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OCEN 201 Introduction to Ocean & Coastal Engineering

OCEN 201 Introduction to Ocean & Coastal Engineering. Introduction Jun Zhang Jun-zhang@tamu.edu. Definition of Ocean Engineering: can be defined as

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OCEN 201 Introduction to Ocean & Coastal Engineering

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  1. OCEN 201Introduction to Ocean & Coastal Engineering Introduction Jun Zhang Jun-zhang@tamu.edu

  2. 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.

  3. 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 3

  4. OFFSHORE PRODUCTION & DRILLING SUBSEA WELL TIE BACK TO A FIXED JACKETED STRUCTURE DRILL SHIP “OCEAN CLIPPER” 4

  5. OFFSHORE PLATFORMS SPAR PLATFORM AUGER TENSION LEG PLATFORM (TLP) 5

  6. COASTAL APPLICATIONS COASTAL INLET MARINA 6

  7. COASTAL STRUCTURES ARMORED JETTY SEAWALL 7

  8. DREDGING CUTTER SUCTION DREDGE HOPPER DREDGE 8

  9. BEACH NOURISHMENT 9

  10. REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES BOTTOM ROV TETHERED ROV 10

  11. OCEAN INSTRUMENTATION ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT METER SIDE SCAN SONAR 11

  12. 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

  13. 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) 13

  14. 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 14

  15. 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) 15

  16. Professional Conferences MTS IEEE (Ocean Division) SNAME OMAE ISOPE ICCE (every other year) OTC More information at pp12 16

  17. Ocean Engineering Curriculum More information at pp13. Total Credit Requirement: 130 - 131 17

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