Offshore Engineering

Track

The Offshore Engineering track trains the students to master the interpretation of environmental data for the design of the structures to be used in offshore wind turbines. Major aspects treated within this specialisation are manufacturing, transport, installation, operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbines. 

Profile of the Offshore Engineering graduate:

  • Knowledge of the specific cost drivers in offshore wind energy, i.e. installation, accessibility, maintenance and design of offshore structures
  • Mastery of the design of offshore support structures, either bottom-mounted or floating, including the design for extreme and fatigue loads and accounting for soil-structure interaction, fabrication and installation issues
  • Ability to develop and apply hydrodynamic models, probabilistic design methodologies and stochastic models of soil, wind and waves to the structural design
  • Modelling and optimization of the layout of offshore wind farms and application of to the process of installation, operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms
  • Ability to model soil mechanics
  • Ability to model, design and optimize mooring systems

Experimental research and modelling: The curriculum includes in all specialisations specific courses focused on experimental research and modelling in order to make the graduate able to develop tools and verify solutions through experiments.

(Students who wish to follow extra courses can do so without extra tuition fees (please, check for possible limitations!).  However, a check with the EWEM Tutor and course lecturer is always recommended prior to attend any extra course.)

Courses

The Offshore Engineering student is required to accomplish a minimum of 30 ECTS per semester/university by taking mandatory as well as elective courses. Students need to get official approval of their complete course list by the track coordinators of both universities awarding the degree before following the courses by submitting a Form 2. Each year the list of courses may be updated and the new form will be published in August. An overview of the courses offered within the Offshore Engineering track is provided below.

Note: the listed electives courses are the only courses that are pre-approved by the track coordinators. Should students want to follow elective courses that are not already included in this list, they should request their track coordinators to review and approve the courses before enrolling for such courses.

30 ECTS courses @DTU

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Mandatory

 

ECTS

41111 Hydrodynamics 2 5
46211 Offshore Wind Energy 10
46300 Wind Turbine Technology and Aerodynamics 10
46500 Probabilistic Methods in Wind Energy 5

30 ECTS courses @TU Delft

The 2nd semester at the TU Delft is divided in two quarters (Q3&Q4). Click here to find information about the courses at the TU Delft.

Mandatory 

ECTS

OE44085

Fatigue in Offshore Structures (Q3)

5

OE44185

Numerical Methods for Offshore and Dredging Engineering (Q4)

7

OE44190

Offshore Research Project (Q4)

7

OE44195 Reflection for Offshore and Dredging Engineers (Q3-Q4) 1

OE44200

Offshore Development Project (Q3)

5

OE44210

Offshore Design Project (Q3)

5

15 ECTS courses + 15 ECTS thesis/specialization project @NTNU

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Mandatory (choose 1)*

ECTS

TMR4590 Wind Turbine Energy - Offshore Engineering, Specialization Project 15

TBM4501

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Specialization Project

15

Electives

TBA4116

Geotechnical Engineering, Advanced Course

7.5

TMM4195

Fatigue Design

7.5

TMR4190

Finite Element Methods in Structural Analysis

7.5

TMR4215

Sea Loads

7.5

TMR4235

Stochastic Theory of Sea Loads

7.5

TMR4305

Advanced Analysis of Marine Structures

7.5

TMR4505

Marine Structures, Specialization Course**

7.5

TMR4525

Marine Hydrodynamics, Specialization Course**

7.5


*The Specialization Project for EWEM students is part of the MSc thesis preparation. Students who will choose a professor from the Department of Marine Technology as supervisor shall take TMR4590. Those who will choose a professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as supervisor shall take TBM4501.

**Two modules of 3,75 ECTS each shall be selected.

30 ECTS thesis (free mobility)

 

Compulsory TU Delft

ECTS

OE54030EWEM Master Thesis 30

Compulsory NTNU

TMR5950 Wind Turbine Energy - Offshore Engineering, Master Thesis* 30
TBM4900 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master Thesis** 30

*For those who will choose a professor from Department of Marine Technology as supervisor.

**For those who will choose a professor from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as supervisor.