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Marine Science & Technology

Marine Science & Technology emphasizes societal need-driven research and learning in an interdisciplinary environment. The Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Dartmouth faculty focuses on observations, modeling, experimentation, and theory in the areas of ocean sciences, ocean technology, and marine policy.

Gavin Fay
Gavin Fay

Associate Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 228

508-910-6363
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Kevin Stokesbury
Kevin Stokesbury

Dean

SMAST / Administration
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 203

508-999-8209
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Research interests

  • Spatial distributions of marine fishes and invertebrates
  • Marine fishes and invertebrates migrations
  • Marine fishes and invertebrates community structure
  • Marine fishes and invertebrates predator-prey interactions
  • Marine fishes and invertebrates population dynamics and fisheries
Lauran Brewster
Lauran Brewster

Assistant Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 123

508-910-6812
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Research interests

  • Biologging/Biotelemetry
  • EBFM/Portfolio theory
  • Anthropogenic interactions
  • Marine ecology and physiology
Pingguo He
Pingguo He

Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 127

508-910-6323
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Research interests

  • Sustainable fisheries
  • Fish behavior near fishing gear
  • Environmentally friendly fishing gear design
  • Evaluating and reducing fishing impact
Steven Cadrin
Steven Cadrin

Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 121

508-910-6358
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Research interests

  • Fishery Stock Assessment
  • Defining Spatial Fishery Management Units
  • Spatially-Complex Population Dynamics
  • Fishery Management Advice
  • Bycatch Management
Banafsheh Seyedaghazadeh
Banafsheh Seyedaghazadeh

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Science & Engineering 116C

508-999-8567
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Research interests

  • Fluid-Structure Interactions
  • Flow-Induced Vibration
  • Experimental Fluid Dynamics
  • Vibrations
  • Renewable Energy
Hangjian Ling
Hangjian Ling

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Violette Research 214

508-999-8540
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Research interests

  • Experimental fluid dynamics in turbulence, boundary layers, multiphase flows
  • Super-hydrophobic surfaces and the wetting dynamics
  • Collective behavior such as bird flocks, fish schools, human crowds and cell colonies
  • 3D Imaging technologies using digital holography and stereo-imaging
Mehdi Raessi
Mehdi Raessi

Professor / Graduate Program Director

Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 226

508-999-8496
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Research interests

  • Interfacial flows
  • Multi-phase flows with phase change
  • Energy systems (renewable/conventional)
  • Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer
  • Scientific and High-Performance Computing
Miles Sundermeyer
Miles Sundermeyer

Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 110A

508-999-8892
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Research interests

  • Small-scale vertical and horizontal mixing processes
  • Dye release and Lagrangian drifter studies
  • Numerical modeling of two- and three-dimensional turbulent flows
  • Numerical modeling of physical and biological interactions
Diego Bernal
Diego Bernal

Professor

Biology
Violette Research 116

508-999-8307
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Research interests

  • Fish biology
  • Comparative physiology of fishes
  • Comparison of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical specializations of high-performance fishes
  • Fish response to angling-induced stress
  • Disruption to homeostasis in fish
Erin Bromage
Erin Bromage

Professor

Biology
Main 398I

508-999-8218
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Research interests

  • Antibody production
  • Antibody mediated protection
  • Structure of the antibody
  • Quality of the antibody for pathogen recognition
Kenneth Oliveira
Kenneth Oliveira

Professor

Biology
Violette Research 106

508-999-8227
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Research interests

  • Biology of fishes with an emphasis on the biology of American eels
  • Life history strategies
  • Age and growth of fishes
Pia Moisander
Pia Moisander

Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
Violette Research Addition 209

508-999-8222
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Research interests

  • Marine microbiology
  • Microbiomes
  • Microbial community ecology
  • Biofilms
Pia Moisander
Pia Moisander

Professor

Biology
Violette Research Addition 209

508-999-8222
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Research interests

  • Marine microbiology
  • Microbiomes
  • Microbial community ecology
  • Biofilms
Robert Drew
Robert Drew

Associate Professor

Biology
Violette Research 205

508-999-8950
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Research interests

  • Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
  • Fish domestication
  • Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication
Daniel MacDonald - professor - SMAST, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Daniel MacDonald

Professor / Co-Chairperson

Civil & Environmental Engineering
Violette Research 107B

508-910-6334
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Research interests

  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Turbulence and Mixing
  • River Plume Dynamics
  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Data Collection with Autonomous Vehicles
Daniel MacDonald - professor - SMAST, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Daniel MacDonald

Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 233

508-910-6334
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Research interests

  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Turbulence and Mixing
  • River Plume Dynamics
  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Data Collection with Autonomous Vehicles
Geoffrey Cowles
Geoffrey Cowles

Associate Professor / Chairperson

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 218

508-910-6397
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Research interests

  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Ocean Modeling
  • Shape Optimization and Design
  • High Performance Computing
  • Coupled Marine Bio-Physical Models
Mehdi Raessi
Mehdi Raessi

Professor / Graduate Program Director

Mechanical Engineering
Textiles 226

508-999-8496
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Research interests

  • Interfacial flows
  • Multi-phase flows with phase change
  • Energy systems (renewable/conventional)
  • Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer
  • Scientific and High-Performance Computing
Amit Tandon
Amit Tandon

Commonwealth Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences

508-999-8357
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Research interests

  • Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of the ocean, and the engineering tools needed to study them
  • Oceanic sub-mesoscale frontal gradients and mesoscale eddies, and their role in setting up the circulation and the air-sea interaction
  • Theory, simulations, and observational analysis of sub-mesoscale features in the ocean
Changsheng Chen
Changsheng Chen

Commonwealth Professor & Montgomery Charter Chair

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 226

508-910-6388
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Research interests

  • Modeling and observational exploration of coastal ocean circulation
  • Oceanic frontal processes
  • Biological and physical interactions
  • Arctic Ocean and Climate Change
  • Multi-scaling ocean model developments
Geoffrey Cowles
Geoffrey Cowles

Associate Professor / Chairperson

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 218

508-910-6397
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Research interests

  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Ocean Modeling
  • Shape Optimization and Design
  • High Performance Computing
  • Coupled Marine Bio-Physical Models
Cynthia Pilskaln
Cynthia Pilskaln

Professor Emerita

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 218B

508-910-6327
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Research interests

  • Marine biogeochemistry and sedimentology
  • Geochemical particle fluxes in the ocean and large lake systems with emphasis on their quantitative relationship to climate forcing over short and long time scales and to underlying sediment record
  • Organic carbon and biogenic silica cycling including aggregation, export and remineralization processes in the water column and at the sediment/water interface
  • Development and use of particle imaging instrumentation, submersible vehicle-based technology, and image analysis techniques for the in-situ study of marine particulates and plankton
David Brown
David Brown

Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Science & Engineering 214F

508-999-8479
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Research interests

  • Transducer modeling
  • Training of undergraduate and graduate students in engineering acoustics
John Buck
John Buck

Chancellor Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dion 324B

508-999-9237
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Research interests

  • Signal Processing
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Animal Bioacoustics
  • Engineering Pedagogy
Paul Gendron
Paul Gendron

Associate Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Science & Engineering 214D

508-999-8510
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Research interests

  • Adaptive filtering for angle-delay-Doppler spread channels
  • Low probability of detection acoustic communications
  • Magnetic anomaly detection and tracking
  • Seismic event detection and classification
Yifei Li
Yifei Li

Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Science & Engineering 214B

508-999-8841
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Mark Altabet
Mark Altabet

Commonwealth Professor / Chairperson

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 122A

508-999-8622
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Research interests

  • Major marine biogeochemical cycles
  • Global N cycle and its interactions with climate change
  • Atmospheric CO2 concentration
  • Coastal eutrophication
Micheline Labrie
Micheline Labrie

Assistant Professor

SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 114A

508-910-6314
mlabrie@umassd.edu

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Sukalyan Sengupta

Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering
Violette Research 108C

508-999-8470
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Research interests

  • Adsorbents and Ion-Exchangers
  • Nutrient Removal and Recovery
  • Reuse of Solid Wastes
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment
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Sukalyan Sengupta

Director

Center for Indic Studies
Violette Research 108C

508-999-8470
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Research interests

  • Adsorbents and Ion-Exchangers
  • Nutrient Removal and Recovery
  • Reuse of Solid Wastes
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment
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