Marine engineer design, operate, maintain, and repair the mechanical system of ships. Basically, a marine engineer designs the propulsion, auxiliary power machinery, and other equipment needed to run the ship.
Thermodynamic deals with heat, energy and work. It i a fundamental science used in the design and operation of engines, e.g., and so is fundamental to understanding and using the propulsion and power machinery of a ship.
They are inseparable, sort of like the relevance of mathematics to computer.
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