Dedicated in June 2003, the 25,000-square-foot Reta and Bill Haynes '46 Coastal Engineering Laboratory at Texas A&M University brings ocean and estuarine environments into a laboratory setting where engineers, researchers and educators can tackle the most challenging problems of near-shore and estuarine regions.
Our large-scale, specialized testing capabilities handle coastal, dredging, hydraulic and offshore processes. We offer all the resources needed for coastal as well as offshore studies, from equipment to research expertise to technical support.
Education is an important part of the Haynes Lab, providing hands-on opportunities for learning and research for graduate and undergraduate students in the Coastal and Ocean Engineering Program as well as related programs in geography, oceanography and geology at Texas A&M.
The Haynes Lab is located in the Texas A&M University Research Park, also home to the neighboring multi-institutional Offshore Technology Research Center and worldwide Integrated Ocean Drilling Program headquarters. A deepwater facility, the OTRC has a wave basin that is available for deepwater testing. Together with these two facilities, the Haynes Lab is the only place in the United States to offer complete and complementary facilities and resources for the testing needs of coastal and offshore systems.
The National Science Foundation and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station are among the founding contributors of the Haynes Lab.