Ocean Engineering

The mission of the Ocean Engineering major is to provide graduates with a sound understanding of the ocean environment and the engineering methods necessary for life-long contributions to the Navy and Marine Corps, government, and industry in the analysis, design, construction, and operation of complex marine systems. This mission reflects the fact that our graduates will serve in technically-demanding jobs, on or under the sea, during their naval careers. In addition, many will continue later in civilian life in engineering or engineering management careers.

In support of the educational missions of both the Naval Academy and of the Ocean Engineering Program, four educational objectives have been developed for the Ocean Engineering Program:

• To provide officers having a broad education, with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of engineering integrated with basic sciences, social sciences and humanities, to meet the needs of an increasingly technical naval service through service in any warfare community within the Navy and Marine Corps

• To provide officers having a range of professional skills, including problem solving, teamwork, leadership, management techniques, experimentation, analytical and computational methods, and communication skills necessary for success in their naval careers

• To provide officers having a depth of knowledge in one or more specialty areas of ocean engineering, through applications of mathematics, science, and basic engineering principles to problems faced by engineers in the ocean environment; and to use this depth of knowledge to instill an appreciation for the need for professional competence, independent inquiry, and life-long learning

• To provide officers having an awareness of the engineering profession, understanding how professional engineers interact with clients, society, and the environment when addressing real-world problems in the world’s oceans or coastal regions