Dr. Etter previously held the Office of Naval Research Distinguished Chair in the Electrical/Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy where she was a faculty member from 2001 to 2008.¿ She was formerly a member of the Electrical /Computer Engineering Departments at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1990-98), and at the University of New Mexico (1980-89).¿ She was also a Visiting Professor in the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University in 1983-84.

Dr. Etter has held two senior executive positions in the Department of Defense.¿ As Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition from Nov 2005 through Nov 2007, Dr. Etter was the Senior Acquisition Executive for the Navy and the Marine Corps.¿ She was also the Senior Acquisition Executive for several Joint programs, including the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP). From June 1998 through July 2001, Dr. Etter served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology. In that position, she was responsible for Defense Science and Technology strategic planning, budget allocation, and program execution and evaluation for the DoD Science and Technology Program.

Dr. Etter is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.¿ She is also a former member of the National Science Board and the Defense Science Board.¿ She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).¿ Dr. Etter has received many national awards and honors.¿ She has also received the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the Secretary of Defense Outstanding Public Service Medal, and the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal.

1 Engineering Problem Solving

2 Simple C Programs

3 Control Structures and Data Files

4 Modular Programming with Functions

5 Arrays and Matrices

6 Programming with Pointers

7 Programming with Structures

8 An Introduction to C++

Appendix A ANSI C Standard Library

Appendix B ASCII Character Codes

Appendix C Using MATLAB to Plot Data from ASCII Files

Complete Solutions to Practice! Problems
Selected Solutions to Modify! Problems
Complete Solutions to End-of-Chapter Short-Answer Problems
Selected Solutions to End-of-Chapter Programming Problems
Glossary
Index

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