Offshore and Coastal Engineering

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. describe offshore systems, design considerations and applications; 2. evaluate subsea field development, pipelines, Christmas trees; 3. explain most canonical underwater operations with the aid of AUVs, ROVs, and autonomous & semi-autonomous sub-marine robotics; and 4. give an overview of coastal facilities, piping system, underwater inspections, maintenance and repair operations.

Offshore systems & design; platforms, subsea development and pipelines; underwater operation & design; sub-marines, robotics and remotely vehicles design and applications, corrosion and cathodic protection; underwater inspections, maintenance and repair operations. Coastal engineering: Dredging and sand-filling mechanism and piping system; maintenance; design of breakwaters and jetties. Application of Bayesian, fuzzy and ANN software.