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This is an introductory course designed to provide knowledge of the basic elements of marine systems.

Ship Piping and Components; Ship Prime Movers; Ship Systems

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 5 hours/week = 65 hours total

This course sets the methodology for the development of the student’s engineering design project. At the same time it offers an opportunity to assimilate some economic aspects by preparing an owner specification in conjunction with an economic study.

Analysis and Response to Request For Proposal; Indexing and Scheduling; Estimating Ship Construction Costs and Life Cycle Costing; Mission Profile Package Documentation; Relationship of Auxiliary Systems to Vessel Type; Quality Control in Shipbuilding; Tank Capacity Calculations.

Prerequisites - ENSY 1103 (Marine Systems)

Duration - 6 weeks

Lectures - 6 hours/week = 36 hours total

Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 12 hours total

This course is designed to provide the students of the Marine Engineering Systems Design program with the engineering knowledge needed to participate in the professional process of ship propulsion systems design.

Ship Propulsion Units Geometry and Function; Propulsion Shafting Design and Arrangement; Propulsion Shafting Components Design and Selection; Propellers; Thrusters; Reduction Gears and Other Transmission Systems; Electric Propulsion Motors; Ship Propulsion Shafting Vibration; Installation Procedures and Testing.

Prerequisites - ENSY 1103 (Marine Systems)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total

This is a technical course structured to give students the necessary knowledge of how auxiliary systems must function and the operational criteria which must be considered in order to design a given system.

Various permutations are considered depending on vessels types. The end result will be the production by the student of his or her own vessel diagrams for the subject systems.

Tank Capacities; Bilge Systems, Ballast Systems; Fire Systems; Sea and Fresh Water Cooling Systems; Fuel Oil Systems.

Prerequisites - ENSY 1103 (Marine Systems); NARC 1101 (Ship Hull Geometry)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total

This course completes the Auxiliary Systems aspect of the program, permitting the student to assimilate the functions and operating criteria and to apply them to the design of the systems listed below.

Production of some systems in diagrammatic form will help in the assimilation of the subject matter.

Sanitary Supply and Discharge Systems; Lubricating Oil Systems; Compressed Air Systems; Exhaust Gases Systems and Gas Turbine Intakes; Hull Machinery Systems.

Prerequisite - ENSY 2200 (Auxiliary Systems I); NARC 2107 (Ship Building)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 3 hours/week

Laboratories - 2 hours/week

This course is designed to give the students a knowledge and understanding of how to calculate the heat accumulation from all operating equipment, size, select and produce drawings for the ventilation systems of all machinery spaces. All required components will be explained and assimilated.

Mechanical and Natural Ventilation; Ventilation Guidelines for Accommodations; Ventilation Guidelines for Control Rooms; Ventilation Guidelines for Machinery Spaces; Marine Ventilation Fans; Low and High Velocity Systems; Heating and Air Conditioning; Ventilation System Drafting.

Prerequisite - ENSY 1103 (Marine Systems); ENSY 2201 (Auxiliary Systems); SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)); SC 1808 (WHMIS)

Duration - 6 weeks

Lectures - 6 hours/week = 36 hours

Laboratories - 4 hours/week = 24 hours

This is a technical course structured to give students comprehensive information and detailed knowledge of how the cold environment of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic impact on the design of ship operating in these regions.

In addition, the students will learn how the engineer must apply the lessons learned in the past and use innovative ideas and techniques to design ice operating ship propulsion systems, auxiliary systems and equipment that are actually working in the cold environment.

Ice and Environmental Conditions; Propulsion of Icebreaking Ships; Selection of Propulsion Systems; Propulsion Shafting for Icebreaking Ships; Ship Service, Controls, Instrumentation and Electric Requirements; Cooling Systems for Icebreaking Ships; Icebreaking, Ice Releasing and Roll Stabilization Systems; Steering and Augmentation to Maneuverability in Ice; Protective Measures against the Cold Environment; Cold Design Special Features.

Prerequisites - None

Duration - 6 weeks

Lectures - 6 hours/week = 36 hours total

This course introduces the fundamentals of hydrostatics, ship stability and damage stability.

It aims to develop an understanding of stability theory, criteria for stability assessment, and applicable regulations.

Loadline and tonnage regulations, trim and stability books and industry software are studied.

Emphasis is placed on application of the theory as related to ship systems and tanks.

Basic Hydrostatics; Ship Mass and Center of Mass; Longitudinal Stability and Trim; Small Angle Stability; Large Angle Stability; Tank Calibrations; Free Surface; Subdivision; Damaged Stability; Rules and Regulations, Required Submissions, and Testing; Tonnage, Freeboard, and Downflooding; Computer Applications.

Prerequisite - NARC 1102 (Ship Structural Geometry); PHYS 1100 (Physics)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

Laboratories - 2 hour/week = 26 hours total

This course will demonstrate the practical application of fundamental topics of marine engineering previously introduced in the program, including Fluids, Strength of Materials and Thermodynamics.

Engineering analysis will be applied to various marine systems as emphasis is placed on application of the theory.

Applied Fluid Dynamics; Applied Strength of Materials; Applied Thermodynamics; Special Topics in Applied Marine Engineering Design.

Prerequisites - FLDS 2100 (Fluid Mechanics); MATH 2101 (Advanced Calculus); TRMO 2200 (Thermodynamics); MTPR 3100 (Strength of Materials)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

Laboratories - 1 hour/week = 13 hours total

This course is structured so that the student will prepare the first phase of most documents required for a design project package.

The results from other specialized courses are incorporated in the preparation of this Ship Engineering Project.

Machinery Arrangement; Ventilation Arrangement; Exhaust Arrangement; Sea Suction Technology; Bow Thruster Compartment; Auxiliaries.

Prerequisites - ENSY 2102 (Propulsion Technology); ENSY 2103 (Power and Resistance Technology); ENSY 2201 (Auxiliary Systems)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 1 hour/week

Laboratories - 4 hours/week

This course is structured to bring to completion, the preparation of the documents required for a design project package started with the course Systems Design Project 3100.

In addition to original work the results of other specialized courses are also incorporated in the machinery arrangement of the ship engineering project.

Machinery Arrangement; Specification; Auxiliary Components Finishing; Calculation Book; Integration of Systems; Presentation Methods; Final All Day Exam.

Prerequisite - ENSY 3300 (Ship Engineering Project)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 1 hour/week

Laboratories - 4 hours/week

This is a project course designed for advanced Marine Engineering Systems Design students.

It is intended to familiarize the students with the design of the electrical system aboard ships and to enable them to complete the electrical design required for their technical project.

Electrical Mission Profile; Electrical Load Analysis; Electrical Single Line Diagrams; Electrical Equipment and Placement on Ships

Prerequisite - ELTK 2102 (Marine Electrical Systems)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 2 hours/week

Laboratories - 3 hours/week

This is a technical course that will enable students to determine the appropriate auxiliary systems, including control room equipment, to be included in their ship engineering project, and to determine their location in the design.

Engine Room Machinery, Equipment and Auxiliary Components; Sizing, Locating and Reducing Machinery and Auxiliary Components; Machinery Location and Engine Room Outfitting; Noise Control Strategies for Machinery; Specialized Systems.

Prerequisite - ENSY 2201 (Auxiliary Systems)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total

Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total

This is a technical course structured to give students the required skills to produce drawings of piping arrangements to be fitted within the irregular and confined space of a ship’s machinery compartment.

In addition students will learn how to select components, avoid interferences, minimize drafting time, produce a Bill of Material and perform final calculations.

They will also acquire techniques to produce pipe spooling using modern methodologies.

Component Selection; Piping Arrangement Techniques; Piping Arrangement Layout; Development of Drawings; Pipe Spooling Technique; Bill of Material and Drawing Components Identification; Velocity and Sizing Calculations Checks.

Prerequisite - ENSY 2201 (Auxiliary Systems)

Duration - 13 weeks

Lectures - 2 hours/week

Laboratories - 3 hours/week

This course will showcase work completed on student project vessels and will demonstrate the practical application of resolving a design problem through applied research.

Definition of the problem, analysis and potential technical solutions to the design problem will be established through research and presented to an audience of peers.

Design Problem Definition; Generation of Alternatives and Solutions; Evaluation of Solutions; Presentation Techniques.

Prerequisite - ENSY 3301 (Ship Engineering Project); ENSY 3302 (Marine Electrical Project); ENSY 3303 (Auxiliary Machinery Arrangement); ENSY 3304 (Piping Arrangement Design)

Duration - 6 weeks

Lectures - 4 hours/week = 24 hours

Laboratories - 6 hours/week = 36 hours