BEng (Hons) Yacht and Powercraft Design
Plot a course for your engineering skills - specialise in naval architecture for power- and sail-craft. Solent’s highly regarded degree is taught by experienced marine architects and designers.
Biography
Dr Yifan Wang joined Solent University in July 2020 as a lecturer in engineering. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher for the EU research project, Implementation of Ship Hybridisation (ISHY) to investigate the potential of decarbonising ships in the EU region from the perspectives of ship design optimisation and fuel switching.
Yifan has experience in naval architecture, shipping management, sustainable shipping, low-emission energy systems, and oil and alternative energy market analysis.
His research is currently looking into including low-carbon ship/energy system design, development of lifecycle models to evaluate the performance of alternative fuel-powered ships, fuel bunkering management strategy and bunkering port selection, fuel bunking costs and freight revenue optimisation and the whole supply route performance estimation for sustainable marine energy systems of the future.
Further information
Yifan contributes to a number of courses with a particular focus on ship decarbonisation, alternative marine system, ship structural analysis, propulsion and resistance evaluation, multi-criteria decision making, and life cycle thinking.
Taught courses
BEng (Hons) Yacht Design and Production
Dream of designing race-winning yachts? This unique course, with an international reputation, has been designed alongside industry experts to deliver the skills you need.
MSc Sustainable Marine Craft and Superyacht Design
Discover the latest techniques to develop new, sustainable superyacht and marine craft designs. Benefit from the combined expertise of our yacht engineering teaching team and Solent's Centre for Marine Sustainability to build your knowledge.
