Undergraduate Course Catalog 2015-2016
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Ocean Engineering (OE)
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Program Coordinator: Diane L. Foster
Professor: Kenneth C. Baldwin, Barbaros Celikkol, M. Robinson Swift, Igor I. Tsukrov
Associate Professor: May-Win L. Thein, Martin M. Wosnik
Assistant Professor: Thomas Weber
Ocean Engineering (OE)
http://unh.edu/mechanical-engineering/ocean-engineering
Mission
The department strives to prepare students for productive careers in industry or government as well as to provide a foundation for graduate studies. The program emphasizes ocean engineering fundamentals while offering interdisciplinary opportunities for focused study in civil, electrical, environmental, or mechanical engineering, as well as marine sciences.
Program Educational Objectives
The ocean engineering program seeks to provide an environment that enables students to pursue their goals in an innovative, rigorous, and challenging program with a diversity of offerings. The program has the following major educational objectives with the expectation that our alumni will have successful careers in the many diverse areas of the ocean engineering profession. Within a few years of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering, we expect our graduates to have the following attributes:
Depth. To be effective in applying ocean engineering principles in engineering practice or for advanced study in ocean engineering.
Breadth. To have a productive career in the many diverse fields of ocean engineering such as coastal engineering, ocean acoustics, offshore structures, and marine renewable energy, or in the pursuit of graduate education in disciplines that include marine science, engineering, medicine, law, or business.
Professionalism. To function effectively in the complex modern work environment with the ability to assume professional leadership roles.
The Program:
Ocean engineering is a field of study that seeks to solve engineering problems associated with the ocean, including those problems associated with the sustainable utilization of ocean resources and the scientific exploration and study of the ocean environment. Ocean engineering is an interdisciplinary field with roots in mechanical, electrical, civil, and environmental engineering, with strong ties to physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography. Students of ocean engineering are best served when they are formally trained inside a framework that fuses the expertise of these often-disparate fields.
The BSOE curriculum provides students with a solid engineering core and prepares students for professional engineering careers or for graduate study. The BSOE starts with foundational classes in math, physics, chemistry, and engineering computing, along with introductions to ocean engineering through seminars and oceanography coursework. Students develop their engineering acumen through coursework and laboratory studies that are focused on analysis, experimentation, and design. Students proceed to increasingly advanced coursework in ocean instrumentation, waves and tides, the design of ocean structures, coastal engineering, ocean measurements, and ocean acoustics. Opportunities exist for at least four technical electives which help students gain further competence in an area of their choice. Students finish their curriculum with a two-semester senior capstone design project. Elective courses in the arts, humanities, and the social sciences are included to provide a well-rounded education.
Students work with an adviser to plan a program that is based on the courses shown in the ocean engineering course outline below that totals not less than 128 credits. The outline is considered a guideline and may be modified to suit student needs and desires within the constraints of meeting minimum credit hours, course pre-requisites, and non-major elective course requirements. Some ocean engineering elective courses may not be offered every year.
The ocean engineering program curriculum requires four technical electives that are CEPS 600 level or higher courses that have been approved by the OE undergraduate curriculum committee. Sequences have been identified that will provide students more in depth opportunities in one of the ocean engineering sub-areas.
Students must satisfy the University’s Discovery Program requirements. The following features are unique to students in the ocean engineering program:
- As is the case across the University, all students are required to take an Inquiry course or an Inquiry Attribute course during their first two years. This is satisfied with ESCI 501.
- The Discovery Environment, Technology, and Society category requirement is met upon receiving a B.S. degree in ocean engineering.
- The Discovery Social Science category must be satisfied with either ECON 402 or EREC 411.
- The Discovery senior capstone experience is satisfied with TECH 797.
In order to graduate with an ocean engineering B.S. degree, students must have at least a 2.0 grade-point average in all engineering and science courses, including required technical electives, normally taken as department requirements after the start of the junior year.
Predictor courses: To enter the junior-year courses in the ocean engineering major, students must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 2.0 with no grade below C- in the following courses: PHYS 407, MATH 426, ME 525, ME 526, and ME 503.
Freshman Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 | ||
| ME | 477 | Introduction to Solid Modeling | 1 | |
| MATH | 425 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| *CHEM | 405 | General Chemistry | 4 | |
| OE | 400 | OE Seminar I | 1 | |
| ENGL | 401 | First-Year Writing | 4 | |
| MATH | 426 | Calculus II | 4 | |
| PHYS | 407 | Physics I | 4 | |
| OE | 401 | OE Seminar II | 1 | |
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 |
*Chem 403 and CHEM 404, General Chemistry I and II, may be substituted for CHEM 405.
PHYS 407 or CHEM 405 satisfies the Discovery Physical Science (with lab) category.
Math 425 satisfies the Discovery Foundation Quantitative Reasoning category.
ENGL 401 satisfies the Discovery Foundation Writing Skills category.
Sophomore Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **MATH | 528 | Multi-Dimensional Calculus | 4 | |
| PHYS | 408 | Physics II | 4 | |
| ME | 525 | Statics | 3 | |
| ESCI | 501 | Intro to Oceanography | 4 | |
| IAM | 550 | Intro. to Engineering Computing | 4 | |
| **MATH | 527 | Differential Equations | 4 | |
| ME | 526 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 | |
| ME | 503 | Thermodynamics | 3 | |
| OE | 690 | Introduction to Ocean Engineering | 4 |
**Math 525 and 526, Linearity, may be substituted for Math 527 and Math 528, and a technical elective course.
ESCI 501 satisfies the Discovery Inquiry requirement.
Junior Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | 608 | Fluid Dynamics | 3 | |
| ME | 627 | Dynamics | 3 | |
| ECE | 537 | Intro to Electrical Engineering | 4 | |
| Tech. Elective | Technical Elective | 3-4 | ||
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 | ||
| OE | 754 | Ocean Waves and Tides | 4 | |
| OE | 610 | Ocean Instrumentation Lab | 4 | |
| OE | 758 | Design of Ocean Structures | 3 | |
| Tech. Elective | Technical Elective | 3-4 |
Senior Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 | ||
| TECH | 797 | Undergraduate Ocean Research Project | 2 | |
| OE | 757 | Coastal Engineering & Processes | 3 | |
| OE | 710 | Ocean Measurements Lab | 4 | |
| ***Tech. Elective | Technical Elective | 4 | ||
| Tech. Elective | Technical Elective | 3-4 | ||
| TECH | 797 | Undergraduate Ocean Research Project | 2 | |
| OE | 765 | Underwater Acoustics | 3 | |
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 | ||
| Disc. Prog. Elective | Discovery Program Elective | 4 |
***At least one of the four required technical electives must be 4 credits
Ocean Engineering Minor
The ocean engineering minor allows undergraduate engineering students to acquire a nucleus of knowledge about engineering pertaining to the ocean and the coastal zone.
To meet the University minor requirement, students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of five courses from the following list: ESCI 501, Introduction to Oceanography; OE 690, Introduction to Ocean Engineering; ESCI 752, Chemical Oceanography; ESCI 758, Introductory Physical Oceanography; ESCI 759, Geological Oceanography; OE 710, Ocean Measurements Lab; OE 744, Corrosion; OE 754, Ocean Waves and Tides; OE 756, Principles of Naval Architecture and Model Testing; OE 757, Coastal Engineering and Processes; OE 765, Underwater Acoustics; OE 771, Geodesy and Positioning for Ocean Mapping; OE 795, Special Topics in Ocean Engineering; ENE 747, Introduction to Marine Pollution and Control; and TECH 797, Undergraduate Ocean Research Program. Students typically take ESCI 501, TECH 797, and OE 690 plus two additional engineering courses from the above list to complete the minor.
Students wishing to take the ocean engineering minor should indicate their interest to the ocean engineering minor adviser, Kenneth C. Baldwin, (603) 862-1898 or Kenneth.Baldwin@unh.edu no later than the beginning of the junior year. During the final semester, students must apply to the dean to have the minor shown on their transcript.
