Ocean Engineering
Ocean engineering addresses the design of off-shore and near-shore structures; design of high-speed ocean vehicles; study of oceanic and coastal zone processes.
The ultimate objective of the program is to provide aspiring engineers in the above fields with the required strong background in the basic principles, and sufficient familiarity with up-to-date computational techniques which are directly applicable to the design or assessment of engineered systems.
Several courses are offered in the program, including: Introduction to ocean and coastal engineering, environmental fluid mechanics, principles of hydrodynamics, physical oceanography, modeling of turbulent flows, dynamic response of structures, fluid/structure interactions, computational fluid mechanics, finite element methods, boundary element methods, design of offshore structures, and soil/structure interactions. Other related courses are offered in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.
To apply to the Ocean Engineering Program, you must apply to the EWRE (Environmental and Water Resources Engineering) program in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at UT Austin. State clearly your interest for an MS or PhD degree in the field of Ocean Engineering. In order to be considered for the ocean engineering studies you must apply to and be accepted by the EWRE program first. Depending on fund availability the best of the accepted applicants in EWRE/Ocean will be considered for financial aid. Acceptance to EWRE/OE is decided collectively by the EWRE Faculty.
Please refrain from emailing resumes and/or detailed grades and GRE scores to any EWRE faculty member. Note that the only way we can tell you if you will be accepted by OE/EWRE is AFTER you have officially applied to it, and after your complete application has been reviewed by ALL EWRE faculty members.
Resources
- Administrative contact person: Teresa Santi
- Environmental and Water Resources Engineering area website