The ESTS 2025 Technical Program Committee solicits tutorial proposals on a range of technical topics that relate broadly to the development and implementation of electric ship platforms. Marine platforms of interest to ESTS range from ships with traditional electric power distribution through fully electrified vessels. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following as applied to electric ships and vessels (all tutorials should be relevant to electrification of ships):
Model-based Systems Engineering | Ship and System Level Models | Subsystem and Component Models |
Digital Twin Development | Modeling Tool Development | Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Device Applications and Packaging at Medium Voltage |
Electric Propulsion and Generation | Power Conversion Topologies | Advanced System-level Control Architectures and Methods |
Distributed Energy Storage Systems | Fuel cells and Integration | Pulsating Loads and System Impact |
Superconducting Devices & Systems | Dielectric Considerations | Wireless Charging at MW Scale |
Electromagnetic Interference | Electromagnetic Compatibility | Charging and Charging Infrastructures |
Common-mode and Differential Mode Behavior | DC Power Distribution | Medium Freq. AC Power Distribution |
Cabling Considerations | Protection for AC and DC Systems | Advanced Magnetics |
Autonomous Vessel Design | Cyber-Physical Systems and Cyber Resilience | Robust Communications Systems |
Cold-Ironing and Shore Power | Battery-Electric Ship Implementations and Battery System Reliability/Availability | Decarbonization & Carbon Capture |
Emission Control Systems | Cooling Systems & Thermal Solutions | Renewable Generation Sources |
Impact of Alternative Fuels on Electrification of Ships | Partial Discharge and Corona Inception Mitigation | Active Filtering |
ESTS 2025 invites commercial, recreational, and military ship end-users, shipbuilders, port operators, classification societies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, research institutes, universities and other organizations around the world to present their views, opinions, studies, research, designs and future advances on these subjects. Panel sessions and poster presentations will be held for these topics.
Tutorial Format
The Technical Committee seeks one- or two-hour tutorial proposals, which should provide instructional materials on relevant topics within the scope of the above major technical areas. There is no cost to attend the tutorial sessions and attendance is open to the public. Accepted tutorials may be posted on the ESTS website with instructor permission.
Public Disclosure
All papers and presentations contributed by authors must be approved for public disclosure prior to submission. Please note that the Technical Committee cannot accept restricted distribution submissions for consideration.
Submission of Tutorial Proposals
Proposals should concisely describe the relevance of the tutorial to electric ship technologies and contain the following sections: Title, Outline, Speaker(s) and the topics they will cover, and Brief CVs (less than 300 words per speaker).
The instructor(s) should indicate any presentation requirements (e.g. multimedia) and any plans to provide case studies, practical examples, or hands-on activities. Submitted tutorial proposals should not exceed four pages and should be sent to the Tutorials Chair in a single PDF file at opila@usna.edu by the deadline below. Organizational approvals for any material being presented must be completed by the final tutorial material deadline below. If you have any questions, please contact the Tutorials Chair.
Deadlines
March 31, 2025: Tutorial proposal submission
May 23, 2025: Notification of acceptance or rejection
July 15, 2025: Receipt of final tutorial material
Questions
Questions about this call for tutorials may be addressed to the ESTS 2025 Tutorials Chair:
- Dan Opila, at opila@usna.edu, +1.410.293.6183