The Critical Role of Marine Technology and Innovation for Advancing Ocean Societal Needs

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1 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH The Critical Role of Marine Technology and Innovation for Advancing Ocean Societal Needs Steven E. Lohrenz Dean School for Marine Science and Technology

2 Overview Societal Needs Related to Our Oceans and Key Role of Marine Technology Transformative Innovations in Marine Technology Core Capabilities in Marine Science and Technology at UMass Dartmouth Opportunities for the Future

3 Societal Needs Related to Our Oceans Protecting Lives and Property Securing Energy Independence Sustaining Ocean Productivity and Fisheries Maintaining Our National Security Growing the Workforce and Ocean Economy Source: Consortium for Ocean Leadership

4 Critical Areas for Ocean Technology Innovation Per Casey Moore, President, Sea- Bird Scientific The Ocean Carbon Cycle The Ocean as a Climate Engine The Industrial Ocean The Ocean as a Habitat Marine Tech. Rep., April 2016

5 Sustained Ocean Observations Are Key to Addressing Societal Needs Climate change Ocean acidification Ocean exploration Sea level rise and improved coastal forecasting Harmful algal bloom monitoring Oil spill monitoring and response Safe navigation (wave and current monitoring, port and harbor security, coastal survey) Environmental monitoring - human health and water quality Estuarine and benthic habitat conservation Marine biodiversity Ecosystem-based management

6 Transformative Marine Innovative Technologies Profiling floats and gliders (Johnson et al., 2009) Sensor innovation IOOS Marine Sensor Innovation Project > Imaging Flow CytoBot (IFCB) > Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) > Nutrient Sensors Schmidt Ocean XPrize Competition ph Sensor Development OOI technology advances IFCB ESP

7 New Technologies (cont.) Integrated surface, undersea and airborne approaches Novel communications and telemetry approaches Utilizing citizen sensor/data networks, crowd sourcing, and Internet of Things Cloud computing/centralized servers/ virtual computing Lower cost, greater efficiency and accuracy Bamford and Kavanagh (MTS Journal, 2015)

8 Some of the Innovators Teledyne Marine Systems Riptide Bluefin Robotics Ocean Server Hydroid

9 Autonomous Marine Systems Boston Engineering Liquid Robotics Sea Machines

10 UMass Dartmouth Marine Technology and Engineering Core Areas Ocean Physics Ocean Observation Ocean Modeling Robotics Remote Sensing High Performance Computing and Visualization Ocean Renewable Energy Data Science and Informatics Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing Civil and Environmental Engineering

11 Acoustics and Signal Processing David Brown Engineering Acoustics, Applied Physical Acoustics and Underwater Electroacoustic Transducers Animal Bioacoustics, Information Theory, Signal Processing, Signal Pedagogy, Underwater Acoustics Dayalan Kasilingam Signal Processing, Remote Sensing, Wireless Communications John R. Buck Paul Gendron Undersea Surveillance Using Acoustic and Magnetic Sensing, Adaptive Filtering, Low Probability of Detection Acoustic Communications

12 Marine Technology and Engineering Coastal Fluid Mechanics, Undersea Vehicle Applications, Ocean Renewable Energy Undersea vehicle communication and networks Dan MacDonald Ramprasad Balasubramanian

13 Ocean Observations Ocean Physical-Biological Interactions, Shelf- Edge dynamics, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, High Frequency Radar Wendell Brown Miles Sundermeyer Ocean Mixing and Stirring, Ocean Modeling, Environmental Lidar

14 Cindy Pilskaln Ocean Observations (cont.) Ocean Particle Dynamics, Ocean Acidification Brian Howes Monitoring and Modeling of Coastal Water Quality, Environmental Assessment of Ocean Renewable Energy Infrastructure Ocean Chemistry, Profiling Float Chemical Sensors Mark Altabet

15 Remote Sensing and Bio-optics Ocean Remote Sensing and Physics James Bisagni Steven Lohrenz Marine Bio-Optics, Ocean Color Remote Sensing

16 Ocean Modeling Numerical Ocean Modeling, Storm Surge Forecasting, High Resolution Coastal Modeling Changsheng Chen Amit Tandon Upper Ocean Physics Simulation of Ocean- Device Interactions, Computational Technology Geoff Cowles

17 Technology Applications to Fisheries Kevin Stokesbury Fisheries Stock Assessment, Habitat Mapping, Video Survey Technology Cate O Keefe Bycatch Avoidance Through Electronic Vessel Reporting Fisheries Stock Assessment, Fisheries Management, Acoustic Monitoring of Fish Populations Steve Cadrin

18 UMass Dartmouth Marine Science Overview Participating Departments Estuarine and Ocean Science Fisheries Oceanography Biology Mechanical and Civil Engineering Others Marine Science Graduate Students ~55 graduate students enrolled MS: 25, PhD: 30, PSM: 3 More than 80 graduates since 2009 with career-placement rates of more than 80% in related fields about half in Mass Degree programs M.S. and Ph.D. in Marine Science Professional Science Masters Brazil USP Dual Degree Ph.D. UMass Dartmouth serves as lead campus for the Intercampus Marine Science graduate program

19 SMAST Facilities Research is supported by the School's two-story, 32,000- square-foot building and docking facilities on Clark's Cove which provide access to Buzzards Bay SMAST Expansion beginning construction of a 64,500 gross square foot facility due to be completed in 2017

20 SMAST Facilities: Optic and Acoustic Test Tank State-of-the-art 90,000-gallon optic and acoustic test tank designed to be a resource for local academic, government and industrial researchers and product developers The tank is built half below floor level and half above. It is fully supported on vibration isolators, and noise level measurements indicate that, acoustically, the tank is at least two times quieter than sea state.

21 SMAST Facilities: Seawater Laboratory Architects rendering of new, larger seawater facility in the SMAST Expansion A seawater room of nearly 2000 square feet with plentiful raw, filtered, heated or chilled seawater supplied by an intake located in Buzzards Bay Recirculating flume tank for studies of fluid dynamics, instrumentation design, particle transport, fishing gear simulations, and fish behavior.

22 Opportunities for Partnership and Collaboration Academic-private sector collaborative opportunities NSF Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Other collaborative opportunities Professional Degree Program Marine Science Internships/Advising Opportunities Professional advancement for employees

23 Contact information: Steven Lohrenz School for Marine Science and Technology 706 S. Rodney French Blvd. New Bedford, MA Tel: Web: