News
News, events and announcements from the centre. Events are open to all; announcements carry an application deadline.
News
Indoor positioning system and living digital twin go live in the wave basin
A new positioning system and a living digital twin now follow model position and motion in real time for free-running tests.
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YTU-MARINE and D7 Technology partner on sensor fusion for free-running tests
The collaboration delivers a resilient indoor positioning and digital-twin capability for the wave basin.
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Free-running manoeuvring campaign completes for an uncrewed surface vehicle
Turning, zig-zag and course-keeping runs were completed and matched against numerical predictions.
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Wave basin upgrade: instrumentation for six-degree-of-freedom motion capture
Synchronised position, orientation, velocity and acceleration measurements are now captured for every run.
Events
Open day: visit the YTU-MARINE wave basin
A guided visit for industry, academia and public institutions — a look at the basin, the positioning system and the digital twin.
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Digital twin synchronises measurement and simulation in real time
Measurement, monitoring, simulation and experiment control now meet in a single environment.
Announcements
Call for 2027 model test campaigns — basin calendar now open
External institutions can now book wave basin time for 2027 manoeuvring, seakeeping and offshore test campaigns.
Events
Workshop for shipyards and design offices: from model test to design decision
A practical workshop on planning a test campaign, reading the results and using them in design reviews.
Announcements
Doctoral and MSc positions in marine hydrodynamics
Funded positions for students working on manoeuvring, seakeeping and autonomous marine vehicles.
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Seakeeping tests reach sea state 6 in irregular waves
A campaign pushed model tests to high sea states to observe behaviour near operating limits.
Announcements
Internship programme 2026 — applications open
Model testing, instrumentation and data-analysis internships at the wave basin and laboratory.
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Floating offshore wind model test programme launched with industry partners
A new programme will test floating platform concepts and mooring layouts at model scale.