Coastal Engineering is the application of Physical and Engineering Sciences for development, design, conservation, and management studies in coastal/marine areas.

Although the starting point was inspired by the needs of marine protection and marine use, it now adopts the principles of sustainable development, integrated watershed/coastal/marine area management and ecosystem-based management.

In the Coastal Engineering Program (COE) of DEU-IMST, experts “with knowledge and skill of fundamental concepts about coastal/marine processes, design, and construction of coastal/marine structures; and satisfying the abilities to have active roles in planning, construction and management of coastal/marine structures” are being graduated.

The COE program provides multidisciplinary research opportunities with other Marine Technology and Marine Sciences programs of the Institute.

Research subjects:

• Hydrodynamics of coastal/marine areas
• Coastal/marine structure design and applications
• Sediment transport and coastal morphology
• Natural disasters (tsunami, storm surge, floods, etc.) and climate change
• Marine renewable energy (wind, current, wave)
• Integrated coastal, marine and watershed management