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JETS Update
JETS Store Grand Opening! From brochures, books, multi-media products, and JETS merchandise; we have the materials that you are seeking. It is fast, easy, secure, and just a click away. More ...

Feature Story: Ocean Engineering
What do the following scenarios have in common? One hundred miles off the Texas coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, an oil drilling platform-an enormous steel structure larger than many skyscrapers-strains against a web of steel and composite cables anchored to the sea-floor 3,000 feet below. More ...

Hands On
Richard James, a mechanical engineer, accidentally invented one of the world's most popular toys while trying to develop a spring to keep ship instruments steady at sea. This activity comes to us from E-Week. More ...

Extreme Engineer

Profile: Evan Zimmerman, Ocean Engineer. Evan’s interest in ocean engineering began with a fascination with oceans in general. Coupling that with a strong interest in structural and mechanical engineering lead him to the off-shore area within the field.
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Profile: Steve Howard, Coastal Engineer, Olsen Associates.The surf’s almost always up for coastal engineers—the other side of ocean engineering. In addition to the focus on off shore, ocean engineering also encompasses coastal engineering, a specialty concentrating on the processes ongoing at the shoreline and construction within the coastal zone.
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Hot Topics
This month's hot topic focuses on Deep-Ocean Observatory Systems and comes from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. More ...

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