Curriculum Focus Areas

The Center for Electric Marine Innovation Inc. educational framework emphasizes:

Fundamentals of Electric Marine Propulsion

  • Motors and controllers
  • Battery technologies
  • Electrical infrastructure and integration
  • Energy storage systems

Operational Safety & Risk Mitigation

  • Battery management systems
  • Charging procedures
  • Emergency response considerations
  • Safe installation practices

Performance & Efficiency Analysis

  • Real-world vessel data
  • Range and speed tradeoffs
  • Energy modeling and consumption forecasting

Practical Implementation Pathways

  • Repower case studies
  • Adoption strategies across vessel classes
  • Infrastructure planning for marinas
  • Responsible transition frameworks

Environmental impacts

  • Explanation of environmental studies and their goals
  • Review pre-conversion environmental data
  • Review post conversion, environmental data
  • Demonstrate how they can continue to see data on these boats online, which should be updated constantly

Accelerating the responsible transition to zero-emission marine propulsion