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Marine and Environmental Systems

Scuba Diving and Ocean Engineering

Scuba Diving & Ocean Engineering – by Dr. Stephen Wood – whether you need to dive to deploy some ocean device (e.g., ocean energy system, scientific equipment/instrument or underwater vehicle) or dive to obtain data (e.g., [...]

Indian River Lagoon Experiments-IRLEX 2012

During the week of July 23-July 27, 2012, Dr. Robert J. Weaver, a faculty member with FIT Ocean Engineering and his friend and colleague from the University of South Alabama (USA), Dr. Bret Webb, conducted a [...]

Ocean Engineering and Ocean Engineering Management

Ocean Engineering in DMES includes research in naval architecture and high-speed small-craft, corrosion and biofouling control, marine materials, ocean observing system design and integration, beach erosion, coastal structures and processes, environmental fluid mechanics, artificial reefs, hydrographic [...]

Fellowships and scholarships abound for oceanography majors

Elizabeth Merton, an biological oceanography major, recently earned a $1,000 scholarship from the Cocoa Beach Sail and Power Squadron (CBSPS). This funding will help her continue participating in her biological oceanography field projects. Fun Fact: Elizabeth [...]

Ocean Engineering

What is an Ocean Engineering degree? Ocean engineering is about making waves through the study of the relationship among ocean phenomena, the marine environment, and human society and technology. Students dive into a diverse ocean engineering [...]

Wave Energy Technology Becoming a Reality at Florida Institute of Technology

——————– By Ocean Engineering student Billy Wells and Dr. Stephen Wood - A group of students from Florida Tech’s ocean engineering program are designing a revolutionary, environmentally friendly ocean wave energy system for home and commercial [...]

Pacific Northwest Field Course!

The Florida Tech Biological Oceanography class “Pacific Coastal Environments” is hosted in the Pacific Northwest by the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) of the University of Oregon. The goal for this course is to expose Florida [...]

Light a fire!

Friday, May 18th, third entry. The time has come for the Florida Tech Biological Oceanography students to say good-bye to Oregon and return to our tropical paradise of Melbourne, Florida. We decided to end our trip [...]

Get a spine!

Friday, May 18th, second entry. As Liza handles a walrus skull (note tusk sockets!), the Florida Tech Biological Oceanography students get ready to spend an hour or two in the Birds and Mammals Lab/Museum. This was a change [...]

Ouch!

Sometimes you get the crab… and sometimes the crab gets you! The Biological Oceanography students from Florida Tech encountered all sorts of fascinating marine life, and sometimes terrestrial life, during the Pacific Coastal Environments course. The following [...]

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