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Major Goals Educate top quality engineers to meet the needs of Hawaii, the nation and the engineering profession. Conduct and disseminate research.
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Major Goals • Educate top quality engineers to meet the needs of Hawaii, the nation and the engineering profession. • Conduct and disseminate research. • Provide service to the State of Hawaii, Pacific Basin and engineering profession … seminars, conferences, consulting, work with government agencies and professional societies.
ORE Program Options • Coastal • Offshore • Resource • + MS ABET 7 Faculty +1 hiring
ORE PhD Program Requirements • Core classes • Qualifying Exam (4 hr, covers core) • Comprehensive Exam (defend research proposal) • Dissertation defense • Expect several peer-reviewed publications
ORE Coursework Requirement • The ORE graduate program, MS and PhD, includes a core: • ORE 411 Buoyancy and Stability • ORE 601 Ocean Engineering Laboratory • ORE 603 Oceanography for Ocean Engineers • ORE 607 Water Wave Mechanics • ORE 609 Hydrodynamics of Fluid-Body Interaction • ORE 792 Seminars • PhD – Math and 3+ other electives
ORE Students • 32 students – 20 MS, 12 PhD • Support: • 2 TAs • 18 RAs – NOAA, ONR, NSF, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, HI Civil, HI Transportation, SOEST, Trex • Others – working, GI bill, part-time, etc • Time to finish: MS ~2-3 y; PhD ~6 y • Recent MS and PhD jobs • MS: Makai, Brown and Caldwell, AECOM, ESA-PWA, Global PCCI JV, Navfac, Oceanic, Ocean Imaging, Navatek, PhD, … • PhD: Post-docs, Asst prof, Oceanit, Aker Solutions, Houston Offshore, …
Recent student recognition and awards • PhD student Justin Stopa • JGR article makes the news! Hurricane Sound Waves Could Aid Forecasting • Atmospheric infrasound from nonlinear wave interactions during Hurricanes Felicia and Neki of 2009 • MS student Jerica Nolte • two scholarships to study hydrodynamic forces of a WEC buoy • IEEE Oceanic Society ($2,000) • Society Graduate Scholarship of SNAME ($5,000) • PhD Student, MasoudHayatdavoodi: • Link Foundation Ocean Engineering Fellowship for ($25,000) • The largest, most prestigous student prize in ocean engineering in the world.