Coastal & Ocean Engineering
Facilities and Equipment
On-campus research facilities for the Coastal and Ocean Engineering Division and the Ocean Engineering Program are located in the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory, Hydromechanics Laboratories, Civil Engineering Laboratory Building and the Offshore Technology Research Center. Equipment housed within these laboratories include:
- Shallow water wave basins - Large-scale 3-D wave basin with coflowing current is housed in the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory and a shallow water wave basin with 2-D waves is housed in the Hydromechanics Laboratory.
- 2-D tow-dredge tank - The Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory also houses a large-scale 2-D tow tank with a specialized section for dredge studies.
- 3-D deep water basin - The large-scale deep water basin allows for 3-D deep water waves, current and wind field and is housed at the Offshore Technology Research Center.
- Glass-walled wind-wave tank - The program has two 2-D wave flumes; one provides for wind waves the other for deep water spectral waves.
- Variable slope open channel flumes
- Dredge pump test loop
- Automatic data acquisition systems
- Laser and Acoustic Doppler Anenmometers
The Texas A&M University System also has campuses in Galveston and Corpus Christi which provide avenues of field research opportunities. These campuses have their own faculty and students with a host of equipment for field experiments. This provides an excellent opportunity for cross-fertilization of ocean engineering students who choose to focus on field research.
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