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Applied Ocean Science and Engineering

Fadel Adib,  Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  MIT
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Ocean IoT (internet-of-things), communications, sensor networks, underwater imaging, acoustics, ultra-low-power electronics, computer vision, machine learning, robotics, wireless sensing, radio frequency (RF), localization, signal processing

Gil Averbuch,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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seismo-acoustics, underwater and atmospheric acoustics, planetary acoustics, signal processing, numerical modeling

Sara Beery,  Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  MIT
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Computer vision, machine learning, camera trapping, remote sensing, bioacoustics, multimodal biodiversity monitoring, environmental monitoring, participatory human-AI systems, community science

Tom Bell,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Remote sensing, marine biology, ecology, nearshore oceanography

Michael Benjamin,  Principal Research Scientist
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Marine autonomy, unmanned marine vehicles, autonomous decision-making

Julien Bonnel,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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ocean acoustics, signal processing, passive acoustic monitoring, sonar

Richard Camilli,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Timothy F. Duda,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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ocean sound propagation, acoustic tomography, acoustic remote sensing, internal waves

James Edson,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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air-sea interaction, marine meteorology, boundary-layer turbulence

Steve Elgar,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes

John Fisher,  Senior Research Scientist
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab,  MIT
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Kenneth G. Foote,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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surveying marine organisms; acoustic scattering

Yogesh Girdhar,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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computer vision, machine learning, marine robotics, adaptive exploration and sampling algorithms

Julia Guimond,  Assistant Scientist
Civil and Environmental Engineering/Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Coastal groundwater dynamics, permafrost hydrology, saltwater intrusion, submarine groundwater discharge, coastal wetland hydrology, climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems, hydrological-biogeochemical interactions, cryohydrogeology, numerical modeling, temperate and polar field work.

Jonathan How,  Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics,  MIT
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Michael Howland,  Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  MIT
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Renewable energy, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence, optimization, uncertainty quantification

Houshuo Jiang,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Small-scale biological-physical interactions in plankton; Behavioral, physical and sensory ecology of marine organisms; Plankton fluid dynamics; Bio-fluid dynamics; Environmental fluid dynamics; Applied computational fluid dynamics; Atmospheric mesoscale numerical modeling over the Red Sea

Sertac Karaman,  Professor
Director, LIDS
Aeronautics and Astronautics,  MIT
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robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics

Nare Karapetyan,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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exploration, path planning, marine robotics, multi-robot systems, autonomous systems

Mathias Kolle,  Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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dynamic optical materials formed from fluids and elastomers, bioinspired photonics, biological structure formation principles, light management in algae cultures, marine biological optics

Samuel Laney,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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phytoplankton ecology, marine photosynthesis, ocean instrumentation

Andone Lavery,  Senior Scientist
Department Chair
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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acoustic scattering processes

John J. Leonard,  Professor
Associte Director of the Joint Program
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation

Pierre Lermusiaux,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Nicholas Makris,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography

Ted Maksym,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology

Seth McCammon,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Field Robotics, Multirobot Systems, Adaptive Exploration and Sampling Algorithms

Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr.,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling

Anna Michel,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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instrumentation, sensor development, trace gas sensing, laser spectroscopy

Heidi M. Nepf,  Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  MIT
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turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries

Hilde Oliver,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Alan Oppenheim,  Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  MIT
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signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals

Thomas Peacock,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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David Ralston,  Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

Britt Raubenheimer,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents, morphology, hurricane impacts, groundwater-ocean-beach interactions

Wim van Rees,  Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Bio-inspired propulsion, Numerical methods for fluids and
structures, and Shape-changing elastic structures

Nicholas Roy,  Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics,  MIT
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autonomy, planning, machine learning

Themistoklis Sapsis,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Reduced order modeling of chaotic and turbulent flows, quantification of extreme events in nonlinear systems, targeted energy transfer in mechanical systems, engergy harvesting from stochastic sources

Henrik Schmidt,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation

Malcolm Scully,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia

Alexander Slocum,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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precision machine design, symbiotic systems, sargassum sequestration, ocean mining

Madison Smith,  Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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sea ice, ice-ocean interactions, polar regions, surface waves, climate modeling, Arctic Ocean

Heidi M. Sosik,  Senior Scientist
Biology,  WHOI
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plankton ecology, time series observations

Alexandra H. Techet,  Professor
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Russ Tedrake,  Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  MIT
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Peter A. Traykovski,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, bedform processes

Michael Triantafyllou,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles

J. Kim Vandiver,  Professor
Director, Edgerton Center
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures

Catherine Walker,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Brian Williams,  Professor
Aeronautics and Astronautics,  MIT
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Dana R. Yoerger,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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robotics, Autonomous Benthic Explorer, deep sea observatories

Dick K.P. Yue,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics

W. Gordon Zhang,  Associate Scientist
Education Coordinator
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction, Polar oceanography, coral reef hydrodynamics, adaptive sampling

Daniel P. Zitterbart,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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collective behavior, bioacoustics, species distribution modelling, remote observation systems, polar research, passive acoustics monitoring, ocean acoustics

Retired/Emeritus Faculty

Arthur B. Baggeroer,  Professor Emeritus
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays

Alan D. Chave,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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seafloor observatories, electromagnetic measurements, instrumentation

W. Rockwell Geyer,  Emeritus Research Scholar
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics

James F. Lynch,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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underwater acoustics, shallow water acoustics, arctic acoustics, acoustic tomography, high-frequency backscatter from particles

James C. Preisig,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications

Timothy K. Stanton,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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acoustic scattering, marine organisms, sea ice, scattering models

John H. Trowbridge,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, shelf and nearshore processes