WEBINAR: From Paper Design to Digital Revolution in the Shipbuilding CAD Industry

A webinar by the IMarEST's South East England and London Home Counties Branch

About this Event

Drawings to define a ship hull became popular only in the 17th century in England. Since then, drawings have been a key element in shipbuilding, however there are people who thinks that its use will vanish soon through the implementation of the digital revolution.

The way we work with shipbuilding CAD tools is changing thanks to the ubiquitous access to the information and the different hardware available to explode that information: Augmented, Virtual or Mixed Reality. The way we interact with CAD tools is also changing, with technologies like Natural Language Processes that allows to have a direct conversation with the applications via Artificial Intelligence. The concepts that are clear is the use of Data Centric model and the concept of Digital Twin, a real and effective synchronization between what we design, what we construct, by covering the complete life cycle of the product thanks to technologies like Internet of Things (IoT).

To remain competitive, we must study how these technologies can improve the benefits by upgrading processes, resources, workflow, and cooperation between stakeholders. Digitalization is on hand and it is mature enough to start implementation and be part of our strategy for the future in shipbuilding.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Rodrigo Pérez Fernández CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEST, MSNAME, FRINA is a Professor at the Marine Engineering School of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is lecturing in Shipbuilding History, Gas and Steam Turbines as well as other subjects.

Combining his activity at the University, he works for SENER, a Spanish engineering company, during the last fifteen years. Currently he is the Head of Naval Shipbuilding Area at SENER. In the past he was CAD & PLM Consultant and Project Manager working in different projects around the Globe.

He has published several books and written more than one hundred technical papers about marine engineering.

About IMarEST Webinars

• IMarEST Certificate of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for attending.
• Join an optional post-event interactive networking session where you can meet other attendees.
• Watch live from desktop or mobile, and ask questions to participants.
• Exclusive on demand access to the webinar for 1 month.
• Recordings then remain available to Institute members only in IMarEST TV , with online and offline access via desktop and mobile apps.
• Membership of the IMarEST is open to all, whether you are a student, just starting out in your career, an experienced professional or just someone who is interested in marine engineering, science or technology or our work.