2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

OCE 4913 MARINE FIELD PROJECTS (3 credits). Field-oriented programs
including both classroom and lab work, involving biological, chemical, physical
and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester
involves a group engineering project. (Requirement: Senior standing.) (Q) Prerequisites:
OCE 4541, OCN 3401.
OCE 5515 MATERIALS FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS (3 credits).
Includes materials: metals/reinforced concrete, wood/polymers and FRP; properties:
physical, mechanical and chemical; environmental effects: corrosion, biofouling and
thermal; and applications: materials selection for ocean engineering design.
OCE 5519 CORROSION ENGINEERING (3 credits). Corrosion and materials
deterioration impacts engineering activities. Includes theory, types and economics
of corrosion. Uses case studies to demonstrate corrosion prevention by the use of
cathodic protection, coatings and inhibitors, and materials selection and design.
(Requirement: Background in chemistry and materials, or instructor approval.)
OCE 5525 COASTAL PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING (3 credits).
Includes an analysis of coastal processes (waves, tides, currents, wind and nearshore
circulation) and resulting sedimentary deposits in the beach, inlet and nearshore
wave-shelf environment as related to coastal engineering problems. Students study
shorefront structures and system, as well as dredging technology.
OCE 5526 ADVANCED COASTAL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
(3 credits). Includes seawalls, bulkheads, jetties and breakwaters; sand bypassing
systems, protective beach and dune construction-stabilization; prediction of forces,
lifetime estimation, maintenance expectations, material selection and construction
methods. (Requirement: Instructor approval.) Prerequisites: OCE 4525.
OCE 5542 OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (3 credits). Designed to
systematically find an optimum solution for ocean-related engineering problems. Discusses
of a system, man-ocean systems and systems engineering. Basic techniques
of systems engineering. Requires student to do a case study of an ocean engineering
system. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 5550 BATHYMETRY (3 credits). Determination of coastal and deep-sea
bottom topography using modern techniques of remote sensing, GIS, swath and
side-scan sonar, marine geodesy, computerized data acquisition and archiving,
hydroacoustics and survey vessel design; includes field experience with offshore and
harbor survey vessels. (Requirement: Surveying experience.)
OCE 5563 PORT AND HARBOR ENGINEERING (3 credits). A study of port
and harbor hydrodynamics, planning, layout and construction; dredging technology;
and berthing maneuvers. Prerequisites: OCE 3030.
OCE 5570 MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS AND WAVE THEORY (3 credits).
Studies the motion of ideal fluid; damping and added mass; wave motions encountered
in the ocean; surface gravity waves, internal waves and long waves in a rotating
ocean; the motion of viscous fluid; the Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer; and
model testing. Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
OCE 5571 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE (3 credits). The theory of naval architecture,
elements of ship design; ship lines, hydrostatic analysis, intact and damaged
stability, strength, dimensional analysis, ABS rules, propulsion, steering, ship and
platform motion, resistance, model testing; and design project. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
OCE 5573 DYNAMICS OF MARINE VEHICLES (3 credits). Studies regular
and irregular wave data as applied in ship dynamics. Includes uncoupled heaving,
pitching and rolling motion equations; calculation of the added mass and damping
coefficients; strip method; coupled motions; nonlinear roll motion; dynamic effects
related to motions; and wave loads. Prerequisites: MAE 3083, MTH 2201, OCE 3030.
OCE 5575 APPLIED MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS (3 credits). Provides a
background for the calculation of hydrodynamic forces, forces due to waves in inviscid
fluid, effect of viscosity, hydrodynamic modeling, wave drift forces and forces due
to current on moored and dynamically positioned floating structures, hydrodynamic
impact and its prediction, flow-induced vibration. Prerequisites: OCE 3030.
OCE 5586 OCEAN ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS (3 credits). Ocean
monitoring requires measurement, analysis and description of processes in random
seas. Students produce, from measurements, the statistical distributions of waves,
parametric and spectral sea-state descriptions, directional wave spectra, ocean
engineering design criteria and linear responses of ocean structures and systems.
(Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0–2 credits). Variable registration for
thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
OCE 5901 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (1 credit).
Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular
curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups. (Requirement: Instructor
approval.)
OCE 5902 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (2 credits).
Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular
curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups. (Requirement: Instructor
approval.)
OCE 5903 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (3 credits).
Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular
curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups. (Requirement: Instructor
approval.)
OCE 5990 OCEAN ENGINEERING SEMINAR (0 credits). Presentation of
technical papers and progress in research by staff, students and invited speakers.
OCE 5999 THESIS RESEARCH (3–6 credits). Individual work under the
direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of ocean
engineering. (Requirement: Admission to candidacy for the master’s degree.)
OCE 6899 FINAL SEMESTER DISSERTATION (0–2 credits). Variable
registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration
requirements. (Requirements: Accepted candidacy and approval by Office of Graduate
Programs.)
OCE 6993 RESEARCH IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (1–3 credits). Research
under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. Repeatable as required.
OCE 6999 DISSERTATION RESEARCH (3–12 credits). Individual work under
the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of
ocean engineering. (Requirement: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.)
OCEANOGRAPHY
OCN 1010 OCEANOGRAPHY (3 credits). Surveys oceanography including biological,
chemical, geological and physical processes in the ocean. Includes field trips.
OCN 2407 METEOROLOGY (3 credits). Introduces meteorological phenomena
and principles, including descriptive weather elements, general atmospheric circulation,
air-sea interaction and the physical mechanisms that create atmospheric motions,
mixing and transfer of momentum, mass and heat. Prerequisites: MTH 1001.
OCN 2602 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY (3 credits). Reviews the internal
and external processes that have shaped Earth’s surface and how an understanding of
these processes can be used to successfully manage modern problems of organization
and mineral exploration. Successful management of environmental and geological
hazards relies on an understanding of the basic principles of physical geology.
OCN 3101 BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (3 credits). Includes relationships
of biological, chemical, geological and physical aspects of the oceans to biological
oceanography. Instructor advisement suggested; OCN 3111 lab may not be required as
corequisite. Prerequisites: BIO 1010 or BIO 1020, CHM 1102, PHY 2002.
OCN 3111 BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY (1 credit).
Students receive field and lab experience in the use of equipment and methods in
biological oceanography studies. Corequisites: OCN 3101.
OCN 3201 MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits).
Includes a systematic examination of seawater and its constituent parts; problems
associated with ocean chemistry; interaction of chemical parameters with other
ocean studies; and an evaluation of the ocean as an environment. (Requirement:
Instructor approval or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites: CHM 1102.
OCN 3211 MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORA-
TORY (1 credit). Field and lab exercises provide practical experience in the use of
equipment and methods for measuring common chemical parameters in marine and
environmental chemistry. Corequisites: OCN 3201.
OCN 3301 GEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (3 credits). Introduces
geological oceanography; origin and evolution of ocean basins. Includes a survey of
major neritic and oceanic sediment patterns and the processes that control their
distribution over time and space; and paleoceanography. Prerequisites: OCN 1010,
OCN 2602.
OCN 3311 GEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY (1 credit).
Field and lab exercises provide experience in the use of equipment and methods
relevant to geologic investigations of the ocean. Corequisites: OCN 3301.
OCN 3401 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (3 credits). Studies water structure
and circulation of the world ocean and local areas by simple dynamical and descriptive
models; and tides, wave motion and coastal processes. Prerequisites: PHY 2002.
OCN 3411 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY (1 credit). Field
and lab exercises provide experience in the use of equipment and methods in physical
oceanography. Corequisites: OCN 3401.
OCN 3430 FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICAL FLUIDS (3 credits).
Studies the basic properties of Earth’s fluids; statics and kinematics; integral expressions
for the conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum and energy;
dynamic similitude, dimensional analysis and boundary-layer principles; applications
to meteorology, oceanography and geophysics. Prerequisites: MTH 2201, PHY 2002.
OCN 3433 GEOPHYSICAL FLUIDS LABORATORY (1 credit). Experiments
in fundamental and applied fluid mechanics. Includes viscosimetry, stability of flows,
vorticity, gravity waves and Reynolds stresses; physical models in meteorology, oceanography
and other geophysical fluid flows. Corequisites: OCN 3430.
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