Ocean Resources Engineering There have been a good number of seniors and graduate students interested in and taking the course, "Introduction to Offshore Technology," since it was first offered in Spring 1981. At the request of students, the Department of Engineering is prepared to offer the second course, Marine Mining Systems. These are not new topics in the industry. The courses are well balanced between practical and theoretical applications. For the past two decades, significant progress has been achieved in the development of offshore technology, and a large volume of technical information in various forms has been made available in the literature. Development of offshore  technology first started in the oil industry in the Houston area. As the offshore drilling, production, and transportation activities increased substantially to fulfill our energy needs, development and application of the offshore technology have grown bigger every year, exchanging fluxes of information into and out of the oil industry and subsequently spreading technological information out to various industries. In 1982, offshore mechanics was introduced as a new branch of mechanics in offshore applications. Indeed, it has been with us in the offshore drilling, production, and transportation of oil and gas, and in the recently emerging marine mining technology up to 15,000 ft. water depth, of manganese nodules from the Pacific and polymetallic sulfides. We have been developing the technologies for the offshore and ocean energy/resources for more than thirty years. A group of engineers in this branch of mechanics has contributed greatly to bring the offshore technology to its present advanced level. As the water depth has increased, the requirements in the offshore activities have become more complex and sophisticated, and demands on graduates with interdisciplinary background will become even greater and more crucial in the years to come. We have recognized that the traditional branches of applied mechanics, mechanical engineering, civil-coastal engineering, or naval architecture individually have not been able to solve complex offshore or ocean problems. These problems have been solved by interdisciplinary mechanics, or by integrated engineering approaches through interactive treatment of hydrodynamics, structural of solid mechanics, dynamics, and remote (robotic) control. This interdisciplinary branch of mechanics is called OFFSHORE MECHANICS. On the other hand, we cannot deal with these problems without numerical or computer-aided methods or good understanding of practical and operational sides of the problem. We encourage engineers to approach the problems with realistic, integrated solutions of hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, and dynamics for real ocean environments, augmented with advanced numerical methods, new computer technology, automatic control, or geomechanics, for the solution of practical problems to help the industry. The industry has made significant progress in the offshore technology development to meet its own need to solve these problems and consequently to use efficiently the interdisciplinary approach, such as "offshore mechanics". Furthermore, we believe that it is our responsibility to train graduates to be capable of meeting these industry requirements. By Dr. Jin Chung Mines Magazine September 1983