BEng (Hons) Yacht Design and Production
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.
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Biography
Zulqarnain Ali is a lecturer in yacht design and engineering with a background in naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine structural engineering. He has four years of industrial experience at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works, Pakistan, where he worked on the design and production of composite boats, and production of steel and aluminium boats. His experience includes hull structural design, stability analysis, composite manufacturing, structural calculations and shipyard production.
He holds an Erasmus Mundus EMShip+ master's degree in Advanced Ship Design and Offshore Structures, having studied in Belgium and Germany. He also holds an MSc in Naval Architecture from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. During his research at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore in France, he worked on composite-steel structural patch repairs using finite element analysis.
At Solent University, Zulqarnain teaches naval architecture and marine construction, marine production technology, mechanics and material, ship stability, structural mechanics, marine systems and yacht design, combining engineering theory with practical laboratory experience.
Further information
Before joining Solent University, Zulqarnain worked as a naval architect at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works, Pakistan, where he was involved in the design and production of steel and GRP boats. His work included hull structural design, stability calculations, composite manufacturing, CAD modelling, structural analysis and sea trials.
He also worked at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore in France to do research thesis, which focus on composite-steel patch to repairs steel structures including offshore wind turbine foundations, FPSO ships, semisubmersible etc. In his research, cohesive zone modelling based finite element analysis was performed using FEMAP Nastran.
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BEng (Hons) Maritime Engineering
Gain the essential skills for a career in sustainable maritime design and engineering - from a practical design perspective, using current design software, and applying the latest regulations.
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