Where is Ocean Engineering at URI? November 13-15, 2006 Overview of Ocean Engineering at URI

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1 November 13-15, 2006 Overview of Ocean Engineering at URI OCEAN ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND: AN OVERVIEW By Dr. Jim Miller Professor of Ocean Engineering Where is Ocean Engineering? What is Ocean Engineering? Why Ocean Engineering? Who is in Ocean Engineering? History of OE Program OE Faculty Areas of Research Focus Facilities and Labs Ballard Connection Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team Some Ocean Engineering Courses Where is Ocean Engineering at URI? URI Kingston Campus URI Bay Campus Bonnet Shores What is Ocean Engineering? Ocean instrumentation and robotics Underwater acoustics Marine hydrodynamics and water-wave mechanics Coastal and nearshore modeling Marine geomechanics Coastal and offshore structures 1

2 Why Ocean Engineering? Oceans cover 70% of the Earth and contain 1 million species of plants and animals 37% of the global population, over 2 billion people, live within 100 km (60 miles) of a coastline. Coastal hazards include both natural and man-made events that threaten the health of coastal ecosystems and communities: hurricanes, tsunamis, erosion, oil spills, harmful algal blooms, and pollution. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that America's coastal waters support 28.3 million jobs and generate $54 billion in goods and services every year. The US obtains 25% of its oil from offshore and that is expected to increase. The US Navy s budget is $125B per year and growing. Who is in Ocean Engineering? Many of our students are surfers, scuba divers, sailors and swimmers. All of us share a love for the sea and have the opportunity connect our professional lives to our avocation. OCEAN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PRESENT MS AND PhD DEGREES PRESENT BS (ABET ACCREDITED, 1994) HISTORY OF OCE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM 1966 DEPARTMENT FORMED (OLDEST IN THE US). 1980s OPTION PROGRAMS OFFERED WITH CIVIL, MECHANICAL, AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.S. PROGRAM IN OCEAN ENGINEERING, APPROVED BY RI BOARD OF GOVERNORS ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ABET) SITE VISIT, PROGRAM APPROVED FOR 6 YR. TERM, 134 CREDITS REVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM, 126 CREDITS, COMMON FRESHMEN YEAR, EXTENDED PHYSICS SEQUENCE, OCE IN EVERY SEMESTER SECOND ABET REVIEW AND ACCREDITATION OF BS REVISED BS CURRICULUM, ADDED COURSES IN OCEAN SYSTEM DESIGN TOOLS/INSTRUMENTS 2006 THIRD ABET REVIEW AND ACCREDITATION OF BS. OCEAN ENGINEERING FACULTY STEPHAN GRILLI, PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN MALCOLM SPAULDING, PROFESSOR SAU LON (JAMES) HU, PROFESSOR JAMES MILLER, PROFESSOR ARMAND SILVA, RES. PROF. EMERITUS (joint w/ Civil Eng.) PETER STEPANISHEN, PROFESSOR ROBERT TYCE, PROFESSOR KATE MORAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (joint w/ GSO) CHRIS BAXTER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (joint w/ Civil Eng.) Prof. Robert Ballard GSO Prof. Jim Miller w/ Jacques Cousteau s submersible 2

3 OCEAN ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT ( ) UNDERGRADUATE Freshman 25 Sophomore 20 Juniors 20 Seniors 25 Total: 90 GRADUATE Full-Time Part-Time Masters Doctorate 4 4 Total: 31 Dept. of Ocean Engineering Bay Campus Facilities SHEETS AND MIDDLETON BUILDINGS ON NARRAGANSETT BAY CAMPUS, OFFICE SPACE, LABORATORIES, AND CLASS ROOMS. 30 M TOW AND WAVE TANK/WAVEMAKER, ADJUSTABLE MULTI-SEGMENT BEACH, COMPUTER DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL, LASER SPEED MONITORING, MULTI-AXIS FORCE MONITORING. MARINE GEOMECHANICS LABORATORY, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT. PRECISION ACOUSTICS TEST TANK, COMPUTER DATA ACQUISITION AND POSITIONING. COMPUTER (PC AND WORKSTATION) LABS, OCE FACILITIES FULLY NETWORKED FIBER OPTICS (T1). MARINE ELECTRONICS LABORATORY, AUV LABORATORY. MACHINE AND INSTRUMENTATION SHOPS 3

4 SOME RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC ACOUSTIC-SEDIMENT INTERACTION SEABED SLOPE PROCESSES IN GULF OF MEXICO SHELF BREAK AND SHALLOW WATER TOMOGRAPHY, MATCHED FILTER PROCESSING UNDERWATER TRACKING SYSTEMS FORWARD LOOKING SONAR SYSTEMS SUPERFAST UNDERWATER PROJECTILE SIGNATURES 4

5 There is a problem to solve Annual costs of groundings and collisions in US waters run between $2 billion and $3 billion Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tech Talk, April 7, 1999 There is another related problem to solve 5

6 Matt Zimmerman, an ocean engineering undergraduate, and I started a company to solve these problems. He earned his BSOE in 01. Matt Coolidge, BSEE URI 02 and Evan Lapisky, BSCS URI 02 were soon hired. 6

7 Super Yacht in Lurssen Shipyard in Germany This was the result of a facultystudent collaboration a few years ago. The FarSounder sonar will help this superyacht from running aground and striking whales and other submerged obstacles Project Falcon is a beautiful new superyacht built by Lurssen Shipyard in Germany and we have installed one of our sonars on the bow of the vessel. OTHER RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TIDAL INLET DYNAMICS REALTIME ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MODELING SYSTEMS IN COASTAL AREAS Tsunami Research NON-LINEAR SHALLOW WATER WAVE DYNAMICS AND INVERSEMETHODS. WAVE BREAKING LANDSLIDE TSUNAMIS. MINE BURIAL IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT FASTSHIPS. SURFACE EFFECT SHIPS STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS RANDOM FORCING OF NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS WAVE SLAMMING FORCES ON OFFSHORE STRUCTURES Research funded in the department was $810,000 in

8 Tsunamis case sudy : Ko Phi Phi Tsunamis case study : Ko Phi Phi Tsunami Hazard Example: Los Angeles 2- Hour Discovery Channel Special last year on the Dec. 26 Tsunami featuring URI Ocean Engineering Profs. Stephan Grilli and Kate Moran. Paleo-slide off of Los Angeles : [Watts and Borrero, 2001] 8

9 3 Deadliest Pacific Tsunamis Date Source Deaths 22 May 1782 Taiwan Sep 1498 Japan Oct 1707 Japan Deadliest Atlantic Tsunamis Date Source Deaths 1 Nov 1755 Portugal Jun 1692 Jamaica Oct 1780 Jamaica Deadliest Indian Ocean Tsunamis Date Source Deaths 26 Dec 2004 Sumatra Aug 1883 Java/Sumatra Jun 1941 Andaman Sea Deadliest Mediterranean Sea Tsunamis Date Source Deaths 1410 BCE Greek islands Dec 1908 Italy Feb 1783 Italy Arctic Coring Prof. Kate Moran organized the first expedition to the Arctic to collect deep ocean cores These cores will provide information on paleoclimate of the Earth Prof. Kate Moran, Department of Ocean Engineering and Graduate School of Oceanography, URI led the expedition URI s New Campus at the North Pole 9

10 The Ballard Connection Prof. Bob Ballard joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Oceanography of URI in He and his team are actively working with faculty and students from Ocean Engineering. 10

11 Todd Gregory: OCE205 Instructor OCE205 SolidWorks Assignment: Design/Draw Little Hercules AUV Competition Mission Requirements 2006 URI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 11

12 2006 AUV Competition 4 th place this year, 1 st place in 2000 Newly Revised Ocean Engineering BS Curriculum OCE310: Basic Ocean Measurements: Last week s lab Offered next semester!!! 2 new courses added in the last year For more information: miller@uri.edu Shipwreck off Jamestown Island These courses involve significant at-sea time. 12

13 OCE495 Senior Design Project State Offshore Boundaries RI NY Fed Primary Site Secondary Site Siting of an Offshore LNG Facility in Block Island Sound for Synergetics, LLP (Source: Sediment Coring Another OCE310 Lab. at sea. If you are interested in Ocean Engineering Come see me in University College, Monday afternoons this semester, or anytime on the Bay Campus. Next semester s schedule TBD. Sign up for OCE101, Intro to Ocean Engineering, class #2188, alternate Thursdays, 2-4:30 PM with Prof. Moran, first class in Ranger 103. Go to our web site MGL marine geomechanics laboratory university of rhode island 13