Overview
Ocean Engineering offers
highly rewarding career opportunities in the water world. It’s one of the hot
career choices for undergraduate science students and graduate engineers
willing to pursue postgraduate studies.Various engineering colleges and
universities in India offers programs in Ocean Engineering and awards degrees
like Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Master
of Technology (M.Tech.) etc.
Research
programs leading to the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and postdoctoral
research programs are also offered in different universities and research
institutions. Students who study Ocean Engineering are called Ocean Engineers.
Ocean Engineers study engineering sciences, and receive training in core study
areas related to Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture. A course in Ocean
Engineering also teaches Hydrostatics and Stability, Marine Hydrodynamics, Ship
Strength, Resistance and Propulsion, Marine Construction and Welding, Vibration
of Floating Structures, Computer Aided Marine Design and Production, Design of
Marine Vehicles, Motion and Control, Marine Production and Planning, and Marine
Systems. However, curriculum in Ocean Engineering may vary from institute to
institute.
The study of Ocean Engineering establishes vital links between other
Oceanographic disciplines like physical oceanography, chemical oceanography,
geophysics, marine biology and marine geology.Designing skills and technical
know-how are essential for oceanographers thus encouraging Ocean Engineers to
become Oceanographers.
Ocean
Engineers invent Oceanographic instruments and devices for use by
Oceanographers. These inventions have revolutionized the know-how about Oceans
and their impacts on ecosystem.
Examples
of some of the great inventions of the past are mentioned here- computer- and
satellite-linked buoys and floats, sediment traps, ocean seismometers
(instruments that measure seafloor movement in a manner similar to the way
seismographs measure earthquake activity on land), underwater video equipment,
acoustic measuring devices (instruments that make it possible to
"sense" underwater objects and seafloor formations), and underwater
vehicles, including submersibles and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
Ocean Engineering is an interdisciplinary study area. Students who enroll in
Ocean Engineering programs at college and university level also study subjects
like mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering,
acoustical engineering and chemical engineering.
Experts
in the education and engineering domains recognize ocean engineering as
exceptionally systems oriented field because of its interdisciplinary nature.
Eligibility
Ocean Engineering in
India as a study discipline is offered in different engineering colleges and
universities. Various programs like undergraduate, postgraduate and research
are conducted in the universities.
To
join under graduate level program in Ocean Engineering candidates require 10 +
2 level or an equivalent educational qualification with Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics and English.
Entrance
Examinations like IIT JEE are conducted for admission. On successful completion
of undergraduate program, degrees like, Bachelor of Engg. (B.E.) / Bachelor of
Technology (B.Tech.) are awarded.
To
join Post Graduate program in Ocean Engineering candidates need to qualify the
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
Various
university departments and research institutes offer research programs in Ocean
Engineering for GATE / and CSIR NET qualified candidates.
Career Prospects
The services of Ocean
Engineers are sought by both government and private agencies in India as well
as overseas. Ocean Engineers also get employment in the private, educational,
corporate, and other sectors.
Some
other industries where Ocean Engineers are considered for employment are:
Offshore Oil Recovery, Marine metals and corrosion, Environmental Protection,
Global Climate Monitoring, Renewable Energy, Underwater Vehicles, Remote
Sensing, Marine Transportation, or Naval Architecture and Defense. The life of
an Ocean Engineer is full with adventures and challenges.
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