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CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 3 Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering Research Team: 86 Researchers –41 PhD’s (15 Academics) –39 PhD students –6 Graduates

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 4 CENTEC - Total Human Resources

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 5 CENTEC – Nationalities of foreign researchers

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 6 CENTEC – Number of foreign researchers

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 7 Number of on-going projects

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 8 CENTEC - Scientific Publications : 46 publications/year : 126 publications/year

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 9 Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering Research Groups: –Marine Environment –Dynamics and Hydrodynamics –Marine Structures –Safety, Reliability and Maintenance

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 10 Group of Marine Environment Wave Spectral Models Wave Modelling and Hindcasting Probabilistic Models Oil Spill Modelling and Prevention Oceanographic Instrumentation Time Series analysis RESEARCH TOPICS WAVEMOD Probabilistic Methods of Coastal Site Investigation for Stochastic Modelling of Waves and Currents REBASDO Reliability Based Structural Design of FPSO Systems MAXWAVE Rogue Waves - Forecast and Impact on Marine Structures SafeFLOW Safe Floating Offshore Structures under Impact Loading of Shipped Green Water and Waves HIPOCAS Hindcast of Dynamic Processess of the Ocean and Coastal Areas of Europe RADMONITOR Radar Monitoring of the Sea States at the Port of Sines HANDLING WAVES Decision support system for ship operation in rough weather MARPORT Forecast System to Predict Wave Hindcast in the Portuguese Ports NEARPORT Development of a Real-Time Nearshore Wave Prediction System for the Portuguese Ports EXTREME SEAS Design for Ship Safety in Extreme Seas MAREN Marine Renewable- Energy Extraction and Hydro-Environmental Aspects RELEVANT PROJECTS

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 11 Group of Marine Dynamics and Hydrodynamics OCTOPLUS Optimum Concept to Produce and Load with Underwater Storage WAVELOADS Advanced Methods to Predict Wave-Induced Loads for High-Speed Ships NEREUS Design for Damage Resistance against Capsize SPAN Safe Passage and Navigation SAFE OFFLOAD Safe Offloading from Floating LNG Platforms MASSTER Standardized Simulator Training Exercises Register COMFORTABLE Advanced Benefits for Logical VTS Equipment VRSHIPS Life-Cycle Virtual Reality Ship Systems HANDLING WAVES Decision Support System for Ship Operation in Rough Weather CONFINED WATERS Dynamics and Hydrodynamics of Ship Approaching Fairways TOWING Towing Dynamics of Ship Harbour Areas MOORWEEC Design of Mooring Systems for Floating Wave Energy Converters WAVE CONVERTERS Hydrodynamics Analysis of Wave Energy Converters with Different Motion Characteristics FLOATERS Wave Interaction with Floating Structures in Shallow Water Dynamics of Moored Floaters Ship Manoeuvring and Control Nonlinear Ship Motions and Loads Computational Fluid Dynamics Full-Scale Trials and Model Tests RELEVANT PROJECTS RESEARCH TOPICS 3D Virtual Environments in Ship Dynamics

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 12 Group of Marine Structures Ultimate Strength Impact Strength RELEVANT PROJECTS Experimental Analysis Geometric Modeling of Ship Structures RESEARCH TOPICS Optimal Design & Control of Structures & Mechanical Systems Fatigue Strength MARSTRUCT Network of Excellence in Marine Structures SHIPREL Reliability Methods for Ship Structural Design FatHTS Fatigue Based Design Rules for Application of High Tensile Steels in Ships FASDHTS High Tensile Steel 690 in Fast Ship Structures CRASHCOASTER Crashworthy Side Structures for Improved Collision Damage Survivability of Coasters and Medium Size RoRo Cargo Ships COMAST Composite Materials in Marine Structures and Components COMPOSITES Optimum Structural Design of Ships Made from Advanced Fiber Reinforced Plastic Materials SHIPMATES Ship Repair to Maintain Transport Environmentally Sustainable SEASPRITE Software Architecture for Ship Product Data Integration and Exchange FLAGSHIP EU Framework for Safe, Efficient & Environmentally-Friendly Ship Operations CAS Condition Assessment of Aging Ships for Real Time Structural Maintenance Decision RISPECT Risk-based Expert System for Through-Life Ship Structural Inspection SENSE&REACT User-Centric Information Distribution Systems for Manufacturing MOSAIC Materials Onboard – Steel Advancements and Integrated Composites Structures in Composite Materials

CENTEC – Centre for Marine Technology and Engineering 13 Group of Safety, Reliability and Maintenance Structural Reliability Maritime Safety Industrial and Occupational Safety Reliability Based Structural Maintenance RELEVANT PROJECTS STOCHASTIC Stochastic Mechanics in Structural and Mechanical Engineering SAFECO Safety of Shipping in Coastal Waters SAFEDOR Design, Operation and Regulation for Safety OFSOS Optimized Fire Safety of Offshore Structures CASMET Casualty Analysis Methodology for Maritime Operations SAFECRAFTS Safe Abandoning of Ships EFFORTS Effective Operations in Ports ROROPROB Probabilistic Rules-Based Optimal Design of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships SAFERELNET Safety and Reliability of Industrial Products, Systems and Structures INTRASEAS Safety and Economic Assessment of Integrated Management of Multimodal Traffic in Ports TRAPIST Tools and Routines to Assist Ports and Improve Shipping TOHPIC Tools to Optimize High Speed Crafts to Ports Interface Concepts CAPTAR Coding, Analysis and Prevention of Occupational Accidents ADAPTREL Adaptive Methods for Reliability Analysis of Complex Structures CYCLADES CREw-centered Design and Operations of Ships and Ship Systems RESEARCH TOPICS Simulation of Maritime Transportation & Port Operation Queuing Systems and Quality Management System Reliability and Availability

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