ORE faculty regularly assess and updates the educational objectives, program outcomes, assessment processes, and academic program in general with input from alumni and their employers, as well as local and international panels of professionals representing the ocean and resources engineering communities. The ORE Advisory Panel members cover the four option areas and provide a balanced representation of academia, industry, and government.

  • Roger Babcock, PhD, PE, Chief Engineer and Director of Facility Maintenance, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; Professor (on-leave), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
  • Brian Bingham, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
  • John Halkyard, ScD, PE, Chairman and President, Ocean Minerals, LLC, Houston, Texas.
  • Joong Woo Lee*, PhD, Director of Research and Development, PIS Engineering Consultant Company, Ltd., Busan, Korea; Professor (retired), Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, Korea.
  • Paul Palo, PhD, PE, Mechanical Engineer (Retired), Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Expeditionary Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California.
  • Vijay Panchang, PhD, PE, Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System; Chair, Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University Qatar; Powell Professor, Maritime Systems Engineering and Marine Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University at Galveston.
  • Amal C. Phadke*, PhD, Staff Ocean Engineer, Global Marine – Technical & Commercial, SP1-13-S206, ConocoPhillips Company, 925 N Eldridge Parkway, Houston, Texas.
  • Justin Manley, Founder, Just Innovation Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Thomas Mathai, PhD, Researcher IV – Model and Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado.
  • Greg Rocheleau, CEO, Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi
  • Robert Rocheleau*, PE, CEO (retired), Sea Engineering Inc., Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi.
  • Gary Shimozono, PE, Corporate Engineer, Martin Defense Group, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
  • Jane McKee Smith, PhD, PE, DCE, NAE, Emeritus Senior Research Hydraulic Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • Solomon C. Yim, PhD, PE, Glenn Willis Holcomb Professor, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University.