19 September 2025

Smart European Shipbuilding (SEUS) Project is pleased to announce the pilot release of the Data-Driven Shipbuilding learning solution, developed by University of Turku, researchers of industrial engineering and management at the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in collaboration with the international SEUS team. The training is now available on the DigiCampus platform. It has been designed initially for practitioners and shipbuilding students. Its aim is to encourage learners to integrate digitalisation and data-driven approaches into their daily work. The development of the solution is funded by the European Union.

The learning solution includes short digital learning modules on data-driven shipbuilding for engineers, designers, supervisors, and managers across the shipbuilding industry. Each participant can explore the modules most relevant to their role and interests. There is no requirement to complete the entire course. By engaging with the modules, learners will increase their awareness of data-driven tools, explore practical working examples, and understand how digitalisation can support greater efficiency and innovation in ship design and construction.

This training has been carefully developed to meet the needs of practitioners. The content was shaped through interviews with professionals, evaluated through subject-matter expert reviews, and refined through repeated testing to ensure relevance and effectiveness. 

To access the course, log in to DigiCampus, using your Google account (or a Finnish university account). Search for “SEUS/MOOC: Data-Driven Shipbuilding” in the MOOC platform and enrol using the key: SEUS-Learning.

As this is the pilot version, we greatly value your feedback. At the end of each module, you will be invited to complete a short survey to share your experiences and suggestions. Your input will directly contribute to further improving the learning material. Upon completing any module, you will also be able to download your personalised certificate of completion.

Contact persons:
Post-doctoral researcher Zeynep Tacgin, zeynep.tacginsimsek@utu.fi
Professor Miia Martinsuo, miia.martinsuo@utu.fi
University of Turku, Industrial Engineering and Management

The fourth workshop for the SEUS (Smart European Shipbuilding) EU Project was in Germany in March 11-12 2025. The partners discussed about Shibuilding Digital Tools, Business Exploitation, Cybersecurity and Research Activities. 

SEUS Partners at the 15th IMDC in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2-6 2024, organized by TU Delft.

Scientific Articles by the partners (bold names):

• Closing the gap between early and detailed ship design models - Herbert J. Koelman, Bastiaan N. Veelo, Ludmila Seppälä, Paul Filius

• Piping layout integrated in ship design and stability evaluation - Herbert J. Koelman

• Wither now the Design Building Block (DBB) Approach - Henrique M. Gaspar, Ícaro A. Fonseca, David Andrews

• Seeing a Sea of Ships - Exploring the Ship Design Space in the Digital Domain - Henrique M. Gaspar, Yasuo Ichinose, Kazuo Nishimoto

• Data models in ship design and construction – insights from 4D BIM - Janica A. Bronson, Ícaro A. Fonseca, Henrique M. Gaspar, Fernando H. P. Luz

• What is a ship design firm, really? - Benjamin Lagemann, Randi Lunnan, Per Olaf Brett, Jose Jorge Garcia Agis, Astrid Vamråk Solheim, Stein Ove Erikstad

• Early Marine Systems' Design – Cracking the wicked problem - The case of a novel biomass harvesting vessel  - Per Olaf Brett, Jose Jorge Garcia Agis, Benjamin Lagemann

• Digital Shipbuilding – Needs, challenges, and opportunities - Jose Jorge Garcia Agis, Per Olaf Brett

• An Automated Method for Pipe Routing in Ship Unit Modules - Jisang Ha, Myung-Il Roh, Min-Chul Kong, Mijin Kim, Jeoungyoun Kim, Nam-Kug Ku

• A Service Blueprint Approach in Ship Building Activity Mapping - Yong Se Kim, Junsong He, Ludmila Seppälä

• Industry 5.0: Transforming ship design through human-centered approach - Ludmila Seppälä

   

Dr. Ícaro Fonseca (NTNU) represented SEUS at the EU Transport Research Arena (TRA) with the talk Can European Shipyards be Smarter? - 15-18 April 2024 - Dublin. 

The third workshop for the SEUS (Smart European Shipbuilding) EU Project was held in Turku, Finland,  during 22-23rd May 2024. The workshop was organized by the partners CADMATIC and UTU. The partners discussed the project progress, focusing on the current versino of the cloud platform, steps for the shipyards implementation from M18 and research collaboration between PhDs.

The second workshop for the SEUS (Smart European Shipbuilding) EU Project was be held in Netherlands in Nov 15-16 2023. The partners discussed about Shibuilding Digital Tools, Business Exploitation, Cybersecurity and Research Activities. 

The first workshop for the SEUS (Smart European Shipbuilding) EU Project will be held in Norway in the the day 3-4 of May. The first day is open to the general public, with an agenda which includes input and presentation from all partners on the topics of digitalization of the maritime industry, data models for maritime structures, innovation and taylor-made practices in shipbulding and technology trends. The workshop will be held at NTNU in Ålesund. On May 4th the partners had a consortium meeting in Ulsteinvik, at the shipyard in Ulstein Group.