Ocean Engineering Programs Present Status And Future Development

The nature of an ocean engineering graduate program as well as its relation to existing disciplines is briefly discussed. Ocean engineering programs are at a developmental stage at many institutions and a concerted effort needs to be made to give them definition and rough bounds. However, care must be taken not to constrain a certain amount of evolution at various institutions by prematurely establishing a specified and rigid educational program. Existing programs in ocean engineering (mostly on Graduate level) were reviewed and are summarized in the paper. Information related to degree programs, number of courses, number of faculty and students, degrees awarded is presented. Since research plays an important part in any graduate program, a tabulation of research projects is also given.