Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
The Search for Life
WHOI researchers featured in episode of news program Full Measure
February 17, 2021
This week, NASA’s Perseverance Rover lands on Mars to continue the search for life […]
Read MoreWHOI builds bridges with Arctic Indigenous communities
NSF program fosters collaboration between indigenous communities and traditional scientists, allowing WHOI’s autonomous vehicles to shed light on a changing Arctic
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Underwater Sound Reflection and Diffraction Around Block Island
Ying-Tsong Lin, WHOI
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Waves and Ice, In Two Parts (Signals and Noise)
Jim Thomson, University of Washington
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Learn What’s Possible: New Vehicle and Science Capabilities
Amy Kukuyla, WHOI
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: The Dynamics of Open-Ocean Aquaculture Structures
Tobias Dewhurst, Kelson Marine Co.
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Environment-Driven Autonomy: Field Robots and their Statistics
Anthony Fragoso, California Institute of Technology
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Remote Sensing of Secluded Ecosystems – Challenges and Perspectives Using the Example of Penguin Colonies
Dan Zitterbart, WHOI
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AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Ocean Observatories Initiative: Update and Opportunities
John Trowbridge, WHOI
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Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Honors WHOI Scientist
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) elected Dana Yoerger as a 2021 fellow for the development of autonomous underwater vehicles for deep-ocean exploration and science.
Read MoreNew technology expected to play a key role in shark research
In November, Skomal and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy fitted two sharks with new satellite positioning tags developed by a team at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that can be fastened […]
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams
Lane Abrams talks about designing electronics for the bottom of the ocean and project management of Alvin’s electrical updates for the 6500 meter overhaul.
Read MoreThe Water Below
Drawing on 90 years of leadership in ocean discovery and exploration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists are engaged in an array of research projects using autonomous systems to advance their understanding of marine environments.
Read MoreHumans Created More Than Half of the Hudson River Tidal Marshes Unintentionally
In new research of tidal marsh resilience to rise in sea level, researchers observed that Hudson River Estuary marshes are developing upward at a rate twice or thrice times quicker […]
Read MoreResearchers tag free-swimming sharks off Cape Cod using minimally invasive device
Researchers and scientists were recently able to use fin-mounted location tracking tags on free-swimming sharks off of Cape Cod while using a device that allowed them to tag the sharks without capturing them.
Read MoreHumpback whale songs provide insight to population changes
Following reports of unusually low whale numbers that began in 2015-16, researchers at the University of Hawaii in collaboration with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Oceanwide Science […]
Read MoreSmart cameras keep lookout for endangered whales
A ship-mounted thermal imaging system provides real-time detection of whales, which could reduce the number of endangered marine mammals killed by vessels each year.
Read MoreMeet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder
An interview with Francis Elder, lead mechanical engineer for the Alvin Group. Find out how the team has designed a new pump to take Alvin to 6,500 meters.
Read MoreThere will be no AOP&E Department Virtual Seminar today
UVM commissions $3.9 million hybrid electric/diesel vessel for Lake Champlain research
The winch is operated using a single wireless joystick developed by engineers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The UVM boat will be the first in the world to use this technology.
Read MoreWHOI Reveals Upgrades to Iconic Submersible Alvin
Increased depth range and the ability to explore 99% of the ocean floor, including the abyssal region—one of the least understood areas of the deep sea—are just some of the […]
Read MoreWHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin
One of the world’s most prolific research submersibles will put 99% of the ocean floor within reach of science community when it relaunches in 2021
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar:The Future of the Southern Ocean Carbon Sink: Robot Floats, Supercomputers, and Satellites
Joellen Russell, University of Arizona
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AOP&E Virtual Seminar: Output-Weighted Active Sampling for Uncertainty Quantification of Rare Events and Path Planning for Anomaly Detection in Environment Exploration
Themis Sapsis, MIT
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