HULG0342-1 : Initiation to research and development, and advanced seminars

Study Programmes 2015-2016

HULG0342-1

Initiation to research and development, and advanced seminars

Duration :

60h Th, 90h Pr

Number of credits :

Specialised master in naval construction (EMSHIP)		10

Lecturer :

P. Ferrant, L. Gentaz, André Hage, Philippe Rigo

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

INITIATION TO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, PREPARATION TO FINAL PROJECT AND TECHNICAL VISITS
P. FERRANT & L. GENTAZ (ECN), P. RIGO & A. HAGE (ULG)
Code = EMSHIP S2-6 (Semester S2)
Workload: lectures, conferences and seminars (60h), personal work (90h) 20h
Number of credits: 10
Content: · Initiation to research: Complementary numerical and experimental approaches, State of the art in ship performance assessment, Organization of international collaborative research, etc (Seminars given by leading researchers from Centrale Nantes and partner universities with contributions from industrial partners)
· Preparation to the Final Project: Methodology, objectives, assessment and evaluation, bibliographical research methodology, initiation of the state of art for the project....
· At the end (June) each student will present a report, called "Project Plan", with a detailed plan for his project, content, planning, objectives, etc. He will have to present orally (30min) this report to a group of Professors.
· Two weeks of seminars with the six partner universities and their representatives (selection of projects...).
· Technical visits of shipyards, leisure boats industries and experimental facilities:

Technical visits of shipyards : STX (St Nazaire), DCNS (Brest, Lorient, Indret), Bénéteau (St Gilles Croix de Vie) ...
Experimental facilities (towing tank, wave tank, structural labs, ...): Nantes (ECN); Val de Reuil (Bassin d'Essais des Carènes-Délégation Générale de l'Armement), Brest (IFREMER) ....
Engineering Companies such as PRINCIPA Marine, SIREHNA, Danish Hydraulics Institute, . . .

These program and visits will be organised by ECN (Nantes) with the active support of ULG staff and professors.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Objective: During this part of the training, seminars are proposed to present the organization, structure and role of Research & Development activity in industry. A large part of this period is dedicated to personal work in order to prepare the final project which will take place at the end of the third trimester.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

To perform this program (lecture of 10 credits) the student must know the subject of his master thesis (to be done during the 3rd semester of the EMSHIP program)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :