nearshore coastal areas and tsunamiinundation.The Mission of the Coastal Engineering concentration is to “provide engineers with graduateeducation in the specialized field of coastal engineering, including knowledge, skills and abilitiesto address coastal engineering challenges arising from coastal natural disasters.” ProgramObjectives are: a. Provide students an understanding of the fundamental coastal engineering knowledge and principles necessary to address engineering challenges in a coastal environment, especially those arising from coastal natural disasters, b. Provide graduate course work and research programs in coastal engineering, and c. Enable students to achieve enhanced professional development and to appreciate the
initiation of the Coastal Engineering concentration of the PhD Engineeringdegree program described in this paper as well as supported the preponderance of preparationand presentation of the paper. The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research andDevelopment Center (ERDC) is gratefully acknowledged for (a) their Education PartnershipAgreement and for partnering with the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence on the researchinvestigations mentioned herein, and (b) for partially supporting preparation of this paper in theauthor’s volunteer position of Director Emeritus, ERDC. Dr. Samuel Brody and Dr. WilliamMerrell, Texas A&M University at Galveston are gratefully acknowledged for their leadershipand partnership on the NSF PIRE investigations
applied inthis case [6].Challenge-based Ocean Engineering Project (COEP)The top-level objectives of this challenge-based ocean engineering project were two-fold: (a)respond to a report of potential UXO sighting and search a rectangular area approximately 100feet by 75 feet with depths of water up to 40 feet for the potential UXO; (b) If potential UXOwas located, then (1) provide as precise of a geo-location as possible in order to enable theExplosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert to respond to the exact location and (2) provide asmuch information as possible on the located object(s) to an EOD subject matter expert (SME) onshore. The goal of providing this information was to enable the SME to assess if the object waspotentially dangerous, not
Paper ID #12041Hex-Oid Habitat Design Challenge: Teaching Engineering Design in a Multi-disciplinary Role-Play ScenarioDr. Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Dr. Mayer is a professor of ocean engineering at the U. S. Naval Academy. He is a past chairman of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department and currently teaches courses in ocean engineer- ing design, probability & statistics, and underwater search & recovery operations. His research interests relate to the application of statistics, operations research methods and computers to the management, en- gineering and construction of ocean
Paper ID #25064Design of Transformative Education and Authentic Learning Projects: Ex-periences and Lessons Learned from an International Multidisciplinary Re-search and Education Program on Flood Risk ReductionDr. Yoonjeong Lee, Texas A&M University, Galveston - Assistant Research Scientist/Lecturer, Center for Texas Beaches and Shores, Texas A&M University at Galveston - Education Program Director, NSF PIRE Coastal Flood Risk Reduction ProgramDr. Baukje Bee Kothuis, Delft University of Technology Dr. Kothuis is a design anthropologist, researching flood risk reduction structures & strategies and devel- oping
student outcomes.BackgroundThe US Government defines “unexploded ordnance” as military munitions that: (A) have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action; (B) have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material; and (C) remain unexploded, whether by malfunction, design, or any other cause.1There are estimates of hundreds of million pounds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) sittingunderwater around the world and tens of millions in US waterways. These UXO are not goingaway and the problem is not relegated to deep ocean waters. Many of the UXO that cause the
in this table, and (b) whether thatforce is variable and/or controllable. Completing this table clarifies several common stumblingpoints for students (such as incorrectly including pressure as a force), and ensuring that everyoneunderstands what forces to consider, and potential options to control them, when designing theROV.Hands-On Demo. In this course, students are limited to a maximum of four thrusters to use onthe ROV. The limitation on thrusters is partially financial but mostly to practice working withdesign constraints. However, it is difficult for students to understand the implication of the limitednumber of thrusters on their future ROV’s maneuverability without seeing the effects first-hand.Our students do have a lab in which
the robot and the girls’ team in the regional competition. 6 Figure 7: a) ROV robot Girls in Engineering Granby HS built – funded by ONR MechTechproject; b) team competing at MATE ROV competition with Larson paid from ONR MechTech project; b) Jeffery Larson giving industry tour to Unilever Lipton plant in Suffolk to GranbyHigh School Girls in Engineering and our U.S. Department of Labor project with Norfolk Public SchoolsThe same student led his own veteran undergraduate students in the mechanical engineeringtechnology program. They designed, built, programmed, and tested their own underwaterautonomous robot with camera and light, which can be used to
system.This bulkhead is 3D printed and can be customized based on the motors available. If desired, thisbulkhead could be expanded to separate the vessel into two watertight compartments. Within thisbulkhead, routing points are included for cables connecting the sensor package to the electronicspackage. The electronics package sits on a shelf that conforms to the curvature of the hull. Thisshelf provides a level mounting platform for the electronics while elevating them above the innersurface of the hull in case there are any leaks. For this application, the electronics package isprotected in a separate IP67 waterproof case that was on-hand.The electronics package consists of a Pixhawk flight controller, a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, and anArduino Uno. The
hydraulic engineering. Research is conducted primarily in Vicksburg, Miss., with one field location in Duck, NC. As director, Sanchez leads a team of more than 200 researchers, support staff and contractors. He is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating a multi-million dollar research program; developing new and strate- gic research program areas in coastal and hydraulics; and managing physical facilities with a total area of 1.5 million square feet. Ongoing projects range from design guidance to three-dimensional numerical models to produce cutting-edge products for successful coastal and inland water resources management. Prior to his current position, S´anchez served as chief of Asset Management