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Definition of Ocean Engineering:
can be defined as
the application of engineering principles to the analysis, design, development and management of systems that must function in a water environment such as oceans, lakes, estuaries and rivers.
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APPLICATION AREAS
• OCEAN & COASTAL STRUCTURES
• MOORING SYSTEMS• SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLES• UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC
SYSTEMS• COASTAL & OFFSHORE
PIPELINES• MONITORING THE OCEAN
ENVIRONMENT• DIVING & UNDERWATER
SYSTEMS• OFFSHORE PETROLEUM
RECOVERY
• NUMERICAL MODELING• PHYSICAL MODELING• BEACH PROTECTION &
NOURISHMENT• PORT & HARBOR DESIGN• OCEAN RENEWABLE
ENERGY• DREDGING• OCEAN
INSTRUMENTATION• SEARCH & SALVAGE• OFFSHORE & COASTAL
PROCESSES
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OFFSHORE PRODUCTION & DRILLING
• SUBSEA WELL TIE BACK TO A FIXED JACKETED STRUCTURE
• DRILL SHIP
“OCEAN CLIPPER”
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OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
• SPAR PLATFORM • AUGER TENSION LEG PLATFORM (TLP)
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COASTAL APPLICATIONS
• COASTAL INLET • MARINA
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COASTAL STRUCTURES
• ARMORED JETTY • SEAWALL
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DREDGING
• CUTTER SUCTION DREDGE
• HOPPER DREDGE
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BEACH NOURISHMENT
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REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES
• BOTTOM ROV • TETHERED ROV
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OCEAN INSTRUMENTATION
• ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT METER
• SIDE SCAN SONAR
High Education Institutes
P2-3 Table 1.1 Domestic Universities
Table 1.2 Foreign Universities
Ocean Engineering at TAMU offers BS, MS, ME, Ph.D and DE
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EMPLOYERS
• PRIVATE INDUSTRY– OFFSHORE & COASTAL
CONSTRUCTION– SHIPYARDS– OFFSHORE OIL & GAS– DREDGING
CONTRACTORS– OFFSHORE DRILLING – COASTAL & OFFSHORE
CONSULTING FIRMS– DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS
• GOVERNMENT– US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS– PORTS– REGULATORY
AGENCIES (ABS, ETC)– MILITARY– ARMY/NAVY CIVILIAN
LABORATORIES– TEXAS GENERAL
LAND OFFICE (TGLO)
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Professional Organizations
– American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)*
Waterway, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Division (COPRI)
– American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Ocean Engineering Division
– Marine Technology Society (MTS)* – Society of Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering (SNAME)*
More information at pp11-12
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Journals & Magazines
• Coastal Engineering• Applied Ocean Research• Journal of Fluid Mechanics• Ocean Engineering• Journal of Geophysical research• Journal of Physical Oceanography• Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
More information at pp11 (or pp 12 old edition)
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Professional Conferences
• MTS • IEEE (Ocean Division)• SNAME• OMAE• ISOPE• ICCE (every other year)• OTC
More information at pp12
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Ocean Engineering CurriculumMore information at pp13. Total Credit Requirement: 130 - 131
