Systems Engineering:
A Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the homepage of the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. We serve the Academy in two main roles.

Systems Engineering Major: Our major prepares students to integrate mechanical, electrical and computer systems in an effort to automate different processes. Some of our main applications include Robotics, Unmanned Vehicles, Computer Vision, Guidance Systems and Sensor Technology. At other schools we would be called Mechatronics or perhaps Feedback Control Systems. I invite you to take some time to learn more about our courses, subscribe to updates from our blog, see some of our outstanding student projects, and meet our wonderful tenure track faculty.

Professional Core Courses: Our other primary responsibility is to educate the entire student body at the Naval Academy about the scientific and engineering principles of modern naval weapon systems such as sonar, radar, and guidance systems. This mostly falls on the shoulders of our outstanding military faculty, who wrote the leading text in this field.

Best Regards,
George E. Piper, Ph.D., P.E.
Department Chair

Contact Information

Department Chair
Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
105 Maryland Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Fax: 410.293.2215