The aim of International Marine Design Conference 2018 is to promote all aspects of marine design as an engineering discipline. The focus will be on the key design challenges and opportunities in today’s rapidly changing maritime markets with special emphasis on:
- The challenges in merging ship design and marine applications of experience-based industrial design
- Digitalisation as technological enabler for stronger link between efficient design, operations and maintenance in future
- Emerging technologies and their impact on future designs
- Cruise ship and icebreaker designs including fleet compositions to meet new market demand
State of the art reports
- Cruise ship design
- Icebreaker design
- Design methodology
Conference topics
International Committee
David Andrews <Chairman>, Professor, University College London – Department of Mechanical Engineering
Apostolos Papanikolaou, Professor, Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH Hamburg – Ship Model Basin
Makoto Arai, Professor, Yokohama National University – Department of Systems Design for Ocean Space
Richard Birmingham, Professor, University of Newcastle – School of Marine Science and Technology
Stein Ove Erikstad, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – Department for Marine Technology
Sheming Fan, Professor, Marine Design and Research Institute of China – Research Division
Stefan Krüger, Professor, Technical University of Hamburg – Institute of Ship Design and Ship Safety
Patrik Rautaheimo, Dr., Managing Director, Elomatic Oy, Finland
Hiroyuki Yamato, Professor, The University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
David Singer, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
Dracos Vassalos, Professor, University of Strathclyde – Director of the Ship Stability Research Centre
Hans Hopman, Professor, Delft University of Technology – Marine and Transport Technology
Per Olaf Brett, Dr., Deputy Managing Director, Ulstein International AS
Kelly Cooper, Program Manager, Ship Systems and Engineering Research, US Navy
Chris Mckesson, Dr., University of British Columbia – Department of Mechanical Engineering
Local Committee
Pentti Kujala, <Chairman>, Professor, Aalto University
Patrik Rautaheimo, Managing Director, Elomatic Oy
Mervi Pitkänen, Head of External Funding, Rolls-Royce
Reko-Antti Suojanen, Managing director, Aker Arctic
Niko Rautiainen, Senior Vice President, Design, Arctech helsinki shipyard
Riku-Pekka Hägg, Vice-President Ship Design, Wärtsilä Oy
Mikko Ilus, Head of Ship Theory, Meyer Turku shipyard
Tommi Arola, Head of Unit, Finnish Transport Safety Agency
Elina Vähäheikkilä, Secretary General, Finnish Maritime Industries
Marjo Keiramo, Senior Program Manager, RCCL
Andrei Korsstrom, Product Manager, ABB Marine
Teemu Manderbacka, Senior R&D Engineer, NAPA Shipping Solutions
Jani Romanoff, Professor, Aalto University
Otto Sormunen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University
Liangliang Lu, Doctoral Researcher, Aalto University
Sophie Cook, Project Manager, HRG Nordic
Group Photo
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