Student experiences
Marine Technology MSc Programme
After completing my bachelor I started with the MT Design, Production and Operation master track, which was a tough decision but one I definitely do not regret! This track covers a broad spectrum of topics including maritime economics and finance, (marine) ship design, and yard optimisation. My interests specifically go to yard infrastructure and finding sustainable solutions for scrapping end-of-life vessels. What also makes this track interesting is the close cooperation and interaction with the maritime industry throughout the program.
Additionally, I performed an internship at a ship and offshore yard which performs services including dry docking, repair and maintenance where I worked on remanufactured equipment in the offshore and marine sector focusing on the improvement of the environmental footprint and reducing cost of ownership. Finally, I performed my thesis at a large shipyard on optimising the production strategy of tugs with the implementation of standardisation methods. Completing this master track makes me feel prepared to enter the industry as a maritime engineer.
Elouise Reiff
(The Netherlands)
Marine Technology MSc Programme
"To increase my knowledge on hydromechanics I have chosen MT Science Track for a master program. Nearly half of the program is obligatory with some interesting courses on ship hydromechanics and structures. For a complete and varying program I chose for the other half some recommended courses such as Ocean Waves, CFD, Mechatronics and some courses of the DPO Track. Although before I always had the intention to do my graduation at a company, I have chosen to write my thesis at the Ship Hydromechanics Laboratory as part of a PhD-research on interceptors and trim flaps, after some interviews with different companies and the university. In this research I am enabled to realize my own model experiments. In this way I can increase knowledge on fast ships; something I felt I missed in the bachelors. Once I started writing on my thesis I got invited by the PhD-student to join him on his model tests with interceptors in the towing tank. I was really excited because this was a unique opportunity to start my thesis. This was a good base for my literature research and upcoming model tests with trim flaps."
Marcel Cleijsen
(The Netherlands)
Marine Technology MSc Programme
During the first few years of my study I became aware of the fact that there are a lot of interesting topics to specialise in. I decided to follow my passion and went for the mastertrack Ship Design, Production and Operations. I was especially interested in Marine Engineering after all. In the end, every ship needs a way of propulsion or power generation.
In the program for this topic special attention is given to the internals of a ship. An evident part of these “internals” is still the diesel engine as it was invented around 100 years ago. However, with an ever-growing concern for the environment more and more clean alternatives are discussed during the master. This enables us to develop more sustainable and energy efficient ships for the future!
This new wave of developments in the marine industry came back in my graduation research. I had the opportunity to investigate the possibilities for hybrid propulsion and the use of batteries for one of the large Dutch dredging companies.
Rens Gerritsen
(The Netherlands)