Bourne, S.B.; Secretary
RESEARCH GROUP
Professors
Bajzak, D., B.Sc.F., M.F. British Columbia, Ph.D. Syracuse, P.Eng.
Bass, D.W., B.Sc. Hull, Cert.Ed. London, M.Phil. Birkbeck College, Ph.D. Warwick
Booton, M., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto, P.Eng.
Bose, N., B.Sc., Ph.D. Glasgow, C.Eng., P.Eng.; Winner of the President's Award for Outstanding Research, 1992-93
Haddara, M.R., B.Sc. Ain-Shams, M.S., Ph.D. California, C.Eng., P.Eng.; Chair, Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering
Jordaan, I.J., B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Sc.(Eng.) Witwatersrand, Ph.D. London, C.Eng., P.Eng.; University Research Professor, Awarded 1997
Marzouk, H., B.Sc. Cairo, M.Sc., Ph.D. Sask., P.Eng.
Molgaard, J., B.Sc. Belfast, Ph.D. Leeds, P.Eng.; Chair, Mechanical Engineering
Sabin, G.C.W., B.Sc., M.Sc. Simon Fraser, Ph.D. Windsor; Associate Dean of Engineering (Undergraduate Studies)
Sharp, J.J., B.Sc., A.R.C.S.T., M.Sc. Glasgow, Ph.D. Strathclyde, F.I.C.E., F.C.S.C.E., P. Eng., C.Eng.; Associate Dean of Engineering (Graduate Studies)
Sinha, B.P., B.Sc., M.Sc. Patna, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Waterloo, P.Eng.
Swamidas, A.S.J., B.E.(Hons.), M.Sc.(Eng.) Madras, Ph.D., I.I.T. Madras, P.Eng.
Williams, F.M., B.A. Toronto, Ph.D. Simon Fraser; Chair - Women in Science and Engineering
Associate Professors
Daley, C.G., B.E.Sc. Western Ontario, M.S.E. Princeton, Dr. Tech. Helsinki, P.Eng.
Friis, D.A., B.Sc. Newcastle, M.B.A. Toronto, Siv.Ing., P.Eng.
Gosine, R., B.Eng. Memorial, Ph.D. Cambridge, P.Eng.; Winner of the President's Award for
Outstanding Research, 1997-98
Guigné, J.Y., B.Sc. Winnipeg, M.Ac. Wales, Ph.D. Bath (Part-time)
Hinchey, M.J., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto, P.Eng.
Krein, H.L., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Waterloo, P.Eng.
Phillips, R., B.Sc.(Hons.) Bristol, M.Phil.(Eng.), Ph.D.(Eng.) Cambridge
Assistant Professors
Ching, C.Y., B.Sc.(Hons.) Peradeniya, Ph.D. Syracuse, N.Y.
Munaswamy, K., B.Eng., M.Tech., Ph.D. I.I.T. Madras
Adjunct Professors
Baddour, E., B.Sc.(Hons.)(Mech.Eng.), B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc. Alexandria, Ph.D. Reading; (NRC-Institute for Marine Dynamics)
Chari, T.R., B.Eng. Madras, M.Tech. Kharagpur, Ph.D. Memorial, P.Eng.
Colbourne, D.B., B.Eng. Memorial, S.M. M.I.T., Ph.D. Memorial, P.Eng. (NRC - Institute for Marine Dynamics)
Croasdale, K.R., B.Sc. London; P.Eng. (K.R. Croasdale & Associates Ltd.)
Datta, I., B.Tech. I.I.T. Kharagpur, Ph.D. Strathclyde; (NRC-Institute for Marine Dynamics)
Frederking, R.M.W., B.Eng. Alberta, M.Sc. London, Ph.D. Illinois, P.Eng.; (NRC-Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Ottawa)
Jones, S.J., B.Sc., Ph.D. Birmingham; (NRC-Institute for Marine Dynamics)
McKenna, R., B.Sc. Queen's, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Waterloo; (C-CORE)
Muggeridge, D.B., B.Sc. California, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto, P.Eng.; University Research Professor, Awarded 1990
Timco, G.W., B.Sc. Brock, M.Sc., Ph.D. Western; (NRC-Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Ottawa)
Veitch, B.J., B.Eng., M.Eng. Memorial, L.Tech., Dr.Tech. Helsinki
Williams, C., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. U.B.C., P.Eng.; (NRC-Institute for Marine Dynamics)
Cross-Appointments
Khan, R.H., B.Sc.(Hons.) Karachi, M.Sc., M.Phil. Southampton, Ph.D. Calgary, P.Eng.
Kosar, K.M., B.A.Sc. British Columbia, M.Sc., Ph.D. Alberta
Saoudy, S.A.S., B.Sc.(Eng.), B.Sc.(Phys.), M.Eng. Cairo, Ph.D. Manitoba
Project Engineer
Doucet, J.M., B.Eng., M.Eng. Memorial
Engineering Technologists
Gries, K., Engineering Laboratory Manager
Kuzcora, A., Wave/Tow Tank
Sparkes, D., Fluids Lab
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
The Ocean Engineering Research Centre was established in 1969 with the initial financial support of the National Research Council of Canada through a negotiated development grant. This Centre became a focus of the effort to establish Ocean Engineering as a new research and educational field in Canada. Today Memorial University is the only university in Canada that offers the B.Eng. degree in Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering and the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Ocean Engineering.
The Centre is involved in research, development and consulting with application to most aspects of ocean engineering, including the offshore and naval architecture industries. Scale model experiments, numerical modelling, software development and structural testing are some of the activities within the Centre. Areas of research include marine hydrodynamics and wave structure interaction; sea ice mechanics, iceberg and ice structure interaction; risk analysis in offshore systems; naval architectural aspects including vessel motions, propulsion and small craft problems; ocean monitoring, acoustics, geotechnology and instrumentation. In house facilities include a 58m towing/wave tank, structures laboratory, cold rooms as well as a variety of smaller equipment. Access is available, through a Memorandum of Understanding, to the international class facilities of the Institute for Marine Dynamics of the National Research Council of Canada.
ORGANIZATION
The Centre is an integral part of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. The active research and contract work of the faculty members within, and those cross-appointed to the Faculty, forms the basis of the programmes in the Centre.
The Centre has close ties with the Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Engineering (C-CORE) in the form of joint appointments of faculty, and graduate students who are holders of C-CORE Fellowships. The Centre works with other marine research units of the University such as the Ocean Sciences Centre and the Newfoundland and Labrador Institute of Fisheries and Marine Technology. Equally close relations are maintained with the Institute for Marine Dynamics (IMD) of the National Research Council of Canada (on campus). Several ocean related departments of the provincial and federal governments have regular interaction with the Ocean Engineering Research Centre.
In 1995 the Centre took over the Secretariat of the Engineering Committee on Oceanic
Resources, ECOR. The Director of the OERC acts as the Executive Secretary of ECOR.
ECOR's purpose is to provide an international focus and forum for engineering activities and
interests in ocean technology and associated fields; and to further international engineering
initiatives pertaining to the management and exploitation of oceanic resources. Membership in
ECOR is in the form of one national committee per country, through a group recognised in that
country as providing the national focus for professional engineering in marine affairs.
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