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TEAM MEMBERS

A Collaborative & Diverse Group

The team members at Fluid-Ice-Structure Interactions Research Group are made up of experienced and dedicated researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. What unites them is an undying passion for learning and discovery. Meet them below.

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E. DENIZ GEDIKLI, PHD

Principal Investigator

Education

MS&PhD in Ocean Engineering, 2017, University of Rhode Island

BSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 2009

Experience

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

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

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

TBA

Post-Doctoral Fellow

big data analysis, machine learning, applied mathematics

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JONAS BEHNEN

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

PhD, Ocean and Resources Engineering, (starting in Fall 2022)

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

Experience

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

Project

TBA : Ice-ship interactions, reduced-order modeling, ice management

MEYSAM RAJABI

Graduate Student, PhD Pre-Candidate

Education

PhD, Ocean and Resources Engineering, (starting in Fall 2022)

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

Experience

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

Project

TBA - Marine renewable energy from flexible bodies

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GRANT PEEL

Graduate Student, Masters

Education

MSc, Ocean and Resources Engineering, on going

BSc, Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2018

Experience

2015 -  Present : Experienced boat captain in Homer, AK 

Project

Data analysis and method development for ice-structure interactions (part of NSF NNA)

KYLE PAPPAS

Graduate Student, Masters

Project: Hawaii Wave Surge Energy Converter (HAWSEC)

Interests: Board games, painting, photography

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