How we behave.
No work we cannot stand behind
If the brief is wrong, we say so. If the budget is too small, we say so. If a competitor is better placed, we say so. The reputation we are building is worth more than any single fee.
Principals do the engineering
You hire us, you get us. Junior engineers support, but the model, the report, and the recommendation come from a named principal.
Write everything down
Every assumption, every input, every result is documented. Six months later, when the operator has a new question, we can answer it because the model is still alive.
Make it less polluting
Wherever there is a choice between a faster hull and a cleaner hull, we present both. We believe the maritime sector is going to decarbonise.
Ten years.
2016 → 2026A team of four to eight.
4 principals · up to 4 collaborators
Sérgio Ribeiro e Silva
PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. MSc Naval Architecture, University College London. MSc Mechanical Engineering, IST. Author of the Ship@Sea time-domain simulation code.
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Filipe Inok
Computational fluid dynamics and hydrodynamic analysis, with an electrotechnical engineering background spanning vessel power and electrical systems.
Lúcia Moreira
Hydrodynamics and ship-manoeuvrability analyses — seakeeping, course-keeping and probabilistic manoeuvrability studies.
José Gordo
Structural design and analysis — scantlings, finite-element assessment, and class-society structural approval.
José Dias
Planning, coordination and delivery across the office's engineering assignments, from kick-off to handover.
José Abreu Valente
Leads basic design — concept and feasibility studies, general arrangements, and early-stage naval architecture.
Francisco Ribeiro e Silva
IT management and software development — internal tooling, simulation infrastructure, and the office's digital systems.
"We came out of IST with a thesis: that careful engineering, calmly applied, can make a measurable difference. Ten years and one hundred-plus projects later, we still believe it, and the data backs us up."
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