Educational Outreach
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The process of engaging universities and students alike revealed a need for a greater cause: to inform and educate society at an even earlier stage about the offshore and subsea business, emphasizing how technically challenging and rewarding a career in these fields could be. See our education page to see events that we have held.
The board recognized the higher impact that could be made through simple education and information transfer. There simply are not enough programs to generate awareness of our industry at the early planning stages of careers, the information needs to be communicated through teachers, counselors, administrators, teacher conferences and the students themselves. In short, the “coolness” of our engineering disciplines and business in generally simply is not well-known, and there are only a handful of teachers and professors that steer new minds toward considering a career in our industry. The problem is not necessary a lack of interest or even a spin from negative media, but rather an “exposure void” that exists for the offshore and subsea sectors.
Over the years, the organization has naturally evolved and is currently supporting four activities.
Sponsoring an annual Student Senior Design Project within the Texas A&M Multidisciplinary Engineering department in support of the Subsea Master’s program.
Sponsoring and Organizing the annual Student Design Competition at the Subsea Tieback Forum.
Providing membership to the TAMU Subsea Masters Industry Advisory Board.
Teaching Classes and Seminars in support of University and Industry Organizational needs.