[5:22:28 PM] Athar Hussain: Vlastimil Masek Associate Professor

Dipl.Ing. (West Bohemia), MSc., PhD (Electro-Communications, Tokyo)

Pursuing an interest in electrical engineering, I attended the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo after completing a five year Dipl.Ing. degree in mechanical engineering at the University of West Bohemia in Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia. In Japan, I completed a MSc. and a PhD degree in mechatronics with a focus on airborne ultrasonic sensors. Subsequently, I held a one year postdoctoral fellowship in Satellite Venture Business Laboratory in Tokyo, and a three year research scientist position in ABB Corporate Research in Vasteras, Sweden. Since January 2003 I have been an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. My teaching activities cover areas of process control and instrumentation, such as signal conditioning, sensors, and automatic control. I am also actively involved in the Oil and Gas Development Group by teaching supervisory control and data acquisition, remote sensing, oil and gas process control, and electronic instrumentation. Currently, my research is in the area of smart instrumentation for applications in the oil and gas industries. This research is carried out as a part of a large research project of PanAtlantic Petroleum Systems Consortium. By applying similar techniques a research into fish parasite detection has been started up in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation and the Aquaculture Management Services Inc.

1. Ocean Network Seafloor Instrumentation Project Dr. Vlastimil Masek, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University This project will build capacity in Atlantic Canadas ocean technology sector through the development of environmentally-neutral arrays of seafloor-based marine sensors for use in monitoring seabed pr... Last Modified: Aug 03, 2010 2. Using Piezoelectric Fibers for Underwater Communications David Goosney, M. Eng Student; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University My project is to design an underwater acoustic modem using piezoelectric fiber technology. Most acoustic modems available today can only communicate in a small band. In other words, the modems can onl...

Last Modified: Aug 04, 2009 3. Development of a Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle or AUV Michael Hinchey, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Most underwater vehicles used offshore today are Remotely Operated Vehicles or ROVs. They are expensive to operate because they must be controlled from a host ship. Work is ongoing worldwide on the de... Last Modified: Jul 27, 2010 4. Novel Structural Sensors and Local Power Sources Dr. Claude Daley, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Ship structural design is changing rapidly. There is a strong trend towards design for all the complex behaviours that actually occur when structures age and fail. New analysis methods and knowledge o... Last Modified: Aug 09, 2010

Ocean Network Seafloor Instrumentation Project Lead Researcher and Department Dr. Vlastimil Masek, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Collaborators and Students Dr. R. Venkatesan, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University; Dr. Cheng Li, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University; Dr. Dennis Peters, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University; Dr. Tariq Iqbal, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University; Dr. Michael Hinchey, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University; Dr. Michael Cada, Dalhousie University Funding Resources Atlantic Innovation Fund, Canada Foundation for Innovation, NSERC Summary This project will build capacity in Atlantic Canadas ocean technology sector through the development of environmentally-neutral arrays of seafloor-based marine sensors for use in monitoring seabed processes. Compact, low-cost sensors called SEAformatics PODS will be self-powered from energy derived from ocean currents. The pods can be used for applications as diverse as seismic imaging for the offshore oil and gas industry to earthquake and tsunami early-warning systems. The pods will

communicate wirelessly with each other, and to the Internet, through surface master units to facilitate real-time observation of the ocean floor from shore-based computers. Dates 2006 - 2012 Keywords Ocean, Sensors, Seismic, Renewable energy, Marine, Seabed, Acoustics Locations St. John's Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Avalon Peninsula Industry Sectors Engineering Research and Development Laboratories (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Scientific Research and Development Services Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences) Oceanographic Research and Development Laboratories (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Scientific Research and Development Services Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences) Thematic Categories Oil & Gas (Energy) Oceans (Environment and Conservation) Departments Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (STJ)

Using Piezoelectric Fibers for Underwater Communications Lead Researcher and Department David Goosney, M. Eng Student; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Collaborators and Students

Dr. Vlastimil Masek, Supervisor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Funding Resources AIF(ACOA), CFI, NSERC Summary My project is to design an underwater acoustic modem using piezoelectric fiber technology. Most acoustic modems available today can only communicate in a small band. In other words, the modems can only communicate with other modems directly in front of them. My goal is to create a modem that can communicate in any direction. There are two main advantages to this approach. It will allow one modem to communicate with many other modems enabling the creation of large networks of underwater devices that can communicate with each other. The second advantage is that the modem will be able to estimate the location of the source. This would be useful in communications between devices that are moving.

This research is part of a larger project called the Ocean Network Seafloor Instrumentation (ONSFI) project. This is a five year project at Memorial aimed at monitoring the ocean floor. A network of sensors will be placed on the ocean floor to monitor things like current, temperature and seismic activity. This will give us new data about the ocean climate and it will improve detection and prediction of natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. The sensors will also provide data on pollution flow and help to monitor the biomass of some species. These sensors will communicate with each other and with the surface using this modem design. Dates 2007 Keywords Piezoelectric Fiber, Acoustic Communication, Underwater Communication, Acoustic Modem Locations St. John's Avalon Peninsula Industry Sectors Electronic Research and Development Laboratories (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Scientific Research and Development Services Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences)

Thematic Categories Electrical and Computer Engineering (Engineering) Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering (Engineering) Departments Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (STJ) Go Back Email Page 2009 Memorial UniversityQuestions about yaffle? Please Contact us :

Development of a Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle or AUV Lead Researcher and Department Michael Hinchey, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Collaborators and Students Duane Hopkins (MEng Student); Terra Nova Marine. Vlasta Masek, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University..