• OE Program Mission Statement

      The Department of Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University was founded in 1965 in Boca Raton, Florida as the first ocean engineering undergraduate program in the nation. Since then, it has grown significantly in terms of students, faculty, undergraduate and graduate programs, research programs and departmental resources. As a result, the Department now spans two campuses, the Boca Campus where it originated and the new SeaTech complex on the Atlantic Ocean in Dania, Florida. The undergraduate program primarily continues to be at the Boca Campus while most of the research activity is focused at SeaTech.

      The Department currently has an enrollment of around 150 undergraduates and 70 graduate students pursuing BS, MS and PhD degrees in ocean engineering. The Department's mission is to provide an outstanding academic environment and offer unique programs in engineering education, research, and technology development. Undergraduate Ocean Engineering students benefit from a traditional university campus life on the Boca Raton campus followed by a senior year spent entirely at the SeaTech complex.

      The Department presently has a five million dollar research expenditure in the areas of Marine Materials, Acoustics and Vibrations, Hydrodynamics and Physical Oceanography, Marine Structures, and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. The research is sponsored by various national and state funding agencies, including the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Sea Grant Program, NASA, the American Petroleum Institute/Joint Industry Project, Shell Oil Co., the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. NAVSEASYSCOM.

For a brief history of the department click here

For the Boca Raton/SeaTech Shuttle Schedule, click here