MSc/PgDip Sustainable Engineering: Marine Technology

Program Overview

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Why this course?

This flexible programme combines study in specialist, advanced engineering technologies underpinned with training in sustainability. The programme has been developed with direct industrial involvement to provide you with a solid understanding of modern, sustainable engineering. As well as gaining an understanding of how sustainable engineering applies to Marine Technology, this programme will also provide you with key transferable skills to aid your employability.

The course is designed for experienced or newly-qualified engineers in:

Naval Architecture

Marine Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering or related disciplines

The Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering (NAOME), a leading institution in Scotland, offers excellent teaching and research facilities in naval architecture, ocean and marine engineering, which expands your career opportunities in naval architecture, marine, offshore oil and gas industry.

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What you’ll study

Studying at least three generic modules will meet the key requirements to attain Chartered Engineer status.

You must take three specialist modules if you are studying for the Postgraduate Certificate and up to five if you are studying for a Postgraduate Diploma or MSc.

Successful completion of six modules leads to the award of a Postgraduate Certificate.

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Group project

You’ll work with a group of students from different pathways of the Sustainable Engineering programme. You’ll produce sustainable solutions to real-life industry problems. This project will include site visits, field trips and progress reports to industry partners.

Successful completion of eight modules and the group project leads to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma.

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Individual project (MSc only)

MSc students will study a selected topic in depth and submit a thesis.

Successful completion of eight modules, the group project and an individual project leads to the award of an MSc.

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Facilities

We have excellent teaching facilities including:

Catalina – our departmental racing yacht

Kelvin Hydrodynamics Lab – the largest ship-model experiment tank in any UK university

Towing/wave tank exclusively for teaching purposes

Marine engine laboratory

Cutting-edge computer facilities

Industry standard software

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Student competitions

NAOME supports and promotes students in various competitions and awards, from cash bursaries for top performing students to the highest of awards from international organisations.

In recent years, students from NAOME have been triumphant in the following high profile competitions:

Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year (SET Awards)

Best Maritime Technology Student (SET Awards)

Double winner of BP’s Ultimate Field Trip Competition

Strathclyder of the Year

Program Outline

Course content

A typical selection of classes offered on the programme are outlined below. Please note that these classes may be subject to change.

Instructional classes

Elective modules

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Maritime Safety & Risk

This module aims to demonstrate how the principles and methods of risk analysis are undertaken and reflected in safety assessment. Risk analysis offers a variety of methods, tools and techniques that can be applied in solving problems covering different phases of the life cycle of a vessel (design, construction, operation and end-of-life) and, as such, this module will also elaborate on the practicalities of its application to a range of marine scenarios.

This module covers:

safety, risk and risk analysis; key terminology; lessons learnt from past experience; human factors.

formal safety assessment

hazard Identification

frequency analysis and consequence modelling

quantitative risk assessment methods

risk control and decision support, cost benefit analysis

human Factors and Safety culture in the maritime

industry guest lectures addressing topical issues related to maritime safety and risk

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

understand the concepts and importance of safety, risk and of all requisite fundamentals enabling quantification of risk in the maritime context

utilise methods and tools undertaking fundamental studies, specific to any component, system or function and in general first-principles implementation to life-cycle design

understand and have experience of the use of risk analysis in the marine field via related case studies (risk-based ship design, operation and regulation).

be able to appreciate components of a formal safety assessment and apply it for indicative problems of maritime operations

Assessment and feedback are in the form of one final exam (during Semester-2 diet) and two coursework assignments (assignment-one focusses on accident investigation, assignment-two is a safety assessment case study).

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Risers & Mooring Lines

This module aims to:

give an overview of the current deep-water oil and gas developments around the world and the technical challenges in terms of riser and mooring line design

demonstrate methods for modelling and analysing risers and mooring lines

This module covers:

oil & gas field development options: platform types, marine riser systems, current design trends and deep-water challenges

riser systems: flexible pipe structure, typical configurations, top-tensioned vertical risers, hybrid risers.

flow assurance: multi-phase flow, deposition of solids, thermal management

riser analysis: governing equations, boundary conditions, natural frequency

mooring lines: typical mooring configuration, material and construction, anchors and ancillary equipment, static mooring line analysis

vortex induced vibration: drag, vortex shedding, surface roughness, lift, Strouhal number, VIV assessment, fatigue life calculation

On completion of the module you're expected to have

an overview of mooring lines and marine risers for deep-water floating offshore platforms

an understanding of the generic hydrodynamic issues

a grasp of the analytical
umerical methods for analysing risers and mooring lines

You'll carry out the coursework individually using the knowledge taught during lectures and computer lab sessions.

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Advanced Marine Structures

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the response of surface ships, at both a global and a local level. Structural analysis and design will both be discussed.

This module will teach the following:

introduction to ship structures and structural design principles

loads acting on ship structures

longitudinal strength of surface ships

analysis and design of columns and beam-columns

analysis and design of un-stiffened and stiffened plated structures

design of hull girder mid-ship section components from first principles

On completion of this module, you'll have gained:

an understanding of the nature of ship hull structures, the role of various components and ship structural design issues

an understanding of load action and its effects at a local and a global level

an understanding of how to analyse the global response of surface ships

an understanding of the basics of ship hull girder analysis at a local level

an understanding of a systematic ship structural design procedure at a global level

Assessment and feedback are in the form of a two-hour exam. You need to gain an overall mark of 50% to pass the module.

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Sustainability

This class aims to provide you with an understanding of the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development. The social, environmental and economic impact of development strategies will be identified and the mitigation of negative impacts discussed.

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Design & Construction of Floating, Production, Storage & Offloading Vessels

This module aims to introduce the shipbuilding technologies and equipment used in the construction of FPSO vessels. It will also provide an introduction to the ship design process as applied to FPSO vessels.

This module will teach the following:

FPSO Construction:

overview of facilities for shipbuilding

the shipbuilding process including the integration of hull construction, outfitting and painting

the role of product definition

FPSO Design:

functional requirements and design drivers

typical layouts and sizes

hullform and marine system arrangements

platform-topsides interfaces

comparison of new-build and conversion approaches

design process and schedules

On completion of the module the you're expected to be able to:

understand the technologies and processes involved in constructing FPSO vessels

appreciate the interaction between design and construction of FPSO vessels, especially in relation to conversions

understand the relationships between functional requirements and design solutions for FPSO vessels

demonstrate their awareness of the importance of marine systems and the platform-topsides interface in a successful solution

Assessment and feedback are in the form of coursework. You'll carry out the coursework in groups using the knowledge taught during lectures and tutorials and by referring to the other literature resources.

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Theory & Practice of Marine Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

This module aims to introduce you to the theoretical background of marine CFD using the finite volume method. It also aims to illustrate the key ideas related to discretisation and solution of the fluid flow governing equations for incompressible flows. This module also aims to discuss some key issues related to the use of CFD packages in practical applications

This module covers:

briefing of basic CFD procedure

introduce fluid flow governing equations and their simplified forms

introduce CFD mesh generation

discretisation of governing equations and boundary conditions

introduce temporal discretisation

the solution of discretised equations

CFD software package use

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

be familiar with the basis for the key equations of CFD for incompressible flow in finite volume form

understand in principle how these equations may be discretised and solved numerically

apply commercial CFD package to simple two-dimensional engineering problem

Assessments are in the form of exam.

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Design Management

This class provides a structured introduction to the design management process, issues and tools.

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Risk Management

You'll explore the entire process of structuring a risk problem, modelling it, supporting and communicating recommendations, both theoretically and in practice. Risk management is linked with decision analysis in so far as we explore decision-making under uncertainty and it has links with quantitative business analysis as we explore the use of statistics in understanding risk. However, the topic has some unique attributes such as risk communication and the role that experts play in risk assessment.

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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Project Management

This class aims to provide you with skills relating to the use of engineering practices in project management with particular respect to the effective and efficient use of resources.

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Computational Free-Surface Hydrodynamics

This module aims to introduce you to:

the theory background for solving turbulence flow and free-surface problems using Computational Fluid Dynamics method

basic knowledge for CFD coding

This module covers:

the challenges for modelling turbulence

the most widely used turbulent models and their applications

what are the basic techniques for CFD software coding?

what are the key issues and modelling methods to cope with free-surface capturing problem

how to use turbulent modelling and free-surface problem with commercial CFD software package

how to use User-Defined Function (UDF) to coding and solve customised CFD problem

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

understand the main methods in CFD to deal with turbulence and free-surface issues

understand basic skills for CFD coding

apply commercial CFD software package and develop UDF to solve three relevant problems with their applications in ocean engineering

Assessment and feedback are in the form of course work and individual interview.

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Learning & teaching

There are two teaching semesters of 11 weeks each.

Each year about 15 experts from the industry give talks and seminars on wide-ranging topics. Industrial visits are made to a variety of companies.

You’re required to attend an induction prior to the start of the course.

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Assessment

There are two types of method for module assessment. One is course work assessment only, the other is examination assessment. For examined modules the final assessment mark consists of 30-40% course work and 60-70% examination.

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Careers

As a graduate you’re prepared for a wide range of challenging and rewarding careers in the marine and related industries. These include:

design and construction of all types of marine vehicles

project management

systems design

safety management

support services

classification societies

consultancy services.

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