Designing shock-resistant marine structures

我的研究的最终实际目标是使我们的沿海沃茨更加安全，并更好地保护成千上万在海上平台和船舶上谋生的加拿大人的生命。我将通过介绍能够比目前使用的更好地承受冲击波的海洋结构的新颖设计来实现这一点。考虑到仅大西洋沿岸近海工业就是加拿大经济的一个巨大部门，总价值达310亿美元，使用更安全的海洋结构也将意味着大大节省运营成本，从而为国家提供可观的经济效益。

The ultimate practical goal of my research is to make operating in our coastal waters safer and to better protect the lives of the thousands of Canadians that earn their living working on offshore platforms and ships. I will accomplish this by introducing novel designs of marine structures that are able to withstand shock waves better than the currently used ones. Considering that the Atlantic Coast offshore industry alone is a vast sector of Canadian economy with the total worth of $31 billion, using safer marine structures will also mean significant savings of the operational costs, thus providing substantial economic benefits to the nation.