The Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
at Michigan Engineering invites you to attend

THE CAPTAIN RALPH R. AND FLORENCE PEACHMAN LECTURE

presented by

Bas Buchner
President, MARIN

Future Ship, Offshore and Nautical Research: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Operations

Developing safe, smart and clean ships, offshore structures and ports is the challenge of the maritime industry. What sort of trends do we foresee in transport over sea, naval ships, offshore energy and nautical port design? Is it really possible to develop zero emission ships? Is offshore renewable energy going to be an alternative for offshore oil and gas? Do floating ports and cities help in times of sea level rise and overpopulation? Research should be focused on supporting this challenge. What should be our focus in this research? What interesting physics need to be studied? What will be the tools of the future? What is the role of the human factor in this?


Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 4 pm
General Motors Room, Lurie Engineering Center

*Reception immediately following.