Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

Naval architecture and Ocean engineering are, now a days, job oriented fields with good potential.However, the fact is that the number of institutionscatering to this course of study is still very limited.As Offshore industry is becoming commercially important in several fields like transport, trade, oil and gas,mineral exploration etc,more efficiently designed vessels and Offshore facilities are what really people need today.This commercial ensuing importance is just because of the fact that Oceans truely are the last frontiers remaining on earth,and of course,it is primarily the duties upon Ocean Engineers to find ways to reckon,investigate and utilise Ocean and coastal resources.Hence,the prospects for the beginners in this area took bright.
Ocean Engineering as a discipline encompasses the breadth of Engineering Sciences including design,construction,development,operation and planning of systems that operate in an oceanic and marine environment.Naval architecture,which has been traditionally studied as a discipline in itself is, however,a sub-division of ocean Engineering that specialises in the design of ships,and other sea-going vessels.In Naval architecture,all structures related to ship building,i.e ships,boats,sub-marines,oil-rigs,hover-crafts etc are to be designed.Therefore,the main activities involved in the discipline of Ocean Engineering and Naval Aarchitecture are the preliminary design of the off-shore structures,it's detailed design, construction,trials,operation and maintenance.