MIT Center for Ocean Engineering

10/06/2017

Congratulations to Professor Nick Makris, new director for the MIT Center for Ocean Engineering.

11/28/2016

NEW! JOB POSTING. Faculty Position at MIT in Ocean Science and Engineering. Application review begins Jan 3, 2017. Start date Sept 2017 (negotiable). Please share with alumni, faculty colleagues and friends. https://school-of-engineering-faculty-search.mit.edu/meche-ocean/

Applications are sought for a tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering starting September 2017 or on a mutually agreed upon date thereafter.

08/29/2013

Congratulations to Prof. Marcus for being chosen the recipient of the SNAME 2013 William H. Webb medal for "Outstanding Contributions to Education in Naval Architecture, Marine or Ocean Engineering".

08/23/2013

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/mit-alum-receives-navy-award.html

08/23/2013

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/ocean-engineering-students-set-stage-for-a-smarter-fleet.html

New data redefines the operational profile for class of U.S. Navy ships

05/22/2013

Congratulations to Christian Welch '13 for getting the TOP SNAME Scholarship award for the Wilbur N. Landers Scholarship

03/20/2013

On March 21st, Thursday, at 11:30am in 5-314, George Gougoulidis will give a talk "Energy Saving Basics for the Maritime Industry"
(to attend this event RSVP here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W9LL37G)

Dr. Gougoulidis will present the recently imposed regulations by IMO concerning the energy efficiency of ships and discuss their consequences for the Maritime Industry, as well as the environmental implications in connection with Corporate social responsibility. The focus will be on the recently imposed regulations by IMO concerning the energy efficiency of ships. State-of-the-art technologies and operational techniques that can be applied to reduce fuel consumption and carbon footprint will be presented. Environmental implications in connection with Corporate social responsibility will be discussed. Finally, current research projects relating to the field of energy efficiency will be mentioned.

Dr. George Gougoulidis is a Naval Architect, as well as an officer in the Hellenic Navy. He graduated from the Hellenic Naval Academy with a BSc Degree in Marine Engineering and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he obtained a Naval Engineer Degree, an MSc in Ocean Systems Management, and a PhD in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. During his career as a naval officer, he has served on various types of naval ships in several positions (Second Engineer, Chief Engineer, etc.). After fulfilling his career onboard, he served on the Technical Directorate of both Salamis and Souda Naval Bases. He is currently the head of the R&A Department of the Technical Directorate at the Naval Base in Souda, Crete. Concurrently, he serves as a member of the advisory board of Commonlawgic, which is active in the field of sustainability and other related issues.

03/19/2013

On March 22, Friday, at 10:30am in 5-134, Stefan Harries and Claus Abt of Friendhsip Systems will give a talk "Friendship Framework Software for Simulation-driven Design".

Increasing ship energy efficiency and complying with environmental regulations like IMO’s Energy Efficiency Design Index demand advanced technologies for optimizing hull forms. Top-performing ship hulls are potentially decisive to succeed in the competition for customers and market position. Owing to the market’s overcapacity, customers demand better product performance and a better price. Simulation-driven design is a technology that allows designers to develop better designs in shorter time. The introduction of simulation-driven design increasingly gives leading ship yards, design offices and model basins the competitive edge for fast and successful hull design.
The FRIENDSHIP-Framework offers simulation-driven design solutions for effective hull form development. It is the only software that is particularly suited for hull form optimization - from engineers for engineers. After introducing the main philosophy and capabilities of the integrated framework, some examples of hull form design by optimization will be presented, including some recent developments of the MIT Innovative Ship Design Lab together with MIT Sea Grant.

Stefan Harries is Managing Director of FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS GmbH. He is responsible for research and development regarding simulation-driven design on the basis of the CAD-CFD integration platform FRIENDSHIP-Framework. His experience comprises: parametric modelling, formal optimization and hydrodynamic simulation. He founded FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS in 2001 after studying in Germany and the USA.

Claus Abt is also Managing Director and co-founder of FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS. Claus studied naval architecture in Berlin and spent several years on research and development of advanced CAE software reaching from automotive applications to shipbuilding. Today he is responsible for the product development of the FRIENDSHIP-Framework, as well as software implementation and training at their customers' sites.

02/20/2013

On February 27th, at 1pm in 1-242, Prof. Yonghwan Kim will give a talk "Recent Seakeeping Problems of Modern Ships and Offshore Structures in Ocean Waves"

Modern commercial ships and offshore structures are getting larger. As their sizes are bigger, the characteristics of their motion responses and wave loads are different from old vessels and structures. For example, floating structures are getting whippier and fluid-structure interactions are of great interest to predict fatigue failure. Also the liquid cargo is getting bigger, so sloshing problem due to floating-body motion becomes a critical issue in the cargo design of large LNG carriers and LNG-FPSOs.
In this presentation, recent engineering problems related to seakeeping of modern large ships and offshore structures will be introduced along with the research activities and key outcomes of Marine Hydrodynamics Lab in Seoul National University. The development of WISH program for nonlinear motion responses on waves, ship structural hydroelasticity in waves such as springing and slamming-whipping, experimental studies on sloshing, power reduction in waves for greenship design will be particular
problems to be introduced.

Prof. Yonghwan Kim got a PhD degree at MIT in 1999. He worked at ABS(American Bureau of Shipping) Technology and MIT as a research scientist before his joining Seoul National University in 2004. Currently he is the director of Advanced Marine Engineering Center(AMEC) and LRET-Funded Research Center(LRETC) in Seoul National University. He is The Lloyd’s Register Education Trust Professor and has been serving as the chair of ITTC Seakeeping Committee.

11/06/2012

See the latest scholarship opportunities from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on our website!

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ScholarshipsPosted on November 6th, 2012Undergraduate Scholarships (for students who are currently sophomores):Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholarship: http://www.epp.noaa.govApplication Deadline: February 15, 2013Ernest F. H...

10/30/2012

2 special lectures this week from Professor Tim Palmer, Royal Society Professor of Climate Physics at Oxford University:

October 30, 3pm-4pm, Bldg. 54-915
"Towards the Probabilistic Earth-System Simulator: A Vision For Weather and Climate Prediction in the 21st Century"

October 31, 10am-11am, Bldg. 54-915
"Lorenz, Goedel and Penrose: From Chaos to Fundamental Physics"

10/18/2012

MIT Sea Grant calls for Massachusetts High Schools to sign up now for the 16th annual Blue Lobser Bowl at MIT in February 2013

The Blue Lobster Bowl, Massachusetts' regional marine science quiz bowl, is one of the 25 annual regional competitions that comprise theNational Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB)competition.