Seminars

Date (2024)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

03/15/2024

Accelerating Floating Offshore Wind with Technical Innovations  (Abstract here)

 

Alexia Aubault

CTO, Ocergy Inc.

R. W. Yeung

03/08/2024

From granular collapse to impulse waves (Abstract here)

 

Prof. Alban Sauret

UC Santa Barbara

Evan A. Variano

03/01/2024

Navigating the Minuscule: Biomimicry in Mobile Microrobotics (Abstract here)

 

Prof. Amir Nourhani

 

University of Akron

Reza Alam

02/23/2024

Biologically Generated Turbulence and the Direction of Spectral Energy Flux (Abstract here)

Prof. Lei Fang

 

University of Pittsburgh

Evan A. Variano

02/16/2024

Advancing ocean surface boundary layer models by fusing insights from physics, data, and applications (Abstract here)

Dr. Daniel Whitt

 

NASA Ames Research Center

Alexis Kaminski

02/09/2024

Breaking waves: the dynamics of droplets and the effects of surfactants (Abstract here)

 

Dr. Martin Erinin

 

Princeton University

Reza Alam

02/02/2024

Unraveling the mechanics of liquid-liquid impacts: a computational window into micro-bubble entrapment in oceans (Abstract here)

 

Dr. Shahab Mirjalili

 

Stanford University

Reza Alam

01/26/2024

Time-spectral finite element methods for CFD (Abstract here)

 

Prof. Mahdi Esmaily

 

Cornell University

Reza Alam

Date (2023)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/28/2023

Macroscopic Forcing Method: a computational method for evaluation of turbulence closure operators

 

Professor Ali Mani

Stanford University

Reza Alam

04/21/2023

Why we must move beyond LCOE for Renewable Energy Design

 

Professor Chris Qin

 

Washington State University

Evan A. Variano

04/14/2023

Bathymetric Control of the Subpolar Gyres and Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean

Professor Earle Wilson

 

Department of Earth System Science
Stanford University

Alexis Kaminski

04/07/2023

Effect of the shape of a submersible on how a flow progresses from the body to near and into the wake.

Professor Sutanu Sarkar

 

University of California, San Diego

Simo Makiharju

03/17/2023

Breakup, emulsification, and Transport of Crude Oil by Surface Waves and Subsurface Plumes

 

Professor Joseph Katz

 

Johns Hopkins University

Simo Makiharju

03/10/2023

Underlying Physics of Mixing Efficiency of Stably Stratified Turbulence

 

Dr. Paul Ro Yi

 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Stanford University

Alexis Kaminski

03/03/2023

Ostwald ripening as a fluid-structure problem in microfluidics

 

Professor Charles Baroud

 

Ecole polytechnique/Institut Pasteur, France

Reza Alam

02/17/2023

Extending MTV to three-dimension

 

Prof. Philippe M Bardet

 

The George Washington University

Simo Makiharju

02/10/2023

Drag Reduction with High-Performance Superhydrophobic (SHPo) Surfaces
in High-Speed Flows on Open Water

Prof. Chang-Jin Kim

 

U. of California, Los Angeles

Simo Makiharju

02/03/2023

Data-Driven Re-Configurable Swarm of Agile Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Underwater Wireless Communication

 

Professor Reza Alam

 

UC Berkeley

Reza Alam

01/27/2023

WindFloat: Ready for utility-scale floating offshore wind market

Dr. Daewoong Son

 

Principal Naval Architect, PPI

Simo Makiharju

Date (2022)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/29/2022 (zoom)

System ID of Fluid-Structure Interactions with Kinematic Shape Sensing and The Dynamics of Amphibious Craft During Surf-Zone Transit

Casey Harwood

University of Iowa

Simo Makiharju

04/22/2022

Novel Near-Wall Dynamics of Colloids Subject to Shear Flow and Electric Field

Minami Yoda

 

G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Philip Marcus

04/15/2022

Motion of Large Particles in Turbulent Boundary Layers

Ellen Longmire

 

Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Science and Engineering

Simo Makiharju

04/08/2022

Motion of Vortices With Buoyancy

Stefan Llewellyn Smith

 

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Alexis Kaminski

04/01/2022 (zoom)

Inertial Effects in Particle (Microplastic) Settling Through Wavy Flow

Nimish Pujara

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Evan Variano

03/18/2022

Marine Energy Harvesting and Powering the Blue Economy

Lei Zuo

 

Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor and Director of NSF IUCRC Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems(CEHMS), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Reza Alam

03/11/2022

Fliteboard Wing Design: Stability Analysis and Hydrodynamic Design for an E-Foil

Zach Backas

 

Design Engineer at Fliteboard

Reza Alam

03/04/2022 (zoom)

Collective Behaviors of Fire Ant Rafts and Black Soldier Fly Larvae Under External Flows

Hungtang Ko

 

The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Philip Marcus

02/25/2022 (zoom)

The Hydrodynamics of Active Matter in Inhomogeneous Environments

Gwynn Elfring

 

Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Reza Alam

02/18/2022 (zoom)

Extreme Wave Statistics in the Presence of Wave Reflection

Amin Chabchoub

 

Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Reza Alam

02/11/2022

Windfloat & Digifloat – Offshore Wind

Bruce Martin

 

Senior R&D Engineer, PPI

Simo Makiharju

02/04/2022

Tomorrow's Sea Giants: Challenges and Opportunities in Floating Offshore
Wind

Alexia Aubault

 

Ocergy

Reza Alam

01/28/2022 (zoom)

Ocean Wave Energy, challenges and opportunities

 

Marcus Lehmann

Calwave Power Technologies

Reza Alam

Date (2021)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/30/2021 (zoom)

Turbulent Convection in Antarctic Subglacial Lakes

Louis Alexandre Couston

University of Lyon

Reza Alam

04/23/2021 (zoom)

Lagrangian float observations of the North Pacific transition layer

Alexis Kaminski

Berkeley

Reza Alam

04/16/2021 (zoom)

Hydrodynamics of Wave Energy Converter Arrays

Grgur Tokic

Research Scientist, MIT

Reza Alam

04/09/2021 (zoom)

The impact and the use of bubbles in ocean and naval engineering fields

Prof. Celine Gabillet

French Naval Academy

S.Makiharju

04/02/2021 (zoom)

impacts of offshore wind farms and stably stratified flows

Holland Kartchner

Utah State University

Reza Alam

03/19/2021 (zoom)

Installation of offshore wind turbines

Zhiyu Jiang

Associate Professor, University of Agder

Reza Alam

03/12/2021 (zoom)

Solutions to Invasive Species from Commercial Ship

Prof. Mario N. Tamburri

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Reza Alam

03/05/2021 (zoom)

Nucleation effects on cavitation inception and dynamics

Prof. P. Brandner

Australian Maritime College

S.Makiharju

02/26/2021 (zoom)

“The quest for predicting cavitation nuisance by ship propellers” – seeking to understand and predict cavitation induced vibrations, noise and erosion.

Prof. Tom van Terwisga

TU Delft & Marin

S.Makiharju

02/19/2021 (zoom)

Advances in Ocean Remote Sensing and Unmanned Systems Technologies

Phil McGillivary

US Coast Guard PACAREA & Icebreaker Science Liaison

Reza Alam

02/12/2021 (zoom)

Estimating air-sea exchanges driven by sea spray in high winds

Professor Fabrice Veron

Deputy Dean, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware

Evan Variano

02/05/2021 (zoom)

Modelling wave-structure interaction for marine renewable energy applications

Christian Windt

Postdoctoral Researcher, Leichtweiß-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering & Water Resources, Germany

Reza Alam

01/29/2021 (zoom)

Maritime Decarbonization: Pathways to Sustainable Shipping

Sharat Valluri

American Bureau of Shipping

Reza Alam

Date (2020)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/24/2020 (zoom)

MRI-based flow measurements and modelling

Prof. Vitaliy Rayz Purdue UniversityS. Makiharju
04/10/2020 (zoom)Cavitation Dynamics in Wakes Behind Bluff Bodies using X-ray DensitometryDr. Harish GaneshU. of MichiganS. Makiharju
03/20/2020 (video)Digitalization of Marine Technology: Recent Data & Digital Initiatives from ABSSharat ValluriAmerican Bureau of ShippingS. Makiharju
03/06/2020

Simulation of Turbulent Flows

Prof. Krishnan MaheshU. of MinnesotaS. Makiharju
02/28/2020Pressure Signature of marine vehiclesDr. Thai NguyenUC Berkeley

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02/21/2020Flow-structure interactionPaolo Luzzatto-FegizUCSBE. Variano
02/14/2020Particle Image Velocimetry and CFD Validation BenchmarksProf. Barton SmithUtah State UniversityS. Makiharju
02/07/2020 Ice-ocean interactions in AntarcticaLouis Alexandre Couston

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R. Alam

01/31/2020Offshore Wind PlatformsMatthieu LaurentPPIS. Makiharju
Date (2019)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

12/05/2019(2019)

Accessing California's Ocean Wilderness with Robotics

Dirk Rosen

Founder and Executive Director, Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE)

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09/05/2019

Night of the Moon Landing

Lawrence Kuznetz

Director of Space Spinoffs Inc.

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05/03/2019

Ocean wave turbulence – from theory to computation

Prof. Yulin Pan

Univ. of Michigan

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04/26/2019

Simulation of Turbulent Flows

Prof. Oliver Fringer

Stanford Univ.

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04/19/2019

Exact model reduction and forced response in high-degree-of-freedomnonlinear mechanical systems

Professor George Haller

ETH Zurich

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04/12/2019

Characterizations of Real and Simulated Icing Conditions Associated with Aircraft Flight Hazards

Dr. William Bachalo

CEO, Artium Tech.

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03/22/2019

Underwater Flight of the Pteropod

Professor Donald R. Webster

Georgia Tech

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03/15/2019

Performing Dexterous Manipulation in the Ocean: ROVs with Hands

Professor Hannah Stuart

UC Berkeley

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03/08/2019

Direct Numerical Simulations of Complex Multiphase Flows.

Prof. Gretar Tryggvason

Johns Hopkins

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03/01/2019

Fliteboard Wing Design: Stability Analysis and Hydrodynamic Design for an E-Foil

Zachary Backas & Cody Stansky

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02/22/2019

The Generation of Water Droplets by Plunging Breaking Waves

Prof. James H. Duncan

U. of Maryland

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02/15/2019

Nonlinear Ship Rolling Motion –The Importance of Physical Modeling, Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics

Jeff Falzarano

Texas A&M Univ.

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02/08/2019

The San Francisco Sailing Science Museum – Concept and Development

Captain Jim Hancock

President & Founder

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02/01/2019

Wireless Underwater Communication via a Swarm of UUVs

Professor Reza Alam

UC Berkeley

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Date (2018)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/27/2018(2018)

Effects of Size and Shape in Rotations of Particles Outside the Tracer Limit in Turbulence

Nimish Pujara, Ph.D. & Evan Variano

UC Berkeley

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

04/20/2018

Mini-Stories About Using Computer Simulations to Understand Particle-Laden Flows

Prof. Ali Mani

Stanford Univ.

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

04/13/2018

Tidal Turbine Arrays: Commercialization and the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project

Mr. Jonathan Colby

Verdant Power

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

04/06/2018

Einstein viscosity with fluid elasticity

Dr. Jonas Einarsson

Stanford Univ.

Prof. E. Variano

03/23/2018

High-Speed Particle Image Velocimetry for the Efficient Measurement of Turbulence Statistics: apg boundary layer piv

Chris Willert

DLR

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

03/16/2018

Model Testing of High-Speed Planing Craft

Prof. Carolyn Judge

U.S. Naval Academy

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

03/09/2018

Prediction of Ship Structural Response when Operating in Extreme Seas

Prof. Kevin Maki

U. of Michigan

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

03/02/2018

Out-of-Band Underwater Acoustics

Prof. David R. Dowling

U. of Michigan

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

02/23/2018

Biased motion of ellipsoidal particles in turbulent suspensions, including active particles.

Prof. Evan Variano

UC Berkeley

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

02/16/2018

Cavitation & bubbles: an investigation of the physical mechanisms by joint experimental and numerical approaches.

Prof. Olivier Coutier-Delgosha

ENSAM & Virginia Tech.Prof. S. Mäkiharju)

02/09/2018

WindFloat, enabling a paradigm shift for the renewable energy market in California

Dr. Antoine Peiffer

Principle Power Inc.

Prof. R. W. Yeung

02/02/2018

Engineering Advanced Marine Systems: Challenges Imposed by Emergent Structural Behavior

Dr. Jelena Vidic-Perunovic

Doris Inc., Houston

Prof. R. Alam

01/26/2018

Ocean Renewable Energy – Modeling & Efficiency

Prof. Ronald W. Yeung

UC Berkeley

Prof. S. Mäkiharju
Date (2017)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/28/2017(2017)

Simulation of Large Sea States and Rogue waves

Prof. Solomon Yim

Corvallis, OR

Prof. Fai Ma

04/14/2017

Estimation of Helmholtz resonance of axisymmetric moonpools

Prof. Xinshu Zhang

Shanghai Jiao-tong Univ, China,

Dr. Lu Wang

04/07/2017

Yes, we can! Shape optimization via high-fidelity tools (stochastic environment included) made possible

Dr. Emilio Campana

INSEAN

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

03/24/2017

Measurement of Large Scale Bubbly Flows

Professor Morteza Gharib

California Institute of Technology

Prof. S. Mäkiharju)

03/17/2017

Systematically Creating Breakthroughs – Techno-Economic Design Approaches in Marine Renewables

Dr. Mirko Previsic

Consulting, CA

Prof. R. W. Yeung

03/10/2017

Multibody Hydrodynamics: From Marine Hydrodynamics to Animal-Swimming Formation

Dr. Zhiming Yuan

Univ of Strathclyde, U.K.

Prof. R.W. Yeung)

03/03/2017

On gravity currents and internal bores.

Prof. Harry Yeh,

Oregon State University

Prof. R. Alam / R. W. Yeung

02/24/2017

Wave Energy Device Control and Simulation Tools

Dr. Nathan Tam

National Renewable Energy Lab

Prof. R. W. Yeung

02/17/2017

Structural design of offshore structures – The process and challenges

Dr. Bingbin Yu

Princiapal Power Inc.

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

02/10/2017

Discrete Vortex Method for Vertical-Plane & Lateral- Plane Motions of 3D Hulls

Dr. Lu Wang

UC Berkeley

Prof. Simo Mäkiharju

02/03/2017

Surface ship, submarine, and underwater vehicle: hydrodynamic performance

Prof. Joseph Klamo

Naval Postgraduate School

Prof. R. W. Yeung

01/27/2017

Fast Evaluation of High-Speed Multi-Hull Configuration Design

Prof. R. W. Yeung

UC Berkeley

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

Date (2016)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/29/2016(2016)

Hydrodynamic Contact/Impact Modeling and Application in Ocean Engineering

Prof. Solomon C. Yim

Glenn Willis Holcomb Professor of Structural Engineering Oregon State University

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04/15/2016

Experiments in Multiphase Flows: Bubbles, Cavitation and X-Rays

Prof. Simo A. Mäkiharju

UC Berkeley

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04/08/2016

Technology Readiness Review of CFD-Based Numerical Wave Basin for Offshore Floater Design

Dr. Jang Whan Kim

Chief Technology Advisor, Technip, USA

Prof. S. Mäkiharju

04/01/2016

“Nonlinear MPC with Wave-Disturbance Preview for Active Fin Roll Stabilization.”

Christiaan Brekelmans

UC Berkeley

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03/11/2016

“Science of Autonomy: Optimal Path Planning and Adaptive Sampling with Swarms of Ocean Vehicle

Prof. Pierre Lermusiaux

MIT

Prof. S. Shadden

03/04/2016

Efficient Modeling of Free Rolling Motion of Ship Hulls with BilgeKeels

Dr. Yichen Jiang

UC Berkeley

Prof. R. W. Yeung

02/26/2016

Experimental Evaluation of Skin-Friction on Super-Hydrophobic Materials in Fully-Developed Channel Flow

Prof. Marc Perlin

Univ. Michigan

Prof. S. Makiharju

02/19/2016

Predictive Control of Hybrid Power Systems for Electrified Vehicles and Ships

Prof. Jing Sun

Univ. Michigan

Prof. F. Borelli

02/12/2016

Title on tidal turbine research to come

Prof. Martin Woznik

Univ. New Hampshire

Prof. S. Makiharju

02/05/2016

Added-Resistance Computations of Ships for Broad Range of Wavelength

Prof. Xinshu Zhang

Dept of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Prof. R. W. Yeung

01/29/2016

A Remarkable Era of Ocean Renewable Energy Development at UC Berkeley

Prof. R. W. Yeung

Univ. New Hampshire

Prof. S. Makiharju

Date (2015)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

05/08/2015(2015)

UC-Berkeley Fast Computations of Wave-Interference Effects of Multiple Truncated Circular Cylinders”

Ms. Qian Zhong

UC-Berkeley

Prof. R.W. Yeung)

05/01/2015

Effect of Compressibility on Peak Impact Pressure and Pressure Distribution During Water Entry of a Wedge

Prof. Solomon Yim

Oregon State Univ.

Prof. R. Yeung)

04/24/2015

Flows with Free Boundaries: Theory and Applications to Maritime Engineering

Dr. Yuiry Semenov

Univ College London

Dr. Bingin Yu

04/17/2015

Ductile Fracture of Steel: Experiments and Analysis

Prof. Dale Karr

Univ Michigan.

Dr. Bingbin Yu

04/03/2015

Fatigue Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines

Dr. Bingbin Yu

Principle Power, Inc.

Dr. Y. Jiang

03/30/2015

Offshore Wind Turbine Systems – Off the Beaten Path

Tech Univ. Denmark

Tech Univ. Denmark

Prof. Horowitz

03/20/2015

Oceanic Endeavors for a Sustainable Future

Dr. Andrew Stewart

APL, Univ. Washington

Prof. Horowitz

03/18/2015

Numerical and Experimental Approaches to Nonlinear Problems in Offshore Wind Turbines

Dr. Erin Bachynski

NTNU, Norway & Marinetek

Prof. Horowitz

03/16/2015

Estimates of Lagrangian Particle Transport by Wave Groups: Forward Transport by Stokes Drift and Backward Transport by the Return Flow”

Dr. Ton van den Bremer

Oxford Univ

Prof. Horowitz

03/13/2015

Multi-purpose offshore structures and systems; analysis, design and testing of two energy hybrid systems

Dr. Constantine Michailides

CeSOS, Norway

Prof. Horowitz

03/09/2015

Experiments in Multiphase Flows: Bubbles, Cavitation and X-Rays

Dr. Simo Makiharju

Univ. Michigan

Prof. Horowitz

02/27/2015

Hydroelasticity Analysis in Nonlinear Dynamics of Moorings and Risers Systems

Dr. HeonYong Kang

Texas A&M

Prof. Yeung

02/20/2015

Launching a prolate spheroid in an inviscid fluid with and without forward velocity under gravity”; Marcus Lehmann: “Discussion of testing plan of the sea carpet concept at the RFS Model-Testing Facility

Bo Yang

UC Berkeley

Prof. R. W. Yeung

02/13/2015

Linear and Nonlinear Wave-Body Interactions of Offshore Structures

Prof Yongwhan Kim

Seoul National University

Prof. Yeung

02/06/2015

Performance of “Salter’s Cam” in 3-DOF Motion and in a Viscous Fluid”

Dr. Yichen Jiang

CMML

Prof. Dennis Lieu

Date (2014)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

05/02/2014(2014)

Experimental and Numerical Modeling and Analysis of Wave Impact Loads on Structure

Prof. Solomon Yim

Oregon State University

Prof. Yeung

04/25/2014

Shipboard VOC abatement system design and installation

Mr. Nathaniel Fennell

Chevron Shipping, San Ramon

Prof. Yeung

04/18/2014

The Center for International Cooperation in Long Pipe Experiment (CICLoPE): a new facility to unravel the fine-scale structure of turbulence

Dr. Gabriele Bellani

University of Bologna, Italy

Prof. E. Variano

04/11/2014

Wave generation in large-scale experimental wave basins

Dr. Johannes Spinneken

Imperial College, London

Prof. Yeung

04/04/2014

TBA

Tentative: Prof. James T. Kirby

Univ of Delaware

Prof. Alam

03/21/2014

Some approaches to improve the performance of marine renewable energy devices

Dr. Jamie Goggins

National Univ. of Ireland, Galway

Prof. Yeung

03/14/2014

TBA

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Prof. Alam

03/07/2014

TBA

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Prof. Marcus

02/28/2014

Ice/Structure Interaction Modeling for Offshore Structures

Prof. Dale Karr

University of Michigan

Prof. Yeung

02/21/2014

Reliability Applications: From Oil Platforms to HighTech Clean Room Design

Dr. Tao Xu

Tao Xu & Associates

Prof. Mansour

02/14/2014

The DARPA Portunus Project at LLNL

Mr. Hank Glauser

LLNL

Prof. Yeung

02/07/2014

Impact of ballast water discharge: Mitigating regulations, Status of implementation of the regulations

Mr. Young Chang

C&C Panasia

Profs. Yeung/Alam

01/31/2014

Ocean energy in Chile – Opportunities, Advances, and Projections

Dr. Gonzalo Tampier

University of Austral, Chile

Prof. Yeung

01/24/2014

Asymptotic solutions for linear-wave generation using fundamental singularities

Prof. D. Q. Lu.

Shanghai University, China

Prof. Yeung

Date (2013)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

05/03/2013(2013)

Some theoretical advancements and improved conceptions in ocean wave shoaling and wave-current interactions

Dr. Yaron Toledo

Technion

Prof. Yeung

04/26/2013

Evaluation of Response Prediction Procedures using Full Scale Measurements for a Containership

Prof. Jorgen Jensen

Tech Univ of Denmark

Prof. Mansour

04/19/2013

TBA

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Prof. Alam

04/12/2013

Estimating Turbulent Discharge: Deepwater-Horizon Oil Spill)

Prof. Ömer Savas

UC Berkeley

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04/05/2013

Adaptive Marine Structures: Current State-ofthe-Art and Future Directions

Prof. Yin-Lu Young

Univ of Michigan.

Prof. Yeung

03/22/2013

Aspects of Ocean Waves and Multi-body Systems

Prof. Katrin Ellermann

Gras University of Technology, Austria

Prof. Mansour

03/15/2013

An Experimental 2D+T Investigation of Breaking Bow Waves

Dr, Mostafa Shakeri

Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley

Prof. Alam

03/08/2013

Development and Testing of Amphibious and Wave-Mitigating Unmanned Surface Vehicle Systems

Prof. Karl v. Ellenrieder

Florida Atlantic Univ.

Prof. Yeung

02/27/2013

Icebreakers in the Oil Patch“ at Commodore Cruises & Events, 2394 Mariner Square, Alameda, 6:45PM, SNAME student-member, free dinner

Mr. Peter Noble

President of SNAME

Cal-SNAME

02/22/2013

Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Large-Scale Wave-Basin Experiments

Prof. Solomon Yim

Oregon State University

Prof. Yeung

02/15/2013

FPSOs – the concept of choice for oil and gas production

Dr. Christina Wang

ABS-Houston

Prof. Mansour

02/08/2013

Wave Energy Absorption at Helmholtz Resonance

Prof. Reza Ghorbani

Univ of Hawaii

Prof. Alam

02/01/2013

WindFloat’s Future and Future WindFloats

Dr. Dominique Roddier

Marine Innovation & Technology, Berkeley

Prof. Yeung

Date (2011)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/29/2011(2011)

VIVACE – A Hydrokinetic Energy System for Energy Extraction from Currents

Prof. Michael Bernitsas

Univ. of Michigan

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04/22/2011

TBA

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04/15/2011

Chemical Signaling and Navigational Mechanisms

Prof. Richard Zimmer

UCLA

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04/08/2011

Ships of the Future – What Naval Architects Need to Know

Dr. Kirsi Tikka

ABS, America

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04/01/2011

Extreme Value Predictions of Wind and Wave Responses of Floating Wind Turbines

Prof, Joregen Jensen

Technical University of Denmark

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03/18/2011

Ocean Wave Energy Research at Oregon State University

Prof. Solomon Yim

Oregon State University

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03/11/2011

Physical vs. Numerical Dispersion in Nonhydrostatic Internal Wave Modeling

Prof. Oliver Fringer

Stanford University

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02/25/2011

Interactions of Internal Gravity Waves in the Ocean

Prof. Philip Marcus

UC Berkeley

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02/18/2011

On Ship Collision and Grounding Analysis

Prof. Preben Pedersen

Technical University of Denmark

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02/11/2011

Turbulence modulation by dispersed inertial particles

Prof. Said Elghobashi

UC Irvine

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02/04/2011

Realization of the WindFloat Concept of Offshore Floating Turbines

Alla Weinstein

President & CEO, Principle Power Inc

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01/28/2011

Weather Technologies for World –Wide Routing of Ships

Rich Brown

VP, Applied Weather Technology, Sunnyvale

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01/21/2011

Marine Renewable Energy – A Brief Overview

Prof. Ronald W. Yeung

UC Berkeley

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Date (2010)TitleSpeakerAffiliationHost

04/30/2010(2010)

Large LNG Ships – Design of Cargo Containment for Sloshing

Dr. Roald Lokken

Exxon-Mobil Development Co

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04/23/2010

Deep Flight Super Falcon

Graham Hawkes

Hawkes Ocean Technology, SF

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04/09/2010

Time-periodic solutions of fluid interface problems

Prof. Jon Wilkening

UCB – Dept of Mathematics

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04/02/2010

Numerical Modeling and Scaling Laws of Marine Current Turbines

Prof. Y-L Young

Univ of Michigan

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03/19/2010

Methodology for Predicting Ship Motion for Maneuvering in Waves

Dr. Ray Q. Lin

Naval Shurface Warfare Center, Bethesda, MD

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03/12/2010

A Multi-Physics/Multi-Scale Computational Approach to the Analysis of Tsunami-Structure-Sediment Interaction

Prof. Solomon Yim

Oregon State University

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03/05/2010

The Anatomy of a Shear Instability

Dr. Rockwell Geyer

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA

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02/26/2010

Design and Testing of a Small High Speed Semi-SWATH Craft

Steve Bailey

Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA

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02/19/2010

Optimal Configuration Design of Multi-Hulls – Framework for Powering Minimization

Prof. Ronald W. Yeung

UC Berkeley

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02/12/2010

Energy Efficiency and Green-House Gas Emission of Maritime Transportation

Dr. Kirsi Tikka

American Bureau of Shipping

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02/05/2010

Static- and Dynamic-Stability Issues of Floating Systems

Dr. Colin Moore

Hebert Software, USA

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01/29/2010

Structural Strength of Spherical Tanks of Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier (LNGC)

Dr. Koji Masaoka

Masaoka Technical Development, Japan

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01/22/2010

WindFloat: a Floating Foundation for Multi-Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbines

Dr. Christian Cermelli

Marine Innovations & Technology, San Francisco/Berkeley

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  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2019    
12/05/2019 Accessing California’s Ocean Wilderness with Robotics Dirk Rosen Founder and Executive Director, Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE)
09/05/2019 Night of the Moon Landing Lawrence Kuznetz Director of Space Spinoffs Inc.
05/03/2019 Ocean wave turbulence – from theory to computation Prof. Yulin Pan Univ. of Michigan
04/26/2019 Observations and modeling of sediment dynamics in the wave-current boundary layer in San Francisco Bay Prof. Oliver Fringer Stanford Univ.
04/19/2019 Exact model reduction and forced response in high-degree-of-freedomnonlinear mechanical systems Professor George Haller ETH Zurich
04/12/2019 Characterizations of Real and Simulated Icing Conditions Associated with Aircraft Flight Hazards Dr. William Bachalo CEO, Artium Tech.
03/22/2019 Underwater Flight of the Pteropod Professor Donald R. Webster Georgia Tech
03/15/2019 Performing Dexterous Manipulation in the Ocean: ROVs with Hands Professor Hannah Stuart UC Berkeley
03/08/2019 Direct Numerical Simulations of Complex Multiphase Flows. Prof. Gretar Tryggvason Johns Hopkins
03/01/2019 Fliteboard Wing Design: Stability Analysis and Hydrodynamic Design for an E-Foil Zachary Backas & Cody Stansky  
02/22/2019 The Generation of Water Droplets by Plunging Breaking Waves Prof. James H. Duncan U. of Maryland
02/15/2019 Nonlinear Ship Rolling Motion –The Importance of Physical Modeling, Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics Jeff Falzarano Texas A&M Univ.
02/08/2019 The San Francisco Sailing Science Museum – Concept and Development Captain Jim Hancock President & Founder
02/01/2019 Wireless Underwater Communication via a Swarm of UUVs Professor Reza Alam UC Berkeley
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2018    
04/27/2018 Effects of Size and Shape in Rotations of Particles Outside the Tracer Limit in Turbulence Nimish Pujara, Ph.D. & Evan Variano UC Berkeley
04/20/2018 Mini-Stories About Using Computer Simulations to Understand Particle-Laden Flows Prof. Ali Mani Stanford Univ.
04/13/2018 Tidal Turbine Arrays: Commercialization and the     Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project Mr. Jonathan Colby Verdant Power
04/06/2018 Einstein viscosity with fluid elasticity Dr. Jonas Einarsson Stanford Univ.
03/23/2018 High-Speed Particle Image Velocimetry for the Efficient Measurement of Turbulence Statistics: apg boundary layer piv Chris Willert DLR
03/16/2018 Model Testing of High-Speed Planing Craft Prof. Carolyn Judge U.S. Naval Academy
03/09/2018 Prediction of Ship Structural Response when Operating in Extreme Seas Prof. Kevin Maki U. of Michigan
03/02/2018 Out-of-Band Underwater Acoustics Prof. David R. Dowling U. of Michigan
02/23/2018 Biased motion of ellipsoidal particles in turbulent suspensions, including active particles. Prof. Evan Variano UC Berkeley
02/16/2018 Cavitation & bubbles: an investigation of the physical mechanisms by joint experimental and numerical approaches. Prof. Olivier Coutier-Delgosha ENSAM & Virginia Tech.
02/09/2018 WindFloat, enabling a paradigm shift for the renewable energy market in California Dr. Antoine Peiffer Principle Power Inc.
02/02/2018 Engineering Advanced Marine Systems: Challenges Imposed by Emergent Structural Behavior Dr. Jelena Vidic-Perunovic Doris Inc., Houston
01/26/2018 Ocean Renewable Energy – Modeling & Efficiency Prof. Ronald W. Yeung UC Berkeley
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2017    
04/28/2017 Simulation of Large Sea States and Rogue waves Prof. Solomon Yim Corvallis, OR
04/14/2017 Estimation of Helmholtz resonance of axisymmetric moonpools Prof. Xinshu Zhang Shanghai Jiao-tong Univ, China,
04/07/2017 Yes, we can! Shape optimization via high-fidelity tools (stochastic environment included) made possible Dr. Emilio Campana INSEAN
03/24/2017 Measurement of Large Scale Bubbly Flows Professor Morteza Gharib California Institute of Technology
03/17/2017 Systematically Creating Breakthroughs – Techno-Economic Design Approaches in Marine Renewables Dr. Mirko Previsic Consulting, CA
03/10/2017 Multibody Hydrodynamics: From Marine Hydrodynamics to Animal-Swimming Formation Dr. Zhiming Yuan Univ of Strathclyde, U.K.
03/03/2017 On gravity currents and internal bores. Prof. Harry Yeh, Oregon State University
02/24/2017 Wave Energy Device Control and Simulation Tools Dr. Nathan Tam National Renewable Energy Lab
02/17/2017 Structural design of offshore structures – The process and challenges Dr. Bingbin Yu Princiapal Power Inc.
02/10/2017 Discrete Vortex Method for Vertical-Plane & Lateral- Plane Motions of 3D Hulls Dr. Lu Wang UC Berkeley
02/03/2017 Surface ship, submarine, and underwater vehicle: hydrodynamic performance Prof. Joseph Klamo Naval Postgraduate School
01/27/2017 Fast Evaluation of High-Speed Multi-Hull Configuration Design Prof. R. W. Yeung UC Berkeley
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2016    
04/29/2016 Hydrodynamic Contact/Impact Modeling and Application in Ocean Engineering Prof. Solomon C. Yim Glenn Willis Holcomb Professor of Structural Engineering Oregon State University
04/22/2016 Experiments in Multiphase Flows: Bubbles, Cavitation and X-Rays Prof. Simo A. Mäkiharju UC Berkeley
04/08/2016 Technology Readiness Review of CFD-Based Numerical Wave Basin for Offshore Floater Design Dr. Jang Whan Kim Chief Technology Advisor, Technip, USA
04/01/2016 “Nonlinear MPC with Wave-Disturbance Preview for Active Fin Roll Stabilization.” Christiaan Brekelmans UC Berkeley
03/04/2016 Efficient Modeling of Free Rolling Motion of Ship Hulls  with BilgeKeels Dr. Yichen Jiang UC Berkeley
03/11/2016 “Science of Autonomy: Optimal Path Planning and Adaptive Sampling with Swarms of Ocean Vehicle Prof. Pierre Lermusiaux MIT
03/04/2016 Efficient Modeling of Free Rolling Motion of Ship Hulls with BilgeKeels Dr. Yichen Jiang UC Berkeley
02/26/2016 Experimental Evaluation of Skin-Friction on Super-Hydrophobic Materials in Fully-Developed Channel Flow Prof. Marc Perlin Univ. Michigan
02/19/2016 Predictive Control of Hybrid Power Systems for Electrified Vehicles and Ships Prof. Jing Sun Univ. Michigan
02/12/2016 Title on tidal turbine research to come Prof. Martin Woznik Univ. New Hampshire
02/05/2016 Added-Resistance Computations of Ships for Broad Range of Wavelength Prof. Xinshu Zhang Dept of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
01/29/2016 A Remarkable Era of Ocean Renewable Energy Development at UC Berkeley Prof. R. W. Yeung Univ. New Hampshire
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2015    
05/08/2015 UC-Berkeley Fast Computations of Wave-Interference Effects of Multiple Truncated Circular Cylinders” Ms. Qian Zhong UC-Berkeley
05/01/2015 Effect of Compressibility on Peak Impact Pressure and Pressure Distribution During Water Entry of a Wedge Prof. Solomon Yim Oregon State Univ.
04/24/2015 Flows with Free Boundaries: Theory and Applications to Maritime Engineering Dr. Yuiry Semenov Univ College London
04/17/2015 Ductile Fracture of Steel: Experiments and Analysis Prof. Dale Karr Univ Michigan.
04/03/2015 Fatigue Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines Dr. Bingbin Yu Principle Power, Inc.
03/30/2015 Offshore Wind Turbine Systems – Off the Beaten Path Tech Univ. Denmark Tech Univ. Denmark
03/20/2015 Oceanic Endeavors for a Sustainable Future Dr. Andrew Stewart APL, Univ. Washington
03/18/2015 Numerical and Experimental Approaches to Nonlinear Problems in Offshore Wind Turbines Dr. Erin Bachynski NTNU, Norway & Marinetek
03/16/2015 Estimates of Lagrangian Particle Transport by Wave Groups: Forward Transport by Stokes Drift and Backward Transport by the Return Flow” Dr. Ton van den Bremer Oxford Univ
03/13/2015 Multi-purpose offshore structures and systems; analysis, design and testing of two energy hybrid systems Dr. Constantine Michailides CeSOS, Norway
03/09/2015 Experiments in Multiphase Flows: Bubbles, Cavitation and X-Rays Dr. Simo Makiharju Univ. Michigan
02/27/2015 Hydroelasticity Analysis in Nonlinear Dynamics of Moorings and Risers Systems Dr. HeonYong Kang Texas A&M
02/20/2015 Launching a prolate spheroid in an inviscid fluid with and without forward velocity under gravity”; Marcus Lehmann: “Discussion of testing plan of the sea carpet concept at the RFS Model-Testing Facility Bo Yang UC Berkeley
02/13/2015 Linear and Nonlinear Wave-Body Interactions of Offshore Structures Prof Yongwhan Kim Seoul National University
02/06/2015 Performance of “Salter’s Cam” in 3-DOF Motion and in a Viscous Fluid” Dr. Yichen Jiang CMML
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2014    
05/02/2014 Experimental and Numerical Modeling and Analysis of Wave Impact Loads on Structure Prof. Solomon Yim Oregon State University
04/25/2014 Shipboard VOC abatement system design and installation Mr. Nathaniel Fennell Chevron Shipping, San Ramon
04/18/2014 The Center for International Cooperation in Long Pipe Experiment (CICLoPE): a new facility to unravel the fine-scale structure of turbulence Dr. Gabriele Bellani University of Bologna, Italy
04/11/2014 Wave generation in large-scale experimental wave basins Dr. Johannes Spinneken Imperial College, London
04/04/2014 TBA Tentative: Prof. James T. Kirby Univ of Delaware
03/21/2014 Some approaches to improve the performance of marine renewable energy devices Dr. Jamie Goggins National Univ. of Ireland, Galway
03/14/2014 TBA    
03/07/2014 TBA    
02/28/2014 Ice/Structure Interaction Modeling for Offshore Structures Prof. Dale Karr University of Michigan
02/21/2014 Reliability Applications: From Oil Platforms to HighTech Clean Room Design Dr. Tao Xu Tao Xu & Associates
02/14/2014 The DARPA Portunus Project at LLNL Mr. Hank Glauser LLNL
02/07/2014 Impact of ballast water discharge: Mitigating regulations, Status of implementation of the regulations Mr. Young Chang C&C Panasia
01/31/2014 Ocean energy in Chile – Opportunities, Advances, and Projections Dr. Gonzalo Tampier University of Austral, Chile
01/24/2014 Asymptotic solutions for linear-wave generation using fundamental singularities Prof. D. Q. Lu. Shanghai University, China
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2013    
05/03/2013 Some theoretical advancements and improved conceptions in ocean wave shoaling and wave-current interactions Dr. Yaron Toledo Technion
04/26/2013 Evaluation of Response Prediction Procedures using Full Scale Measurements for a Containership Prof. Jorgen Jensen Tech Univ of Denmark
04/19/2013 TBA    
04/12/2013 Estimating Turbulent Discharge: Deepwater-Horizon Oil Spill) Prof. Ömer Savas UC Berkeley
04/05/2013 Adaptive Marine Structures: Current State-ofthe-Art and Future Directions Prof. Yin-Lu Young Univ of Michigan.
03/22/2013 Aspects of Ocean Waves and Multi-body Systems Prof. Katrin Ellermann Gras University of Technology, Austria
03/15/2013 An Experimental 2D+T Investigation of Breaking Bow Waves Dr, Mostafa Shakeri Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
03/08/2013 Development and Testing of Amphibious and Wave-Mitigating Unmanned Surface Vehicle Systems Prof. Karl v. Ellenrieder Florida Atlantic Univ.
02/27/2013 Icebreakers in the Oil Patch“ at Commodore Cruises & Events, 2394 Mariner Square, Alameda, 6:45PM, SNAME student-member, free dinner Mr. Peter Noble President of SNAME
02/22/2013 Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Large-Scale Wave-Basin Experiments Prof. Solomon Yim Oregon State University
02/15/2013 FPSOs – the concept of choice for oil and gas production Dr. Christina Wang ABS-Houston
02/08/2013 Wave Energy Absorption at Helmholtz Resonance Prof. Reza Ghorbani Univ of Hawaii
02/01/2013 WindFloat’s Future and Future WindFloats Dr. Dominique Roddier Marine Innovation & Technology, Berkeley
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2011    
04/29/2011 VIVACE – A Hydrokinetic Energy System for Energy Extraction from Currents Prof. Michael Bernitsas Univ. of Michigan
04/22/2011 TBA    
04/15/2011 Chemical Signaling and Navigational Mechanisms Prof. Richard Zimmer UCLA
04/08/2011 Ships of the Future – What Naval Architects Need to Know Dr. Kirsi Tikka ABS, America)
04/01/2011 Extreme Value Predictions of Wind and Wave Responses of Floating Wind Turbines Prof, Joregen Jensen Technical University of Denmark
03/18/2011 Ocean Wave Energy Research at Oregon State University Prof. Solomon Yim Oregon State University
03/11/2011 Physical vs. Numerical Dispersion in Nonhydrostatic Internal Wave Modeling Prof. Oliver Fringer Stanford University
02/25/2011 Interactions of Internal Gravity Waves in the Ocean Prof. Philip Marcus UC Berkeley
02/18/2011 On Ship Collision and Grounding Analysis Prof. Preben Pedersen Technical University of Denmark
02/11/2011 Turbulence modulation by dispersed inertial particles Prof. Said Elghobashi UC Irvine
02/04/2011 Realization of the WindFloat Concept of Offshore Floating Turbines Alla Weinstein President & CEO, Principle Power Inc
01/28/2011 Weather Technologies for World –Wide Routing of Ships Rich Brown VP, Applied Weather Technology, Sunnyvale
01/21/2011 Marine Renewable Energy – A Brief Overview Prof. Ronald W. Yeung UC Berkeley
  E201 Ocean Seminar Spring 2010    
04/30/2010 Large LNG Ships – Design of Cargo Containment for Sloshing Dr. Roald Lokken Exxon-Mobil Development Co
04/23/2010 Deep Flight Super Falcon Graham Hawkes Hawkes Ocean Technology, SF
04/09/2010 Time-periodic solutions of fluid interface problems Prof. Jon Wilkening UCB – Dept of Mathematics
04/02/2010 Numerical Modeling and Scaling Laws of Marine Current Turbines Prof. Y-L Young Univ of Michigan
03/19/2010 Methodology for Predicting Ship Motion for Maneuvering in Waves Dr. Ray Q. Lin Naval Shurface Warfare Center, Bethesda, MD
03/12/2010 A Multi-Physics/Multi-Scale Computational Approach to the Analysis of Tsunami-Structure-Sediment Interaction Prof. Solomon Yim Oregon State University
03/05/2010 The Anatomy of a Shear Instability Dr. Rockwell Geyer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA
02/26/2010 Design and Testing of a Small High Speed Semi-SWATH Craft Steve Bailey Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA
02/19/2010 Optimal Configuration Design of Multi-Hulls – Framework for Powering Minimization Prof. Ronald W. Yeung UC Berkeley
02/12/2010 Energy Efficiency and Green-House Gas Emission of Maritime Transportation Dr. Kirsi Tikka American Bureau of Shipping
02/05/2010 Static- and Dynamic-Stability Issues of Floating Systems Dr. Colin Moore Hebert Software, USA
01/29/2010 Structural Strength of Spherical Tanks of Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier (LNGC) Dr. Koji Masaoka Masaoka Technical Development, Japan
01/22/2010 WindFloat: a Floating Foundation for Multi-Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbines Dr. Christian Cermelli Marine Innovations & Technology, San Francisco/Berkeley