Coastal Engineering

Coastal Engineering

Coastal engineers are concerned with engineering problems in the coastal environment.

			They design and maintain harbours, marinas, and coastal structures such as breakwaters, seawalls, and jetties. They are also concerned with the control of erosion, the study of waves and currents and their effect on coastal structures and with pollution of the coastal waters. Ocean engineers are involved in the design of offshore structures. They study the way wind and waves, climate, currents and earthquakes affect a structure and its foundation. More about: harbours marinas breakwaters docks, piers & jetties other types of beach protection canals dykes Maintenance Steel eating microbes Research Tools Physical and Numerical Modelling Hydraulics Laboratories

Canadian Civil Engineering Departments

University of Alberta		Université de Moncton
University of British Columbia		University of New Brunswick
University of Calgary		University of Ottawa
Carleton University		Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Concordia University		Queen's University
Dalhousie University		University of Regina
École Polytechnique		Royal Military College of Canada
École de Technologies Superieure		Ryerson University
Lakehead University		University of Saskatchewan
Laurentian University		Université de Sherbrooke
Université Laval		University of Toronto
University of Manitoba		University of Waterloo
McGill University		University of Western Ontario
McMaster University		University of Windsor
Memorial University of Newfoundland