Italy Ocean Engineering Summer Faculty-led

Overview

This month-long global opportunity experience is intended primarily for junior- and senior-level students in ocean engineering — though students in civil, mechanical, aerospace, and materials science and engineering are welcome to attend. The emphasis of the course is on structural analysis and design of facilities related to ocean engineering. These include ocean-going vessels, seawalls and offshore structures such as drilling rigs and windmill farms. Students will take one three-credit-hour course and visit numerous sites in Italy related to the discipline of ocean engineering. In addition to multiple field trips around Ravenna, other field trips included within the program are Pompeii (one day), Sienna (one day), Venice (one day), Florence (one day) and Rome (three full days), studying ancient to modern ocean engineering related structures.

Program highlights include:

• 30 days abroad in Italy
• 18 two-hour class lectures per course
• Five one-day and one multi-day field trip (including nine additional hours of lectures during field trips)
• Housing in Ravenna, an ancient Roman city
• Three preparatory one-hour classes during the spring semester
• Two post-travel meetings during the fall semester to gauge student outcomes

Mandatory Class Dates:

Estimated Cost

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Contact Information

Faculty Leaders

Dr. David Allen
Ocean Engineering
dhallen@tamu.edu

Program Coordinators

Halliburton Engineering Global Programs
Zachry Engineering Education Complex
Suite 410
engineeringglobalprograms@tamu.edu