Ocean engineering is the application of basic engineering principles to the analysis, design, construction, and management of systems that operate in the ocean environment. As such, ocean engineering is a hybrid technical area utilizing techniques from many branches of engineering.
Examples of Work Projects
| Beach protection and nourishment |
Offshore petroleum recovery |
| Coastal structures |
Offshore structures |
| Coastal erosion |
Ports and harbors |
| Develop ocean energy resources |
Search and salvage |
| Instrumentation for coastal and offshore measurements |
Suspended and dissolved constituent transport |
| Marine dredging & material placement |
Subsea pipelines and cables |
| Moored and towed systems |
Submersible vehicles |
| Ocean mining |
Underwater acoustics |
Some Employers of Marine and Ocean Engineers, or Naval Architects
- Armed Forces
- Contractors constructing and testing ships
Major Areas of Specialization
- Coastal Engineering
- Offshore Engineering
- Underwater Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Ocean materials
- Power systems
- Acoustics
- Wave mechanics
- Life support systems
- Design of a wide variety of ocean vehicles and structures
Interests Related to the Field
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Material Science
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