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Under the Sea

TEAM MEMBERS

A Collaborative & Diverse Group

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DENIZ GEDIKLI

Principal Investigator

Education

PhD in Ocean Engineering, 2017, URI

MS in Ocean Engineering, 2014, University of Rhode Island (URI)

BSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

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Experience

2020 - Present: Assistant Professor, UH-Manoa, USA

2017-2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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Research Funding

  • NSF NNA: Development of a Nonlinear Reduced Order Modeling Framework for Marine Structures Operating in The Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions, National Science Foundation, ($793,505), 2022-2025

  • DOE: Hawaii Wave Surge Energy Converter (HAWSEC), Department of Energy, 2021-2024

  • YTU-BAP: The impact of various waveforms on various wave energy conversions, (TL49,792), Scientific Research Council of YTU, 2022-2024

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OZGUR DEMIR

Post-Doctoral Fellow

ship design, numerical modeling, vibrations, offshore engineering

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JONAS BEHNEN

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

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PhD, Ocean and Resources Engineering, (Fall 2022)

BSc&MSc, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), 2021

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Experience

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2020- 2022 : Research Assistant at the Institute of Ship Structural Design and Analysis at TUHH

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Project

Ice-ship interactions, reduced-order modeling, ice management, viscoelastic material testing 

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MEYSAM RAJABI

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

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PhD, Ocean and Resources Engineering, (Fall 2022)

MSc, Marine Structures Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2021

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Experience

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2021 : Teaching Assistant at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Amirkabir University of Technology 

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Project

Vortex-induced vibrations

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GRANT PEEL

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

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BSc, Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2018

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Experience

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2015 -  Present : Experienced boat captain in Homer, AK 

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Project

Data analysis and method development for ice-structure interactions, Ship AIS,  multivariate analysis, nonlinear system analysis

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CLARA ENCKE

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

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MSc, Ocean and Resources Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2024

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Project

Flow-induced motions and nonstabilities, experime

Viking Ship

Griffin Bourjeaurd

Graduate Student, Masters

Marine renewable energy 

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TBA

Alumni

  1. Adiva Udui (2024), NHSEMP Fellow*, Undergraduate student 

  2. Kyle Pappas (2024), Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), Researcher

  3. Jesse Gray (2024), Makai Ocean Engineering, Ocean Engineer

  4. Kayla Crook (2023), NHSEMP Fellow*, Undergraduate student

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*Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program (NHSEMP)

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