Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management

Engineering Majors

The Engineering Majors provide midshipmen with the education and training to design, build, operate, maintain and repair the engineering systems used on modern marine vessels and to prepare them for positions of increasing responsibility in the maritime and intermodal transportation industries.

The Engineering Majors also provide midshipmen with a sound, broad-based engineering education while simultaneously preparing them for an unrestricted license as a third assistant engineer of steam and motor vessels. The Academy offers three engineering majors: Marine Engineering; Marine Engineering Systems; and Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management.

The synergistic combination of classical engineering studies and operations-oriented training and experience offers graduates an unbeatable amalgamation of skills that prepare them for a broad range of professional occupations. The special nature of the Academy makes the engineering graduates well suited for professions in the maritime industry as well as in related fields such as power generation and intermodal transportation.

Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management Program

The Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management program prepares midshipmen as licensed officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine; provides an engineering education that prepares them for a wide variety of professional positions in ship construction and repair, ship systems and marine equipment design, research, operations, marketing, maintenance and survey; and imparts to them a solid engineering education that permits them to pursue graduate study and/or become licensed as a Professional Engineer, should they so choose. This curriculum puts particular focus on the management of ship construction and repair.

MESM

The objectives of the Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management program, which are based on the Academy mission and the Marine Engineering Department objectives, are to:

1. prepare midshipmen to serve as licensed officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine, with ability to advance to a Chief Engineer position ;
    
2. provide midshipmen with an engineering education that prepares them for a responsible position in ship construction, repair and conversion at a shipyard or similar facility, and in ship engineering operations, maintenance and repair in a shipping company;
    
3. provide midshipmen with an engineering education that also prepares them for a wide variety of professional positions in the maritime industry including, but not limited to, marine equipment manufacturing, ship operation, maintenance, surveying and marketing; and
    
4. provide midshipmen with an engineering education that permits them to pursue graduate study in Engineering Management and similar subjects and/or become licensed as a Professional Engineer, should they so choose.

Fourth Class Year
Maritime Professional Studies KP100
Basic Firefighting DN110
English 1 HE101
History of Seapower HH100
General Chemistry MC100
Calculus 1, 2 (Engineering) MM101,MM130
Physics 1, 2 MP101, MP130
Intro to MMNR NS120
Engineering Shop 1 EG111
Introduction to Electrical Engineering EE120
Computer Engineering ES110
Introduction to Marine Engineering EM100
Engineering Graphics EG100
Engineering Mechanics ES100
Self Defense PE101
Swimming/First Aid PE110
Aquatic Survival PE120

Second and Third Class Years
Electric Circuits EE300
Chemistry for Engineers MC300
Engineering for Shop 2 EG211
English 2 HE202
Introduction to Materials Engineering ES200
Engineering Math 1 MM230
Marine Engineering 1 EM200
Naval Architecture EM301
MMNR Officer NS220
Naval Leadership & Ethics NS402
Principles of Economics DB210
Ship’s Medicine PE201
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) DN100
Strength of Materials ES301
Topics in History HC400
Transport Processes 1, 2 ES210, ES310
Manufacturing Processes EP200
Engineering Economics EP300
Quantitative Methods I MM350
Two Physical Education Activities

First Class Year
Advanced Firefighting DN410
Modern American History HH360
Diesel Simulator EM420
Electric Machines and Analog Electronics EE400
Electronics and Instrumentation EE401
Internal Combustion Engines EM415
License Seminar EM470
Marine Engineering 2 EM400
Materials/Mechanical Lab ES305
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning EM410
Advanced MMNR Officer NS320
Quantitative Methods I MM350
Engineering Project Management EP400
Ship Production Management EP401
Mechanical Aspects of Marine Engineering EM450
Engineering Management Elective
Two (2) Physical Education Activities

Sea Year
Marine Propulsion 1 EC111
Ship Systems 1 EC115
Machine Shop EC110
Deck Operations DS210
Marine Propulsion 2 EC260
Electrical Systems
Naval Architecture EC264
Refrigeration EC265
Ship Systems Maintenance
Management EC253
Ship Systems 2 EC262
Maritime Business DS390
Electrical Engineering EC252
Humanities Sea Project HS211

An important element of the Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management program is the design experience interwoven throughout a student’s four years, culminating in the capstone design project in senior year. The student participates as part of a team tasked with developing a ship construction or ship repair project. The project is spread over two terms and finishes with a presentation of the final design to a panel of faculty and invited industry professionals. The Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).