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Study Tour 2006 STUDY TOUR 2006 Contents: Program ......................................................................................................................................2 Participants .................................................................................................................................3 Preface ........................................................................................................................................4 Monday 12th of June. .................................................................................................................5 Tuesday .......................................................................................................................................6 Wednesday .................................................................................................................................8 Thursday .................................................................................................................................. 10 Friday ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Saturday ................................................................................................................................... 14 Financial account ..................................................................................................................... 15 Sponsors .................................................................................................................................. 16 Program Monday 12th of June Departure from Schiphol Arrival Göteborg Visit Chalmers University Tuesday 13th of June Visit Volvo Tuve Visit SSPA Wednesday 14th of June Visit Volvo Museum Visit Volvo Penta Thursday 15th of June Departure from Göteborg Visit NAJAD Arrival at Oslo Friday 16th of June Visit DNV Visit Vikingship Museum Saturady 17th of June Departure from Oslo Arrival at Schiphol Dispuut Vulcanus - 2 - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine STUDY TOUR 2006 Participants Staff and students TU Delft (13) Staff and students KIM (10) 11. Hans Klein Woud 1. Eugene Pel 12. Hugo Grimmelius 2. Martijn van Lier 13. Roelf van Till 3. Douwe Stapersma 14. Johan de Jager 4. Erwin Maas 15. Sido Jensma 5. Johannes Campfens 16. Ayold Keulen 6. Jan van Veenen 17. Peter de Vos 7. Youri Linden 18. Volkmar de Vries 8. Juriaan Visser 19. Bertrand Wajer 9. Dave Krijger 10. Jeroen Boschman Vulcanus Board: 20. Arjen Tjallema 21. Henriko Kalter 22. Laurens Ouwehand 23. Jeroen Jacobs Dispuut Vulcanus - 3 - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine STUDY TOUR 2006 Preface On the early morning of the 12th of June, students and staff from Dispuut Vulcanus and the Royal Dutch Naval College gathered at Schiphol airport, to start our yearly foreign trip. This year we were heading for Göteborg and Oslo, where we would get the chance to give ourselves an impression of the Scandinavian marine engineering industry. By organizing these yearly trips to foreign companies, we want to gather knowledge about the industry in which we will get to work and get to know people and companies that we visit. This gives us insight in the different companies that are active in the field of marine engineering and how people work in different countries. In a week time we visited the Chalmers University, Volvo trucks, SSPA, Volvo Penta, Najad and Det Norske Veritas. Besides these six companies we had time to visit the Volvo museum in Göteborg and the Viking museum in Oslo. To see something of the two cities we stayed in and the culture and beautiful nature of the two countries. I would like to thank all the companies that welcomed us and gave us very interesting presentations and tours through the companies. These visits learnt us a lot about the companies, the way they work and the products they make. Besides these companies I would like to warmly thank our sponsors without whom this trip would not have been possible. After this week of traveling through Scandinavia I can look back on a successful trip, and I start to look forward to next year‟s trip to a hopefully as beautiful country and interesting industry as we have seen this year. Arjen Tjallema Chairman Dispuut Vulcanus Dispuut Vulcanus - 4 - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine STUDY TOUR 2006 Monday 12th of June. Finally, it was time for another Vulcanus excursion, this time we were heading for Sweden and Norway. The dispute would meet at Schiphol Airport at 8.00, this meant that some had to get up early to catch the train to Schiphol. Almost everyone was on time at the meeting point. We had the opportunity to check in as a group and of course it took longer then the check-in of twenty individuals. The flight was a really nice one. There was no turbulence and the view was excellent. All the passengers were looking through the windows to enjoy the view. After the croissant and the cup of coffee it was already time to land. The landing was smooth and in a few minutes we all stood outside Gothenburg airport waiting for the bus. The wetter in Sweden was even better then in Holland. The bus arrived and although it wasn‟t a Volvo we all got in. It took about 30 minutes to drive us to the hotel. The hotel looked from the outside as the kind of Mexican hotels you see in movies like “From dusk till Dawn”, but when we entered the hotel we found out that it wasn‟t that bad. The group was divided over rooms of three. At 1330 we met outside the hotel, to travel to our first visit. This years kick-off visit of the Vulcanus Study tour to Sweden and Norway, was at Chalmers University of Technology. This university was founded in 1829 as the result of a donation from the Director of the Swedish East India Company, William Chalmers. Our group visited the Department Shipping and Marine Technology. The afternoon was filled in with three presentations and a tour around the trainers and simulators. First the leader of the Marine Engineering program gave his presentation, then a researcher on hydrodynamics and last but not least the Dean of education. The whole Chalmers University knows 10.600 students, and in total on Goteborg University there are about 50.000 students. The total amount of money available for research and college is 2158 million SEK (220 million Euro). About 65 percent of the available money goes to research. In a new system Chalmers University separates the research from the educational site. A coordinator buys courses at the Department. A strict distinct between “builders” and “users” is set to be the main goal of this system. A great advantage of this system is a overhead structure which will keep an eye on the educational program. Three main master programs are given at the Department: 1. Engineering (Naval architecture) 2. Technical (Ship survey and safety) 3. Nordic, which is a joint venture with several Scandinavian Universities (Shipping and Logistics) Dispuut Vulcanus - 5 - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine STUDY TOUR 2006 Also a new combination with the Goteborg University is set up, this is called the Lighthouse and is meant to educate also in Law. In Sweden students do not have to pay to do a study at the University. And same as in The Netherlands almost 100 % of the students will first do their bachelor and immediate do their master. A lot of Engineers are necessary in Sweden, but there are still to less young people who chose for a Marine Engineering study. A brief overview of the bachelor: 180 ECTS theoretical 15 ECTS electrics 15 ECTS work practice 60 ECTS on board (40 weeks) This bachelor is not enough to succeed with the master, mostly the mathematics should be brought at a higher level. In hydrodynamics four main streams in research are present: 1. Lines and stability 2. Resistance and flow 3. Propulsion and cavitation 4. Seakeeping and manoeuvring A lot of research is done in hull optimization, looking at wave resistance. The researcher doing the presentation tells a lot about their methods used by this research. The visit at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University was very nice and well organized. We learned a lot of their way of thinking about education and research. Furthermore the tour around simulators was very interesting. This excursion lasted the whole afternoon. At the time we got back at the hotel dinner was already prepared. The hotel crew had installed a nice buffet with all kinds of food, which we all enjoyed. In the evening most of the tour participants went to the city centre. The temperature was still nice, so we could enjoy a beer at the terrace. When the terrace closed we moved to the well- known Hard Rock Café, where we found the others, how surprising and where we had a nice ending of our first day in Sweden. Tuesday After a very nice evening getting to know Göteborg, we had to get up fresh and fruity to start our second day of the study tour. The program of the study tour for that day was a visit of the assembly factory of Volvo trucks and a visit to SSPA. After a feisty breakfast en a cup of strong coffee we went to the bus at nine. After a relaxed busdrive of about 20 minutes from the Apple Hotel, we arrived at the Tuve Assembly factory of Volvo. We were welcomed by mr. Aleksander Ratz our guide for that day. Before the tour through the factory we had a presentation from mr. Ratz. Our chairman Arjen gave an introduction to tell our interests. After a short welcome mr. Ratz asked the group for subject for discussion. Mr. Ratz also told immediately that not everything could
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