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Ocean Seminar Series

2025 Fall Semester

September 5	Measuring Horizontal Velocity Gradients and Turbulent Kinetic Energy at an Undulating Air-Water Interface Shantanu Soumya, Ph.D. Student UNH Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
September 12	A Numerical Model Study of Coastal Submesoscale Dynamics Observed with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Sin-Young Kim, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University
September 19	An Autonomous Air-Sea Mass Flux System for Offshore Platforms Douglas Vandemark, Research Professor Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
September 26	Recent Results and Future Challenges for AUVs in Ocean Exploration Dr. Dana R. Yoerger, Senior Scientist Dept. of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
October 3	Community-Based Ocean Exploration in the Pacific with E/V Nautilus: Partnerships, Innovations, and Highlights Dr. Derek Sowers, Mapping Operations Manager Ocean Exploration Trust
October 10	Nor’easters, Hurricanes, Storm Surge and the Earth’s Rotation Jamie Pringle, Professor UNH Department of Earth Sciences
October 17	Wave Energy Converter Control Co-Design and WecOptTool Daniel Gaebele R&D Electrical Engineer, Water Power Technologies Program
October 24	Exploring the Deep: Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Targeted Underwater Exploration and Mapping Leila Character, Assistant Professor Texas A&M
October 31	Sunlight, Sediment, and Slime: Ecohydraulics in the Coastal Zone Tracy Mandel, Assistant Professor UNH Dept. of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
November 7	Advances in Polarimetric Remote Sensing of Ocean Waves and Near-Surface Currents Nathan Laxague, Assistant Professor UNH Depts. of Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
November 14	An Update on the Seabed 2030 North Pacific Regional Data Center: Collaborations Build Better Ocean Maps through Data Management, Coordination, and Best Practices Juliet Kinney, Multibeam Mapping and Data Research Analyst UNH Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping
November 20	Focal Engine: Filling a Gap Between Game Engines and Big-Data Scientific Visualization Packages Kindrat Beregovyi, Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science Doctoral Dissertaton Defense
November 21	TBA Anthony Lyons, Research Professor UNH CCOM
November 28	No Seminar – Thanksgiving
December 5	TBA Jenn Dijkstra, Research Associate Professor UNH CCOM
December 12	AGU Practice Talks TBA