I. Team Introduction

The team focuses on the technological needs for the development of major equipment in deep-sea resource exploitation in China. The main research directions include the overall performance and positioning systems of deep-sea floating structures, design and construction technologies of deep-sea floating platforms, design and analysis technologies of deep-sea marine risers and pipelines, deep-sea engineering model testing technology, ocean renewable energy technology, and marine engineering risk assessment technology.

To cultivate and strengthen the development of deep-sea engineering science and technology as an emerging discipline, the Deep Sea Engineering Technology Research Center was established in 2005.

The team currently has 11 faculty members, including 4 professors (2 foreign professors) and 6 associate professors/researchers. In addition, more than 40 renowned scholars and experts in related fields from overseas have been invited, including 4 academicians. The cumulative average working time of overseas experts at the institute is 28 person-months per year, and an average of 25 academic lectures/reports are held annually.

II. Academic Exchanges

The team has established strategic cooperation with more than 20 internationally renowned universities, including MIT in the United States, UC Berkeley, University College London, City University of London, Osaka University in Japan, and Korea Maritime University. It has also established partnerships with more than 10 international research institutions, such as American Bureau of Shipping, Technip in the United States, Lloyd's Register in the UK, Bureau Veritas in France, and Germanischer Lloyd. The team has a solid research foundation and an international atmosphere.

The team has organized advanced courses on deep-sea engineering hydrodynamics, with more than 120 participants from over 30 organizations. It has also held DOSS conferences to conduct in-depth research and discussions on topics such as hydrodynamics of deep-sea environmental loads, mooring and riser system hydrodynamics in deep-sea, and nonlinear slamming hydrodynamics of floaters.

III. Achievements and Awards

In recent years, focusing on areas such as deep-sea resource exploitation equipment and technology, and the development of offshore renewable energy capture and utilization devices, the team has undertaken nearly 60 research projects, including national major scientific and technological projects, key research and development programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation projects, high-tech ship special projects of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, coastal engineering special projects of the National Development and Reform Commission, and industry-related projects. As the first completion unit, the team has received two first prizes and one third prize at the provincial and ministerial levels. They have published nearly 400 academic papers domestically and internationally, including over 100 SCI-indexed papers, more than 200 EI-indexed papers, and 8 books and teaching materials. They have also obtained nearly 30 invention patents, software copyright licenses, and other intellectual property rights.