OCE 4542: OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN
OCE 5542 OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
NOTE To the Public - These are fictitious corporations and proposals by
students at Florida Institute of Technology for the OCE 4542 & OCE 5542 classes.
The class is to give the student a basic understanding of the proposal process
using current ongoing topics. Much of their work is of good to high
quality.
Corporation: ???
Proposal
Corporation: Gulf Stream Power Jarrid Boyle, Sumit Gupta, Deric Hausmann, Anthony
Jones, Amanda Mackintosh, Khoury Mains, Mike Plasker, Lindsay Quandt, William
Rae, Cheryl Skibski, Melissa Tribou
2008 Topic: Florida COOS
2010 Topic: Ocean Energy System - Wave Energy
2009 Topic: Gulf Stream Ocean Energy System (Version 2)
Corporation: LOCOS
Proposal - Report, NSF Proposal
Stephanie Groleau, Christian Flemming, Joe Caldwell, Anthony Tedeschi, Marty Durkin, Shannon Barrett
Corporation: Ocean Hydro
Proposal - Report,
NSF Proposal
2006 Topic: Methane Hydrate Recovery
2007 Topic: Gulf Stream Ocean Energy System (Version 1)
Corporation: Deep Ocean Energy Systems (DOES)
Hunter Brown - Senior Mechanical Engineer , Eduardo Gonzalez - Senior Hydraulic Engineer, Adam Outlaw - Senior Control Engineer, Zachary Pfeiffer - Senior Electrical Engineer, Michelle Rees - Senior Navigation Engineer, Maila Sepri - Senior Computer Engineer, Enrique Acuna - Senior Mechanical Engineer Processing System, Michael Card - Mining Specialist, Christopher Cawood - Mooring Specialist, Zachary Chester - Coordination & Systems Integration Engineer, Walker Dawson - Safety & Law Specialist, Adam Lucey - Acoustics & Instrumentation Engineer, Steve Martyr - Surface Facilities Engineering, Mark Stroik - Methane Hydrate Specialist
Funding Opportunity Announcement Related to the Current Project
2004 Topic: Oil Recovery from a Sunken Oil Tanker
Corporation: Marlin Deep Ocean Salvage (MDOS)
Proposal - Report, (continuation)
Mikhail Dembicki, Aaron Kayes, Arial Nulph, Fabio Sorvillo
2003 Topic: Underwater
Habitats
Corporation: Ocean Engineering Advantage Enterprises (OEAE)
Travis Burland - Senior Electrical Systems Engineer, Roberto Porro - Senior Structural Engineer, Aubrey Kozak - Senior Hydraulics Engineer, Douglas Gaurdino - Senior HVAC Engineer, Margaret Boshek - Senior Foundations Engineer, Brett Bailey - Senior Structural Engineer, Joseph Morrow - Senior Safety Engineer, Nakul Saran - Senior Human Factors Engineer
Where the class visited: MarineLab
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The primary purpose of the MarineLab is to provide the marine science community with an insitu laboratory facility previously unavailable for student participation. Secondary school students, college and university students, and marine scientists have made use of the MarineLab facilities. University level programs provide students and faculty with the use of the facility to conduct marine science and engineering research. Programs cover extensive data collection on water quality, turbidity, and population densities within the lagoon on a continuing basis.
Chris Olstad - MRDF’s Habitat Operations Director since the MarineLab Undersea Lab was placed in the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park turning basin in1984. Since then, Chris has supervised over 500 scientific research and educational missions involving well over 1000 aquanauts. These missions have been supported by NOAA, NASA, the US Navy, and many universities, colleges, and high schools from around the USA. Several scientific papers, abstracts, and reports have resulted from studies in the MarineLab Undersea Lab, including articles published in the Journal of Applied Physiology and Undersea Biomedical Research. Topics of study include biomedical (bubbles in the bloodstream, microbial flora in the human ear); geological (sedimentation rates); technological (electronic tracking); hydroponics; and pyschological (the effects of staying submerged for 30 days). For a full list of reports and projects, please email Chris at chris@mrdf.org.
2000 Topic: Artic AUV
Corporation: UnderSea Solutions, Inc. REPORT -Proposal
1999 Topic: Surveying System
Corporation: Sea Tech, Inc.
Catalog Data: OCE 4542 OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN (3 credits). Engineering fundamentals applied to the design of ocean-related systems; study of the design process and related topics such as optimization techniques, reliability predictions, and simulation techniques.
Course objectives: To provide experience in the team approach to design of ocean engineering systems and subsystems to the component level, while developing capabilities to perform as entry level engineer.
Course vs. objectives: This course strengthens the students design experience they obtained in OCE 4541, and is designed to address the Program Objectives 1, 2 and 3. The course supports the following outcomes in providing the students:
The students would also expand on their abilities to:
Prepared & Updated by: S. L. Wood, Ph.D. P.E., Date: May, 2007