Rapid Empirical Innovation

The Rapid Empirical Innovation (REI) process lowers the cost of discovery by developing innovative marine concepts in a rapid and cost-effective manner.  By blending engineering with experimentation in an entrepreneurial environment, we accelerate the realization of value from technology.


For testing new hull forms, the REI process literally takes testing “out of the box” of traditional tow tanks to quickly and accurately evaluate potentially valuable design concepts that otherwise would lie dormant and unexplored.


M Ship offers REI testing services for advanced hull-form development with the following advantages:


  • Proven Qualification – Extensive REI testing was conducted with identical models at the towing tank facility of Stevens Institute / Davidson Labs and on full size prototypes. A direct overlay of these data sets (resistance curves, running trim angle curves) shows excellent correlation.
  • Broad Design Space, Rapid Results – M Ship has evaluated several systematic series of hull forms with its REI test program. The full turn-around time from conceptual hullform design to in-hand, as-tested performance data is rapid – as fast as four weeks.
  • Affordable – The REI program offers a 50% to 80% cost savings (model construction and testing) when compared to the experimental programs of conventional towing tanks.
  • A Winning Approach – M Ship’s REI test program offers an accurate, rapid, and cost-effective approach to investigation of improved hull form designs, with achieved and proven results.

The opportunity to quickly discover unforeseen technology gains only exists by blending physical science with observations in an entrepreneurial environment.
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