Ocean Engineering Group at UT Austin http://www.ce.utexas.edu/dept/area/ocean

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Ocean Engineering Group at UT Austin
http//www.ce.utexas.edu/dept/area/ocean

• Part of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental
  Engineering http//www.ce.utexas.edu with
  currently 670 undergraduate and 350 graduate
  students
• Research in the area of computational
  hydrodynamics with applications on the design of
  propulsors and offshore structures
  http//cavity.ce.utexas.edu and
  http//cavity.ce.utexas.edu/kinnas/fpso
• Job opportunities in naval research labs,
  industry, and academia
• Interaction with Texas AM University through
  OTRC (Offshore Technology Research Center)
  http//otrc.tamu.edu
• Interaction with Florida Atlantic University and
  UC Berkeley through ONRs NNRNE program

For more info contact Prof. S.A. Kinnas, Ocean
Engineering Group ECJ 8.604, Dept. of Civil,
Architectural Environmental Engineering The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
78712 kinnas_at_mail.utexas.edu
January 2006
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Computations
Experiments
Open cavitating propeller
Prop/rudder interaction
Waterjet impeller
hull section with bilge keels in roll motion
Ducted prop
FPSO hull with bilge keels
Ocean Engineering Group at UT Austin
January 2006