To complete the MSc programme, you'll need to carry out an 80-credit dissertation. The dissertation will address a problem or issue related to your organisation. It will be multi-disciplinary in nature to allow the application of a wide range of skills and knowledge.

Examples of past dissertations include:

• Understanding Lean Thinking in Small Craft Manufacturing
• Design optimisation model for a diesel-electric ship propulsion system
• A scheduled docking survey – a practical approach from a Technical Superintendents perspective
• An investigation on alternative suction pile configurations for reducing trenching effects in mooring systems of offshore installations
• Optimisation of energy in central cooling water systems of large tankers
• An Analysis of Wind Effects on Ship Fuel Consumption: A Case Study on a VLCC
• Design Validation of a Novel Turbine Casing for a Naval Application
• Comparison of fatigue analysis by several finite element techniques
• Titanic - A Century of Regulatory Evolution
• Investigation into the advantages and disadvantages of installing gas turbine propulsion in a new cruise ship
• Selecting the optimum auxiliary power system for merchant ships
• Improving the production process of the modern warship
• A life cycle comparison of warship machinery
• Design and structural analysis of a lifeboat appliance system
• Dynamic response analysis of a truss spar in waves
• The effects of extreme environmental loading variations on the reliability of jack-up platforms
• Design of concrete gravity structure to support existing jack-up rigs to enable exploitation of a marginal field: report and critique
• The use of composite repair technology of damaged carbon steel piping systems