The Center is a focal point for interdepartmental collaborations, interactions with other MIT schools, as well as outside the Institute. It maintains and projects the MIT presence in Ocean Engineering, through a number of initiatives, including seminars, arranging for visiting scientists and engineers, and maintaining an extensive web page.

Faculty and staff in the Center address a number of ocean-related activities, including:

• observation and exploration of the ocean
• naval construction and engineering
• ocean resource development
• shipping and transportation
• ocean energy
• ocean acoustics
• the role of the ocean in the global environment and in climate change
• oceanographic engineering
• marine robotics
• biomimetics

The offices of the Center are in Room 5-228.