R & D

Participation in international programs for coordinated research in the field of ship hydrodynamics and ocean engineering

  • Composite material technology for next-generation Marine Vessel Propellers (CoPropel), Horizon Europe, 2022 -2025
  • Hydrodynamics of Underwater Bodies Close to the Free Surface, Project DM07/6 2016
  • Research Project on Maneuverability of a High-Speed Catamaran in Extreme Sea Conditions, subsidized by the Office of Naval Research Global, Department of the Navy, USA – 2011
  • Project BulSim – Inland Vessels and Short-Sea Shipping Manoeuvring Simulator, jointly developed with FHR and Ghent University under Flemish Government Subsidy – 2008 – 2010
  • Grant Project on Validation of Numerical Method for Global Optimization of High-Speed Monohull with Waterjet – ONR, USA – 2010
  • Grant Project on Maneuverability of a Hygh-Speed Catamaran in Shallow Water and Waves – ONR, USA – 2010
  • 6-th EC FP Project on Investigation of Non-Optimized And Optimized Ship Motion Responses in Intact and Damaged Conditions – under Integrated Infrastructure Initiative HYDRALAB III – Access to Major Experimental Facilities, MARINTEK – Norway – 2008
  • ITTC Cooperative Research Program SIMMAN on Verification and Validation of Ship Manoeuvering Simulation Methods – 2008 – 2014
  • 5-th EC FP – Promotion of High-Tech in Hydrodynamic Research – HyTech, including organization and holding of the 8-th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium – NuTTS’05, Varna – 2002 – 2005
  • Flow Around Ship Hull in Shallow Water Condition at Trans- and Supercritical Velocities – EC Program HydroLab – Trans-National Access to Large Experimental Facilities, FIWK, Hanover, Germany – 2005
  • Strengthening the Capacity of the BSHC in the Field of Research for Efficient, Safe and Environment Friendly Inland Navigation (REFIN) – EC subsidized National Scientific Program “Development of the Scientific Potential by Establishment of Research Infrastructure”- 2005
  • Bulgarian Euro Integration via Danube Inland Waterway – EC subsidized National Scientific Program “Bulgarian Community as a Part of Europe” – 2005 – 2007
  • 6-th EC FP – Coordinated Action on Ocean Energy (CA-OE)” – 2004 – 2007
  • Project on Hydrodynamic Interaction between Ships in Restricted Water – EC Program HydroLab – Trans-National Access to Large Experimental Facilities – FIWK, Hanover, Germany – 2002
  • Project on Hydrodynamic Investigation of the Flow Around Propellers (Partially Cavitating Flow in the Vicinity of Blade Tip) by aaplication of STAR CD software – EC Program HydroLab – Trans-National Access to Large Experimental Facilities – FIWK, Hanover, Germany – 2002
  • Project on Experimental Evaluation of a New Method for Deck Wetness Assessment – EC Program HydroLab – Trans-National Access to Large Experimental Facilities CEHIPAR, Madrid, Spain – 2002
  • Project on Simulation Based Design and Virtual Prototyping under NATO MCG/6 SG 61 “Virtual Ships” – 1999 – 2002
  • 5-th EC FP – Organization of an International Conference on Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics in Marine Engineering (HADMAR’2001) – Sub-Program on Development of the Scientific Potential – High-Level Scientific Conferences – 2001
  • 4-th EC FP (INCO-COPERNICUS) Project on Adaptive Design of Jacket Drilling Platform Subjected to Extreme Wave Loading – 1995 – 1998