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The Online Risk, Resilience and Sustainability Training course focuses on assessing and quantifying risk and resilience of critical infrastructure to extreme events and diverse hazards. It aims to help engineers, consultants, and operators make informed decisions for infrastructure assets and networks. The course covers topics such as vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, adaptation, and sustainability quantification. It aligns with Sustainable Development Goals and strategic priorities of the UK and EU. The course is designed for engineers, operations managers, fabricators, applied scientists, and technologists interested in infrastructure management.

The Online Submarine Structures Training course focuses on the structural design of submarines, emphasizing the selection of materials, toughness, and strength formulations. It covers topics such as elastic stability of pressure hulls, collapse of pressure hull structures, and structural reliability analysis. The course is designed for Engineers, Operations managers, Fabricators, Applied Scientists, and Technologists interested in submarine design. Led by experts like Dr. Piero Caridis and Professor Purnendu Das, the program spans 2.5 days and includes lectures on finite element analysis, submarine fatigue, and corrosion.

The Online Seismic Assessment Training Course provides a theoretical framework for understanding seismic design for various structures. It consists of 8 lectures over 2 days covering seismic design basics, dynamic analysis, and code-related design principles. Participants will learn about structural response under dynamic loading and gain knowledge of technologies for checking structures' response to seismic loading. The course is suitable for Engineers, Operations’ Managers, Applied Scientists, and Technologists involved in the design, assessment, and management of engineering structures.

The Online Structural Reliability Training Course focuses on teaching the basic concept of structural reliability analysis, emphasizing the importance of considering uncertainties in design variables. The course covers statistics, probability, types of uncertainties, and analysis techniques like FORM & SORM. Participants will also receive a demonstration of the software STRUREL by ERACONS. Suitable for mechanical, process, and energy engineers, the course aims to provide applied knowledge on structural reliability. Lecturers include Prof Purnendu Das, Dr Srinivas Sriramula, and Dr Wolfgang Betz.

Online Seismic Structure Training provides a theoretical framework for understanding seismic assessment and retrofit for various structures. The course consists of 4 lectures covering static and dynamic nonlinear analysis, introducing software packages SeismoBuild and SeismoStruct. Attendees will gain knowledge of technologies for structural assessment under seismic loading. Engineers, Operations’ Managers, Applied Scientists, and Technologists involved in design, assessment, and management of engineering structures will benefit from this course. The lectures are delivered by Dr. Stelios Antoniou and Dr. Fanis Moschas, experts in earthquake engineering and structural health monitoring.

Online Fire Simulation Training provides knowledge on using computational fluid dynamics software for simulating dispersion, fires, and explosions in congested areas. The course aims to equip engineers, managers, and scientists with the skills to assess structures under fire and blast loading. Led by expert Petter Aune, participants will learn about technologies for fire and blast response assessment. The training includes lectures, hands-on sessions, and demonstrations on Kameleon FireEX-KFX software. Upon completion, attendees will have a solid understanding of various technologies for structural response under fire and blast loading.

The Online Floating Offshore Structures Training course introduces engineers and scientists to the design and assessment of floating offshore structures, focusing on concepts like FPSOs, semi-submersibles, TLPs, and Spars. The course is suitable for professionals in the offshore industry, including those from oil and wind energy companies, classification societies, and offshore structure fabricators. Led by Professor Nigel Barltrop, the program offers a balance of theory, practice, and worked examples over two days.

This course on Online Distortion Control in Ship Building is designed for engineers and scientists involved in ship design and construction. It covers topics such as welding techniques, residual stresses, and accuracy control in ship construction. The course aims to provide a balance of theory and practice for attendees from ship management companies, oil companies, classification societies, and ship builders.