SNAME Monthly Meeting
Thursday 8th May 2025, at 19:00
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Auditorium: V.Ships Greece Ltd,
Piliou 1, 185 41, Piraeus, Greece
Location
Robust and Simulation-Based Design of Ships and Energy Systems
Contemporary ship design challenges create new opportunities for the introduction and wide use of novel ship design optimization methods and systems virtual prototyping. The combined disruptive influences of maritime decarbonization, digital twining, circular economies, geographic trade instability as well inflationary pressures coupled with tightened financing opportunities have a considerable impact on ship design, construction, and operation. In parallel, the introduction of new fuels and propulsion concepts make the simulation of vessel voyages and energy systems operation with virtual prototypes imperative for yielding robust solutions. In this context, the technical meeting is comprised by two parts that each describes the respective research work of the presenters on the integration of simulation in maritime design in a ” hull inside-out” approach. Professor Dimopoulos, presents multiple years research work from the “inner-hull perspective” showcasing the use and effect of simulation in the design of marine energy systems. From the “outer-hull perspecive”, Dr. Nikolopoulos presents the development and application of a robust holistic optimization design approach (RHODA) that integrates dynamic voyage simulation under uncertainty in the optimization of the preliminary design of modern commercial ships.
Meet the speakers:
George Dimopoulos is an Associate Professor in the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is also a scientific advisor to DNV’s maritime and R&D units. His field of expertise is the modelling and optimisation of ship energy systems with a focus on novel ship machinery concepts and technologies, decarbonisation solutions & performance improvement methods applied in all ship segments, including oil tankers, bulk carriers, gas carriers and FSRUs. He is lead researcher or project manager in various funded R&D, ship concept design and advisory projects working closely with major Greek and international ship owners, yards and manufacturers.
He holds a PhD. in optimisation methods for ship energy systems engineering from NTUA. George has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in scientific conferences and journal
Lampros Nikolopoulos is the Asset Integrity Manager of GasLog LNG Services Ltd. Under this role he is responsible for developing, planning and delivering Lifecycle Maintenance Strategies for all equipment of a managed fleet of 38 LNG carriers and 1 FSRU. All aspects of Lifecycle Maintenance, Dry Docking planning and execution, Engine Maintenance, Technical Compliance and Electrical & Automation Management are supported by the Asset Integrity team. Before joining GasLog as it’s Dry Dock Manager, he has been responsible for the management and execution of all Dry Docking, repairs, retrofit, energy efficiency & decarbonization projects for a fleet of 75 crude oil tankers managed by Euronav Ship Management (Hellas) and started his career as a Newbuilding Supervisor in Starbulk SA. He is a graduate of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and has post-graduate research in the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow with his PhD thesis being on the development of a novel methodology for Robust, Holistic, Simulation-based Ship Design Optimization. In this context, Lampros has contributed more than 15 peer-reviewed papers in scientific conferences and journals.
