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.
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
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
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
