Basic requirements and tasks for an ocean engineer

I have no clue about what Ocean engineering is. What are the basic requirements and tasks for an ocean engineer?

It is a specialised branch of engineering concerned with the design, analysis, and operation and planning of systems that operate in an oceanic environment. This field makes an engineer aware of the ocean and sea environment in order to research how salt and water affects watercraft and vessels. In simple and summarized words we can say that ocean engineering is an intense research of ocean and its impact on environment and technology. It is basically a mix of several types of engineering such as mechanical, electrical, civil, and chemical engineering techniques and skills, coupled with a basic understanding of how the oceans work. In order to understand the concept and to have a better understanding of the course you should be in forefront of high technology areas such as computer aided design and calculation.

It’s basically an interlink between many other disciplines such as marine biology, chemical and physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics. This field is very challenging as it requires a whole range of backgrounds and skills. Ocean engineers design and develop marine vehicles and structures and study how technology is applied to the ocean and coastal environments. Ocean engineers are also involved with deep sea exploration and may work to design or operate ocean platforms or sub-surface vehicles. Ocean Engineers also have a specialist function in ensuring that a safe, economic and seaworthy design is produced. Ocean engineering is instrumental in helping preserve coastal structures from erosion; developing energy resources; ocean mining; offshore petroleum recovery; and protecting ports and harbours, subsea pipelines, cables and underwater vehicles and acoustics.