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The most valuable college majors, ranked
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering takes the top spot on the list of most valuable college majors, according to a Bankrate study of 162 degrees.
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is America's No. 1 Major
America’s No. 1 college major for salary and job availability, according to Marketwatch.
Student test Polynesian canoe models in the UM wave tank
Fifth graders from Brick Elementary School visited the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab to test their Hōkūleʻa styled canoe models in the Wind Wave tank.
Professor Dong wins 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Professor Pingsha Dong has received the 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award by the American Welding Society
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As long as there have been humans, the marine world has connected them. It covers two thirds of the earth. It transports 90% of the world’s freight, feeds 3 ½ billion people, defines the world’s borders, and fuels our industries and our imaginations. Perhaps the most challenging and unpredictable environment on earth, it’s home to the largest engineered systems ever built by humans.