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20-11-2024 in CENTEC
Election of the CENTEC President for the period 2025-2028
The election process of the President of the Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC) for the term 2025-2028 took place between November 11 and 13, 2024. Prof. Yordan Garbatov, the current President of CENTEC, was re-elected for the next 4-year period. More

28-10-2024 in CENTEC-IST
International Ship and Offshore Structures (ISSC)
Prof. Yordan Garbatov was elected president of the International Congress of Ships and Offshore Structures (ISSC), and Prof. Ângelo Teixeira, as general secretary for the 2025-2028 term. More

18-10-2024 in CENTEC - IST
COST Action CA23159: Decarbonising Waterborne Transportation (DeWaTra)
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The 1st meeting of the 4-year COST Action was in Brussels on 17th of October. The Chair is Prof Carlos Guedes Soares from CENTEC, and the Vice-Chair is Dr Oleksii Ivashenko from Det Norske Veritas. More

20-04-2024 in IST-CENTEC
MARITIME Final Conference (10th April 2024)
The final conference of the MARITIME project took place on April, 10th, 2024 at IST Congress Centre in Lisbon. More

03-01-2024 in IST - CENTEC
Prof. Carlos Guedes Soares elected Chairman of WEGEMT
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Prof Guedes Soares was elected Chairman of WEGEMT for the next three years. More

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11-12-2024, Via zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84290268677 | Time: 11:00h
MSc in Naval Arch. & Ocean Eng: Optimization of supply chains for the construction and installation of offshore wind farms in the Portuguese coast
Presented by the student Julia Furlan Oliveira

03-12-2024, Place: Room SDM (Mechanics II Building) | Time: 15:30h (new time)
MSc Defense in Naval Architecture & Ocean Eng: Innovative Double Bottom Configuration for Inland Cruise Vessels at Douro River
Presented by the student Pedro Carapito dos Santos

29-11-2024, Place: Room SDM (Mechanics II Building) | Time: 11:00h
MSc Defense in Naval Architecture & Ocean Eng: Experimental Study Of Bending Capacity Of Steel Pipes
Presented by the student João Diogo Guerreiro Mota

28-11-2024, Place: Room MOM (Mechanics II Building) | Time: 14:00h
MSc Defense in Naval Architecture & Ocean Eng: A preliminary design for a spread mooring system of a 10MW floating wind turbine platform
Presented by the student Carolina Jesus

27-11-2024, Place: Room F4 (Informatics I Building) | Time: 14:00h
MSc Defense in Naval Architecture & Ocean Eng: Development of a Velocity Prediction Program for Sailing Yachts
Presented by the student Pedro Francisco Gouveia Teixeira

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Latest Publications
Ranking of Universities in Ocean Engineering
Ranking of Portuguese Scientists
CENTEC classified by FCT as EXCELLENT
Strategic Plan of CENTEC 2025-2029
Shanghai Ranking
Distinguished Professor
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in RTP1
Research & Development

CENTEC, Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, is a research centre of IST, recognized and funded by the Portuguese Government through the Foundation for Science and Technology of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology, which in 2015 classified it as EXCELLENT.

CENTEC is organized in the following research groups:
 • Marine Environment
 • Marine Dynamics and Hydrodynamics
 • Marine Structures
 • Safety and Logistics of Maritime Transportation
Education

In addition to research activity, the professors of CENTEC promote the education of students in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, which is organized in the following cycles of studies:
 • Undergraduate Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
 • Masters Degree in Centre for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
 • Doctoral Programme in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
 • Advanced Training Diploma on Assessment of Risks, Safety and Reliability