SUNY Maritime College Annual Report 2021-2022

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: MARITIME CAMPUS BOASTS NEW SPACES FOR STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT Spring 2022 started with a series of milestone events at Maritime College: Groundbreaking of the William Austen Marine Education and Seamanship Center; Ribbon-cutting ceremony of the newly constructed Student Learning Center; and the Ribbon-cutting Ceremony for the fully renovated Marine Engineering Systems Laboratory. Major construction projects at Maritime College totaled $24.8 million. SUNY Maritime College President, RADM Michael Alfultis stated, “We view these improvements as a means of further strengthening the development of a well-prepared merchant mariner and offshore wind workforce while leveraging the uniqueness of the college.” Creating modernized learning spaces for students and providing much-needed academic support facilities serves to attract and retain students interested in the maritime industry and fully prepare generation of merchant mariners to come. We view these improvements as a means of further strengthening the development of a well prepared merchant mariner and offshore wind workforce while leveraging the uniqueness of the college. – RADM Michael Alfultis

Marine Engineering Systems Laboratory The newly reimagined and reinvigorated Marine Engineering Systems Laboratory is a state-of-the-art learning platform for students studying marine, facilities, and mechanical engineering. The lab features steam systems complete with high-pressure water tube and low-pressure fire tube steam boilers, a steam turbine and dynamometer, surface condenser, deaerator, oil separator, various pumps, dry cooler condenser, steam condensing unit receiver, HVAC air-handler, and Steam Absorption Chiller, water/steam chemical treatment station and water softener system and It will serve as a valuable learning platform for engineering students studying marine, electrical, facility, and mechanical engineering, as well as Cadets enrolled in the deck license program pursuing a third-assistant engineering license.

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Annual Report 2021-2022