Renewable Energy Marine Structures

Following the induction term you will have access to a range of advanced skills, transferable skills and management/leadership skills modules that will be taught at Cranfield University. These will be completed according to a flexible timetable, agreed with your supervisors, to complement your research and development activities. The advanced skills modules will include structural design, structural integrity, manufacturing, fluid mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Transferable skills will include academic writing and presentation, research ethics, IP, teamwork and communication skills. Leadership skills will include aspects of management, strategy, operations and entrepreneurial skills. The main focus of activity following the induction term will be your individual research and development projects, which will be based mainly at the sponsoring company. You will continue to meet with your industrial and university supervisors on a regular basis to assess progress and to discuss research matters.

• DPhil in Renewable Energy Marine Structures (CDT)
• DPhil in Engineering Science
• MSc by Research in Engineering Science

You will integrate with the CDT cohort, your company office and the Engineering Department, principally Civil Engineering, at Oxford. You will attend research seminars at Oxford to discuss research papers, to present your research, to rehearse conference talks, and to build links between different research areas. You will also present your work within your company as required. An Annual CDT Workshop will give you the opportunity to present research to other CDT students, industrial partners and invited researchers from other universities. Industrial collaborators will be invited to share their latest problems and to highlight market trends.

Students will be assessed continually through the first year during the taught courses and the group project, as well as from the individual project. Following the completion of four terms, including the induction term, the CDT and industry supervisors will formally assess whether sufficient progress has been made to continue with the research. Students will be required to write a research report, to give an oral presentation, as well as presenting a detailed and coherent plan for their future research. Progress towards completion is again formally assessed during the eighth term of study. For the DEng, students submit a substantial thesis or coherent portfolio of research and development work which is read and examined by experts in the field, one from the department and one from elsewhere. Often the research will result in the publication of several journal and conference papers.

The CDT in Renewable Energy Marine Structures will provide graduates with in-depth training and an exposure to research problems within the sponsoring company(ies). The graduates will benefit from a progressive increase of responsibility and external exposure, along with interaction with other industrial partners of the CDT, to make them well equipped for leadership roles in industry, both nationally and internationally.