Have you innovated maritime designing? The enter your innovation for the VNSI Timmersprijs 2012. You can submit your entry until 27 April.
Dutch shipbuilders and maritime suppliers are mostly active in markets where a design’s quality is decisive for acquiring projects. This makes a designer’s role in a company an important one. Although the end result gets a lot of attention, the design process does not. Let alone that fellow designers discuss their designs with each other. This is a missed opportunity as companies can learn a lot from each other without revealing competitive sensitive information.
Stimulating Communication
To stimulate communication between designers, ir. Wim Timmers, former shipyard director, started awarding the annual VNSI Timmersprijs to the best designer. The award is meant for young designers, doctoral candidates and graduates who feel their work deserves more attention and discussion.
Criteria for the VNSI Timmersprijs
The VNSI Timmersprijs focuses on the way a design or parts of ships’ systems come into being. Eligible for the award are for example an original design method for a specific ship type or a ship’s system, a new propulsion system setup, an improved hull form, a new method to quickly create possible layouts that comply with stability requirements, prediction methods for noise and vibration, weight or costs, a model for economic analysis, etc.
Design Congress
During the Design Congress a maximum of five designers will present their entry. At the end of the congress two nominees will be announced. The Congress takes place 20 June 2012 at the TU Delft, Faculty 3ME.
Presentation of the VNSI Timmersprijs
The winner will be announced 8 November 2012 during the Maritime Awards Gala at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam and will receive a cheque worth € 3500.
To submit an entry for the award, please visit https://www.scheepsbouw.nl/Nieuws/Nieuws_archief/2012/Inschrijving_VNSI_Timmersprijs_2012_geopend[the Scheepsbouw Nederland website].
Picture: VNSI Timmersprijs winner 2011 Bart van Oers receives his award along with the cheque from Thecla Bodewes at the Maritime Awards Gala 2011
