Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)

Marine Renewable Energy

Use hydroelectricity, wind farms, hydropower, offshore drilling, and wave energy as alternative energy sources. Water has an incredible, untethered power- learn to harness it to fuel our world.

Courses: Marine Thermodynamics, Marine Electrical Engineering, Marine Structures, Offshore Engineering

Global Commerce

Growth in global trading has led to an explosion in global shipping needs. Carrying billions of tons of goods, ships may be the most important means of transportation of our time.

Courses: Marine Systems Production Business Strategy & Operations Management

Public Service

Explore the possibilities of a civilian career in the U.S. Navy which cover virtually every occupation in the maritime world!

NREIP (Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program) experience

Robotics and Autonomy

Create robots to explore, map, and protect the tranquil splendor of our marine environments. Build autonomous boats for crafts to now be operated remotely while underwater, for remote monitoring of containerships, and for smart shipping technology.

Michigan RobotX team, UM::Autonomy (Student Design Teams)

Marine and Offshore Structures

Build stronger, longer lasting, and more reliable structures that are easier to construct. You can construct ships and other floating vessels in shipyards like people did thousands of years before us, extract petroleum and natural gas from rock formations deep beneath the seabed, and build the ships, submersibles, coastal structures, offshore platforms, and plants that handle a wide array of tasks.

Courses: Offshore Engineering, Marine Structures

Design, Production, and Management

Our name says it all: we are on the cutting edge of NAME, and we are the ones who come up with the newest in design concepts and manufacturing methods for ships, platforms, and other marine structures.

Courses: Conceptual Vessel/Platform Design , Foundations of Ship Design, Ship Structure, Capstone Design Project, Marine Systems Production Business Strategy & Operations Management

Dynamics and Control

Brace for the unexpected and know how to recover. We rely on analytic modeling and experimentation to design marine systems that can better navigate treacherous waters, withstand blast events, mitigate shocks, and safely handle extreme motions and loads.

Courses: Marine Dynamics

Hydrodynamics

Dive in and study the water itself- how it flows, how it moves, and how its biological interactions with structures and the environment for any of a million applications, including: making vessels more effective and efficient; increasing the durability of fixed ocean structures; and harnessing the power of water to extract usable energy from waves, ocean currents, and wind.

Courses: Drag Reduction Techniques, Numerical Marine Hydrodynamics, Hydrofoils, Propellers, & Turbines

Structural and Hydro-Acoustics

Put your ear to the tides and listen to discover how sound is produced in marine structures and how that sound spreads through the ocean to optimize the stealth of submarines, increase the visibility of certain marine vessels, and study the effects of the sound waves vessels produce on the environment.