2. Major Goals
Educate top quality engineers to meet the needs of Hawaii, the nation and the engineering profession.
Conduct and disseminate research.
Provide service to the State of Hawaii, Pacific Basin and engineering profession … seminars, conferences, consulting, work with government agencies and professional societies.

3. ORE Program Options Coastal Offshore Resource + MS ABET
7 Faculty +1 hiring

4. ORE MS Program Requirements
Pre-program classes if necessary
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or General Exam in 1st semester
Core classes
Option and elective classes
Plan A thesis, Plan B report and oral final exam

5. ORE PhD Program Requirements
Pre-program classes
Core classes
Qualifying Exam (4 hr, covers core)
Comprehensive Exam (defend research proposal)
Dissertation defense
Expect several peer-reviewed publications

6. ORE Coursework Requirement
Pre-program courses if necessary
The ORE graduate program, MS and PhD, includes a core:
ORE 411 Buoyancy and Stability
ORE 601 Ocean Engineering Laboratory
ORE 603 Oceanography for Ocean Engineers
ORE 607 Water Wave Mechanics   
ORE 609 Hydrodynamics of Fluid-Body Interaction
ORE 792 Seminars
PhD – Math and 3+ other electives

7. Typical MS timeline

8. Typical PhD timeline

9. ORE Students – Spring 2013 32 students – 20 MS, 12 PhD Support:
2 TAs
18 RAs – NOAA, ONR, NSF, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, HI Civil, HI Transportation, SOEST, Trex
Others – working, GI bill, part-time, etc
Time to finish: MS ~2-3 y; PhD ~6 y
Recent MS and PhD jobs
MS: Makai, Brown and Caldwell, AECOM, ESA-PWA, Global PCCI JV, Navfac, Oceanic, Ocean Imaging, Navatek, PhD, …
PhD: Post-docs, Asst prof, Oceanit, Aker Solutions, Houston Offshore, …

10. Recent student recognition and awards
PhD student Justin Stopa
JGR article makes the news! Hurricane Sound Waves Could Aid Forecasting
Atmospheric infrasound from nonlinear wave interactions during Hurricanes Felicia and Neki of 2009
MS student Jerica Nolte
Two scholarships to study hydrodynamic forces of a WEC buoy
IEEE Oceanic Society ($2,000)
Society Graduate Scholarship of SNAME ($5,000)
PhD Student, Masoud Hayatdavoodi:
Link Foundation Ocean Engineering Fellowship for ($25,000)
The largest, most prestigous student prize in ocean engineering in the world.