The Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology is one of the oldest faculties of the Gdansk University of Technology. It is the only Faculty in Poland, which has continuously been teaching engineers since the beginning of 1945 in Ocean Engineering and Marine Technology, with shipbuilding specialities. Since 1993 it has been teaching also engineers in the speciality of Management and Economics in Maritime (first graduates in 1997). It has a highly experienced staff that ensures an effective education and research activities in broad areas of maritime industries. During the 55 years of post-war activities, the Faculty promoted over 4938 BSc's and MSc's, 222 PhD's and 37 DSc's. Eleven times the Faculty's professors were awarded the dignity of Doctor Honoris Causa at polish and foreign Universities. Three of the Faculty's professors have been appointed members of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Three of the professors connected with shipbuilding had performed the function of Rector Magnificus of the Gdansk University of Technology (Szewalski, Staliński, Doerffer), three of our professors were awarded the dignity of Doctor Honoris Causa at the Technical University of Gdansk (Rylke, Szewalski, Doerffer). Multilateral cooperation with polish and foreign Universities, membership in international organizations and associations, participation in scientific conferences and symposia contributes to the respect that the Technical University of Gdansk has in Poland and abroad. Among others Faculty cooperates with:

• Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg
• International Maritime Organisation,
• Polish Register of Shipping,
• Det Norske Veritas,.
• G-M Universität, Duisburg
• Hochschule Bremen
• Technische Universität Harburg-Hamburg
• Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin University of Technology)
• Universität Hamburg
• Universität Rostock
• University of Glasgow, Glasgow
• University of Southampton
• Newcastle University
• Nottingham Polytechnic
• American Bureau of Shipping, New York
• St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University
• Kaliningad State Technical University, Kaliningrad.

Four professors from the Faculty were awarded the dignity of Doctor Honoris Causa at other Univerities (Doerffer, Kobyliński, Staliński, Szewalski). Shipbuilders from the Gdansk University of Technology educated many outstanding representatives of Science.

The Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology is a continuation of:

• the Faculty of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, established among six faculties when the Royal High Technical School was created in Gdańsk (1st October 1904);
• the Faculty of Naval Architecture, which was one of four faculties brought into being by the decree of KRN (24th may 1945), when the Technical University of Gdańsk started its activity;
• the Ship Research Institute, which was brought into being in 1968 as a result of transformation of the Faculty of Naval Architecture with the rights of faculty.

Faculty consist of six departments covering all marine structures related activities: 

• Design of naval architecture  and underwater robotics,
• Marine Structures Manufacturing Technology, Quality System and Material Science,
• Hydromechanics and hydroacoustisc,
• Land and Marine  Power Plants,
• Marine Mechatronics,
• Automatics and Energetics.

To perform research and educational activities, Faculty possess several laboratories. Among others:

• Laboratory For Construction, Strength and Technological Research
• Ship Hydromechanics Laboratory in Ilawa,
• Towing Tank,
• Cavitation Tunnel,
• Machine Laboratory,
• Laboratory of Deep-Sea Technology and Composite Materials,
• Materials Science Laboratory.

Scientific research is carried out in research and target projects executed for the economic (local government) institutions and also as work ordered by the industry or other institutions. The Faculty is also a coordinator and executor of research projects financed by the European Union.

Faculty:

Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology

Research area/areas:

• Hydromechanics, ship theory, naval architecture, application of composites, underwatertechniques as well as hydro acoustic.
• Manufacturing techniques, structural materials and their application, material problems and quality systems.
• Static and dynamic strength of ship structure, risk analysis and safety in emergency states.
• Ship propulsions systems, power plants, diagnosis and reliability aspects.
• Ship systems, machinery and units – in this safety and evacuation systems.
• Steam and gas turbines for stationary and mobile different power systems, dynamics and automation.
• Energetic and renewable energy sources

Short description of research area/areas:

• Hydromechanics, ship theory, naval architecture, application of composites, underwatertechniques as well as hydro acoustic:
  • Design of water speed and high-speed crafts
  • Numerical simulation of ship manoeuvrability,
  • Dynamics of foil supported objects,
  • Design of propulsion system and cavitation phenomena analysis,
  • Deep water operated controlled or autonomic vehicles,
  • Hydroelasticity in mechanics of ship structures (slamming and sloshing analysis).
  • Safety of ships in the intact and damaged conditions, in particular subdivision and damage stability of ro-ro vessels.
  • Seakeeping, in particular numerical simulations of the nonlinear ship motions in high sea states.

• Manufacturing techniques, structural materials and their application, material problems and quality systems:
  • Processes and systems for manufacturing of ship structures in reduced tolerances
  • Automation of processes of straightening of hull modulus
  • Fatigue strength of ship hull structure components
  • Fatigue properties of laser welded steel joints
  • New materials for ship structures - alloys for fast ship hulls
  • Corrosion resistance of materials and welded joints
  • Applications of Acoustic Emission (AE) in marine technology designs
  • Procedures of ISO 9001 and 14000 for shipbuilding sector

• Static and dynamic strength of ship structure, risk analysis and safety in emergency states:
  • Static and dynamicanalysis of ship and offshore structures
  • Fatigue strength assessment of ship structures under complex loads.
  • Strength and safety of ships in emergency (grounding).
  • Dynamics of multi-hull ships and offshore structures.
  • Strength of docks and pontoons.

• Ship propulsions systems, power plants, diagnosis and reliability aspects:
  • Designing of ship power plants with regard to diagnostics, reliability and safety of their work.
  • Operating of ship power plants systems, including determining rational strategies of making prophylactic maintenance with special regard to wear of tribological systems of machines especially compression-ignition engines.
  • Reliability and safety of working technical systems especially ship power plants with regard to their pro-ecological features.
  • Features of lubricating oils and fuels.

• Ship systems, machinery and units – in this safety and evacuation systems:
  • Deck equipment and machineries for differentpurpose vessels
  • Marine life saving appliances and evacuation systems
  • Steering gears and active fin stabilizers
  • Controllable pitch propellers and azimuth thrusters
  • Heave compensators for drilling platform systems
  • Machineries and equipment for fishing vessels

• Steam and gas turbines for stationary and mobile different power systems, dynamics and automation:
  • Analysis and design of marine control systems.
  • Analysis, design and diagnostics of stationary and marine power plants equipped with steam or gas turbine.
  • Novel ship power plants regarding new energy-saving concepts.
  • Mathematical modeling and simulation of transition processes of ship propulsion systems.
  • Methods of ships systems maintenance control.
  • Analysis, design and diagnostics of the stationary and marine combined cycles.
  • CFD methods, tools and application.
  • Design, construction, operation, diagnostics and maintenance of steam and gas turbines in conventional and nuclear power systems, conventional and tracking.
  • Optimization of thermodynamic characteristics of gas and steam turbines.
  • Efficiency evaluation of energetic systems in operational conditions.
  • Analysis of dynamic of power systems including control systems, propulsion systems and power plants.

Sample projects:

• - Advanced  composite sandwich steel structures, V-th Framework Program, 2000-2003;
• Baltecological Ship - Environmental friendly ships for Baltic Area, Eureka, E!2772,2002-2004,
• Ecological Dock -  Environmental friendly floating docks , Eureka E!2968, 2002-2005,
• - A new generation of environmental friendly inland & coastal ships for Polish east-west waterways , Eureka E!3065 2003-2006,
• - Application of steel Sandwich  Panels Into ship Structure, Eureka E!3074, 2002-2005,
• CORET - Advance coating of interior of tanks for rising environmental safety, Eureka E!3614, 2005-2008,
• - Coordination Action on Advanced Sandwich Structures in the Transportation Industry , VI-th Framework Program, 2004-2005,
• - Developing lightweight modules for transport systems featuring efficient production and lifecycle benefits at structural and functional integrity using risk based design, VI-th Framework Program, 2006-2009,
• - Bio and slide bearings, their lubrication by non-Newtonion oils and application in non-conventional systems, VI-th Framework Program,
• “Cost effective corrosion and fatigue monitoring for transport products”.  VII-th Framework Program, 2008-2012.
• – Safe abandoning of ships – improvement of current Life Saving Appliances Systems, VI-th Framework Program.
•   - Risk-based Expert System for Through-Life Ship Structural Inspection and Maitnenance and New-Build Ship Structural Design, VII-th Framework Program, 2008-2011.

Sample publications:

Kozaczka E., Grelowska G., Szymczak W., Kozaczka S. : The Examination of the Upper Layers of the Seabed by the Means of the Acoustic Methods // Acta Physica Polonica A. - Vol. 119, No. 6A, (2011),

 Kozak J., Tarełko W. : Case study of masts damage of the sail training vessel POGORIA //Engineering Failure Analysis. - Vol. 18, iss. 3 (2011),

Girtler J. : A method for evaluating theoretical and real operation of diesel engines in energy conversion formulation taking into account their operating indices // Polish Maritime Research. - Vol. 18, No. 3(70) (2011),

Korczewski Z. : Exhaust gas temperature measurements in diagnostic examination of naval gas turbine engines. Part I: Steady-state processes // Polish Maritime Research. - Vol. 18, No. 2(69), (2011),

Szłapczyński R., Szłapczyńska J. : On evolutionary computing in multi-ship trajectory planning, Applied Intelligence // Applied Intelligence. - (2011),

Dzida M., Olszewski W. : Comparing combined gas tubrine/steam turbine and marine low speed piston engine/steam turbine systems in naval applications // Polish Maritime Research. - Vol, 18, No 4(71) (2011),

Kosowski K., Stępień R. : The Method of Reduction of Aerodynamic Forces Generated in Turbine Blade Seals // Advances in Vibration Engineering. - Vol. 10, iss. 4 (2011).

Education

OCEAN ENGINEERING:

• 7-semester BSc intramural and 8-semester extramural study:
  •  Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering (Ships & Yachts),
  •  Machinery, Power Plants & Deck Equipment of Ships & Ocean Engineering Objects,

and in separate specialization:

• Management & Marketing in Maritime Economy.
•  Natural Resources Exploration
•  -semester MSc intramural and 4-semester extramural study:
  • Designing of Special Ships and Ocean Engineering Objects
  • Exploration of Seas and Ocean Resources

POWER ENGINEERING:

• 7-semester BSc intramural  and 8-semester extramural interdisciplinary study:
  • Automation of Power Systems,
  • Diagnostics and Operation of Power Systems,
  • Operation Engineering in Electro power Engineering,
  • Pro-ecological Power EngineeringTechnologies,
  • Turbo machinery,
  • Energy Markets and Power EngineeringSystems.
• -semester MSc intramural and 4-semester extramural study:
  • Power Engineering Systems & Equipment,
  • Operation of Power Engineering Systems
  • Turbine Propulsion in Land, Ocean and Air Transport,

TRANSPORT:

• 7-semester BSc intramural  study:
  • Water Transport Systems.

• Post diploma studies
• Short period training courses

1. We offer 40% fee discount for a group of foregineer students for MSclevel in the field of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, in case the number of students is 10 or more.
2. We offer also 20% fee discount for PhD students in the field of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
3. We are initially interested in joint diploma programme in those field of studies that cover the field of interests of both sides.

Contact person:

Dr eng. Janusz  KOZAK, professor, Gdansk  University of  Technology, Dean of Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, 80-233  Gdansk,. ul. Narutowicza 11/12

E-mail : [email protected],   phone +48 58 347 1375,   fax : +48 58 347 1575

Laboratory for Construction, Strength and Technological Research  occupies area of 600 m2

Its basic  equipment consist of :

• Experimental stand for static and fatigue investigations of full-sized structural elements or ship hull structure models dimensions of up to 17 m x 7 m. The instrumentation of this stand consists of steel frames of 7 m and 5 m span respectively, allowing different supporting, fixing and loading of the tested structures with complexmodes of the boundary conditions. Eachframe can carry the static and dynamic forces up to 5000 kN and 2000 kN in vertical and horizontal directionsrespectively. Load is generated by set of hydraulic actuators with capabilities up to 1000 kN each, which can be coupled to create different combinations – controlled by system Instron-LABTRONIC 8800 with possibility of generating of different type and range of static and fatigue load in four channel simultaneously.

• Versatile testing machine for static and fatigue tests ofstructural members;

The main features of the testing machine are: -    compression – up to2000 kN; -    tension -  up to 4000 kN; -    fatigue load of the amplitude up to 1200 kN and frequency to 10 Hz

• Specialised stand forprecise measurement of shape of panels equipped with measurement gantry with 3D coordinate measurement system

• Some specialised stands for static, fatigue and impact tests under mixed load configuration:
  • Versatile testing machine for static and fatigue tests ofspecimen or small size structural members: static compression and tension – up to 400 kN, fatigue load of the amplitude up to 250 kN and frequency to 10 Hz,
  • Versatile testing machine for static and fatigue tests ofspecimen or small size structural members: static compression and tension – up to 250 kN, fatigue load of the amplitude up to 200 kN and frequency to 10 Hz,
  • Versatile testing machine for standard static tests of specimen: compression and tension – up to 100 kN,
  • Charpy pendulum machine,
  • Drop test machine ( up to 7 m drop weight height, up to 50 kg dropped mass),
• Measurement and data acquisition facilities:
  • HBM stationary data acquisition system (200 channels of resistance gauges, 20 channels of inductive gauges, 1000 measurements/s. 16 bit accuracy),
  • NI-DAQ Card for PC 6024E (16 Inputs, 2 Outputs, 200 kS/s, 12 bit).

• Metallographic laboratory equipped with hardness and micro hardness measuring apparatus, optical metallographic microscope andelectronic microscopes of SEM and TEM types.
• Other utilities: heavy assembling shop for production of bulky structures (equipment: crane 12,5 t, stands for manual, half-automatic and automatic welding, plasma equipment for cutting up to 30 mm thickness, specialised torches for no hammering straightening of steel and aluminium alloy structures.