Dr. Yan Ping He is an associated professor and in charge of day-to-day work of the Institute. He is engaged in the research and development of new type marine equipment and ocean engineering devices.

In 1997 Dr. He began to participate in or was in charge of several designs of working ship, all being dike soft foundation layer. In 1998 he was in charge of “Research and Development of the Motion Response Simulation of a New Type Multifunctional Mobile Oil-extraction System Device under Environment Loads”, which was one of so-called “863” Youth Fund projects. In 2003, he took part in the design of “Hang Gong Ping No.1”, which was a self-elevation working platform for stone dumping and leveling, and was responsible for the general arrangement and overall performance. In 2004 he joined the team for the project “Research on a New Type Multifunctional Semisubmersible” which was granted by Shanghai Municipal Economy Council. In 2007 he was in charge of two subject researches, one was “Research and Analysis of the Mooring System on Large FPSO”, which was a subordinate item of “Research and Development of Large Floating Production Storage Oil-tanker (FPSO)” also granted by Shanghai Municipal Economy Council; the other was “Research and Analysis of Motion Behaviour of Shallow Draft Ultra-large FPSO”. And in the same year, he took part in the project “Research and Development of an Installation and Maintenance Device for Offing Wind-electricity Generator Set”, which was a subordinate item of the programme “Development and Demonstration of Large Power Wind-electricity Generator Set”. In 2009 he participated in the project “Research on Lower Cost Foundation Structure for the Construction of Offing Wind-electricity Station and on Engineering Technology for the Construction of Shoal Wind-electricity Station”, which was consigned by China Ocean Oil New Energy Sources Investment Co. Ltd. In the same year, he was in charge of the project “Research and Development of the Key Technique of a 7,500 t Lift Crane Ship for Ocean Industry Furnishment”, which was an item of “National Science And Technology Supporting Programme” subordinated to the “11^th Five-year Plan” of the Country; and next was in charge of the concept design of a platform for the laying of deepwater detritus bedding, later joined the design of two ships for the installation of Wind-electricity Station near East Sea Bridge, among which one was a conversion and the other was a new building and both were put into use fulfilling the installation task of the Wind-electricity Station near East Sea Bridge. Since 2002, he has been responsible for or taken part in designs of more than 50 large cutter-suction dredgers. In 2008 he was honoured as a “Super Excellent Young Teacher in Shanghai Universities”.

Mr. Qi Yang is a doctor, an associate professor and the vice-dean of the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean & Civil Engineering. He is mostly engaged in the research and development of furnishment for new type ships and offshore structures, as well as in the research and design of marine equipment.

Since Dr. Yang began to work, he has always been engaged in the research on ship and offshore structure manufacturing technology or in design of equipment, and in the research and design of major construction furnishment, as well as in teaching. He participated in the research and design of a series of “Frame Cold-bending Machine” of a capacity being 160 t, 250 t and so on, the automatic feeding mechanism of the frame cold-bending machine was granted with Practical New Type Patent. He took part in the research and design of “Flange Mounting Positioner”. He was in charge of the research on “the Theory and Test of Ultra-large Ship Undocking and Bollard Testing” which was accomplished with great success. He was responsible for and fulfilled the research on the “Moving and Repositioning of Ship’s Aft-end after Pre-erection in Building Dock”, and applied for the invention patent to “Aft End Grand Block Moving and Repositioning Device”. Besides, “Extrusion Grab for Silt Cleaning” to which he contributed was also applied for the invention patent.

In recent years, the accomplished projects he joined were as follows: “Research and Design of a Working Ship for Soft Foundation Laying”, “Research and Design of a 2,000 m³ Split Hopper Barge”, “Research and Design of Hang Gong Ping No.1 Stone Dumping and Leveling Platform”, “Scheme Research on Seabed Waste Pipeline laying for Zhangyi, Singapore”, “Research on New Type Multifunctional Semisubmersible” and “Research and Design of Yangshan No.1 Multifunctional Working Ship”. He took part in the research work of Wind-electricity Station Installation related to “Science And Technology Supporting Programme” of the “11^th Five-year Plan” of the Country, and undertook the research on “Theory of and Test on Wind-electricity Station Installation within Coastal Shoal in Jiangsu Province”. In 2009, he participated in two projects: the concept design of a platform for the laying of deepwater detritus bedding, and the design of two ships for the installation of Wind-electricity Station near East Sea Bridge; both ships were put into use fulfilling the installation task of the Wind-electricity Station near East Sea Bridge. Especially since 2003, the projects he participated in or responsible for were as follows:  the Research and Design of Suction-reclamation Dredger at Yangtse Estuary”, the “Research and Design of 3,000 m³ Cutter-suction Dredger”, the “Research and Design of Xin 215 Full Electro Cutter-suction Dredger”, the “Research and Design of 4,500 m³/h Self-propelled Cutter-suction Dredger”. At the moment, he is in charge of the development of “2,000 m³/h Self-propelled Cutter-suction Dredger for Tri-gorge Channel of Yangtse”. In total, more than 50 different type large cutter-suction dredgers were designed.

The courses he lectured are “Shipbuilding Technology”, “Computer Aided Ship Manufacturing” and “Marine Equipment and Systems”, which are arranged for the undergraduates, and, “Mechanics of Shipbuilding Technology” and ‘Mathematical Models in Shipbuilding Engineering”, which are designed for the graduates. He joined in compiling the textbook “Ship Manufacturing Technology”, published more than 30 technic papers. At present, he is a commissioner of “Chinese Committee of Sea-going Ship Standardization”, a member of “Inland Water Panel”of “Academic Committee of Ship Design” of “Chinese Society of Navel Architects and Marine Engineers”, and, a member of “Mechanics Panel” of “Academic Committee of Mechanics” of “Chinese Society of Navel Architacts and Marine Engineers”, as well as a member of editorial board of the magazine “Ship and Ocean Engineering”.