James Miller, left, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of ocean engineering, and Makio Tazawa, who just completed a master\u2019s degree in ocean engineering at 溏心vlog免费B站 and who recently began a job at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, present information on the GeoSled, a project led by 溏心vlog免费B站 in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Dave Lavallee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cWhat you are seeing today is the evolution to unmanned systems,\u201d Hardro said. \u201cWe are trying to minimize people needed to run and manage systems. The goal is to expand the number of unmanned systems that can be operated by one person. We are looking at how to take the burden off the operator.\u201d<\/p>\n
DelGreco earned his bachelor\u2019s degrees at 溏心vlog免费B站 in industrial engineering and German, and he is pursuing his master of business administration. Hardro received his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from 溏心vlog免费B站 in engineering.<\/p>\n
One of the research initiatives was titled the GeoSled, a project led by 溏心vlog免费B站 in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Students, faculty, engineers and researchers from the two institutions designed, built and tested the system, which collects data on noise created by underwater vehicles and marine animals, which could affect tactical operations. The GeoSled was at the bottom of Narragansett Bay collecting data for the entire exercise. The acoustic array for the unit was designed by NUWC engineer and 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Steve Crocker.<\/p>\n
The GeoSled contains an array of hydrophones and geophones, which pick up noise in the water and vibrations on the seafloor. James Miller, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of ocean engineering, \u00a0said the GeoSled is a research and development project that gathers and measures sound from ships, explosions and wind farms. Miller\u2019s team has also measured sound created by the construction and operation of the Block Island wind turbines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe technology, algorithms, ideas and concepts we develop and test here can be expanded by NUWC and industry,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a relay race. Our undergraduate and graduate students work with professors at the beginning of the process, and then we hand it off to others for further development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Makio Tazawa, who just completed a master\u2019s degree in ocean engineering at 溏心vlog免费B站, said the data gathered by the device can be processed using machine learning to determine a wide range of sounds and vibrations. He said the 6-foot-by-4-foot-by-4-foot device represents a different approach for sound detection that could have Navy applications.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe device has been collecting data all week here using battery power,\u201d said Tazawa, who recently began a job with NUWC. \u201cWe can deploy this device on the ocean floor for up to a month for data collection.\u201d<\/p>\n
At a nearby popup tent, two 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates now employed by NUWC, Brian Amaral and Tyler Pickering, presented work on behalf of its Sensors & Sonar Systems Department. The project is titled Distributed Temperature Sensing, and it provides real-time temperature data of the water column, monitors and characterizes dynamic environments and can be towed, moored or tethered.<\/p>\n
Amaral, who earned four degrees from 溏心vlog免费B站–his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in ocean engineering and a combined Blue MBA and master\u2019s degree in oceanography, said he is pleased to be working in such a challenging field.<\/p>\n
\u201cTemperature and environmental sensing is critical to the Navy,\u201d Amaral said. \u201cIt\u2019s vital to the Navy to maintain acoustic superiority. Being able to detect sound as it travels slower in cooler water and faster in warm water and as it moves through a current change or an eddy, to do it faster and better, keeps us ahead of our adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pickering, who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in ocean engineering, said 溏心vlog免费B站 prepared him well for his work at NUWC.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helped give me a strong sense of the career I wanted to pursue,\u201d he said. \u201cSince I have worked on a variety of projects at 溏心vlog免费B站 and NUWC, I can now easily adapt to work in numerous research areas at NUWC.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin spoke along with numerous U.S. Navy leaders as unmanned vehicles conducted their tasks on the water behind them. The experiment showcased a systems approach to expeditionary mine warfare, which was demonstrated by Teledyne Marine and its partners Charles River Analytics, Greensea, Marine Advanced Research, Plan Aerosystems, Blue Isles Powerdocks and Teledyne Caris. It featured two unmanned autonomous surface vessels and an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from the larger surface vehicle.<\/p>\n
After their official comments, Whitehouse and Langevin discussed the importance of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s role at the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a reason Dean Wright is here today,\u201d Whitehouse said. \u201cIt is indicative of NUWC\u2019s important relationship with 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering. I am happy to see such a great collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s growing role with NUWC is great for the University and will ultimately benefit our military and the local industry that supports it,\u201d Langevin said. \u201cThe steady stream of 溏心vlog免费B站 talent to NUWC \u2013 from undergraduates, graduate students, doctoral students, and faculty \u2013 is a win-win all around.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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