MIT Naval Construction and Engineering Program

 

Ship Design and Shipbuilding Technology Symposium

 

"Autonomous Vehicles - Under the Waves of the Future"

 

05 May 2004 Wednesday, M.I.T. Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, E52-6th Floor

 

0830 – 0845

Welcome by Professor Schmidt and Professor Herbein

0845 – 0915

High Speed Corvette – LT Jason Rhoads USN, LT Dianna Wolfson USN, LT Charalambo Soultatis HN

0915 – 0945

Reduced Displacement Submarine – LCDR Bill Hardman USN, LCDR Steve Ramsey USN, LCDR Andy Gish USN

0945 – 1015

Next Generation Cruiser – LT Julie Higgins USN, LT Mike Roach USN

1015 – 1030

Break

1030 – 1100

Conversion of an SSN688 Class to Diesel Electric Propulsion – LCDR Jon Rucker USN, LT Pete Small USN, LT Rob Wolf USN

1100 – 1130

DD(X) Rail Gun Installation/Conversion -  LT Bryan Miller USN, LT Ed West USN, LCDR Andy Johnson USN, LT Fragiskos Zouridakis HN

1130 – 1200

LPD – 17 Class Conversion to Crisis Response Vessel (CRV)LT Dan Wang USN, LT Robert Gold USN, LTJG Onur Gecer Turkish Navy, LTJG Georgious Gougoulidis HN

1200 – 1310

Lunch

1310 – 1400           

Hybrid Networks of Fixed and Mobile Off-Board Systems for Littoral MCM  

Professor John Leonard

1400 – 1450

Challenges and Advances in Underwater Communications 

Dr. Melica Stajanovic

1450 – 1510

Design of an AUV Recharging System by LCDR Andy Gish, USN

Supervisor: Professor Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, Ocean Engineering Department

1510 – 1530

Break

1530 – 1620

A Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle for Operation in the Surf Zone 

Professor Michael Triantafyllou and Dr. Franz Hover

1620 – 1710

Integrated Acoustic Sensing Concepts for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Professor Henrik Schmidt

1710 – 1830

Reception, with Poster Session

1830 – 2030

Dinner. 

Speaker: Rear Admiral Stephen E. Johnson, Director of Undersea Technology, (SEA073), Naval Sea Systems Command

 

 

 

 


Ship Design and Shipbuilding Technology Symposium

 

"Autonomous Vehicles - Under the Waves of the Future"

 

06 May 2003, Thursday,  M.I.T. Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, E52-6th Floor

 

0700 – 0800

Breakfast

0800 – 0820

A Solution to the Inherent List on Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers by LT Dianna Wolfson, USN

Supervisor:  Dr. David Burke, Senior Lecturer, Ocean Engineering Department

 

0820 – 0840

Structural Loading of Cross Deck Connections for Trimaran Vessels by LT Jason Rhoads, USN

Supervisor:  Dr. David Burke, Senior Lecturer, Ocean Engineering Department

 

0840 – 0900

Feasibility and Design of Blast Mitigation Systems for Naval Applications Using Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems  by LT Julie Higgins, USN

Supervisor:  Dr. David Burke, Senior Lecturer, Ocean Engineering Department

 

0900 – 0920

The Effect of Hull-to-Bulkhead Flexible Connections on the Blast Resistance of Double Hull Ships by LT Christian Brown, Canadian Navy

Supervisor: Professor Tomasz Wierbicki, Ocean Engineering Department

 

0920 – 0940

Experimental Investigation of the Propagation of Radial Cracks in Sheets Under Quasi-Static Loading by LT Mike Roach, USN

Supervisor: Professor Tomasz Wierzbicki, Ocean Engineering Department

 

0940 – 1000

Break

1000 – 1020

Shipboard Application of Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring by LCDR Steve Ramsey, USN

Supervisor: Professor Steven Leeb, Department of Electrical Engineering

 

1020 – 1040

Electric Ship Simulation Modeling by LT Charalambo Soultatis HN

Supervisor: Professor Michael Triantafyllou, Ocean Engineering Department

 

1040 – 1100

 

Fully Coupled Dynamic Analysis of a Floating Wind Turbine System by LCDR Jon E. Withee, USN

Committee Chair: Professor Paul Schlavounos, Ocean Engineering Department

 

1100 – 1120

 

Hydrofoil Shape Optimization by LT Greg Tozzi, USCG

Supervisor: Professor Paul Sclavounos, Ocean Engineering Department

 

1120 – 1140

Steady and Unsteady Dynamics of an Azimuthing Podded Propulsor Related to Vehicle Maneuvering by CDR Jeffery Stettler, USN

Committee Chair: Professor Michael Triantafyllou

 

1140 – 1200

Closing Remarks by Professors Schmidt and Herbein