Marine Engineering Systems

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 Systems Program

The Marine Engineering Systems program prepares midshipmen to serve as licensed officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine; provides an engineering education that prepares them for a wide variety of professional positions in such career fields as ship systems and marine equipment design, research, construction, operations, marketing, maintenance, repair and survey; and imparts to them an engineering education that permits them to pursue graduate study and/or to become licensed as a Professional Engineer, should they so choose. This program focuses on the design of marine power plants and their associated systems.

MES

The present MES Program Objectives are to:

Provide young men and women with the professional education and training that will prepare them to:

1. serve as a licensed engineering officer in the United States Merchant Marine, with the ability to advance to Chief Engineer;
    
2. serve in a variety of professional engineering positions in the maritime-related shore side industry, with the capability to rise to senior position;
    
3. have particular skills in the analysis and design of marine propulsion, auxiliary and cargo systems and equipment, and prepare them to apply these skills to a variety of marine applications; and
    
4. pursue graduate study in engineering 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
Engineering Math 2 MM330
One Math/Science Elective
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
Management DB230
Marine Engineering Systems Design EM480
Project Design
Four (4) Marine Engineering Systems
Option Electives
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

The Marine Engineering Systems program allows a midshipman to choose from a group of specialty option courses, or minor tracks, which address the sub-specialties of marine engineering. The availability of specific option tracks will depend on midshipman interest. The option course groups (minors) that may be offered for the Class of 2005 include:

Aeronautical Engineering
Math/Science Elective
Gas Turbines EM425
Compressible Flow EM426
Aeronautical Engineering EM427
Automation and Control EE402

Electrical Engineering / Power Controls
Math/Science Elective
Power Electronics EE403
Power System Designs EE404
Automation and Control EE402
Electrical Engineering Elective

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
(Math/Science Elective) MC340
Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering ES430
Air Pollution Control Engineering ES431
Automation and Control EE402
Marine Environmental
Engineering Elective

Naval Architecture
Math/Science Elective
Form and Stability
(substitutes for Naval Architecture
for Engineers) EM303
Resistance and Propulsion EM441
Ship Structures EM442
Introduction to Ship Design EM443
Marine Dynamics EM444

Nuclear Engineering
Atomic Physics (Math/Science Elective) MP320
Advanced Thermal Science ES400
Introduction to Nuclear
Science and Engineering ES420
Nuclear Engineering ES421
Automation and Control EE420

Mechanical Systems
Math Science Elective
Machine Design I ES411
Machine Design II ES412
Solid Modeling/Finite
Element Analysis ES413
Vibrations ES410

Thermal Systems
Math Science Elective
Advanced Thermal Science ES400
Thermal Systems Optimization ES401
Automation and Control EE402
Gas Turbines EM425

Offshore Engineering
Introduction to Oceanography
(Math/Science Elective)
Ocean Engineering EM480
Offshore Power Systems EM481
Offshore Oil Drilling and Production EM482
Port Development EM483

An important element in the Marine Engineering Systems program is the design experience that is interwoven throughout four years, culminating in a major design project in senior year. The student participates as part of a team tasked with the design of a ship power plant. The project is spread over two terms and concludes with the presentation of the final design to a panel of faculty and invited industry professionals. The Marine Engineering Systems program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).