Abstract: Nowadays, in convergence of European university studies, the syllabus of the marine engineer university studies in Spain presents the need of realistic software tools for design of equipments. These software tools must consider the limited resources in a ship.
On the other hand, it was found the need of a time reduction to teach subjects like applied thermodynamics. In consequence, the Department of Energy and Marine Propulsion of the University of A Coruna began a research task to solve this problem. New software resources like EES (Engineering Equation Solver) and programming languages like VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) were chosen as the best answer.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Jose Antonio Orosa Garcia is graduated in Marine Engineer and Naval Architecture at the University of A Coruna and PhD in marine Engineer. He is the prize-winner of the studies of Master in Marine Engineer. During last years he has participated in the International Energy Agency Annex 41 and collaborates with the INEGA and IDEMEC of the University of Porto in research about new learning methods for university studies like marine engineers. On the other hand his research activities are centred in work risk prevention in ships. Nowadays, he is Director of the Department of Energy of the University of A Coruna.