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MARIN supports Bachelor students in their Arctic ambitions


Together with DAMEN Shipyards and DNV, MARIN is supporting five top students from Delft University of Technology in developing their skills in Arctic engineering. Reinier Bos, John Huisman, Martijn Obers, Tobias Schaap and Max van der Zalm have been selected to participate in a special Honours programme for Bachelor students. As part of


this programme, they have set up a special Arctic project to draw up the design re- quirements and operational profile of an Arctic Offshore Supply Vessel. Since the beginning of the academic year they have been in Finland studying Arctic engineering courses at Aalto University in Helsinki and they are making an inventory of the standards in use today. Early this year they move on to DAMEN to investigate existing designs of Offshore Supply Vessels and to work on the creation of their own Arctic conceptual design. Their journey will conclude with a period at MARIN, where some technical challenges will be investi- gated in further detail. h.bogaert@marin.nl


papers


MARIN offers a wide selection of papers and doctoral theses in the field of hydrodynamics on its website at www.marin.nl.


The most recent publications include:


Quasi-steady two-quadrant open water tests for the Wageningen propeller C- and D-series Dang J., Brouwer J., Bosman R. and Pouw Ch., ONR, Twenty-Ninth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012


Seakeeping aspects in the design of survey vessels Abeil, B., ICSOT Indonesia 2012: Devel- opments in Ship Design & Construction, Ambon, Indonesia, 2012


Smart Ports Seminar April 23, 2013


The increasing volume of transport flows between continents, combined with all kinds of offshore activities, is resulting in increasing shipping inten- sity in coastal waters and ports. In some sectors, this increase in volume is accompanied with the development of extremely large ships. Furthermore, there is pressure from society to make the shipping industry ‘greener’.


Development of new port infrastructure in times of crises demands a smart approach. It has to be smart to come up with cost effective, sustainable and safe designs, smart to operate the port efficiently and smart to make port op- erations more environmental friendly.


To be able to share views and look at future developments, MARIN is organising a Smart Ports Seminar on April 23, 2013 in Wageningen. For more details or to register please contact mscn@marin.nl.


Annual student Design & Sailing Contest


Together with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Rotterdam Shipping and Transport College (STC-GROUP), MARIN will again challenge students to design, manufac- ture and sail the fastest model sailing boat. On January 18, about 15 teams will compete during the traditional Design & Sailing Con- test at MARIN’s test facilities in Wageningen.


By holding this annual contest MARIN wants to contribute to the practical experience of students and give new ideas a chance to develop into future possibilities. All students participating in the ´Sailing yachts´ course of TU Delft and STC are challenged to apply their knowledge, inspiration and creativity to design and build the fastest model sailing boat of the Netherlands.


Collaborative CFD Exercise for a Submarine in a Steady Turn Toxopeus, S.L., Atsavapranee, P., Wolf, E., Daum, S., Pattenden, R., Widjaja, R., Zhang, J.T. and Gerber, A.G., OMAE ASME 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012


NATO award for research group


NATO RTO research group AVT-161, in which MARIN has played a very active role, has recently been honoured by NATO and awarded the prestigious Scientific Achievement Award. The group was given the award in recognition of the team effort involved, the quality of the work and the results achieved.


AVT-161 was established to study stabil- ity and control prediction methods for air and sea vehicles. MARIN has provided


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