UH Ocean & Resources Engineering

A lifetime of exciting and impactful work not enough of a reason enough to become an Engineer? You'll also get paid well and have excellent job prospects - here's the data to prove it. And if you love the Ocean as we do, it doesn't get any better than becoming an Ocean Engineer! Direct link to the UHERO post here: https://uhero.hawaii.edu/which-college-majors-pay-the-most-in-hawai%ca%bbi-and-the-us/

Which college majors pay the most in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.? | University of Hawaiʻi System News Report authors utilized data from the American Community Survey in their analysis.

Congratulations Norman!

🌟 Meet Norman Chung, 2024 EMERGE Participant 🌟

Norman Chung’s passion for marine technology is a perfect fit for the 2024 EMERGE Program. A recent graduate of Caltech with a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics, Norman is now pursuing a master’s in Ocean and Resources Engineering at the University of Hawai’I at Mānoa. His current work includes designing and testing an AUV for the Kilo Nalu Observatory, as well as gaining valuable field experience on research cruises.

He will be at OCEANS Halifax—if you see him, be sure to stop by and connect! 👋

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/14/fulbright-fellowship-bruce-howe/

Fulbright fellowship will allow professor to improve undersea cable system | University of Hawaiʻi System News Bruce Howe will continue his efforts to advance the installation of a Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications seafloor cable system in Portugal.

Way to go Prof. Howe and team!

Contract signed for world’s first SMART subsea cable, connecting Vanuatu, New Caledonia Efforts to install the world’s first Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) seafloor cable cleared a major hurdle recently

ORE is hiring! See information below for details regarding our open tenure-track faculty position in Oceanographic Engineering at the Assistant Professor level. Review of applications begins on 08 Jan 2024 and will continue until the post is filled.

Assistant Professor of Oceanographic Engineering – Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Oceanographic EngineeringDepartment of Ocean and Resource EngineeringUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa The Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM...

Please join us on Saturday, October 21, 2023 for the 2023 SOEST Open House from 10AM - 2PM!
We have 2 faculty, Dr. Deniz Gedikli & Dr. Michael Krieg who will have exhibitions in HIG.

Dr. Gedikli will have the exhibition outside HIG 109 about "Fluid Harmonies: exploring the Dance of Ocean Structures and Waves".

Dr. Krieg will have his exhibition in HIG 151 about "Scale Model Ship Towing Through Surface Waves" featuring the brand new ORE wave flume!

View the recording of this watch party to learn about Reefense R3D, a large, multidisciplinary project that includes several ORE faculty and students on the team.

Today! At 12pm HST (3pm Pacific) —restoring, rebuilding, protecting— Living Artificial Reef YouTube premiere! Tune in to hear from episode experts and learn what is possible when biologists, engineers, and community collaborate! More info: https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/living-artificial-reef/

YouTube: youtu.be/9EmVgWgwCbU

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Congratulations to Team ACO on wrapping up a successful cruise! Wonderful to see so many ORE students, faculty, and staff onboard.

Great cruise, everyone! We accomplished so much at the Aloha Cabled Observatory and successfully deployed 3 experimental landers. Looking forward to sailing with you again some time soon!

A new edition of our newsletter Hana O Ke Kai is out! Check it out:http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ORE/OE/newsletters/ore_newsletter_v26_i1_S23.pdf You can access previous issues and sign up for our newsletter mailing list here: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ore/news-events/hana-o-ke-kai-work-of-the-ocean/

Newsletter – Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering Hana O Ke Kai Welcome to the Ocean and Resources Engineering newsletter Hana O Ke Kai, “Work of the Ocean”. To subscribe to the ORE-NEWSLETTER mailing list, click here. Current Issue Spring 2023 Archive Fall 2022 Spring 2022 Fall 2021 Spring 2021 Spring 2020 Fall 2018 Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Fall ...

Join us on July 21 to re-connect and to chart the future of the MTS Hawaii Section.

ORE 203L (Surf Science and Culture Lab) students visit the UH Marine Center to deploy DIY water level sensors they built to monitor tide height. Credit and thanks to Paige Horton and 203L students for this fun little vignette!

paigey on TikTok Here’s your sign to take ORE 203L

Check out this Freethink Wave Energy Documentary about wave energy work at the University of Hawaii. It features our colleague (and ORE cooperating faculty member) Dr. Pat Cross at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute as well as several ORE students

Waves have massive energy. They could power the planet. | Just Might Work The ocean has the potential to power our planet – and the Navy is racing to harness it.Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscri...

It's official: We passed the recent ABET accreditation review of our ORE MS program (with flying colors)! A sincere mahalo to the many folks who help us continue to improve and adapt our programs, and who worked hard to make the review a success - to our students, faculty, technicians, external advisory committee members, alumni, our colleagues in the College of Engineering, and SOEST & UH staff and administration. An especially big thank you to the ABET team for their thorough and helpful review.

UH Mānoa engineering programs earn accreditation Engineering programs at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), confirming that they meet standards essential to prepare graduates to enter STEM fields in the global workforce

Congratulations to Team R3D (Rapid Resilient Reefs for Coastal Defense) on their $25 million award from DARPA to develop an engineered coral reef ecosystem. Team R3D includes Ben Jones (Director of Ocean Science and Technology at the Applied Research Lab and ORE Adjunct Faculty member) and ORE Professor Zhenhua Huang.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/06/17/engineered-coral-reef-ecosystem/
https://youtu.be/eJtO6RfBktY/

UH to develop living coastal-protection system inspired by coral reefs | University of Hawaiʻi System News UH will be awarded up to $25 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an engineered coral reef ecosystem.

A new edition of our newsletter Hana O Ke Kai is hot off the press, featuring several newly funded projects, welcoming our new office administrator and students, and highlighting some of the things we've been up to over during the last semester. Check it out: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ORE/OE/newsletters/ore_newsletter_v24_i2_S21.pdf. You can access previous issues and sign up for our newsletter mailing list here: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ore/news-events/hana-o-ke-kai-work-of-the-ocean/

What an incredible boost for the SMART cables initiative, led by ORE Research Professor Bruce Howe.

Big boost for global network of SMART seafloor cables, early warning systems The University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa is leading an effort to advance a global network of SMART seafloor cables and develop early warning systems for tsunamis and earthquakes around Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Two research projects involving ORE faculty Bruce Howe and Justin Stopa have been endorsed as part of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the “Ocean Decade”) program. Read more about it here.

Deep sea projects endorsed by United Nations Decade of Ocean Science Two research projects involving University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa scientists, Bruce Howe and Justin Stopa, have been endorsed as part of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the “Ocean Decade”) program

Navigating maritime activities in Arctic focus of UH research!

The National Science Foundation granted nearly $800,000 in funding to UH-Manoa researchers to develop a state-of-the-art mathematical model to predict interactions between sea ice and ships or industrial structures (P*s: Deniz Gedikli and Oceana Francis)

For more info: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/09/28/navigating-arctic-activities/

On June 6th 2021, the Aloha Cabled Observatory (ACO) celebrated its 10th year of operation collecting continuous temperature, salinity, velocity and acoustic data 3 miles under the waves. Hear from ACO P*s - ORE Research Professor Bruce Howe and HIGP Researcher Jim Potemra - and from the scientists and engineers who maintain and use ROV Lu'ukai to service ACO to in this episode of Voice of the Sea. https://vimeo.com/574150083

ALOHA Cabled Observatory - VOS 8-4 In this episode, we're studying the ocean from the world's deepest research station, the Aloha Cabled Observatory—known as the ACO. Located 100 km…

Wave energy conversion research ramps up in Hawaiʻi A new infusion of $6 million from the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center will allow the Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH), to continue to provide critical research and logistical support to the Navy’s Wave Energy Test ...

Another milestone for Aloha Cabled Observatory, co-led by ORE Research Professor Bruce Howe. Anfd a fitting tribute to the late great Fred Duennebier... the world deepest(?) memorial plaque!

Deepest cabled ocean observatory celebrates 10 years of continuous data, memorial plaque On June 6, the University of Hawai‘i’s (UH) ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO)--the world’s deepest cabled observatory--celebrated ten years of continuously providing data directly from the seafloor to shore-based scientists

UH team wins ocean observing prize University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Team Hālona was selected as one of seven winners in the joint U

Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Instrumentation Specialist - Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The PacIOOS Instrumentation Specialist is an exciting, full-time, 2-year* position, responsible to coordinate, manage, and maintain an operational wave buoy network across Micronesia. PacIOOS stakeholders and users heav...