JOMAE Special Issue on Ocean Engineering

Abstract

A specialty symposium, The J. V. Wehausen Symposium on Water Waves, Ships Waves, and Marine Hydrodynamics was held at the 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering in Oslo, Norway on 23–28 June 2002. The symposium was held in the honor of John V. Wehausen, Professor Emeritus of the University of California at Berkeley, in recognition of his significant accomplishments in the fields of linear and nonlinear water waves and related research issues. His published works in these fields have provided much guidance to an international community of researchers and educators. In addition, the symposium provided an overview of the present state of surface-wave mechanics and its future as a field of investigation, particularly from the point of view of naval architecture and ocean and offshore engineering. The symposium proceedings can provide insights for many workers interested in continuing to advance this field at the outset of this new century.