Thursday, July 11

July 11, 2019

    The boat trip to Sweden last night was great. The cadets had a lot of fun on the boat, the buffet was great, and they can now say they stepped foot in Sweden. The group had ten minutes to explore the small area in Sweden and then they were back on the boat. Many students were picturing a small ferry ride to Sweden, however this ship was similar to a cruise, which was an exciting shock to many. (Photos are posted in the previous post).

   Today Cameron Kelly, a PhD student at Liverpool Moores University, presented to the class on Life Cycle Analysis. This is Kelly's fourth year with the summer school program, one year being a student and three years teaching this subject to the group. The group learned about life cycle analysis (LCA) which starts with raw materials and continues all the way to the disposal of the items. LCA includes planning environmental strategies, product development, marketing, comparisons, following legislation and eco-labelling. The group also learned about the life cycle impact assessment of classification, characterization and normalization.

    Have you ever been to the beach and got knocked over by a wave? We have all been there! That is due to Tidal Power. Kelly also introduced the class to the background information on Tidal Power and the impact the Earth's rotation has on it. Finally, he went in to depth on his study for his PhD on LCA. The group learned about different programs and more case studies as well.

     At the end of the day the cadets finalized their projects on Maritime clusters, which they will present tomorrow. The group is starting to pack their bags up to come home on Saturday, and we will back before you know it!


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