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 leading roles in the management of marine systems. The unifying philosophy of the department's study in this area is that of concurrent engineering the concurrent consideration from early within the design process of the performance, manufacture, and life-cycle support of a design. The design process needs to be supported by a three-dimensional integrated product model. Marine design today is often conducted within cross-functional integrated product development teams. Specific study within this area can emphasize overall design, marine engineering, maritime systems manage-ment, ship production, or computer-aided design and visualization.
The academic offerings of the department have two distinctly different goals within this overall philosophy. The M.S.E./Professional/Ph.D. degree paths, within the Rackham Graduate School, emphasize design analysis and the development of new knowledge and analysis methods for advanced design and maritime management. The core courses of the MSE program are NA 500 (Engineering Analysis in the Marine Environment), which provides the foundation for the graduate-level mechanics courses, NA 570 (Advanced Marine Design), focusing on concurrent marine design, and/or NA 580 (Optimization, Market Forecasts, and Management of Marine Systems), which addresses the maritime management area. The student can then select analysis, design, management, and cognate courses to provide the overall focus desired.
The M.Eng. degree, within the College of Engineering, is specifically designed as a final degree for the young and mid-career engineer who plans to be involved in overall design and management within the marine industry. The specific goal of the M.Eng. degree program in concurrent marine design is to prepare graduates to lead integrated product/process development teams within a world-competitive marine industry. The core of this program is NA 570, NA 580, NA 460 (Ship Production Planning and Control), and NA 561 (Marine Product Modeling), which provides the foundations of process and product modeling and advanced computer systems. This study also involves, through NA 579, a term-long concurrent marine design team project conducted in collaboration with an industrial sponsor.
Marine Design Analysis
The program of study for each student will
depend on the individual student's needs. However,
a typical program for a M.S.E. degree with a
focus, for example, on advanced design methods is
given below:
| NA 410 | Marine Structures II | 4 |
| NA 500 | Engineering Analysis in the Marine Environment | 4 |
| NA 540 | Marine Dynamics III | 4 |
| NA 580 |
Optimization, Market Forecasts, and Management | 4 |
| NA 555 | Engineering Design Optimization | 3 |
| NA 430 | Marine Power Systems II | 4 |
| ME 570 | Advanced Marine Design | 4 |
| NA 430 | Finite Elements Methods I | 3 |
| MA417 | Matrix Algebra I | 3 |
Concurrent Marine Design
The program of study for the M.Eng. degree is structured by the general College
requirements for this degree, but individual students can select courses to
focus on specific interests. A typical program for a M.Eng. (Concurrent Marine
Design) is given below. STAT 412 or equivalent and NA 470 are prerequisites
for the degree program.
| IOE 451 | Engineering Economy | 2 |
| NA 460 | Ship Production Planning and Control | 4 |
| NA 580 |
Optimization, Market Forecasts, and Management | 4 |
| NA 562 | Concurrent Marine Design | 3 |
| IOE 474 | Simulation | 4 |
| NA 561 | Marine Product Modeling | 3 |
| Eng 401 | Total Quality Management | 3 |
| NA 570 | Advanced Marine Design | 4 |
| IOE 425 | Manufacturing Strategies | 2 |
| NA 579 | Concurrent Marine Design Team Project | 6 |