Ocean engineering
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Ocean engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the design, analysis and operation of systems that operate in an oceanic environment.
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Work of ocean engineers
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers describes the work of ocean engineers as follows:- Ocean engineers study the ocean environment to determine its effects on ships and other marine vehicles and structures. Ocean engineers may design and operate stationary ocean platforms, or manned or remote-operated sub-surface vehicles used for deep sea exploration. [link]
Renewable ocean energy
The ocean environment presents a vast quantity of renewable sources of energy in the form of winds, waves, tides, currents and the density and thermal gradients between ocean water layers.Leading institutions
- Center for Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
- Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
- Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
- Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Arch, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- Department of Ocean Engineering, Univerisity of Michigan, Michigan, USA
- Scripps Oceanographic Insitute, USA
- Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- Department of Maritime Transport and Engineering, Australian Maritime College, Tasmania, Australia
See also
External links
- [Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University]
- [Center for Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
- [Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University]
- [Australian Maritime College]
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