Participants are introduced to the main types of marine structures located either in the coastal zone (seaports, shipyards, shore protections) and offshore (shelf oil/gas platforms and pipelines, artificial islands, energy installations using renewable power of wind, waves, currents, tides, temperature and water saltiness gradients)
Basic acquaintance with each type includes an overview of historical development, main functions, structural peculiarities, technological issues, maintenance, structure-soil-water interaction, and environmental aspects
Examples include the most interesting cases worldwide for both structures under operation and state-of-the-art analysis
The course will introduce the main approaches to the selection of the optimal structure’s type and related fields of application considering technical, economical, and environmental parameters
Each participant will receive upon completing the course a certificate of participation
By the end of the course, participants will understand the comprehensive and unified approach to various structures and technologies applied in marine engineering
Additionally, they will have an awareness of the analytical tools and resources for evaluating and predicting the structure's behavior in different natural conditions and under various natural and operational loadings
Listeners will be able to critically evaluate existing and prospective tools (FEM based on various models of materials behavior) regarding their fields of application. Possible directions of professionals’ research will be proposed for further development
| Week | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction to the course; syllabus.
Importance of Marine Engineering: global view and main components. Classification of marine structures. |
| 2 | Seaport and its structures: breakwaters and jetties. |
| 3 | Seaport and its structures: waterfront facilities (quay walls, berths, piers). |
| 4 | Case studies: port structures developments; structure-soil-water interaction |
| 5 | Coastal zone structures and technologies: active and passive protection methods |
| 6 | Analytical tools: modern geotechnical software for numerical modeling of “structure-soil-water” systems. |
| 7 | Case studies: shore/beaches protection and maintenance. |
| 8 | Intermediate discussion session on topical aspects based on listeners’ interests. |
| 9 | Offshore technologies: shallow water installations, artificial islands |
| 10 | Offshore technologies: deep-water oil and gas platforms; pipelines |
| 11 | Offshore energy installations using renewable power from wind and tides |
| 12 | Offshore energy installations use renewable power from waves, currents, gradients of temperature and saltness. |
| 13 | Final discussion session on topical aspects based on listeners’ interests. Concluding remarks. |
The instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus as circumstances warrant*
This course relates to interdisciplinary program on maritime engineering so related professionals (civil engineers, architects, researchers and graduate students) who are interested in the field of port, coastal and offshore engineering may register
Professor Michael Doubrovsky is an expert in marine, coastal and geotechnical engineering and has recently joined CAMERI
He has contributed to research and educational activities in such bodies as
Black Sea Research and Development Institute (Ukraine) – Senior Researcher *
Odessa National Maritime University (Ukraine) – Head of Seaports Department *
International Press-in Association (Japan) – Member of the Board of Directors *
European Commission – External Expert on water-transport projects *
Israeli Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute (Technion) – Special Projects *
He was awarded by number of research and educational grants including Distinguished visitor award from the University of Western Australia and Lady Davis grant (Visiting Professor) from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (2022). Prof. M. Doubrovsky is author of various scientific papers, books and patented inventions
Location: the course will be offered hybrid on the Technion Campus in Haifa (for Technion graduate students and IPC employees) and online
Duration: 13 weeks, 2 hours per week on Mondays since 16:30 till 18:20 Israel hours at Technion (Civil Engineering) and online. Registered participants will receive the exact starting date
Language: English
| Price (NIS before VAT) | Number of participants | Organizational membership |
| 5,500 | 1-5 | General Public |
| 5,000 | 6+ | from the same organization |
| 5,000 | 1-10 | Israel Ports Company |
| 4,000 | 11-20 | |
| 3,500 | 20+ | |
| Directed to the Technion registry | Technion students | |
The Israeli Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute was established in 1976 as a joint-venture of the Technion and The Israeli Ports Company (IPC) and has become the leading research institute in Israel dedicated to Physical Oceanography Modeling and Research. Recently CAMERI has been declared as the Innovation arm of IPC. For more info: please visit www.cameri-eng.com
all the readings available in the Technion Library
Bruun P. Port engineering. Houston : Gulf. 1981. 787 p
Randolph M.; Gourvenec S., Offshore Geotechnical Engineering. Abingdon, Oxon : Spon Press p528.2011
Karimirad M. Offshore Energy Structures For Wind Power, Wave Energy and Hybrid Marine Platforms. Cham : Springer International Publishing. 2014. 307p
