The Marine Systems Research Cluster brings together a diverse group of USC researchers from electrical, computer & systems engineering, computer science, naval architecture & marine engineering, public health and psychology to reduce the environmental footprint and increase the safety and situational awareness of both merchant and naval ships.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Beznosov, Konstantin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; computer security and privacy; mobile security and privacy; online social networks security and privacy; usable security and privacy |
| Brauer, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Environmental and occupational health and safety; Health sciences; Public and population health; air pollution; built environment; Community Health / Public Health; environmental health; environmental epidemiology; healthy cities; remote sensing |
| Chen, Yu Christine | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Engineering and technology; energy systems; Electric power system modelling, control, and operation; Renewable energy sources; electricity markets |
| Fels, S Sidney | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Human computer interaction, human 3D biomechanical modeling, speech synthesis, medical applications of modeling, computer vision, interactive arts and music |
| Gopalakrishnan, Sathish | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | computer and software systems, real-time and embedded computing (computer systems as part of the real world); cyber-physical systems, Real-time systems, distributed systems, resource management |
| Jaiman, Rajeev | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mechanical engineering; Bluff-body flows and flow-induced vibration; Computational methods and numerical analysis; Data-driven computing; Flow control and drag reduction; Fluid-structure interaction; Model order reduction; Multiphase Flows |
| Jatskevich, Juri | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Power and energy systems, smart energy grids, power electronic systems and converter circuits, electrical machines and drives, controls, electromagnetic transients, computer modeling and simulation, distributed and parallel simulation |
| Jelovica, Jasmin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Civil engineering; Mechanical engineering; Finite element analysis; Machine Learning; Metals and Alloys; Production and Process Optimization; Sandwich structures; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis; Structural optimization; Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength; Welding and joining of metals |
| Kirchen, Patrick | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Thermochemical Energy Conversion, Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines, Ion Transport Membranes, Emissions, Fuel Injection |
| Lis, Mieszko | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer and Software Systems |
| MacLean, Karon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer and information sciences; Information Systems; design of user interfaces; haptic interfaces; human-computer interaction; human-robot interaction |
| Marti, Jose | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer modelling of response to disasters, Infrastructures Interdependencies Simulation (I2Sim) project, electric power, Energy systems |
| Michelson, David | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | wireless communications, Propagation and channel modeling, low profile antenna design, wireless communication system performance, EMI/EMC |
| Murphy, Enda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Hydraulic engineering; Marine engineering, n.e.c.; Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography; Estuarine oceanography; Coastal and estuarine system dynamics; Nature-based solutions; Whole system thinking; Coastal systems engineering; Transdisciplinary research; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk |
| Nagamune, Ryozo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Systems control and automation; Manufacturing engineering; control engineering; data-driven modeling and control; robust and linear parameter-varying control; modeling and control of floating offshore wind turbines and wind farms; modeling and control of metal additive manufacturing processes; modeling and control of solar themal systems; modeling and control of automotive engines; optimization |
| Pattabiraman, Karthik | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Software Reliability, Computer Security, Fault-tolerant computing, Software Security, Computer System Reliability, Computer Failures, Safety-critical computer systems, software failures, software faults, hardware faults, hardware failures |
| Zimmerman, Naomi | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | development and application of real-world-based tools to quickly and quantitatively assess the impact of our policy and technology decisions on air pollution and climate outcomes, and to use the knowledge gained to support better environmental policy planning; air quality |