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Advancing Ocean Engineering: Graduate Programs in Hawaii

The ORE Graduate Program focuses on training top-quality engineers to address critical needs in Hawaii, the nation, and the engineering sector. Our mission includes conducting impactful research and providing essential services to the State of Hawaii and the Pacific Basin through seminars, conferences, and collaborations with government agencies. Options include Coastal, Offshore, and Resource disciplines within MS and PhD studies, featuring comprehensive coursework and rigorous examination requirements. Graduates have secured prestigious roles in leading firms and institutions within the field.

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Advancing Ocean Engineering: Graduate Programs in Hawaii

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  1. Major Goals • Educate top quality engineers to meet the needs of Hawaii, the nation and the engineering profession. • Conduct and disseminate research. • Provide service to the State of Hawaii, Pacific Basin and engineering profession … seminars, conferences, consulting, work with government agencies and professional societies.

  2. ORE Program Options • Coastal • Offshore • Resource • + MS ABET 7 Faculty +1 hiring

  3. ORE MS Program Requirements • Pre-program classes if necessary • Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or General Exam in 1st semester • Core classes • Option and elective classes • Plan A thesis, Plan B report and oral final exam

  4. ORE PhD Program Requirements • Pre-program classes • Core classes • Qualifying Exam (4 hr, covers core) • Comprehensive Exam (defend research proposal) • Dissertation defense • Expect several peer-reviewed publications

  5. ORE Coursework Requirement • Pre-program courses if necessary • The ORE graduate program, MS and PhD, includes a core: • ORE 411 Buoyancy and Stability • ORE 601 Ocean Engineering Laboratory • ORE 603 Oceanography for Ocean Engineers • ORE 607 Water Wave Mechanics    • ORE 609 Hydrodynamics of Fluid-Body Interaction • ORE 792 Seminars • PhD – Math and 3+ other electives

  6. Typical MS timeline

  7. Typical PhD timeline

  8. ORE Students – Spring 2013 • 32 students – 20 MS, 12 PhD • Support: • 2 TAs • 18 RAs – NOAA, ONR, NSF, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, HI Civil, HI Transportation, SOEST, Trex • Others – working, GI bill, part-time, etc • Time to finish: MS ~2-3 y; PhD ~6 y • Recent MS and PhD jobs • MS: Makai, Brown and Caldwell, AECOM, ESA-PWA, Global PCCI JV, Navfac, Oceanic, Ocean Imaging, Navatek, PhD, … • PhD: Post-docs, Asst prof, Oceanit, Aker Solutions, Houston Offshore, …

  9. Recent student recognition and awards • PhD student Justin Stopa • JGR article makes the news! Hurricane Sound Waves Could Aid Forecasting • Atmospheric infrasound from nonlinear wave interactions during Hurricanes Felicia and Neki of 2009 • MS student Jerica Nolte • Two scholarships to study hydrodynamic forces of a WEC buoy • IEEE Oceanic Society ($2,000) • Society Graduate Scholarship of SNAME ($5,000) • PhD Student, MasoudHayatdavoodi: • Link Foundation Ocean Engineering Fellowship for ($25,000) • The largest, most prestigous student prize in ocean engineering in the world.

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