Call for Papers in the Field of Sim­u­la­tion-driven Design of Maritime Systems

Special Issue of Ship Tech­nol­ogy Research ​“Sim­u­la­tion-driven Design of Maritime Systems” on the occasion of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Horst Nowacki’s 90^th birthday

On the special occasion of the upcoming 90^th birthday of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Horst Nowacki, former head of the section Ship Design at the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­sity Berlin, Germany, and former pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­sity of Michigan, USA, a special issue of Ship Tech­nol­ogy Research shall be pub­lished in the first half of 2023.

Ship Tech­nol­ogy Research by Taylor & Francis Online is a peer-reviewed journal that presents and dis­cusses the latest devel­op­ments in research, design, man­u­fac­ture, oper­a­tion, and main­te­nance con­cern­ing ships and offshore structures.

The Editor in Chief of Ship Tech­nol­ogy Research, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettar Ould el Moctar from the Uni­ver­sity
Duisburg-Essen, Germany, along with two guest editors, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Apos­to­los Papaniko­laou and
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Harries, would like to call for papers in the wider field of ​“Sim­u­la­tion-driven Design of Maritime Systems”.

Both guest editors – Apos­to­los Papaniko­laou, emeritus pro­fes­sor at the National Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­sity Athens, Greece, and Stefan Harries, member of the exec­u­tive board of FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS in Potsdam, Germany – look back at inspi­ra­tional years with Horst Nowacki. The special issue will be an occasion to honor Prof. Nowacki’s excep­tional achieve­ments. In the context of naval archi­tec­ture and ocean engi­neer­ing, topics for which papers are sought are

• Ship design and numer­i­cal ship hydrodynamics
• Geo­met­ric modeling and para­met­ric design
• Formal opti­miza­tion and machine learning
• Product data tech­nol­ogy and data exchange
• History of Ship Theory and Ship Design

The deadline for man­u­scripts is March 31, 2023, to be sub­mit­ted via Taylor & Francis’ Edi­to­r­ial Manager. All sci­en­tific con­tri­bu­tions will be peer-reviewed accord­ing to the high stan­dards of Ship Tech­nol­ogy Research. 

In addition, the guest editors would be very happy to receive an informal and short feedback via email by December 15, 2022, indi­cat­ing whether or not you are planning to con­tribute an original research paper.

Com­ple­ment­ing the tech­ni­cal and sci­en­tific papers, the guest editors also invite former col­leagues, fellow sci­en­tists, co-workers, com­pan­ions, and friends of Horst Nowacki’s to send words of greeting, share expe­ri­ences, hand in photos, and extend their warm wishes. This material will be reviewed and sub­se­quently shared on a ded­i­cated website, creating a document of personal value ref­er­enced within the special issue’s editorial.

Please send any personal con­tri­bu­tion directly via email to both harries@friendship-systems.com and
papa@deslab.ntua.gr by December 15, 2022, too. It is planned to set up a public area and a password-pro­tected private area for a ded­i­cated website which will be hosted by FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS. Please specify explic­itly if any part of your con­tri­bu­tion is meant to be shared in the private area only.

We are very much looking forward to both your sci­en­tific con­tri­bu­tions and personal material.

Addi­tional Infor­ma­tion for Sub­mit­ted Articles

Addi­tional infor­ma­tion for authors that intend to con­tribute an original research paper can be found in the official announce­ment.