Institute of Harbor and Hydraulic Engineering

The Institute was established in 1989. It is mainly based on the specialty of coastal and oceanographic engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. With the development of national economic construction, a great many coastal and oceanographic engineering projects (e.g. harbors, navigational channels, bridges, wave breaker, reclamation, shipyard, artificial islands, seabed oil pipelines, power plants, oil platforms, coastal defense and coastal and oceanographic pollution, etc.) are being undertaken. The international community has paid increasing attention to the exploration and usage of coastal and marine resources, forming a new subject known as "coastal oceanography".

The institute has undertaken a lot of scientific and technological research projects.(For example, Three Gorges shifter, dynamic analysis of submarine pipeline, etc.).Currently, the institute is undertaking research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, the State Education Committee, and the Shanghai Scientific and Technologic Committee. The main research fields of the institute are:
    Coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics (wave, current sea level and salt water intrusion)
    Coastal, estuarine and offshore sediment processes
    Coastal, estuarine and oceanic pollution
    The designation and construction of coastal architectures, including harbor, dock, etc.
    Coastal and estuarine evolution and regulation of navigational channels
    Reclamation of tidal flat
    The new technology and methods of coastal and estuarine field measurement.