IIT New Courses: IIT Madras Ocean Engineering programme

The jobs in the field of Ocean Engineering are mainly Coastal Engineers and Offshore Engineers. Students can visit the official website of IIT Madras -- doe.iitm.ac.in -- for more information regarding this course.

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Ocean Engineering deals with the design and operation of man-made structures in the Ocean and other marine bodies. The Department of Ocean Engineering offers a BTech in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering with an option to pursue a Dual Degree in either Ocean Engineering or Applied Mechanics.

On completion of the course at IIT Madras, students have the option to take up a job or higher studies either as a Naval Architect or Ocean Engineer, among others. The jobs in the field of Ocean Engineering are mainly Coastal Engineers and Offshore Engineers. Some of the companies that usually recruit graduates in this field are Schlumberger, Reliance Offshore, Shell, and Vedam.

Areas of Research

– Structural Analysis, Design & Testing

– Wave Hydrodynamics & Coastal Processes

– Ships, Floating Platforms & Underwater Vehicles

– Marine Geotechniques

– Materials in Marine Environment

– Ocean Energy

IIT Madras alumni

Btech Alumni

– Rouzif Rasheed Moopan, Final year MBA at IIM Ahmedabad, Incoming Senior Associate at Boston Consulting Group

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– Kiran Adhithya Ramakrishnan, PhD candidate, Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University

– Maathangi Ganesh, Postdoctoral Appointee, Purdue University, West Lafayette, U.S.

MTech (OE) Alumni

– Amrit Shankar Verma, Research Scientist, Ships and Ocean Structures, SINTEF Ocean

– N.Thulasi Prasad, Project Scientist, National Institute of Ocean Technology

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– Muvvala.V.A.N.Jagadeesh Babu, Port and Water Resources Engineer at RITES Ltd

– Savin Viswanathan, Postdoctoral Researcher at NTNU

– Devan S.S, Offshore Structural Engineer

– Dr S. Anbukumar, Professor

– Karunakar, Sr scientist, hydrology

– Manda Subrahmanya Srinivasa Reddy, Consultant Structural Engineer

– Viraj Arun Dholekar, Project Operations Manager, Subsea Construction, TechnipFMC Malaysia

Originally conceived as the Ocean Engineering Centre (OEC) in 1977, the Department of Ocean Engineering (DOE) has since focused on offshore engineering, naval architecture, as well as research and development in wide areas of the ocean. The department boasts a 3000-square-metre laboratory area.

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