Faculty and staff in the Center address a number of ocean-related activities, including:
- Monitoring and exploration of the ocean
- Naval construction and engineering
- Extreme events and risk modeling in the ocean environment
- Ship design with emphasis on decarbonization
- Food sustainability with emphasis on aquaculture
- Ocean energy
- Ocean acoustics
- The role of the ocean in the global environment and in climate change
- Oceanographic engineering
- Marine robotics
- Biomimetics