Offshore Engineering

Acted as the program coordinator of the graduate program in Offshore Engineering offered at Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Istanbul Technical University between 2015-2024 and taught the following courses:

1. Offshore Engineering Mechanics: Hydrodynamics

Offshore engineering and offshore structures. Fundamental concepts and equations. Wave theories. Random sea waves. Statistical properties of random waves. Spectra of waves. Estimation of wave conditions at a location in sea. Statistical analysis of extreme waves. Wave forces on small bodies. Wave forces on large bodies. Random wave forces. Morison equation with a wave spectrum. Dynamic response of structures.

2. Offshore Wind Farm Design

Introduction to wind energy. Design considerations. Offshore wind climate. Waves, currents and combined statistics. Foundations. Loads, dynamics and structural design. Installation. Wind farm aspects. Operation and maintenance.