Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

systems. • Integration of research and education programs Page 14.686.3 • Summer internships for graduating seniors and rising seniors at NAVSEA, CISD, and naval industry, working on implementation of practical designs on future Navy crafts and ship systems. • Involvement of CISD personnel in selection and progress review of certain undergraduate senior design projects with the aim of bringing appropriate relevance to the projects. CISD involvement also serves to provide a recruiting conduit for Navy laboratories and the ship industry. The NNRNE program also facilitated funding of the projects. • Faculty

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Simpson, United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

to pull their barges across/through a piece of ¼inch foam to simulate icebreaking. Through the barge project the students get direct feedback onthe quality of their naval architecture and structural design work and experience the importanceof workmanship in metal fabrication. There is some positive student feedback regarding thebarge project in the student course evaluations. Objective course assessment tools do not show adefinitive impact for the barge project, but it is felt it is a positive contribution to the course.IntroductionThe course sequence for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering under graduate majors atthe U. S. Coast Guard Academy includes a one-semester course in ship structures in the fall oftheir senior year. The