Research

Dept. of Ship Technology, CUSAT

Research is central to the progress of any academic department. It improves the teaching effectiveness and helps to make a difference to business, industry and society as a whole thereby transforming the way academics, business, industry and the public sector collaborate. The department’s research mission is to utilize its core strengths to maximize impact and help the maritime communities (research and industrial) and the society to address global challenges. The Department provides a thriving research environment with collaborations with leading shipyards, Classification Societies, R & D organizations, etc. Further, all faculty members are consultants of DESCON (Consultancy wing of department) and carry out consultancy assignments for several Public/ Private organizations.

Our research areas by and large fall under the following categories:

• Naval Architecture (Ship Design, Ship Building, Computer Applications)
• Structures (Marine / Civil)
• Ship hydrodynamics
• Ship stability and hydrostatics
• Ship recycling
• Manoeuvring and motion stability of marine vehicles
• Marine materials and corrosion
• Offshore and subsea structures
• Numerical and experimental hydrodynamics
• Ship electrical systems
• Offshore renewable energy