2. Technical University of Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark
• 9,000 students
• 4,100 employees (1,800 scientific staff)
• 1,150 PhD students
• BSc, BEng and MSc programmes
• 20 departments
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Maritime Center at DTU - objectives
Industry University
Student
Authorities
• Support the recommendations of the "Growth Plan for the
Blue Denmark“
• Focus on interdisciplinary research and education
• Strengthen innovation and cooperation with the industry
• Strengthen interdisciplinarity and cooperation between the
departments at DTU
• Strengthen cooperation with other universities
DTU
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• Strong support and initiative from management at DTU
• All relevant researchers and teachers at DTU are invited
• DTU Mechanical Engineering is hosting center
• Steering committee consisting of head of department from
DTU Mechanical Engineering, DTU Transport and DTU
Management Engineering
• A professor from each of these departments represent the
scientific activities
• Recruitment of Head of center ongoing
DTU Maritime – Organisation
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DTU Maritime – Need for education
• Survey in 2011 (ATV and the Danish
Maritime Fund) prepared by a
working group consisting of
representatives of industry and
universities
• There is a lack of engineers in the
Danish maritime sector!
• There is a need for a combination of
classic and new skills in an inter-
disciplinary and practice-oriented
approach
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New study plans in Maritime Technology:
• BEng, BSc, MSc in Mechanical Engineering
• New study line in maritime logistics in the MSc education in
Transportation and Logistics
• Special courses in e.g. arctic operation
New Initiatives in Education - 1
New graduate course in Green Transportation Logistics
(DTU Transport)
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• Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering (accredit MSc education
in cooperation with the universities in Nordic Five Tech)
New Initiatives in Education - 2
The Nordic Five Tech is a
strategic alliance between the
five strongest technical
universities in the Nordic
region, with partners in
Denmark (DTU)
Sweden (KTH and Chalmers)
Norway (NTNU)
Finland (Aalto University)
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Maritime research - Green Shipping
Technological improvements
• More efficient engines
• Better boat hull design
• Cleaning of flue gas
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Logistic improvements
• Route net design
• Disruption management
• Stowage
• Collaboration
• Green corridors
• Decision support systems
Majestic Maersk, Daewoo Shipbuilding, South Korea 2013
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DTU Departments – Maritime Research Projects
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Department Topics
DTU Mechanical
Engineering
Hydrodynamics, strength of structures, ship operations, ship design,
wave loads, fluid mechanics, environmental issues, offshore
constructions, reliability analysis, composite materials, ship engines,
cooling technology, fuels, emissions, product/service concepts.
DTU Civil Engineering Risk analysis, experimental structural mechanics, fatigue.
DTU Electrical
Engineering
Fault-tolerant control automation, autonomous systems.
DTU Transport Maritime logistics, transport optimisation, operations analysis, stowage
planning. ship emissions models, market based measures, lifecycle
analysis, green corridors
DTU Management
Engineering
Life cycle analysis, operations analysis, innovation, product
development, production management, project management,
sustainability.
DTU Chemical
Engineering
Environmental technology, energy, combustion, emissions, exhaust gas
cleaning, anti-fouling.
DTU Chemistry Exhaust gas cleaning.
DTU Business Innovation in network, business development, entrepreneurship.
DTU Space Route optimisation, surveillance of maritime traffic, satellite-based
navigation, E-navigation, maritime communication.
DTU Aqua Aquaculture, oceanography, climate, fisheries technology.
DTU Energy Conversion
and Storage
Fuel cells, batteries.
Polar DTU (center) Monitorering of climate change, exploration of polar resources.
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• Strong support from industry!
• Significantly more maritime students at DTU (125 members of
the maritime student organisation)
• Study excursions - also abroad (Norway, Singapore)
• Increased interdisciplinarity
• New research projects started, among others:
- Energy Efficient Safe Ship Operation
- Major Retrofitting Technologies for Container Ships
- Composite structures for Larger Passenger Ships
• DTU hosts the "International Symposium on Practical Design of
Ships and other Floating Structures" in 2016
DTU Maritime center - status
