Overview
Modern Shipbuilding Design Courses (2008-399)
Project Team:
- Bender Shipbuilding & Repair
- Bollinger Shipyards
- Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
- Genoa Design International
- Gibbs & Cox
- Murray & Associates
- ShipConstructor Software USA
- ART Anderson Associates
- University of Wisconsin-Marinette
- University of South Alabama
April 2008 - March 2009
NSRP ASE Investment: $697K
Industry Investment: $916K
Objective:
Further develop and implement a marine design curriculum by creating five advanced marine design courses in addition to the introductory marine design course developed in a previous NSRP project. Consistent, focused and high-quality training across the industry will enhance second-tier shipyards’ capabilities as a competitive global force.
Summary:
This effort was a follow-on project to the Shipyard Design Tool Enhancement project, which successfully developed an introductory marine design course, “Applications of Modern Shipbuilding Design.” As a result of continued interest in workforce interoperability both within the shipbuilding industry and the Navy Program Executive Offices, the project team developed five additional advanced marine design courses — Structure, Piping, HVAC, Electrical, and Design for Manufacturing and Producibility. The shipyard representatives and design agents on the project team served as the steering committee to help define course and skills requirements, and the educational institutions developed the curriculum. These courses are now included as part of the continuing education curriculum at participating higher education institutions. This curriculum (available in-class and online) provides students with training to effectively enter the shipyard workforce ready to start developing discipline-specific designs well beyond what a CAD operator is typically capable of performing and will also provide an external training pool resource for the shipyards.
Key Deliverables:
Final Report – Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited
Point of Contact:
Patrick Roberts, ShipConstructor Software USA