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Links for Employers
Use these links to help hire students and promote your company at Texas A&M University
Job Opportunities
Employment opportunities exist with private industry, defense contractors, consulting firms, and government agencies.
Typical ocean engineering application areas include: beach protection and nourishment, coastal structures, coastal erosion, development of ocean energy resources, instrumentation for coastal and offshore measurements, marine dredging and dredged material placement, moored and towed systems, ocean mining, offshore petroleum recovery, offshore structures, ports and harbors, search and salvage, suspended and dissolved constituent transport, subsea pipelines and cables, submersible vehicles, and underwater acoustics.
Job Resources
The Ocean Engineering Program, the Department of Civil Engineering and Texas A&M University all provide resources and assistance for graduates finding jobs.
The Ocean Engineering Program maintains a resume book which is available to employers. Undergraduate students in their senior year and all graduate students are required to submit resumes for inclusion in the resume book. Employers can request a current copy of the resume book to aid in hiring decisions by contacting Prof. Robert Randall.
The Ocean Engineering Program also maintains a list of links to companies where OE graduates have recently been employed. To have your company added to the list, please contact Prof. Robert Randall. Additionally, the program has also compiled a list of coastal and ocean engineering companies located throughout the United States.
The Department of Civil Engineering also maintains a resume and job listing database that students can use to post online resumes and search available jobs. These services are available on the Civil Engineering web site .
Finally, the University Career Center is an excellent resource for students looking for employment both for summer internships and following graduation.
Student Employment
There are also a number of ways that you can be employed through the university while a student at Texas A&M.
During the semester, undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in research supervised by the professors in the Ocean Engineering Program. To be considered for employment in Undergraduate Research, contact any of the faculty members in the Program.
A special program in the College of Engineering is available to undergraduates for summer research. The Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) program is a great way for undergraduates to find out what graduate school is all about while being paid to do research in the Dwight Look College of Engineering. The application process begins in February each year for the following summer. Consult the USRG web site for an application and more detailed information.
Finally, there are work-study opportunities available in the Program. Interested students are encouraged to contact Prof. Jun Zhang for more information.