A design of a nautical project using the active learning method based on projects, was developed and implemented in two universities in Chile. The main objective of this research is the search of learning methodologies stimulators of the cooperative work of students in complex projects. The educational project uses the concurrent engineering supported by an informatics platform and the following design technics: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM), Finite Element Method (FEM) and Computer
