Department of Ocean Engineering
News
Ocean Engineering Professor to be Science Policy Advisor to President Obama. Prof. Kate Moran has been selected to serve a two-year term as senior policy analyst to provide guidance to President Barack Obama on issues related to oceans, the Arctic, and climate change.
OE working to harness wave energy. A spar buoy is part of a research project by Malcolm L. Spaulding, that holds the potential to harness a new source of power.
OE AUV team places 2nd in international AUV competition. URI students place 2nd in 2007 in international underwater vehicle competition
URI engineering students helping to develop advanced ‘rebreather’ device for scuba diving. Don't hold your breath, but thanks to the work of two University of Rhode Island students and a Providence-based non-profit organization, an advanced technology may soon be available so divers can dive longer on one tank of air.
Sonar enters the third dimension FarSounder, Inc., the company founded by URI ocean engineering alumnus Matt Zimmerman and Prof. Jim Miller, is making waves.
URI expert aided search for students. Ocean Engineering Professor Malcolm L. Spaulding specializes in predicting damage from oil spills, but he lent his skills to the search for three University of Rhode Island students last seen in a rowboat early Monday morning.
O.E. Professors Grilli and Moran featured in new U.R.I. brochure
Scientists voice tsunami concern-BBC NewsTsunami expert's forecast "raises a flag"-Seattle Times
Include comments by Ocean Engineering Professor Stephan Grilli.
Ocean Engineering researchers to create tsunami hazard maps for East Coast - Ocean Engineering Professors Stephan Grilli and Christopher Baxter receive research grant.
Jeffrey C. Harris, an Ocean Engineering graduate student, has recently been awarded a "National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) fellowship". This is a prestigious fellowship administered by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and one of ways the Department of Defense supports graduate student research.
URI grad student awarded prestigious fellowship by Department of Defense.
Approximately 180 students nationwide are accepted in this program each year, at the beginning of their graduate work, to be funded for up to three years in the pursuit of a doctoral degree. He is the only student from the University of Rhode Island to be accepted this year.
Jeff is currently finishing the second year of his
graduate work in ocean engineering, working under Dr. Stephan Grilli's
supervision and focusing on numerical simulations of high speed surface effect
ship performance. Specifically, he is working on a Numerical Wave Tank based on
the boundary element method (BEM), to simulate wave resistance of the Harley
Surface Effect Ship (SES). Jeff joined OCE in 2003, when he was barely 19 years
old, have received two bachelor's degrees in mathematics and oceanography from
the University of Washington. He is scheduled to complete his MS this summer
and to continue working on his Ph.D.
http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/ndseg/preface.cfm
http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/ndseg/winners2005.cfm
Dr. Kate Moran selected to be recognized for Outstanding Research at the University of Rhode Island. Provost Swan states "This recognition is not only a reflection of your hard work, dedication and commitment to the community but enhances the University as well. Your research efforts have had an impact on the University and the State of Rhode Island. We appreciate your contributions and value you as a member of the URI community." A luncheon will be held at the University Club to honor outsdanding research, graduate studies, outreach and development of intellectual property at URI on May 11, 2005.
Ocean Engineering Department Professor
Leads Expedition to the North Pole
National Geographic Article on North Pole Expedition
URI AUV Team brings home $2000 prize!
URI News Press Release regarding AUV Team
Explorer Dr. Robert Ballard returns to Titanic in June to assess state of the wreck. National Geographic Channel to originate television event from expedition. Read the complete URI News release
Titanic Discoverer Robert Ballard joins URI
faculty.
Marine scientist and explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the resting place of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismark has joined the faculty at the University of Rhode Island.
Click here for more information on Dr. Ballard.
