Ocean engineering under the sea grant program

This paper describes: Efforts to integrate Engineering Departments into the institutional Sea Grant Programs at several outstanding universities; Various interpretations of "Ocean Engineering" at several universities; Predilections of ocean engineers to study the effects of waves on Pilings; Possible reasons for ignoring the potential of operations research in ocean engineering at these universities; Interrelationships between engineers, scientists, and social scientists in joint projects; and The willingness of a few extraordinary ocean engineers to exercise imaginations and risk reputations in highly innovative undertakings under the Sea Grant Program.