This module manufacturing and materials is intended to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between design, manufacturing processing and materials properties. This module discusses various manufacturing methods including casting, forming, welding, cutting, 3D printing, and composite/polymer manufacturing. For each manufacturing method, the aspects covered include: aesthetics, principles, choices of materials, choice of processes, properties of materials, advantages and disadvantages, process economics. Examples are drawn from manufacturing processes mainly used in aerospace, automotive and marine industries.
This module is only open to Year 3 students registered on MSci Biology and Marine Biology, BSc Biology and Marine Biology, BSc Marine Biology with Oceanography, MSci Marine Biology and Oceanography, MSci Marine Biology and BSc Marine Biology degrees. MSc Oceanography, MRes Ocean Sciences or MSci students who took a Semester Abroad can take the Level 6 dual-coded option. This module will cover a range of issues surrounding marine conservation and policy, split into three sections. We will initially focus on the causes and consequences of the current biodiversity concerns, then investigate strategies for marine biodiversity management and monitoring and emphasise the importance of ecological models for predicting and improving conservation outcomes.
This module is only open to Year 3 students registered on MSci Biology and Marine Biology, BSc Biology and Marine Biology, BSc Marine Biology with Oceanography, MSci Marine Biology and Oceanography, MSci Marine Biology and BSc Marine Biology degrees. MSc Oceanography, MRes Ocean Sciences or MSci students who took a Semester Abroad can take the Level 6 dual-coded option. This module will cover a range of issues surrounding marine conservation and policy, split into three sections. We will initially focus on the causes and consequences of the current biodiversity concerns, then investigate strategies for marine biodiversity management and monitoring and emphasise the importance of population models for predicting and improving conservation outcomes.
Developing the overall design of a marine craft to meet owner’s requirements together with relevant statutory regulations is fundamental to the practice of naval architecture. This module entails the development of a marine craft design to concept stage, taking due account of the owner’s requirements and craft mission to derive craft dimensions and operating characteristics. The design is developed in sufficient detail to allow preliminary weight and cost estimates to be made and checks against statutory regulations for safety and environmental performance to be conducted. Students work as a design team, with each responsible for individual technical and managerial aspects of design, working together to integrate components. Regular ‘design review’ interviews are held throughout the module. Pre-requisite module/s: SESS2017 (or equivalent)
This module introduces the fundamental principles, design and analysis of ship power plants, drive trains and auxiliary systems found on-board marine vehicles. Students will be introduced to the operational principles, machinery configurations, performance characteristics, efficiency measures, thermodynamic cycles and vibration analysis required in the design and analysis of marine engineering systems.
This module studies the international regulatory framework for the marine environment, its achievements, shortcomings and future challenges. The law of the marine environment has taken shape over several decades, responding to challenges caused by shipping incidents as well as other sources of pollution, and has become a complex framework of international conventions, developed through international consensus, and reinforced through technical developments in the committees of the International Maritime Organisation and other regional organisations. As regulation through conventions is a long and slow process and consensus-dependant, the framework is often insufficient to tackle immediate challenges such as climate change and ocean plastic pollution. In addition, compliance and enforcement are hampered by a variety of factors. We look at the international regulatory framework for shipping and the environment as well as factors preventing enforcement.
This module extends the fundamentals of fluid mechanics in the context of naval architecture and ocean engineering including water waves and the fluid loading and motion of maritime structures and vessels in waves. Students will assess the concepts of added mass, wave forces, ship roll and seakeeping by developing the conceptual, mathematical, and computational techniques needed for their evaluation. There are two assignments which integrate added mass, roll damping and seakeeping response through numerical and experimental applications to a real floating vessel.
London has a strong marine insurance and reinsurance market. The English law on marine insurance developed by the market and by the judiciary have influenced the legal principles of marine insurance globally. This module introduces marine insurance practice and marine cover, and considers the main legal issues arising from claims and the further developments of English law through cases. We will focus on specific types of risks and losses which a ship owner or a cargo owner will usually seek to cover in the marine insurance market, most notably partial or total loss of property and collision liability insurance under a hull and machinery policy; expenses and liability insurance from a P & I Club and also the range of cover which cargo interests may obtain. The key standard form contracts used in the London market are analysed and evaluated. This module will also look into some legal principles relating to insurance claims and liability in detail, notably causation and third party issues arising insurance claims including direct claims against insurers and insurers’ subrogated claims against wrongful third parties.
Marine insurance is the key device for the management of risk in international trade. London remains the leading global centre for its practice, covering risks from across the globe. Marine insurance contracts made under English law, and litigated and arbitrated in London, are vital to ensure the free flow of ships, cargo and crew required for trade to occur. Taught by a team of experts, this module provides a detailed study of the key legal principles on which those contracts are based and which differ significantly from the general rules of English contract law. The module will also provide comprehensive review of the changing nature of English marine insurance law, as the effects of the Insurance Act 2015 are felt within the industry.
An exciting journey through the weird and wonderful world of marine invertebrates. You will learn how to identify key representatives of the marine invertebrate phyla and understand how their characteristic body plans allow them to thrive in habitats that range from the lightless depth of the deep sea to the sun-flooded water of tropical coral reefs. All lectures in this module are accompanied by hands-on practicals. The taxonomic and documentation skills that you acquire in this course will not only help you in future fieldwork modules, but also boost your employability.
This module looks at the roles of marine microbes in the ecosystems as well as in biogeochemical cycling - how they interact with each other, with multicellular organisms and the environments - especially through the use of modern molecular biological tools. We will also look at examples of how these unicellular organisms, their bioproducts, and molecular biology can be used in marine biotechnological applications. Apart from the subject-specific knowledge mentioned above, you will also gain, as a result, transferable skills in big-data analyses , bioinformatics and molecular biological techniques that can be applied in other fields. Prior knowledge in basic molecular biology is required. Please check with the module coordinator, PAT, or the office if you are uncertain when making your module choices.
This module looks at the roles of marine microbes in the ecosystems as well as in biogeochemical cycling - how they interact with each other, with multicellular organisms and the environments - especially through the use of modern molecular biological tools. We will also look at examples of how these unicellular organisms, their bioproducts, and molecular biology can be used in marine biotechnological applications. Apart from the subject-specific knowledge mentioned above, you will also gain, as a result, transferable skills in big-data analyses , bioinformatics and molecular biological techniques that can be applied in other fields. Prior knowledge in basic molecular biology is required.
This module will cover all aspects of reproduction in marine organisms.
