The State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering was established with the approval of the State Development Planning Commission (SDPC) in 1986 and officially opened to the public in 1990 after being checked. It is one of the first group of state key laboratories in China, and also the first state key laboratory engaging in the field of Ocean Engineering.
The Laboratory is equipped withanoutstanding faculty of104 permanent staff members currently, including twomembersof the Chinese Academy of Sciences, twomembers of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, ten recipients of the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth, and five national candidates for the “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Project”. Its major researchdirections are composed of ocean dynamic environment and fluid-object coupling, environmental protection of land-sea waters and prevention & control of coastal erosion, coastal and cross-sea projects and related disaster prevention and mitigation, infrastructure engineering of marine resources development, intelligent operation and maintenance and life-cycle safety of offshore engineeringetc. In accordancewiththe national strategic needs for coordinating land-sea development and building China into a strong maritime country, the Laboratory is committed to basic research and applied basic research, and has undertaken a large number of important national scientific researches .
Contact: LV Weihua Tel: 13591301033
a multifunctional water pool with U-shaped wave maker
Arctic scientific expedition of the Laboratory
