Headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, FCA is a nationally recognized consulting firm in the areas of Ocean and Offshore engineering and naval architectural activities. FCA specializes in vessel stability, hydrostatics, wave induces motion responses, hydrodynamic-structural interactions, and other engineering activities related to conceptual/ feasibility engineering, transportation/installation engineering and other naval architectural activities, e.g., dead weight survey, model tests in wave tank, and developing on-board load and stability programs for ship shape as well as column stabilized semi-submersible drilling units.
Capabilities of FCA
Key Personnel
Capabilities of FCA
- Stability Analysis of Ships and Semi-submersibles
- Longitudinal strength of ships
- Motion Response (RAOs) Calculations – Strip Theory, Higher Order Boundary Element
- Model Test in Wave Tank
- Dead weight Survey
- Mooring Analysis and Design
- Riser analysis
- Installation analyses
- Transportation analysis and Sea-fastening Design
- Finite element analysis
Key Personnel
Dr. Frank S. Chou
Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering , Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Chou is an expert in Ship Motion, Hydrodynamic and mooring. He is also the CTO of FCA International, Inc.
Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering , Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Chou is an expert in Ship Motion, Hydrodynamic and mooring. He is also the CTO of FCA International, Inc.
Shawn Ghosh
M.S. In Structural engineering from University California, Berkeley
M.S.E. in Naval Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S. In Structural engineering from University California, Berkeley
M.S.E. in Naval Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dr. Derek Siu, P.E.
M.S. & Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Cornell University
B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
M.S. & Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Cornell University
B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
Der Ping Chou
B.E . in Naval Architecture , SUNY Maritime
Der Ping has many years of experiences in developing ship design and stability software at Coast Design Inc., Vancouver, Canada, ABS New York. Der Ping's last role was an Information Architect with IBM Corp. He was a licensed Marine Engineer (licensed by DOT of Taiwan R.O.C).
You can contact Der Ping at dpchou@mecasoffshore.com
B.E . in Naval Architecture , SUNY Maritime
Der Ping has many years of experiences in developing ship design and stability software at Coast Design Inc., Vancouver, Canada, ABS New York. Der Ping's last role was an Information Architect with IBM Corp. He was a licensed Marine Engineer (licensed by DOT of Taiwan R.O.C).
You can contact Der Ping at dpchou@mecasoffshore.com