Event Category: Ocean Engineering Seminar

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Mengze Wang Affiliation: SandLab Abstract: Estimation of the probability of extreme events under climate change is both challenging and crucial for effective natural disaster risk management. Earth System Models (ESMs) offer detailed insights into climate extremes with high spatiotemporal resolution. However, the substantial computational cost of ESMs limits their use to…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Dr. Simon Freeman Affiliation: Dr. Simon Freeman currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E). His focus at ARPA-E is on maritime energy and environmental sensing technologies. Abstract: Imagine a U.S.-led, sustainable hydrocarbon supply, from the deep-water offshore cultivation of seaweed, at the gigaton scale. Such…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Michael Thompson Affiliation: Researcher for the FederalGovernment’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Program Abstract: The mission of the NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is toconserve, protect, and enhance the biological diversity, ecological integrity, and cultural legacy of the sanctuary while facilitating compatible use. Cutting-edge research…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Noah Bagazinski Affiliation: DeCoDe Lab Abstract: Not yet available…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Kurran Singh Affiliation: Graduate Student CSAIL Abstract: Despite recent advances in semantic Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for terrestrial and aerial applications, underwater semantic SLAM remains an open and largely unaddressed research problem due to the unique sensing modalities and the differing object classes. This paper presents a semantic SLAM method…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Max Pierce Affiliation: MIT Ocean Engineering Abstract: A moving load on a floating ice sheet (e.g. a cargo truck driving on an ice road) generates a wake pattern that deviates substantially from the Kelvin wake of a ship moving in open water largely due to the flexural term in the dispersion…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Bianca Champenois Affiliation: Sand-lab Doctoral Student Abstract: A significant portion of atmospheric CO2 emissions is absorbed by the ocean, resulting in acidified seawater and altered carbonate composition that is harmful to marine life and ecosystems. Despite detrimental effects, monitoring and forecasting indicators of ocean and coastal acidification (OCA) is difficult due…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Alan Papalia Affiliation: Final-year PhD candidate in Ocean Engineering with the MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program Abstract: This talk will share my work developing algorithmic capabilities to address current barriers towards widespread autonomous ocean observation, namely cost-prohibitive platforms and difficulties in collaborating between platforms. I will primarily…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Flora Grilli Affiliation: MIT Abstract: Aquaculture has been recognized as a vital supply of protein to meet the rising global demand; therefore, the stock quality of farmed fish is crucially important to deliver necessary nutrients to the consumer. Aggression among farmed fish is a known issue linked to poor stock quality…

Room: 5-314 Speaker Name: Eirini Katsidoniotaki Affiliation: Sand-lab Postdoctoral Researcher Abstract: As the global population grows and climate change intensifies, sustainable food production is critical. Marine aquaculture offers a viable solution, providing a sustainable protein source. However, the industry’s expansion requires novel technologies for remote management and autonomous operations. Digital twin technology can advance the…