Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering
Boysie Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Lothar Birk
Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Jerome L. Goldman Endowed Professorship in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering I
Education
- Dr.-Ing., Institute of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, 1998
- Dipl.-Ing., Institute of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, 1990
- Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Louisiana, License No. 33201, 2007
Research Interests
Form parameter based hull design; Hydrodynamic shape optimization and optimization algorithms; Wave-body interaction, stochastic analysis and panel methods; Design assessment criteria.
Current Research
Application of global optimization strategies to the design of offshore structures; Parametric hull design methods; Next generation panel methods for hydrodynamic shape optimization
Fields of Expertise
Computer aided design
Hydrodynamics
Offshore structure design
Shape optimization
Ship hull design