Marin (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) has decided to open an office in the Chesapeake Bay area in addition to its office in Houston.
The Houston office was established in 1998. Both offices will provide Marin’s services and advice locally, and are envisioned as a bridge to the research, researchers, and facilities in the Netherlands. This will also strengthen the cooperation in maritime research between the USA and the Netherlands.
Dr. Piotr Bandyk to Head New Office
In the Chesapeake Bay Office, Marin will be represented by Dr. Piotr Bandyk, a Naval Architect and PhD from Michigan. Dr. Bandyk and Marin already have an extensive history, as he has been very active in the Cooperative Research Ships (CRS) as a researcher and Chairman in his former position at Leonardo/DRS Advanced Marine Technology Center (AMTC).
Dr. Bandyk decided to take this position after some discussion with Marin's President, Dr. Bas Buchner, and other senior personnel. They discovered a common passion and synergy in the specialised field of marine hydrodynamics, with emphases on sharing expertise and fundamental research, and decided to make this link between Marin and the Chesapeake region.
About Marin
Marin was founded in 1932 and is presently the largest independent maritime research institute in the world. It employs 400 people in its offices in the Netherlands and operates six large model testing facilities, two large bridge simulators and a number of tug stations. Since 1998, Marin operates an office in Houston to serve the local clients with third party verifications and design optimisation studies using in-house developed software and a nautical bridge simulator.
