StudyQA — Master: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

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The program in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering gives engineers an opportunity to focus on emerging and growth fields. The academic focus areas consist of two major divisions as follows:

Marine Mechanics
- Engineering for the marine environment requires the analysis of complex systems including their hydrodynamic charecteristics, strucural integreity, and dynamic responses. Marine mechanics is at the heart of these analyses and involves the study of the fundamental physics of marine systems along with the development and use of analysis tools. Whether the marine system is a ship, an offshore structure for oil and gas recovery, or an energy harvesting device, their design requires the same basic analysis tools of applied mechanics and numerical modeling.
Marine Systems Design
- The naval architect's role in advanced marine design may be one of applying the latest design methods to specific design issues or one of overall design integration and leadership of integrated product/process development teams. Naval architects may also have the leading roles in the management of marine systems. The unifying philosophy of the Department's study in this area is that of multi-discipline engineering and concurrent design from early in the design process of the performance, manufacture, and the life-cycle support of a design. Manufacturing considerations are an integral part of the design process. marine design today is often conducted with cross-functional integrated product development teams. Specify syudy within this area can emphasize overall design, marine engineering, maritime systems management, ship production, or optimization methods and design under uncertainty.
Marine Robotics and Controls
- Marine robots cannot use GPS since they operate underwater. Therefore, it is necessary for robots to use computer vision and image processing in conjunction with time-synchronized acoustic navigation for autonomously mapping their environment and navigating in it. This technology has provided the foundation for related research efforts for autonomous undersea vehicles and ground vehicles, automotive active safety situational awareness, and autonomous ship hull inspection. Development of control algorithms and strategies is an integral part of creating autonomous robots. In addition to the robot applications, there are significant activities in control system development and optimization for marine and automotive propulsion systems, fuel cells, and energy storage devices.

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Graduate students in the Master of Science degree program may choose from two options to fulfill degree requirements:

Master of Science and Engineering (M.S.E.) - A traditional course work option (30 credits of coursework).
Master of Science (M.S.) - A master's thesis option (24 credits of coursework and 6 credits of Research Thesis).

The Thesis option is available to students who wish to include a research experience as part of their graduate program. A 6 credit hour, written research thesis under the supervision of and approved by at least one NAME faculty is required as part of the 18 credits in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

401. Small Craft Design. Advisory pre-requisite: Preceded or accompanied by Naval Arch. 321 and 340 (4 credits)

403. Sail Craft Des Princ. Advisory pre-requisite: Preceded or accompanied by NAVARCH 321 (3 credits)

410/MFG 410. Marine Str II. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 310 (4 credits)

416/AEROSP 416. Plates&Shells. Advisory pre-requisite: AEROSP 315 (3 credits)

420/ENSCEN 420/CLIMATE 420. Env Ocean Dyn. Advisory pre-requisite: AOSS 305 or NAVARCH 320 or CEE 325 (4 credits)

423. Intro Num Hydro. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 320, NAVARCH 321 (4 credits)

424. Hydrofoils and Prop. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 320 or equivalent (4 credits)

431. Mar Engineering II. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 310, 331, 332, 340 (3 credits)

440. Marine Dynamics II. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 321, Nav. Arch. 340. (4 credits)

455/ENSCEN 455. Env Near Hydro. Required pre-requisite: NAVARCH / ENSCEN / AOSS 420 (C- or greater) (4 credits)

461/MFG 462. MarStructureConst. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 260 and 310 (3 credits)

470/MFG 470. Fnd Ship Design. Advisory pre-requisite: NA 321, 332, 340; corequisite NAVARCH 310 (4 credits)

475. Team Design Project. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 470. (4 credits)

483. Marine Control Sys. Advisory pre-requisite: NAME 331, NAME 332 or P.I. (3 credits)

491. Marine Engin Lab I. Advisory pre-requisite: NA 310, NA 320, NA 321, NA 331, NA 332, NA 340 (3 credits)

510. Marine Struct Mech. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 410 (4 credits)

511. Sp Topic Ship Struc. Advisory pre-requisite: Prior arrangement with instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

512/CEE 510. Fem Sol&Str. Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing. (3 credits)

513. Def Assmt Mar Struc. (3 credits)

514/MFG 515. Fatigue of Structure. (3 credits)

518. Str Rel Oif Struct. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 410; Aero. Eng. 452. (3 credits)

520. Int Marine Hydrodyn. (4 credits)

521. Dir Study Mar Hydro. Advisory pre-requisite: Prior arrangement with instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

522. Exper Marine Eng. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 410 and 440 or third term graduate standing. (3 credits)

523. Num Marine Hydro. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 423 (3 credits)

525. Drag Reduction Tech. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 320 (3 credits)

528/CLIMATE 528/ENSCEN 529/AOSS 528/ENSCEN 529. Remote Ocean Dyn. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH/AOSS 420 or permission of instructor. (3 credits)

528/CLIMATE 528/ENSCEN 529/AOSS 528/ENSCEN 529. Remote Ocean Dyn. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. /AOSS 420 or permission of instructor. (3 credits)

540. Marine Dyn III. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 340 (4 credits)

551. Offshore Engin I. Required pre-requisite: Graduate (3 credits)

552. Offshore Eng II. Advisory pre-requisite: NAVARCH 551 (3 credits)

561/MFG 573. Mar Prod Mod. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 570. (3 credits)

562/MFG 563. Marine Sys Productn. Required pre-requisite: [NAVARCH 260; (C- or better)] or Graduate (4 credits)

568/EECS 568. Mobile Robotics. Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor (4 credits)

570/MFG 572. Adv Marine Design. Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate Standing. (4 credits)

571/MFG 571. Ship Des Proj. Advisory pre-requisite: Prior arrangement with instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

575/MFG 575. Marine CAD Project. (2 to 6 credits)

579. Conc Des Team Proj. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 460, 570 and 580. (2 to 4 credits)

580/MFG 578. Opt,Mgt Marine Syst. (4 credits)

582/MFG 579. Reliab Risk Safe Sys. Advisory pre-requisite: EECS 401 or MATH 425 or STATS 412. (3 credits)

583. Adaptive Control. Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor (3 credits)

590. Directed Study&Res. Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor. (1 to 6 credits)

592. Masters Thesis. Advisory pre-requisite: Graduate standing. (1 to 6 credits)

599. Special Topics NAME. Required pre-requisite: Graduate (1 to 6 credits)

615. Ship Struc Anlys II. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 510 and prior arrangement with instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

625. Topics Mar Hydro. Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

627/MECHENG 627. Wave Mot in Fluids. Advisory pre-requisite: Mech. Eng. 520 or Nav. Arch. 520 or equivalent. (3 credits)

635. Spec Topics Mar Eng. Advisory pre-requisite: Permission of instructor. (1 to 16 credits)

644. Num Meth Vibro-Acou. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 340 or Mech. Eng. 440. (3 credits)

650. Dynam Offshr Facilt. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 410, 440. (3 credits)

655. Topics Offshore Eng. Advisory pre-requisite: Nav. Arch. 410, 440, 550 or 650. (1 to 16 credits)

Applicants must submit a complete application, transcripts of all previous academic records, and Graduate Record Examination scores. TOEFL or MELAB scores are required of international students. They must meet the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering (naval architecture and marine engineering) at this campus, or the essential equivalent to these requirements. Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree in naval architecture and marine engineering may need to take prerequisite courses in addition to the thirty hours required for the master's degree.