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Event Category: Ocean Engineering Seminar

Learning Turbulent Flows with Generative Models: Super-resolution, Forecasting, and Sparse Flow Reconstruction

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Oommen, Vivek Affiliation: Brown University Abstract: Neural operators are promising surrogates for dynamical systems but when trained with standard L2 losses they tend to oversmooth fine-scale turbulent structures. Here, we show that combining operator learning with generative modeling overcomes this limitation. We consider three practical turbulent-flow challenges where conventional neural operators…

Vortex Detection Mechanisms of Harbor Seal Whiskers for Biomimetic Sensing

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Adrienne Lai Affiliation: PI: Michael Triantafyllou Abstract: Harbor seal whiskers have the characteristic ability to detect changes in flow velocity at the micrometer per second scale, allowing them to track prey with their whiskers as the primary sensor. This unique property has inspired researchers to design low-power, non-invasive, passive sensors to…

Applying Solar Cell Principles to Determine Ocean Wave Intensity in a Sea Ice Sheet in the Marginal Ice Zone

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Max Pierce Affiliation: PI: Dick Yue Abstract: Inspired by the well-known Yablonovitch limit which provides an upper bound on the light intensity enhancement in a solar cell, we derive a simple expression relating the ocean wave intensity in a floating ice sheet within the marginal ice zone (MIZ) to the wave…

R.B. Wallace Lecture: Increasing sustainable use of the oceans: perspective and challenges for ocean engineers

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: David Kelly Affiliation: CEO of Innovasea Abstract: With an increasing global population, the utilization of the oceans to economically support societies is growing. While the traditional uses of the oceans for transportation, defense, energy, and food continue, the engineering challenges are evolving and the range of disciplines involved is increasing. This lecture…

Maritime 5.0: The role of Technology and Innovation as the New Global Shipping Shapers

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Christopher J. Wiernicki Affiliation: Christopher J. Wiernicki is Chairman and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Chairman of ABS’ Affiliated Companies. Abstract: The maritime industry is a vast, interconnected web held together by complex relationships which are increasingly shaped by evolving regulations, emerging value chains and new technologies….