1. OCEN 201 Introduction 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. 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

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

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

6. 6 COASTAL APPLICATIONS COASTAL INLETMARINA

7. 7 COASTAL STRUCTURES ARMORED JETTYSEAWALL

8. 8 DREDGING CUTTER SUCTION DREDGE HOPPER DREDGE

9. 9 BEACH NOURISHMENT

10. 10 REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES BOTTOM ROVTETHERED ROV

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

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. 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 )

14. 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

15. 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)

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

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