Student Guide

Nordic Master's Programme in Cold Climate Engineering

Curriculum 2016–2017

Specialization

The programme consists of three specialised study tracks:

Land Track: Focus on Arctic geoengineering (DTU and NTNU)
Sea Track: Focus on Arctic ships and offshore structures (NTNU and Aalto)
Space Track: Focus on mapping and observing the Arctic (DTU and Aalto)

The main focus of the Nordic Master in Cold Climate Engineering is to give the students a profound understanding of how the obtained specializations can be applied in jobs as researchers, consulting or practising engineers in the Arctic. All graduates will have the ability to work within a team of experts having different international backgrounds such as education, values, language, culture, etc.. and have a profound understanding of the challenging Arctic environment. The teaching methods will include lectures, assignments, field work, laboratory work and project work. Theory is supported by experimental work and modelling, which are used intensively, and also depending on the track.

Sea Track

Year 1: Aalto

Semester 1

Courses

Ice mechanics (5 ECTS)

Dynamics of Rigid Body (5 ECTS)

Fluid Dynamics (5 ECTS)

FEM in Solids (5 ECTS)

Dynamics of Structures (5 ECTS)

Model scale testing in ice (5 ECTS)

Semester 2

Courses:

Winter navigation (5 ECTS)

Ice loads on Structures (5 ECTS)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (5 ECTS)

Finite Element Analysis (5 ECTS)

Plus 2 elective courses from below:

Ship Structures and Construction (5 ECTS) Beam, Plate and Shell Models (5 ECTS) Continuum Mechanics and Material Modelling (5 ECTS)

Year 2: NTNU/UNIS, including Master's Thesis

Select 1 of the 3 options below:

Semester 1	1. UNIS – Collection and analysis of data	AT-334 Arctic Measurements Technique, operations and transport at UNIS (4 weeks August – early Sept) (10 ECTS) AT-332 Physical environmental loads on Arctic Coastal and Offshore Structures (Late Oct - Nov) (10 ECTS) TBA451 Marine Civil Engineering SP (carried out at UNIS) (10 ECTS)
	2. NTNU (UNIS) – Fixed and floating structures	AT-334 Arctic Measurements Technique, operations and transport at UNIS (4 weeks August – early Sept) (7,5 ECTS) TBA4345 Ice actions, advanced course (7,5 ECTS) TBA4550 Marine Civil Engineering SP (7,5 ECTS) Plus 1 elective course from below: TBA4145 Port and Coastal facilities (7,5 ECTS) TKT4108 Dynamics – advanced course (7,5 ECTS) TKT4197 Non-linear finite element analysis (7,5 ECTS)
	3. NTNU (UNIS) – Arctic marine systems	AT-334 Arctic Measurements Technique, operations and transport at UNIS (4 weeks August – early Sept) (7,5 ECTS) TBA4345 Ice actions, advanced course (7,5 ECTS) TBA4550 Marine Civil Engineering SP (7,5 ECTS) Plus 1 elective course from below: TBA4145 Port and Coastal facilities (7,5 ECTS) TKT4108 Dynamics – advanced course (7,5 ECTS) TKT4197 Non-linear finite element analysis (7,5 ECTS)
Semester 2	Master's Thesis	Select 1 of the 3 options below: Collection and analysis of data (UNIS): TBA4920 Fixed and floating structures (NTNU): TBA4920 Arctic marines systems (NTNU): TMR4930

Year 1: NTNU/UNIS

Semester 1

Courses

TBA4265 Arctic and Marine Civil Engineering

TBA4345 Ice actions, advanced course

TKT4192 Finite Element in Strength analysis

Plus 1 elective course from below:

TBA4275 Dynamic response of irregular loading

TBA4145 Port and Coastal facilities

TBA5100 Theoretical soil mechanics

Semester 2

Courses (offered by UNIS):

AT-211 Ice mechanics, loads on structures and instrumentation (15 ETCS)

AT-205 Frozen ground engineering for Arctic Infrastructures (15 ETCS)

Year 2: Aalto, including Master's Thesis

Note: 25 ECTS in the autumn and 35 ECTS in the spring

Semester 1

Courses:

Ship Performance in Ice: Small Scale Testing in Ice (5 ECTS)

Marine Risks and Safety (5 ECTS)

Viscous Flow: Fluid Dynamics (5 ECTS)

Plus 2 elective courses from below:

Random loads & processes (5 ECTS) - cannot be chosen if the student has taken TBA4275 at NTNU

Ice mechanics (5 ECTS) - cannot be chosen if the student has taken AT-211 at UNIS

Dynamics of Rigid Body (5 ECTS)

Ship Hydrodynamics (5 ECTS)

Semester 2

Course:

Winter Navigation (5 ECTS)

Master's Thesis:

Master's Thesis (30 ECTS)

Space Track

The Space Track focuses on Earth observation techniques, mapping and navigation in the Arctic and the courses are offered by Aalto and DTU.

The track gives the graduates a profound understanding of how to use space as an environment for developing instruments to benefit people and society.

The students on the Space Track must choose between two specialisations:

a. Earth Observations Techniques with a focus on sensing and mapping solutions for the Arctic.

b. Mapping and Navigation with a focus on high-latitude and Arctic/Antarctic areas.

Special Knowledge on Exploration Techniques Used in the Polar Regions

Graduates from the Space Track will have acquired a thorough overview of technologies used for climate monitoring, mapping and navigation and will be able to: