Diesel Simulator Training in the Marine Engineering Technology Curriculum

Diesel simulator training to Marine Engineering Technology students is critical to close the gap between theory and application.The instructor can utilize the simulators to provide high quality of training on auxiliary systems and overall running of the diesel propulsion power plant operation with the creation of multitude of interactive exercises.Diesel simulators also offers the feasibility of isolating or freezing various sub-systems to develop understanding and knowledge to students in situations that will demand complex decision making.The two different simulation environments that are available at California State University Maritime Academy include Full Mission and Part Task trainers.The Full Mission simulators consist of engine control room, emergency diesel generator room, instructor operating room, and engine room.The Part Task Trainers are individual computer workstations, running the same plant model as the Full Mission Simulator, to assess individual students' knowledge.The discussion of the paper will include the design of the simulators to provide training on casualty procedures, critical thinking, problem solving under stressful environments that are commonly encountered in real-world startup and shutdown procedures.The diesel simulator training is a path forward to build competence and provide students with relevant real-world experience to be effective engineers. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education CollaborationCopyright ©2022 American Society for Engineering Education performance through a variety of technological capabilities, which are then used for briefing and debriefing of simulator exercises.The exercises introduced in the simulator facilities provide considerable amount of ingenuity for the engineers produced at CSUM.The diesel simulator at CSUM is controlled by digital computer system that consists of marine propulsion plant models.The diesel simulator has adequate devices that are set up to simulate various operating conditions of ship power plants.