPS intelligent buoys (GIB).
Sonar principles:
Sonar equation, single-beam and multi-beam sonar systems,
beamforming
Sonar signal processing:
Localization and tracking of objects by means of 1D and 2D sonar
signals. Sonar-based navigation, simultaneous localization and
mapping (SLAM).

Literature

L. Brekhovskikh, Y Lysanov, Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics.
Springer, 2003.
W. S. Burdic, Underwater acoustic system analysis. Prentice Hall,
1991.
X. Lurton, An Introduction to Underwater Acoustics: Principles and
Applications.
Springer Praxis Publishing, London, 2010.
D. Ribas, P. Ridao, J. Neira, Underwater SLAM for Structured
Environments Using an Imaging Sonar. Springer, 2010.

Teaching formats of the courses

Teaching format	SWS
Lehrvortrag	2
Übung	1
Labor	1

Workload

Number of SWS

4 SWS

Credits

5,0 Credits

Contact hours

48 Hours

Self study

102 Hours

Module Examination

Method of Examination	Duration	Weighting	wird angerechnet gem. § 11 Absatz 2 PVO	Graded	Remark
Übung		30 %
Klausur	90 Minutes	70 %

Miscellaneous

Students are asked to bring their own laptops to the laboratory classes. Laboratory assignments are encouraged to be solved in teams of two or three students.
This module takes place in the technical faculty of the university of Kiel (CAU)

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