Ocean Industries Student Research Awards
Currently Funded Projects
The following is a listing of recipients of RDC’s 2011 Ocean Industries Student Research Awards, their project descriptions, and research area.
To learn more about this funding,
view RDC’s funding announcement from November
22, 2011.
Offshore Petroleum Engineering:
- Thomas Browne, Master of Engineering Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Analysis of compressive ice failure during ice-structure interaction - Jing Jing Cai, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Offshore gas processing and waste gas recovery using novel membrane technology - Waqas Hanif, Master of Engineering Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Tensile strain capacity of pipelines - Kyle Howlett, Bachelor of Engineering Student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Offshore subsurface seismic surveying using autonomous underwater vehicles - Pu Li, PhD - NSERC Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Development of an integrated diagnosis, alert and emergency response system for supporting prevention and clean-up of offshore oil spills in Newfoundland and Labrador - Kshama Sundar Roy, Master of Engineering Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Finite element modeling of offshore pipelines using advanced soil constitutive model - Omid Zadakbar, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Risk based fault detection and diagnosis in offshore process plants
Ocean Engineering and Marine Safety:
- Khalid Eldarymli, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Synthetic Aperture Radar detection in cluttered environments - Peter Cumming Gifford, Master of Engineering Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Evaluation of the stability, motions and resistance characteristics of the propelled spar concept - Liang Jing, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
An integrated ballast water management system for vessels operating in harsh environments - Nahidul Islam Khan, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Water current turbine for marine instrumentation system (development of an autonomous low-cost energy generation system that can optimize power ‘harvesting’ from marine current) - Nikoo Naeemi Sanatdoost, Master of Engineering Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Design and optimization of inertial Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System-based accelerometer sensors for under-ice/water navigation systems
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Science:
- Rebecca Doyle-Batstone, Master of Science Candidate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
The ventilation and burrowing behavior of thyasirid clams (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) - Yuri Gidge, Master of Science Candidate, Environmental Science, Faculty of Science
Variation in opportunistic polychaete complexes in relation to habitat type and environmental conditions (Investigation of the role of opportunistic polychaete worm complexes (OPC) in the remediation of finfish aquaculture sites in Newfoundland) - Victoria Neville, Master of Science Candidate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Otolith morphology and elemental fingerprinting for analysis of mixed cod stocks in NAFO sub-division 3Ps - Emma Posluns, Master of Environmental Science Candidate, Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science
Integrating scientific and fisher’s ecological knowledge into a Geographic Information System for the Yellowtail Flounder fishery - Ryan Stanley, PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Biophysical interactions regulating connectivity during the early life history of American lobster (Homarus americanus) - Sarah Tuziak, PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
The roles of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in teleost fish appetite regulation and reproduction (the molecular regulation of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) transcript families in marine fish - Kerry-Lynn Williams, Bachelor of Science Student (Honours), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Oligo-1,8-pyrenes as potential fluorescent sensors for wastewater and other contaminants (this project aims to develop fluorescent molecules that respond selectively to various wastewater components, such that detection of contamination is possible) - Brendan Wringe, PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Evolutionary and ecological implications of interaction between wild and farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)