Naval Architect

Naval architects design barges, boats, and ships for use in commercial, pleasure, military, or other applications in marine or fresh water applications. Naval Architecture is often coupled with Marine Engineering. Marine Engineering deals primarily with the power plant while Naval Architecture deals with the rest, including hull form, stability, arrangements, and propeller design. The naval architect designs the vessel based on the requirements for the vessel's use (function, capacity, speed,...) , appropriate regulatory bodies, other design elements (aesthetics, comfort, etc.), and most importantly: cost. Designing a vessel that meets all the requirements involves making continuous compromises. The conflicting priorities of cost,...