Books in the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories Series in Science and Engineering series

Suitable for undergraduate or graduate courses in space systems engineering or space system design, this book is useful as a reference for space professionals. It aims to present the material in a manner that benefits from the authors' experience as practicing engineers with experience in developing operational spacecraft systems.

A typical optical system is composed of three basic components: a source, a detector, and a medium in which the optical energy propagates. This book provides an explanation of this topic. It is useful for researchers, and a textbook for courses like Laser Light Propagation, Solid State Optics, and Optical Propagation in the Atmosphere.

This book is based on the classic 1965 Flame Structure, co-authored with A.A. Westenberg. It presents methods for deducing high temperature chemistry and physics from measurements of the microstructure of premixed flames. Techniques are critically discussed and the review of the literature is presented in a systematic, useable form.

Providing an examination of the software development process, this book asserts that software development is guided by methods conceived in the framework of an older technology. It explores the history of software development by looking at the scientific foundations of computer technology, the perspectives of the designers, and the methods used.

Scientists and engineers around the world are striving to develop new sources of energy that have virtually unlimited potential. This book explores one of these energy alternatives, ocean thermal energy conversion. William H. Avery, the leading researcher in this field, describes the workings of an OTEC power plant and addresses how such a power source might be implemented for national use.