Oct 2
8:30 AM
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10:00 AM
| Plenary I |
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Oct 2
8:30 AM
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10:00 AM
Oct 2
10:15 AM
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12:00 PM
| Acoustic Communication/Signal Processing I |
| (Stojanovic,M; Mitra,U) |
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| Performance analysis of multichannel lattice equalization in coherent underwater communications (070531-043) |
| Joao Gomes |
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| MMSE-Lattice Sequential Equalization of Underwater Acoustic Channels (070423-009) |
| Mr. Dale Green |
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| Environmental equalizer for underwater communications (070530-018) |
| Mr. Antonio Silva |
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| A New Vector Sensor Receiver for Underwater Acoustic Communication (070430-009) |
| Prof. Ali Abdi |
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| Multi-Sensor Speech Enhancement using Modified LP Residual for underwater speech communications (070531-085) |
| Mr. Hyung-Jun Ju |
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| Numerical Modeling and Simulation |
| (Subramanian,V; Pruessner,A) |
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| High Frequency Acoustic Propagation using Level Set Methods (070427-010) |
| Sheri Doran |
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| An Augmented Reality Architecture for the Creation of Hardware-in-the-Loop & Hybrid Simulation Test Scenarios for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (070427-011) |
| Mr. Benjamin Davis |
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| Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System (CIPS): A Regional Prototype for a National Problem (070501-007) |
| Barry Stamey |
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| Application of decision tree techniques for the Prediction of Significant Wave Height (070509-005) |
| Ms. Javad Mahjoobi |
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| Oceanography: Physical, Geological, Chemical, Biological |
| (White,S; Crout,R) |
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| Toward Applying Automatic Control to Assist Coastal Land-Water Management in the Mekong Delta (070513-005) |
| Mr. Tho Nguyen |
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| Nonhydrostatic Hindcasts of High Amplitude Internal Waves in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (070531-032) |
| Dr. Patrick Gallacher |
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| 3D Flow and sediment transport modelling at the Reversing Falls, Saint John Harbour NB (070423-010) |
| Mr. Vincent Leys |
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| Real Time Currents in the Harbors of the Great Lakes - A Pilot Project (070510-002) |
| Karen Earwaker |
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| The Ocean Studies Institute's Ocean Observing Program: (070531-055) |
| Dr. Richard Pieper |
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| Sonar and Transducers |
| (Foote,K; Soukup,R) |
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| A study of data analysis for a low-cost bathymetry system using fishing echo sounders (070429-001) |
| Dr. Masashi Toda |
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| A Digital Thin Line Towed Array for Small Autonomous Underwater Platforms (070409-001) |
| Dr. Venugopalan Pallayil |
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| Broadband Transduction Implementation and System Impact (070501-006) |
| Dr. Richard Meyer |
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| Ropes and Tension Members |
| (Murrin,D; Murray,D) |
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| Reduced-Recoil-Risk Rope Test Method (070222-001) |
| Mr. John Flory |
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| Design and Testing of a Snap Load Alleviator for a Submarine Rescue Vehicle Handling System (070514-026) |
| Dr. Andreas Huster |
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| OMNI-Max Anchor Development and Technology (070604-005) |
| Mr. John Shelton |
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| Forensic Techniques for Investigating Causes of Fiber Rope Failures (070530-008) |
| Dr. Jeff Nichols |
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Oct 2
10:15 AM
to
12:00 PM
| Venus and Neptune Ocean Observatories/Neptune I |
| (Barnes,C; Wilcock,W) |
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| The NEPTUNE Canada Communications Network (070426-004) |
| Mr. Stephen Lentz |
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| The Implementation of the NEPTUNE Canada backbone network (070511-006) |
| Mr. Peter Phibbs |
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| Deep Sea Cabled Infrastructure Observatories - Design Criteria and Philosophy for Shore-end Cable Stations (070511-010) |
| Mr. Robert Jones |
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| NEPTUNE Canada Regional Cabled Observatory: Science Plan (070514-050) |
| Dr. Mairi Best |
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| Automatic Control |
| (Stilwell,D; Waldmann,C) |
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| Resolved Acceleration Control of Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator Systems using Momentum Equation (070427-004) |
| Mr. Takashi Yatoh |
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| Coordinated Operation of Automonous Underwater and Surface Vehicles (070531-022) |
| Mr. Anibal Matos |
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| Making AUVs Truly Autonomous (070601-008) |
| Mr. Per Espen Hagen |
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| Autonomous Underwater Vehicles/Design |
| (Manley,J; Hobson,B) |
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| Team Planning for Unmanned Vehicles in the Risk-Aware Mixed-Initiative Dynamic Replanning System (070424-004) |
| Mr. John Wilde |
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| Re-analysis of the "Akron" Airship Pressure Data to Design Pressure Measurement Experiments on an Underwater Vehicle (070427-021) |
| Mr. Farhood Azarsina |
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| Toward a Neurobiological Agent Architecture for AUVs (070430-025) |
| Ms. Kaylani Merrill |
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| Using Single Propeller Performance Data to Predict the Performance of a Counter-Rotating Pair (070511-013) |
| Wayne Neu |
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| The Deepglider: A 4000-Meter Glider for Oceanographic Research (070411-002) |
| Mr. T. Osse |
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| Student Poster |
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Oct 2
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Acoustic Communication/Signal Processing II |
| (Li,W; Ju,H) |
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| MIMO-OFDM Over An Underwater Acoustic Channel (070514-019) |
| Prof. shengli zhou |
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| Orthogonal Space-Time Block-Differential Modulation over Underwater Acoustic Channels (070531-057) |
| Dr. Liuqing Yang |
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| Real-Time Image and Status Transmission from a UUV During a Ship Hull Inspection in a Port Environment Using a High-Speed High-Frequency Acoustic MODEM (070423-005) |
| Prof. Pierre-Philippe Beaujean |
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| The SSBL Positioning for The AUV with Data Transmission (070430-041) |
| Mr. Yoshitaka Watanabe |
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| Marine GIS and Data Fusion |
| (Mader,G; Kazeminezhad,M) |
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| Time-Series Data Exchange Using the Geography Markup Language (070510-009) |
| Mr. Daniel Martin |
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| Geospatial video monitoring of nearshore benthic habitats of Biscayne Bay (Florida, USA) using the Shallow-Water Positioning System (SWaPS) (070514-011) |
| Dr. Diego Lirman |
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| VDatum and Strategies for National Coverage (070530-024) |
| Edward Myers |
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| Operational Observation |
| (Crout,R; White,S) |
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| AUV Operations at MBARI (070430-036) |
| Mr. Duane Thompson |
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| Utilization of Lidar and NOAA's Vertical Datum Transformation Tool (VDatum) for Shoreline Delineation (070425-003) |
| Stephen White |
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| NOAA National Ocean Service Remote Sensing Applications and Concept of Operations (070530-014) |
| Dr. Marie Colton |
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| Ocean Noise |
| (Ebrahim,A; Stanic,S) |
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| Measurements of Ambient Noise during Extreme Wind Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico (070509-010) |
| Dr. Joal Newcomb |
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| Ambient Noise Classification in the Gulf of Mexico (070516-001) |
| Mr. Mark Snyder |
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| A Summary of Existing and Future Potential Treatments for Reducing Underwater Sounds from Oil and Gas Industry Activities (070606-002) |
| Mr. Jesse Spence |
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| Marine Riser Systems |
| (Flory,J; Shelton,J) |
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| An Advanced Measurement System for Vortex-Induced-Vibrations Characterization in Large-Scale Risers (070503-004) |
| Martin Ordonez |
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| Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Span-wise Force Variation in Circular Cylinders Undergoing Vortex Induced Vibrations at High Reynolds Number (070503-005) |
| Mr. David Murrin |
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| High Mode VIV Experiments on Large-Scale Riser (070503-006) |
| Mr. David Murrin |
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Oct 2
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Venus and Neptune Ocean Observatories/Neptune II |
| (Best,M; Barnes,C) |
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| The Deployment of a Long-Term Seafloor Seismic Network on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (070430-027) |
| William Wilcock |
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| Regional Cable Observatory Solutions (070503-001) |
| Neville Hazell |
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| Developing in the dark: Software Development and Quality Assurance for the VENUS/NEPTUNE Canada Cabled Observatories (070514-046) |
| Mr. Murray Leslie |
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| Vehicle Design/Sub Surface |
| (Trevorrow,M; Hardy,K) |
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| PRMS Hull and Transfer Skirt Design and Experimental Validation (070514-017) |
| Mr. David Lo |
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| Identification of a simplified AUV pitch-axis model for control design: Theory and experiments (070530-026) |
| Prof. Daniel Stilwell |
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| Development of a Biomimetic Motion Control System Using CPG (070601-013) |
| Mr. Takayuki Matsuo |
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| Autonomous Underwater Vehicles/Systems |
| (Neu,W; Osse,T) |
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| Wind-up AUVs: Combined energy storage and attitude control using control moment gyros (070426-003) |
| Dr. Blair Thornton |
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| Battery Systems for Maritime AUVs (070430-006) |
| Dr. Arden Johnson |
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| The Development of an AUV Docking Station for Ocean Observatories (070515-001) |
| Mr. Brett Hobson |
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| Inductive Power System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (070501-004) |
| Mr. Tim McGinnis |
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| BP?s AUV Development program, Long Term Goals - Short Term Wins (070402-001) |
| Mr. David Saul |
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| Student Poster |
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Oct 2
3:30 PM
to
5:15 PM
| Acoustic Communication/Channel Modeling and Estimation |
| (Beaujean,P; Arabshahi,P) |
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| Dynamic channel tracking using modified EM algorithm and its least squares extension (070531-027) |
| Dr. Weichang Li |
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| A Simple Sparse Channel Estimator for Underwater Acoustic Channels (070502-004) |
| Prof. Urbashi Mitra |
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| Time-varying underwater acoustic channel modeling for moving platform (070531-020) |
| Mr. Sung-hoon Byun |
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| Frequency-domain channel estimation and equalization for single carrier underwater acoustic communications (070508-006) |
| Prof. Chengshan Xiao |
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| Capacity of a Relay Acoustic Channel (070430-039) |
| Milica Stojanovic |
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| Imaging and Vision |
| (Caimi,F; Morales,R) |
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| Rediscovery of the USS Macon - First archaeological survey within the boundaries of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. (070404-002) |
| Mr. Christopher Grech |
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| An AUV-deployable pulsed laser line scan (PLLS) imaging sensor (070430-001) |
| Dr. Fraser Dalgleish |
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| Application of a real-time underwater surveillance camera (070506-002) |
| Dr. Katherine Lam |
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| Enhancement of underwater video mosaics for post-processing (070511-012) |
| Prof. Yuri Rzhanov |
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| Hydrography/Seafloor Mapping/Geodesy |
| (Zilkoski,D; Colton,M) |
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| QTC DEEP - A ROV-Mounted Single Beam Acoustic Seabed Classification System for High Resolution Mapping (070503-008) |
| Dr. Stephen Bloomer |
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| A Case Study on Hydrographic Survey Processing with Ellipsoidal Altitude (070530-021) |
| Mr. Peter Canter |
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| Assessing 155 Years of Hydrographic Survey Data for High Resolution Bathymetry Grids (070531-042) |
| Adeline Wong |
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| Rapid Swath Mapping of Reef Ecology and Associated Water Column Chemistry in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama (070604-003) |
| Dr. Richard Camilli |
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| Sonar Signal Processing I |
| (Candy,J; Kraeutner,P) |
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| Matched Field Noise Suppression based on Matrix Filter (070529-004) |
| Dr. Bo Lei |
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| Acoustic Dopplergram for Intruder Defense (070424-005) |
| Dr. Tsih Yang |
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| An Adaptive Algorithm for Amplitude and Phase Measurements Based on Multiple Samples (070426-014) |
| Prof. Adam Zielinski |
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| Acoustic Classification with Single-Beam Echosounders: Processing Methods and Theory for Isolating Effects of the Seabed on Echoes (070508-011) |
| Mr. Benjamin Biffard |
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| Buoy Technology/Design |
| (Paul,W; Cole,R) |
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| Monitoring and Controlling System Performance In the Pioneer Buoy (070504-003) |
| Mr. Donald Murray |
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| A fast response capability within NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS (070510-001) |
| Mr. Patrick Burke |
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| Design of a Subsurface Moored Acoustic Array in Deep Water (070510-003) |
| Mr. Warren Bartel |
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| Development of A Self-Contained, Satellite Based, Moored Surface Buoy Position Tracking Device (070531-023) |
| Mr. Clifford Merz |
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Oct 2
3:30 PM
to
5:15 PM
| Venus and Neptune Ocean Observatories/Venus |
| (Olmi,E; Irish,J) |
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| The VENUS Cabled Observatory: Engineering Meets Science on the Seafloor (070427-015) |
| Dr. Richard Dewey |
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| The Ocean Technology Test Bed - An Underwater Laboratory (070427-023) |
| Ms. Alison Proctor |
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| Observatory Cable Laying System (070511-011) |
| Mr. Keith Shepherd |
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| Underwater Window: High Definition Video on VENUS and NEPTUNE (070524-002) |
| Mr. John Roston |
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| Vehicle Design/Surface |
| (Hardy,K; Lo,D) |
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| The Towed Torpedo Emulator (TOTEM) System (070413-001) |
| Dr. Mark Trevorrow |
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| Combining Data Collection from Unmanned Surface Vehicles with Geospatial Analysis: Tools for Improving Surface Water Sampling, Monitoring, and Assessment (070430-007) |
| Dr. Andrew Casper |
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| Development of a Biomimetic Fin Actuator using Electroconductive Polymer (070531-083) |
| Mr. Kimikazu Sugiyama |
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| An Open Source Parametric Propeller Design Tool (070531-091) |
| LTJG Kathryn D'Epagnier |
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| Student Poster |
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Oct 3
8:30 AM
to
10:00 AM
| Plenary II |
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Oct 3
8:30 AM
to
10:00 AM
Oct 3
10:15 AM
to
12:00 PM
| Acoustic Communication Networks |
| (Stojanovic,M; Chen,W) |
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| Underwater Acoustic Communications Performance Modeling in Support of Ad Hoc Network Design (070426-010) |
| Dr. Warren Fox |
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| Optimizing the Transmission Range in an Acoustic Underwater Network (070507-004) |
| Mr. Arnau Porto Dolc |
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| A Detailed Simulation Study of the UWAN-MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks (070502-002) |
| Mr. Paolo Casari |
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| A Novel Framework to Simulate Wireless Maritime Communication Networks (070530-005) |
| Dr. Wen Su |
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| An Improved Location-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Underwater Acoustic Networks (070427-022) |
| Mr. Edward Carlson |
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| Holography, 3D Imaging, and E&M Sensing |
| (Watson,J; Dalgleish,F) |
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| Analysis of in-situ microscopic organism behavior in data acquired using a free-drifting submersible holographic imaging system. (070430-016) |
| Don Pfitsch |
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| Rapid extraction of 3D regions of interest from digital holograms (070531-033) |
| Dr. Weichang Li |
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| Advanced System For Underwater Visual Inspection (070601-020) |
| Mr. Rogelio Morales |
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| Demonstration of a Novel Man-Portable Magnetic STAR Technology for Real Time Localization of Unexploded Ordnance (070502-005) |
| Dr. Roy Wiegert |
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| Using magneto-resistive sensors to monitor animal behaviour: a case study using limpets. (070529-003) |
| Dr. Pushkar Wadke |
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| Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors I - Development |
| (Griffin,S; Yeo,R) |
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| Low-Cost, Data-Logging Salinity Sensor (070502-006) |
| Mr. Thanh-Tung Pham |
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| Laser Raman Spectroscopic Analyses of Dissolved Gases (070511-009) |
| Dr. Sheri White |
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| Development of an Active, Large Volume, Discrete Seawater Sampler for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (070514-029) |
| Mr. Larry Bird |
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| A Suspended Particle Rosette Sampler for Investigating Hydrothermal Plumes (070531-049) |
| Dr. John Breier |
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| Sonar Signal Processing II |
| (Zielinski,A; Ellis,T) |
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| Propagation-Invariant Classification of Signals in Channels with Dispersion and Damping (070508-007) |
| Prof. Patrick Loughlin |
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| Underwater Wideband Source Localization Using the Interference Pattern Matching (070601-005) |
| Seung-Yong Chun |
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| Underwater Broadband Target Localization using the Interference Pattern of Spectrogram Estimated by Three Sensors (070531-056) |
| Mr. Se-Young Kim |
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| Maximum likelihood estimates and Cramer-Rao bounds for map-matching based self-localization (070430-012) |
| Dr. Ashwin Sarma |
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| Rethinking Forward-Looking Sonar for AUV?s: Combining Horizontal Beamforming with Vertical Angle-of-Arrival Estimation (070602-001) |
| Dr. Paul Kraeutner |
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| Buoy Technology/Performance |
| (Cole,R; Paul,W) |
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| Development of a Real-Time Water Quality Buoy for the Fraser River Estuary (070629-001) |
| Jeannette Bedard |
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| Study of a Three Point Mooring of an Aquaculture Feed Buoy (070427-012) |
| Dr. James Irish |
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| Practical Use of Personal Buoy System for Fishery Using Sensor Network Technologies (070427-013) |
| Dr. Masaaki Wada |
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Oct 3
10:15 AM
to
12:00 PM
| Ocean Observatories - Cabled |
| (Hazell,N; Bannon,R) |
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| The U.S. National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative at Preliminary Design (070430-018) |
| Dr. Holly Given |
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| Implementing a New Paradigm in Ocean Observing: A View from the COOLroom (070430-032) |
| Prof. Oscar Schofield |
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| Development and Installation of Networked Undersea Measurement Systems using the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) (070522-002) |
| Mr. John Walrod |
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| Vehicle Design/Sub Surface and Profiling |
| (Casper,A; Bachmayer,R) |
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| Traction properties of the wheels of an underwater crawler on different soils (070531-003) |
| Dr. Christoph Waldmann |
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| A Vehicle for Science and Exploration - Bringing Offshore Industry Advances and Experience to the Oceanographic Community (070514-047) |
| Mr. Brent Evers |
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| AUVs for oceanographic science at IFREMER, project progress and operational feedback (070427-007) |
| Dr. Jan Opderbecke |
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| Design of a Modular, Compact, Multi-Role Remotely Operated Vehicle for Sheltered Water Operations (070531-075) |
| Mr. Pranay Sinha |
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| High Brightness Light Emitting Diodes for Ocean Applications (070531-093) |
| Mr. Kevin Hardy |
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| Autonomous Underwater Vehicles/Performance |
| (Hobson,B; Manley,J) |
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| Preliminary model tests for the design of a gliding deep water elevator (070427-018) |
| Dr. Chris Roman |
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| Echo Mapper, an Air-Transportable Seabed Mapping AUV (070511-014) |
| Dr. Donald Hussong |
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| Assessing Design Tradeoffs in Deploying Undersea Distributed Sensor Networks (070420-002) |
| Mr. Russell Costa |
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| Automated Coordinator Synthesis for Mission Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (070424-002) |
| Assistant Professor Siddhartha Bhattacharyya |
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| Design and initial in-water testing of advanced non-linear control algorithms onto an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) (070427-019) |
| Mr. Vladimir Djapic |
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| Student Poster |
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Oct 3
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Acoustic and Optical Communication and Sensors |
| (Arabshahi,P; Fox,W) |
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| Exploiting the Bandwidth-Distance Relationship in Underwater Acoustic Networks (070509-009) |
| Mr. Paolo Casari |
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| Packet Scheduling for Multihopped Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks (070510-010) |
| Wanshi Chen |
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| Phase Coherent Digital Communications for Wireless Optical Links in Turbid Underwater Environments (070427-017) |
| Mr. Brandon Cochenour |
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| Energy-Efficient Joint Source-Channel Coding for Optical Wireless Underwater Networks (070430-044) |
| Prof. Volkan Rodoplu |
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| Optics near the Snell angle in a water-to-air change of medium (070529-006) |
| Dr. Harold Suiter |
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| Acoustic Oceanography I |
| (Foote,K; Francis,D) |
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| Acoustic monitoring of the juvenile pink salmon food supply and predators in Prince William Sound, Alaska (070426-012) |
| Dr. Richard Thorne |
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| Inverted Echo Sounder on a Cabled Observatory (070430-011) |
| Mr. David Lemon |
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| Integrating passive and active acoustics for the assessment of fish stocks (070507-006) |
| Dr. Gary Thomas |
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| Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors II - Performance |
| (Harris,M; Bermudez,L) |
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| Monitoring the Spring Bloom in an Ice Covered Fjord with the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) (070430-002) |
| Mr. Scott McLean |
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| Improvements in Upward Looking Sonar-Based Sea-Ice Measurements: A Case Study for 2007 Ice Features in Northumberland Strait, Canada (070430-013) |
| David Fissel |
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| Tsunami Detection Systems for International Requirements (070430-031) |
| Robert Lawson |
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| Operational Performance of the Second Generation Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART II) (070511-005) |
| Richard Bouchard |
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| Surveying the underside of an Arctic ice ridge using a man-portable GAVIA AUV deployed through the ice (070601-003) |
| Dr. Richard Yeo |
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| Sonar Signal Processing III |
| (Kim,S; Loughlin,P) |
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| An optimal subspace projection for signal detection in noisy environment (070604-006) |
| Dr. Philippe Courmontagne |
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| Echosounder Depth Tracking with the Extended Kalman Filter (070430-026) |
| Mr. Timothy Ellis |
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| On the Design of Direct Sequence Spread-Spectrum Signaling for Range Estimation (070531-046) |
| Dr. Brian Bingham |
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| A Precise Acoustic Distance Measuring System for Tectonic Plate Motion (070426-016) |
| Prof. Adam Zielinski |
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| Variable Step Size Adaptive Sub-Sample Delay Estimation Using A Quadrature Phase Detector (070426-015) |
| Prof. Adam Zielinski |
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| Mineral Resources I |
| (Wiltshire,J; Scott,S) |
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| The Role of Subsea Geophysical Exploration for SMS deposits (070711-001) |
| Peter Kowalczyk |
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| Contrasts of Fluid Chemistry, Isotope Compositions and Temperature in Modern Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems (070206-001) |
| Dr. Nikolay Bortnikov |
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| Economic Validation Analyses of Japan's Proposed Nodule, Crust, and Kuroko-type SMS Mining in 2006 (070418-001) |
| Dr. Tetsuo Yamazaki |
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| Considerations in Marine Sand Mining and Beach Nourishment (070402-002) |
| Prof. Carl Hobbs |
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| High Bandwidth Optical Networking for Underwater Untethered TeleRobotic Operations such as Mining (070404-001) |
| Dr. Greg Baiden |
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Oct 3
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Systems and Observatories I - IOOS & Local |
| (Klein,F; O'Reilly,T) |
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| Building a U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (070426-008) |
| Mr. Krish Narasimhan |
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| NOAA's New IOOS Program (070501-008) |
| Ms. Zdenka Willis |
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| Building the regional component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (070514-012) |
| Dr. Eugene (Geno) Olmi |
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| A technique for optimizing the placement of oceanographic sensors with example case studies for the New York Harbor region (070430-019) |
| Mr. Peter Rogowski |
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| Vehicle Navigation/Positioning |
| (Issac,M; Evers,B) |
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| Underwater Vehicle Positioning Based on Time of Arrival Measurements from a Single Beacon (070430-004) |
| Mr. Thomas Casey |
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| Integrated NAvigation System for Remotely Operable Vehicle for 6000 metre Water Depth (070511-002) |
| Dr. Ananda Gidugu |
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| Collaborative Localization for Fleets of Underwater Drifters (070531-071) |
| Diba Mirza |
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| A study on the estimation method of noise covariance for underwater navigation systems (070514-052) |
| Prof. Hang Choi |
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| Real time path-planning of an AUV based on characteristics of passive acoustic landmarks for visual mapping of shallow vent fields (070518-001) |
| Mr. Toshihiro Maki |
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| Homeland Security I |
| (Acker,T; Gross,P) |
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| Underwater Protection System (070422-001) |
| Dr. Arne Lovik |
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| Sensor Repositioning to Improve Undersea Sensor Field Coverage (070427-016) |
| Mr. Zie Kone |
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| Probabilistic analysis of a passive acoustic diver detection system for optimal sensor placement and extensions to localization and tracking (070430-024) |
| Dr. Rustam Stolkin |
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| Marine Automated Identification System (AIS) Data Analysis for Enhanced Coastal Security: An Oil Spill Tracking Application (070513-011) |
| Dr. Philip McGillivary |
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| Student Poster |
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Oct 3
3:30 PM
to
5:30 PM
| Acoustic Oceanography II |
| (Francis,T; Foote,K) |
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| Acoustic inversion of the cold water filaments off the Southwest coast of Portugal (070529-005) |
| Paulo Felisberto |
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| Online Community Coastal Fish Observing System (070531-040) |
| Thomas Hansen |
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| Using ocean acoustics to improve large shallow-water soliton simulations (070531-050) |
| Dr. Stanley Chin-Bing |
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| Oceanographic Instrumentation and Sensors III - Observations |
| (Puleo,J; White,S) |
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| Monitoring Suspended Sediment Plumes Using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (070427-009) |
| Mr. Jon Wood |
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| Full-Scale Measurements of High Speed Passenger Ferry Performance and Wake Signature (070430-034) |
| Dr. Phil Osborne |
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| Getting More Mileage out of Dissolved Oxygen Sensors in Long-term Moored Applications (070531-087) |
| Dr. Carol Janzen |
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| WQM: A New Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Package for Long-Term In-Sity Observation of Physical and Biogeochemical Parameters (070605-002) |
| Cristina Orrico |
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| Sonar Imaging and Classification |
| (Abraham,D; Soukup,R) |
|
| 3D Sidescan with a Small Aperture - Imaging Microbialites at Pavilion Lake (070423-001) |
| Mr. Geoffrey Mullins |
|
| Underwater Acoustic Imaging by Diversity Techniques (070511-007) |
| Prof. Kun-Chou Lee |
|
| Reliable Seabed Characterization for MCM Operations (070412-001) |
| Dr. Enrique Coiras |
|
| Parametrical and Textural Analysis of Sidescan Sonar Images of The Seafloor (070426-013) |
| Prof. Adam Zielinski |
|
| Phase-Mode Circular Multi-channel Hydrophone with Super Directivity (070506-001) |
| Prof. Yixin Yang |
|
| Mineral Resources II |
| (Scott,S; Wiltshire,J) |
|
| Periodic Gait Plans for Locomotion on Natural Terrain by a Submersible Walking Dredger/ Miner (070514-006) |
| Dr. Sritama Sarkar |
|
| Design and testing of Control and Positioning System for Underwater mining Machine (070425-002) |
| Dr. Atmanand M.A. |
|
| Subsea Excavation of Seafloor Massive Sulphides (070514-045) |
| Mr. Eric Jackson |
|
Oct 3
3:30 PM
to
5:30 PM
| Systems and Observatories II - Local/Regional |
| (Holt,S; Dawson,J) |
|
| A Moored Array for Measuring Internal Solitary Waves for SW06 (070427-014) |
| Dr. James Irish |
|
| A Wireless Internet-Based Observatory: The Real-time Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) (070430-045) |
| Mr. Steven Ruberg |
|
| The Great Lakes Urban Coastal Observing System (GLUCOS): Results of First Deployments in Coastal Lake Michigan. (070512-005) |
| Thomas Consi |
|
| Satellite Link Management for an Ocean Observing Network (070514-038) |
| Thomas O'Reilly |
|
| A Coastal Ocean Prediction System for Tampa Bay, Florida (070531-060) |
| Prof. Mark Luther |
|
| Homeland Security II |
| (McGillivary,P; Stolkin,R) |
|
| The application of sector scanning sonar and multibeam imaging sonar for underwater security (070514-037) |
| Mr. Peter Gross |
|
| Maritime and Port Security Demonstration Project Workshop (070519-001) |
| Vice Admiral (ret'd) Gary Garnett |
|
Oct 4
8:00 AM
to
9:45 AM
| Bioacoustics |
| (Isakson,M; Foote,K) |
|
| Long duration real time observation of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika lagoon (070511-001) |
| Mr. Tomoki Inoue |
|
| Beam pattern estimation of clicks of a free-ranging Ganges river dolphin (070513-013) |
| Ms. Harumi Sugimatsu |
|
| Vocalization based Individual Classification of Humpback Whales using Support Vector Machine (070531-012) |
| Mr. Suleman Mazhar |
|
| Coral Fish Shoal Detection from Acoustic Echograms (070501-005) |
| Mr. Josef Lotz |
|
| Marine Education and Outreach/Curricula |
| (Fiolek,A; Meeson,B) |
|
| Certification for Oceanographic Professionals: A Needs Assessment Study (070423-012) |
| Deidre Sullivan |
|
| Mathematics of Aquatic Ecosystems - A Curriculum: Integration of Math Instruction Using a Sequence of 16 Aquatic Ecosystem Projects (070428-002) |
| Mr. Robert Jakus |
|
| Using observing system data in STEM education (070502-003) |
| Ms. Liesl Hotaling |
|
| The Role of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) in K-12 Education: Applying theTechnology in Classsroom Curricula (070529-009) |
| Ms. Tami Wells |
|
| The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Live to Scientists and Educators Ashore (070605-003) |
| Ms. Paula Keener-Chavis |
|
| Current Measurement Technology I - Sensors |
| (Williams,A; Crout,R) |
|
| 3D Flow Visualization in the Bottom Boundary Layer of the Coastal Ocean (070514-020) |
| Dr. William Nimmo Smith |
|
| Directional wave measurements from a subsurface buoy with an acoustic wave and current profiler (AWAC) (070426-007) |
| Mr. Eric Siegel |
|
| Effects of transducer geometry and beam spreading on acoustic Doppler velocity measurements near boundaries (070413-002) |
| Dr. Vadim Polonichko |
|
| Eastern Gulf of Mexico Circulation Study: Overview of the Study Goals and Objectives, Measurements Obtained, and Preliminary Results (070514-044) |
| Mr. Jeff Cox |
|
| Array Signal Processing and Array Design |
| (Pizarro,O; Qi,Z) |
|
| Array modeling of active sonar clutter (070508-001) |
| Dr. Douglas Abraham |
|
| A Passive Sonar System for Searching Acoustic Beacons in Deep Sea (070514-002) |
| Mr. Junichi Kojima |
|
| Beampattern optimization based on predicted array manifold (070514-001) |
| Dr. Chao Sun |
|
| Design broadband beamformers via interpolation techniques (070513-014) |
| Dr. Chao Sun |
|
| Cramer-Rao Bound for Bearing Estimation with Bias Correction (070531-089) |
| Prof. Wen Xu |
|
| Ocean Resources |
| (A,A; Yamazaki,T) |
|
| The Romanian Marine Ecosystem - Important Source for the Pharmaceutical Industry (070423-003) |
| Dr. Rodica Sirbu |
|
| The Inventory of the Marine Habitats on the Romanian Littoral with Significance in Marine Conservation and Exploitation (070423-004) |
| Dr. Tania Zaharia |
|
| The Ocean Sunrise Project - Seaweed Bioethanol Production system for Japan (070427-001) |
| Mr. Masahito Aizawa |
|
| Characterizing Marine Hydrocarbons with In-Situ Mass Spectrometry (070604-002) |
| Dr. Richard Camilli |
|
Oct 4
8:00 AM
to
9:45 AM
| Systems and Observatories III - International |
| (Ruberg,S; Bennett,R) |
|
| The ANTARES submarine neutrino telescope (070424-001) |
| Mr. Patrick Lamare |
|
| SmartBay, Ireland: Design and Planning for a Cabled Ocean Observatory off the West coast of Ireland. (070502-001) |
| Mr. James Ryan |
|
| ESONET: a network to integrate European research on sea observatories (070514-016) |
| Dr. Roland Person |
|
| Latest Generation Subsea Observatory Standards - A Systems Architecture Review (070531-053) |
| Mr. John Flynn |
|
| Vehicle Navigation/Testing |
| (Maki,T; von Ellenrieder,K) |
|
| Validation of a Subsea Navigation Analysis Program (070512-002) |
| Mr. Louis Larkin |
|
| Manoeuvring Trials with the MUN Explorer AUV: Data Analysis and Observations (070525-004) |
| Manoj Issac |
|
| Implementation of a Cooperative Navigation Algorithm on a Platoon of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (070601-006) |
| Prof. Daniel Stilwell |
|
| Partners in Data Management: Creating a National Channel Framework Database by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Army Corps of Enigineers (070529-008) |
| Mr. Christopher Libeau |
|
| Ocean Energy/Wave |
| (Li,Y; Tyce,R) |
|
| Ocean Surface Wave Energy Harnessing Development at Stevens Institute of Technology (070430-015) |
| Dr. Rustam Stolkin |
|
| Float-Counterweight Wave Energy Conversion Device (070511-004) |
| Mr. Keisuke Taneura |
|
| The Use of Sea Waves for Generation of Electrical Energy: A Linear Tubular Asynchronous Electrical Generator (070610-002) |
| Dr. Marco Trapanese |
|
Oct 4
10:15 AM
to
12:00 PM
| Sound Propagation and Scattering I |
| (Duda,T; Field,R) |
|
| Phase Space Approach and Approximations for Wave Propagation (070508-008) |
| Prof. Patrick Loughlin |
|
| Modeling of reflection coefficient fluctuation from measured seafloor roughness (070426-005) |
| Dr. Nicholas Chotiros |
|
| Measurements of the Bottom Loss Magnitude and Phase from 4 to 80 kHz and 7 to 77 degrees grazing at the Experimental Validation of Acoustic modeling techniques (EVA) Sea Test (070423-007) |
| Dr. Marcia Isakson |
|
| Application of Radiative Transfer Theory to Acoustic Propagation in the Ocean Bottom (070430-038) |
| Mr. Jorge Quijano |
|
| Marine Education and Outreach/Partnerships |
| (Olson,B; Keener-Chavis,P) |
|
| Establishing and Sustaining Effective Partnerships between the Ocean Research, Technology and Education Communities for the 21st Century (070530-011) |
| Dr. Susan Cook |
|
| International Polar Year 2007-2008: Resources on Polar Research in the NOAA Central Library Network (070531-052) |
| Ms. Anna Fiolek |
|
| Integration of Industrial Mentors into the Teaching of a Naval Architecture Design Course (070601-009) |
| Mr. Jon Mikkelsen |
|
| An Integrated Approach to Promoting An Interest in Marine Technology in British Columbia (070604-004) |
| Mr. Taco Niet |
|
| More Than One-Way to Catch a Fish: Use of Effective Translation Models for Ocean Science to Promote Ocean Literacy (070530-022) |
| Dr. Blanche Meeson |
|
| Current Measurement Technology II - Current Observations |
| (Cox,J; Polonichko,V) |
|
| National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Processing, Display, and Observation of Near-Bottom Currents Acquired by Oil and Gas Companies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (070524-001) |
| Richard Crout |
|
| ADCP Deployments near Offshore Structures (070509-012) |
| Jerry Mullison |
|
| Submerged Jet Currents in the Gulf of Mexico (070514-024) |
| Dr. Shejun Fan |
|
| Measurements of Waves and Current in Support of Coastal Projects on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (070530-027) |
| Dr. Archie Morrison |
|
| Comparison of Non-hurricane and Hurricane Induced Inertial Oscillations in Deep Water of Gulf of Mexico (070509-008) |
| Dr. Chunyan Li |
|
| Pattern Recognition and SAR |
| (Candy,J; Xu,W) |
|
| Automated Change Detection in an Undersea Environment using a Statistical Background Model (070430-021) |
| Zhi Qi |
|
| Detection of short-tethered objects with interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (070531-028) |
| Mr. Oivind Midtgaard |
|
| Detecting class-independent linear relationships within an arbitrary set of features (070430-005) |
| Dr. Ashwin Sarma |
|
| Passive acoustic detection of modulated underwater sounds from biological and anthropogenic sources (070430-020) |
| Dr. Rustam Stolkin |
|
| Bathymetric capabilities of the HISAS interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (070531-013) |
| Mr. Torstein S?bo |
|
| Pollution Monitoring |
| (Camilli,R; Sirbu,R) |
|
| Research on brine discharges to the sea (070423-002) |
| Mr. Javier Gonzalez |
|
| Development of Spilled Oil Chasing Autonomous Buoy System (070425-008) |
| Dr. Hidetaka Senga |
|
| Ocean Outfall Mapping Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (070505-001) |
| Mr. Haibo Niu |
|
| A Systematic Approach to Marine Debris Reduction Efforts and Education in New Hampshire (070530-028) |
| Dr. Jenna Jambeck |
|
Oct 4
10:15 AM
to
12:00 PM
| Systems and Observatories IV - Cabled |
| (O'Reilly,T; Flynn,J) |
|
| Deployment of the junction unit for Off-Toyohashi cabled observatory (070427-024) |
| Dr. Kenichi Asakawa |
|
| Underwater Cables and Connected Observatories (070430-040) |
| Ms. Ken du Vall |
|
| An Automated Visual Event Detection System for Cabled Observatory Video (070509-007) |
| Ms. Danelle Cline |
|
| Undersea Distributed Networked System: An Enabling Power and Communications Infrastructure Technology (070531-051) |
| Mr. Robert Bennett |
|
| The Approach to Cyberinfrastructure for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (070531-076) |
| Dr. Alex Talalayevsky |
|
| Vehicle Performance I |
| (Trembanis,A; Jakuba,M) |
|
| Theoretical Passive Sonar Performance of a Cluster of UUV Towed Line (070430-008) |
| Dr. Samuel Smith |
|
| Designing a vertical / horizontal AUV for deep ocean sampling (070514-043) |
| Dr. Robert Tyce |
|
| A Graphical Mission Specification and Partitioning Tool for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (070531-019) |
| Gary Giger |
|
| Initial Deployments of the Benthic Rover, an Autonomous Bottom-Transecting Instrument Platform for Long-Term Measurements in Deep Benthic Environments (070514-048) |
| Paul McGill |
|
| Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Fest 2007 (070713-001) |
| Phillip Bernstein |
|
| Ocean Energy/Currents and Wind |
| (Hotta,J; Nair,S) |
|
| Analysis of Turbine Hydrodynamic Interactions ? A Preliminary Investigation (070524-003) |
| Mr. Ye Li |
|
| Offshore Wind Resource Potential of the United States (070430-033) |
| Ms. Donna Heimiller |
|
| Navigation Simulation of a VLMOS for Wind Power Generation (070501-009) |
| Mr. Junpei Hotta |
|
Oct 4
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Sound Propagation and Scattering II |
| (Soukup,R; Francis,T) |
|
| Characterization of the Variability of the Ocean Acoustic Environment (070531-016) |
| Ms. Josette Fabre |
|
| Characterization of the range dependence of an ocean environment to reduce acoustic estimation time (070531-037) |
| Ms. Josette Fabre |
|
| Acoustic Propagation in Turbulent Layers (070426-006) |
| Mr. Robert Field |
|
| Broadband acoustic transmission measurements in surface ship wakes (070503-002) |
| Dr. Steve Stanic |
|
| Marine Education and Outreach/Demonstrations |
| (Cook,S; Niet,T) |
|
| Braitenbergian experiments with simple aquatic robots (070430-022) |
| Dr. Rustam Stolkin |
|
| ROVs in a Bucket (070530-019) |
| Dr. Douglas Levin |
|
| Camera System-on-a-Chip Design with Undergraduates (070531-058) |
| Dr. Brita Olson |
|
| MATE's 2007 ROV Competition: Celebrating IPY by Challenging Students to Design and Build ROVs for Operation in Polar Environments (070601-010) |
| Ms. Jill Zande |
|
| A New School of Ocean Technology at the Marine Institute (070514-031) |
| Mr. Dwight Howse |
|
| Current Measurement Technology III - Wave Observations |
| (Mullison,J; Williams,A) |
|
| Data quality and sampling requirements for reliable wave measurement with HF radar (070423-006) |
| Prof. Lucy Wyatt |
|
| National Data Buoy Center 1.8-meter discus buoy, directional wave system (070514-023) |
| Mr. Theodore Mettlach |
|
| The autonomous measurement of waves propagating across the Arctic Ocean (070525-002) |
| Dr. Pushkar Wadke |
|
| Simultaneous Measurement of Waves Outside and Inside Harbor and 3-D Movements of Moored Vessel (070531-008) |
| Prof. Nobuyoshi Kouguchi |
|
| Airborne and Satellite Ocean Color, Radar, and SAR |
| (Atkinson,L; Hansen,R) |
|
| Aerosol Impact on Remote Sensing in the Coastal Atmosphere Surface Layer (070425-001) |
| Dr. Gennady Kaloshin |
|
| A critical overview of bistatic scattering from oceans surface (070509-001) |
| Dr. Fabrice Comblet |
|
| An Efficient Algorithm for the Radar Recognition of Ships on the Sea Surface (070510-005) |
| Prof. Kun-Chou Lee |
|
| Sea clutter measurement with airbone synthetic aperture radar (070531-034) |
| Mr. Vincent Gras |
|
| Offshore Structures |
| (Powell,J; Wiltshire,J) |
|
| The Finite Element Analysis of 'Loadshare' for the Installation of Pipe-in-Pipe Flowline by S-Lay and J-Lay Methods (070514-034) |
| Dr. Jason Sun |
|
| An Analysis of Sub Sea Electric Power Transmission Techniques from DC to AC 50/60 Hz and Beyond (070530-025) |
| Mr. Michael Wrinch |
|
| Large Scale Ocean Based Ice Structures For Habitats, Storm and Flood Protection and Industrial, Energy and Transport Applications (070331-001) |
| Dr. James Powell |
|
| Physical and Chemical Deterioration Characterization of Concrete Reefs in Tongyeong Coastal Waters, Korea (070429-003) |
| Prof. Won-Bae Na |
|
Oct 4
1:15 PM
to
3:00 PM
| Information Management |
| (Godin,M; Howe,B) |
|
| C-MIST: An Automated Oceanographic Data Processing Software Suite (070426-009) |
| Mr. Armin Pruessner |
|
| RCOOS and Ocean Information Tools for Decision Makers (070430-030) |
| Mr. David Jones |
|
| Adaptive Data Delivery for Underwater Sensor Networks (070528-001) |
| Dr. Winston Seah |
|
| Improvements in Data Management Practices within the West Florida Shelf Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (070531-069) |
| Mr. Vembu Subramanian |
|
| Vehicle Performance II |
| (Tyce,R; Smith,S) |
|
| Investigation of under-ice thermal structure: small AUV deployment in Pavilion Lake, BC, Canada (070429-009) |
| Mr. Alexander Forrest |
|
| Experiences with the Operation of a Commercially-Available Deep-Water AUV (070513-003) |
| Mr. Jeffrey Williams |
|
| Longitudinal Control Design and Performance Evaluation for the Nereus 11,000 m Underwater Vehicle (070514-033) |
| Dr. Michael Jakuba |
|
| Composite Pressure Hulls for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (070411-001) |
| Mr. T. Osse |
|
| CZM and Marine Life/Ecosystems |
| (KAMAL,A; Cuevas,K) |
|
| Mapping of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in Near-Shore Regions (070525-005) |
| Mr. Mark Jones |
|
| Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on the Bioluminescence of Dinoflagellates (070430-014) |
| Dr. Cornell Chun |
|
| A Control System Development for Submersible Sea Cage Systems (070514-007) |
| Mr. Levente Molnar |
|
| Deep-sea fish behavioral responses to disturbance by underwater vehicles (070510-004) |
| Dr. Franz Uiblein |
|
Oct 4
3:30 PM
to
5:30 PM
| Sound Propagation and Scattering III |
| (Fabre,J; Duda,T) |
|
| Measurements of the turbulent microstructure of a buoyant salinity plume using acoustics (070507-005) |
| Mr. Marcos Sastre-Cordova |
|
| Observations from Demonstrations of Several Commercial Diver Detection Sonar Systems (070523-003) |
| Dr. Anna Crawford |
|
| Robustness of target strength of an immersed, hollow ceramic flotation sphere of non-constant thickness (070531-026) |
| Dr. David Francis |
|
| Robustness of target strength of an immersed, hollow ceramic flotation sphere of constant thickness (070531-025) |
| Dr. David Francis |
|
| Remotely Operated Vehicles |
| (Orrico,C; Waldmann,C) |
|
| Sea Trials on the New US Navy Submarine Rescue System (070514-025) |
| Mr. Harald Grob |
|
| A fault-Tolerant Fuzzy-Logic Based Redundancy Resolution Method for Underwater Mobile Manipulators (070531-062) |
| Dr. Bradley Buckham |
|
| Robust Control of Underwater Vehicles with Fault-Tolerant Infinity-Norm Thruster force Allocation (070531-063) |
| Dr. Bradley Buckham |
|
| Current Measurement Technology IV - HF Radar |
| (Wyatt,L; Morrison,A) |
|
| Estimates of Radial Current Error from High Frequency Radar using MUSIC for Bearing Determination (070509-011) |
| Thomas Cook |
|
| Properties of HF RADAR Compact Antenna Arrays and Their Relation to the Quality of MUSIC Algorithm Results (070510-008) |
| Tony de Paolo |
|
| Surface Current Mapping in the Lower Chesapeake Bay (070513-004) |
| Prof. Larry Atkinson |
|
| Surface Current Measurements During Safe Seas 2006: Comparison and Validation of Measurements from High-Frequency Radar and the Quick Release Estuarine Buoy (070514-028) |
| Regan Long |
|
Oct 4
3:30 PM
to
5:30 PM
| Data Access, Custody, Retrieval , Visualization, and Assimilation |
| (Pruessner,A; Colton,M) |
|
| Data Exploration for Multidisciplinary Research (070510-007) |
| Mr. Michael Godin |
|
| System Design and Implementation for the Management of Voyage Data of Vessels (070529-001) |
| Dr. Jian-Jia Chen |
|
| The Ocean Appliance: Complete Platform Provisioning for Low-Cost Data Sharing (070531-001) |
| Dr. Bill Howe |
|
| Large Area Photo-Mosaics Using Global Alignment and Navigation Data (070531-030) |
| Mr. Jordi Ferrer |
|
| 4DVAR assimilation of ADCP data with the Navy Coastal Ocean Model using the Cycling Representer Method (070531-064) |
| Dr. Scott Smith |
|