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NAME Professor teaches course on machine learning techniques at international marine conference
Date: Aug 31, 2020
On August 15th and 16th Dr. Rajeev Jaiman offered a successful short course, “Physics-Based Data-Driven Modeling and Machine Learning: Application to Marine/Offshore Engineering” at OMAE, the international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering. Dr. Jaiman’s two-day course focused on advanced data-driven and physics-based machine learning techniques and applications to fundamental unsteady flow and fluid-structure […]
NAME MEL Alumnus Story – Pavan Rao
Date: Aug 14, 2020
After training as a marine engineer, Pavan went on to spend six years working on board oil tankers and bulk carriers. Now, after completing the MEL in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, he’s returned to his passion for ship-building and is working as a production engineer contractor for Seaspan.
Designing Quieter Ships to Reduce Noise Impacts on Whales
Date: Jul 16, 2020
Cetaceans – whales, dolphins and porpoises – depend on echolocation to navigate and forage for food. In BC, the southern resident killer whale population is in decline. One of the contributing factors is underwater-radiated noise from marine vessels. Other factors include the decline in Chinook salmon stocks, their prime source of food, and environmental pollution. Studies […]
Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship in Naval Architecture – Deadline: June 30, 2020
Date: May 13, 2020
Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship in Naval Architecture Apply for the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship in Naval Architecture. The award value is approximately $2,500 which will be payable toward the cost of their tuition fees. The application deadline is June 30, 2020. The Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship was created in 1982 by a bequest from the […]
NAME Faculty Receive NSERC/SEASPAN Industrial Research Chairs for Intelligent and Green Marine Vessels
Date: May 04, 2020
Vancouver is a marine hub, a port for trade and shipbuilding that draws traffic from all over the world into BC’s coastal waters. These waters are also home to North America’s dwindling population of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales, one of many marine species threatened by the underwater noise pollution ships generate. This begs the […]