Open AccessCOASTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND COASTAL MODELS
Author(s) -
J. William Kamphuis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v33.management.30
Subject(s) - coastal engineering , coastal management , order (exchange) , oceanography , environmental resource management , computer science , engineering , environmental science , geology , business , finance
This paper discusses how coastal engineers are educated and how that must be changed in order to be able to meet the future demands for coastal engineers. It also addresses the use of coastal models as a vital tool to demonstrate concepts and processes that are not innately familiar to the students.