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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


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


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


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


“Blueskilling Innovation” (Interreg Europe)
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IST/CENTEC is a partner in the “Blueskilling Innovation” project (Interreg Europe), which aims to identify the skills missing in the naval sector and the appropriate training needed to improve the sector's competitiveness and innovation capacity. More

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PhD Defense in Naval Arch. and Ocean Engineering: Model Identification of Manoeuvring Models of Naval Vessels
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Presented by the PhD candidate Paulo A. M. Pires da Silva


Seminar:Dynamic response of ship structures subjected to repeated impacts
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Public Presentation of the Thesis Proposal by the PhD student Xu He


Seminar: Hydrodynamic interactions between waves and ships in restricted waterways
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Public Presentation of the Thesis Proposal by the PhD student Hossam Salah Youssef Abdelwahab


PhD Defense in Naval Arch. and Ocean Engineering: Maritime traffic modelling and analysis based on AIS Data
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Presented by the PhD candidate Hao Rong


Seminar: Strength of components in composite materials for wave energy converters
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Public Presentation of the Thesis Proposal by the PhD student Miguel Calvário

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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