Turbine Plant Training for New 3rd Engineers including Shipboard

New Shipboard Technology and Training Provision for Seafarers

Virtual environments for shipboard firefighting training

A virtual environment (VE) of portions of the ex-USS Shadwell, the Navy's full-scale fire research and test ship, has been developed to study the feasibility of using immersive VE as a tool for shipboard firefighting training and mission rehearsal. The VE system uses a headmounted display and 3D joystick to allow users to navigate through and interact with the environment. Fire and smoke effect...

Fuzzy Control System Training for Engineers

This paper deals with the necessity of changing the current approach to teaching mathematics and new, fuzzy control based models in higher education in engineer training, mainly based on the experiences gained at the Polytechnical Engineering College of Subotica.

Automated Tutoring Dialogues for Training in Shipboard Damage Control

This paper describes an application of state-of-the-art spoken language technology (OAA/Gemini/Nuance) to a new problem domain: engaging students in automated tutorial dialogues in order to evaluate and improve their performance in a training simulator.

New Product Development for Engineers

Success in new product development (NPD) execution has become ever more critical today due to the global competitive pressure and rapid changing technologies. Innovation is not a competitive advantage until a company can successfully commercialize it via new product introduction. Universities and professional training of NPD normally focus broadly on the marketing, operational, and process aspe...