Mission of the ASNE Central Gulf Coast Section is to facilitate professional partnerships between the marine industry, academia, government and other professional societies in the interests of furthering the collective knowledge and practice of the profession known as Naval Engineering. We strive to accomplish this mission through regular meetings featuring professional presentation on related topics, soliciting articles and papers for publication in the National Naval Engieers journal and recognizing the accomplishments of Naval Engineers across the broad based community within our local region which encompasses Texas, Louisiana, and the southern area of Mississippi including Pascagoula.

Our current membership is approximately 200 members strong and consists of marine industry professionals, members of academia, government, and other professional societies. You need not be a registered professional engineer to join or even an engineer, but merely have some affiliation with the practice of naval engineering which is defined below....

What is Naval Engineering?

"Naval Engineering includes all arts and sciences as applied in the research, development, design, construction, operation, maintenance and logistic support of surface and subsurface ships and marine craft, naval maritime auxiliaries, ship related aviation and space systems, combat systems, command, control, electronics and fixed and mobile shore facilities which are used by the naval and other military forces and civilian maritime organizations for the defense and well-being of the Nation."