The Naval Engineering career trains professionals in the areas of design, production, transportation and maritime administration. After 4 years of study, graduates are qualified to design, build, and repair boats and other floating structures. In addition, they can manage activities related to maritime transport.
Mission
To train professionals of excellence in Naval Engineering, with a wide cultural sensibility, environmental and social ethic, with critical thinking skills and entrepreneurship and management skills to solve problems of their specialty, with aptitudes to do research and spread new knowledge and solve sector problems, individually and as members of interdisciplinary groups.
Core Components of the Program
The ESPOL institutional Learning Results (RA) aim to prepare students for professional activity through the acquisition of skills. This professional preparation in the Naval Engineering career is carried out based on 3 main axes, as we mention below:
1) Vessel Design: includes the study of the shapes and hydrostatics of a vessel, the resistance and estimation of the power of a vessel, including the structural analysis and response in waves and the definition of the machinery and auxiliary systems of a vessel. boat.
2) Construction and Maintenance: includes definition of the details of the structure, and the form and planning of construction, and also reviews the maintenance of a ship.
3) Maritime systems administration: covers maritime and port management, the study of maritime transportation systems, project planning and entrepreneurship development from the perspective of innovation.
International Accreditation
The Naval Engineering program is accredited with the EUR-ACE quality seal, by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE).
* Undergraduate tuition/fees:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in its Article 356, among other principles, establishes that third-level public higher education will be tuition/fees free. Zero cost education is linked to the academic responsibility of the students.
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If you want to study Naval Engineering you must be interested in the design and construction of ships, or in the organization of cargo and passenger transport by sea. In addition, you must have skills in the area of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and be willing to use technological tools in engineering.
Educational Objectives
- Participated in significant ship projects, managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Contributed to the development of technological tools to design vehicles and structures proper for the marine environment.
- Developed technical activities demonstrating ethical behavior, and social, economic, and environmental responsibility.
- Applied new technologies and knowledge whilst keeping up-to-date with developments in the area of naval engineering.
Student Outcomes
1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex Naval engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. An ability to apply Naval engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3a. An ability to communicate effectively in Spanish with a range of audiences
3b. An ability to communicate effectively in English with a range of audiences
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in Naval engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use Naval engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge in Naval engineering as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
8.To design real solutions of Naval engineering with a unique value proposition to address specific needs considered from the point of view of stakeholders.
First Year
Description:
It is a core course for Engineering, Natural Sciences, Exact Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities, students. Topics, such as, topological notions, limits and continuity of real variable functions, derivatives and their applications, antiderivatives and integration techniques, and the definite integral with its applications, are examined. This course is aimed to the development of student’s skills and know-how in the derivation and integration processes, as a fundamental basis for the following upper level courses in its academic training process
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Physics: Mechanics is a basic, theoretical-practical training course aimed at engineering students, with laboratory experimentation activities, which provides the fundamentals of particle mechanics, rigid bodies and fluid mechanics, in an environment of active learning.
Description:
In this course, students apply the Design Thinking methodology to identify, analyze real-life problems or needs, to design innovative solutions. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to present solution proposals that add value to customers/users from private companies, public organizations and non-profit organizations.
Description:
This basic and general education subject presents grammatical structures to produce a simple paragraph based on a writing program. Additionally, it allows the identification of a specific argument in oral and written communication. It also considers learners’ personal opinions about different topics related to social, academic, and professional aspects. It includes the necessary vocabulary to make comparisons between present and past, books or movies description, creation of simple students’ profile, opinions about inventions, formal apologies and tell past events.
Description:
General Chemistry is a theoretical-practical course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering and Natural Sciences, which provides a scientific basis of the matter and its interactions, and seeks to develop in students the ability to solve problems related to the content of the subject. It begins with an Introduction to Thermochemistry, then the analysis of the physicochemical properties derived from the state of aggregation of matter: liquids, solids and solutions, the study of the Kinetics and Equilibrium of reactions and solubility.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction is a theoretical-practical course that contributes to the learning of concepts of electricity and magnetism in an environment of active learning.
Description:
Vector calculus is a course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering, Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences who developed problem-solving and problem-solving skills in the n-dimensional context. For this purpose, the course consists of 5 general themes: three-dimensional analytic geometry and functions of several variables, differential calculus of scalar and vector fields, optimization of scalar functions of several variables, line integrals and multiple integration, surface integrals and theorems of the vector theory; being the main applications of this course: the optimization of functions of several variables applied to practical problems, the calculation of lengths, area, volumes, work and flow, using objects of the plane and space.
Description:
The course presents students with strategies to solve common problems in various professional fields through the design and implementation of solutions based on the use of a programming language. It covers the basic principles so that the student can read and write programs; emphasizing the design and analysis of algorithms. In addition, it introduces students to the use of development and debugging tools.
Description:
In this course theoretical-practical, from basic level, the nature, the mechanical behavior and the use of ferrous, non-ferrous and composite materials are studied. The atomic properties of the different materials are evaluated, through experimentation and analytical calculations with destructive tests. Finally, the process to select materials that are used in the shipbuilding industry is described.
Description:
In this subject, we study the development of the academic prosumer profile of the students, which should be consolidated throughout each individual's life, based on the processing of complex, holistic, and critical thinking. We aim to foster understanding and the production of academic knowledge through rigorous analysis of realities and readings from various academic/scientific sources.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education presents the grammatical structures for the production of an academic paragraph, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of specific arguments in oral and written communication, considering the production of one's own criteria on different topics of a social, academic or professional nature. The necessary vocabulary is also applied to refer to the different forms of communication, share work experiences and the use of digitl technology, tell short stories about interpersoanl relationship and personalities, and comment on the future of the environment.
Second Year
Description:
This basic training course for entry-level engineering based on classical mechanics is the basis for mechanical design. The course describes the behavior of rigid bodies under the action of forces. In the first part of the course, Newton's laws are used to determine the static equilibrium of structures, machines, beams and cables. Concepts of point forces, moments, distributed loads, and friction are applied in solving engineering problems. In the second part of the course the movement of rigid particles and bodies under the action of external forces that produce acceleration is studied. Furthermore, alternative energy and momentum methods are presented for the solution of particular cases.
Description:
This is a training basic course training and provides the knowledge to the engineering and science student can convert data into information, associate everyday situations with statistical processes, and determine scientific conclusions through experimental observations, applying descriptive statistics, notions of probability, models of random variables and inferential analysis.
Description:
This transversal course is aimed at the basic training of students in the engineering area who require mathematical foundations to analyze the differential equations that arise in the process of modeling natural phenomena in the different areas of study. The course combines classical quantitative methods, such as integration of linear and non-linear differential equations and systems of equations and Laplace transforms, with qualitative methods that make use of relevant topics in linear algebra, which in turn are developed in an integrated and effective way.
Description:
The cross-sectional course of Numerical Methods is aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of engineering and science, which require developing skills in planning and solving problems using numerical methods. For this purpose, the subject addresses the following topics: nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation, differentiation and integration, and, resolution of ordinary and partial differential equations. The emphasis is on the computational analysis and implementation of numerical algorithms to solve engineering problems with a controlled error.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction and general education presents grammatical topics for the elaboration of an outline and a structured composition, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of arguments in oral and written communication on contemporary and academic topics. Additionally, appropriate vocabulary is applied to discuss issues related to different cultures, places where we live, everyday news, entertainment media, and past and future opportunities.
Description:
This course of professional training for engineering based on classical mechanics studies the relationships between external loads applied on deformable bodies and the effects they produce inside them, for their application in the design of machine elements and structures. Quantitative techniques are applied to determine the internal forces, stresses, and deformations caused by external loads acting on deformable bodies, as well as for the solution of statically indeterminate structural elements and the determination of critical loads of columns.
Description:
This theoretical-practical course of basic instruction in Naval Engineering initially presents the technical terminology used to describe a ship. Lines plan and surface plan of a ship hull are prepared. From the table of points obtained from the plans, the hydrostatic calculations are carried out, using an office tool. Finally, the position of its center of gravity is determined and the initial stability of a ship is studied.
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This is an introductory course for students of engineering programs based on classical mechanics that emphasizes the understanding and application of fundamentals thermodynamics. This course first covers diverse forms of energy and the properties of pure substances. Then, energy balance problems for closed systems and control volumes, and the application of the second law of thermodynamics to cycles. Finally, entropy is studied and its implications in the analysis of processes and cycles.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education, presents the grammar structures to produce a persuasive essay, through the transversal development of the writing programme. In addition, it allows students to identify specific arguments in the oral and written communication, as well as, to express their own opinions about different topics of social, academic, or professional fields. It also includes the necessary vocabulary to stablish a conversation, narrate situations of their environment, activities to reach their goals, analyze cause and effect and personal and professional opportunities.
Description:
This transversal training course for all students of the institution has five chapters. It introduces the key principles of sustainability and the path to sustainable development. Addresses ecological principles by deepen into biodiversity, ecosystems, human population and ecosystem services. Study the fundamentals of renewable and non-renewable resources as well as the alternatives for sustainable use. Analyzes environmental quality specifically in the air, water and soil components, delving into issues such as climate change, eutrophication and deforestation. Finally, it emphasizes on the economic axis with topics such as circular economy and on the social axis on topics such as governance and urban planning.
Third Year
Description:
This course is an introduction to the mechanics of fluids, and contributes to the professional training of engineering students, with emphasis on the understanding and application of the concepts, laws and equations of conservation of mass, momentum and energy, integral, differential and dimensional analysis methods, and of the techniques for solving problems in the field of engineering. The topics to be covered include fundamental concepts, fluid properties, pressure distribution across fluids at rest and their applications, integral, differential, and dimensional analysis techniques for engineering problem solving, and study of incompressible viscous flow in pipelines and around blunt and aerodynamic bodies.
Description:
This intermediate levelcourse which is oftheoretical-practicalinstruction,presents the theoretical foundations regarding static equilibrium and theshipstability. In the first part of the course, students learn how to calculate transverse stability and longitudinal equilibrium in intact condition. In the second part, thedamagecondition of ashipis evaluated usingacommercial software. Finally, the criteria of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are considered for the analysis of theshipstability and international conventions and regulations used in Naval Engineering are known. During the course, students carry out simple experiments with ship models where they check some theoretical results.
Description:
In this theoretical-practical course of professional training and intermediate level in the program of Naval Engineering some topics in structural mechanics are studied, for the analysis of the main components of the structure of a ship. After a review on beam bending concepts, the shear stresses in bending and the effective width of the flange of a beam are calculated. Then energy concepts for beam and column analysis are applied. Bending of rectangular plates isotropic are then analyzed, subject to lateral loads. Finally, the structure of a ship is analyzed using decomposition into primary, secondary and tertiary behavior. During thecourse the analytical results are related to the application of ship construction rules.
Description:
This professional and intermediate level training course in the Naval Engineering program analyzes first the oscillation, free and forced, of systems with one and several degrees of freedom. Apply laterthese concepts to study the free torsional vibration of propulsion shafting systems. Following describes the concepts of added mass and added inertia to oscillating bodies immersed in fluids, and explains the vibratory forces generated by propellers. Finally analyzes the free vibration of prismatic beams applying analytical and numerical methods.
Description:
In this professional and intermediate level training course in the Naval Engineering program, an introduction to the discretization process used in the finite element method (FEM), to analyze simple structures is presented. Bar and beam problems are analyzed in the plane, and students must implement the FEM on their personal computers. Then plane stress problems are analyzed applying triangular elements. Finally, it is presented the use of a commercial package to apply the FEM in solving static structural problems.
Fourth Year
Description:
This transversal course addresses the conditions required to innovate and the process associated with developing an innovation from an entrepreneurial point of view. Subsequently, topics such as the identification of opportunities, value creation, and prototyping and validation of products/services proposals are reviewed, as well as the elements of the business model and financial considerations that are essential for the feasibility and adoption of an innovation. Finally, entrepreneurial competences and process associated with the development and adoption of an innovation are studied.
Description:
In this professional and advanced level training course in the Naval Engineering program, the linear response of a ship to the action of irregular waves is studied. It starts by reviewing the free and forced oscillation of systems with one and several degrees of freedom. Then the added mass of simple bodies is calculated considering potential flows. It follows the analysis of coupled heave and pitch motions, and the uncoupled roll motion of the ship under regular wave action. Next, the response of a system to a random excitation is analyzed, and finally it is applied to the case of the ship subjected to irregular waves.
Description:
In this intermediate level course we make a project planning, using project administration software optimizing all kind of resources and time. Ethical aspects and financial math are also considered in order to select the best alternative for a marine system.
Description:
In this capstone project course, the student develops a project where the application of the profiles declared in his/her career is evidenced, developing processes of creativity, organization and relevance that involve him/her in a professional design experience. In the first part of the course, the needs of the client / user / public are identified, the problem / opportunity is defined, data is collected and critical factors are analyzed. In the second part, alternative solutions are created framed in the regulations and restrictions of each user. It is concluded with the design and / or implementation of the feasible solution or prototyping and, analysis and validation of results.
Description:
This advanced level course, focus onanalyzing maritime transportation, in a comprehensive way, from an operational, administrative and commercial perspective. Through the study of practical cases, the student will be able to interpret the regulatory framework, logistics; and, commercialization of the cargo and passenger business, for the efficient management of its administrative and operational processes, given the importance of maritime activities innational and internationalcommerce.
Additional
ARTS, SPORTS AND LANGUAGES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
After 4 years of study, you will be able to:
• Participate in significant projects for the construction of ships and oceanic structures as part of multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate in the development of technological tools to design vehicles and marine structures.
• Develop technical activities with ethics and social, economic and environmental responsibility.
• Constantly update your professional profile to develop new knowledge and technologies.
Occupational Profile
As a Naval Engineer from ESPOL you will be able to work in different areas of the industry: shipyards and dry docks, design offices, ship construction and maintenance companies, port management and maritime service providers. You can hold the following positions:
- Area Heads
- Designers
- Maritime transport planners and organizers
- Construction and maintenance project managers
- Marine supervisors or surveyors
- Completion of curriculum.
- Degree work (Integrative Subject)
- Pre-professional practices (240 hours) and bonding (160 hours)
- Delivery of personal documentation to STA (Academic Technical Secretary)
The Capstone Project is a culminating requirement for graduation. These projects provide students with the experience of applying acquired knowledge and skills to the needs of society, with a focus on sustainability.
The IDEAR Fair showcases all Capstone projects, offering students a valuable opportunity to showcase their work and hone soft skills such as communication and teamwork. It is also a space for students to network with potential clients and future employers.
Explore all of the Capstone projects completed by the Naval Engineering program.
DID YOU KNOW?
Naval Engineering is one of the first courses of ESPOL. In addition, it gives you the opportunity to develop as a professional through international internships, collaborating in experimental tests for new structural schemes and engineering materials, or in virtual or hydrodynamic test tanks, in universities around the world.
