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Prof. Ronald W. Yeung (rwyeung@berkeley.edu)   Research Profile   Cal-SNAME Community

Assist. Prof. Simo Makiharju (makiharju@berkeley.edu)   Additional URL: Flow Lab

Assist. Prof. Reza Alam (reza.alam@berkeley.edu)   Additional URL: TAF-Lab

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Naval Architecture-Ocean Engineering-Offshore Engineering Premier REUNION of 2003



 
Lab Members


Farshad Madhi,
  Ph.D. Student
<madhi@berkeley.edu>

Daewoong Son,  Ph.D. Student
<dwoong.son@berkeley.edu>

Yichen Jiang, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow
<ycjiang@berkeley.edu>

M. Hariri Nokob,  Ph.D. Student
<mhariri@berkeley.edu>

Lu Wang,  Ph.D. Student
<lu_wang_0405@berkeley.edu>

Qian Zhong,  Ph.D. Student
<qzhongs@berkeley.edu>

F. P. Chau, Ph.D. Industrial Fellow
<FPChau@Berkeley.edu>

Ryan Zhongfei Chen, Visiting Research Student (HEU)
<chenzhongfei@hrbeu.edu.cn >

Professor Xinshu Zhang, Visiting Scholar (SJTU, China)
<xinshuz@sjtu.edu.cn >

Professor Xiaofeng Sun, Visiting Scholar (Dalian Maritime Univ, China)
<xiaofengsun@berkeley.edu >

Christian Brekkelmans, MS Student
<xinshuz@sjtu.edu.cn >

Dongchi Yu, MS/PhD Student
<birdmanyu@berkeley.edu>

Yun Linn,  MS Researcher
<linnyl@berkeley.edu>

Laura Chrobak,  UG Researcher
<laura.chrobak@berkeley.edu >

Nicolas Fatras,  UG Researcher
<id23234545@berkeley.edu>

Poppy Hua,  MEng Researcher
<poppyhua@berkeley.edu>


  Most recent graduate: Samuel A. Kanner 


 PhD Defense of Samuel A. Kanner,      
Photo: December 11, 2015.

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 New look of the Berkeley MML - We  have moved from NAB to Evans Hall
to McLaughlin Hall and then to Etcheverry Hall (July , 2012) !! 


 2109 & 2109A EH - Tel. (510)-643-6818      Photo: 8/1/2012

  Four-Member UC Berkeley Team who braved the cold at Harbin, China, to compete
in an International Snow-Sculpture Festival of some 30 schools in January, 2016! 


  Hyung-Taek Kim, Qian Zhong, Dongchi Yu, Daewoong Son      
Photo: Nov 19, 2015

  The Berkeley team received an International Recognition Award
by building a replicate of The Sather Tower  


  Ice and Snow Wonderland, Ice-Sculptures
on January 8, 2016 @ minus 23 deg C.  



In The News:  CMML Grads Roddier & Cermelli's Innovative Offshore-Wind Farm Project

(Recent) Faculty Honors and Awards

Professor Ronald Yeung: “Received the OOAE Division: ASME Lifetime Achievement Award," at the OMAE-2016 Conference, Busan, South Korea, June 21, 2016.

Professor Ronald Yeung: "Conference Chair of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) 2014," San Francisco, California, USA, June 8-13, 2014.

Special Honoring Symposium: "OMAE-2012 Special Symposium on Offshore and Ship Hydrodynamics in Honor of Prof. Ronald W. Yeung," Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Inaugural Appointment of ABS Chair: "Inaugural Faculty Holder of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering", July 1, 2012; "Celebration of Inaugural Appointment," October 29, 2012.

Honorary Professorship at Harbin Engineering University, Professor Ronald Yeung: "Conferral of Honorary Professorship at the Harbin Engineering University," Harbin, China, May 12, 2010.

Best Paper Award of Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium, Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering Conference (OMAE) 2009. Young, Yin Lu and Yeung, Ronald W.: "Hydroelastic Response of Wind or Tidal Turbines" , Award presented at the OMAE-2010 Conference, Shanghai, China.

The SOBENA Award   "Biennial International Researcher Award of the Brazilian Society of Marine Engineers (SOBENA)", Rio de Janeiro, October 14, 2008.

Professor of the Year Award,   "Pi-Tau-Sigma Honor Society of Mechanical Engineering," University of California at Berkeley Chapter, May 15, 2006.

Best-Paper Awards Received  by the "Berkeley MML Team"

Graduate Paper Honor Prize, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 2016, presented at Annual SNAME Meeting, Bellevue, WA, on Nov 4, 2016.
YU, Dongchi,  "Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Wave-Resistance Reduction of Asymmetric Di-Hull Systems by Exploiting Interference Effects," Graduate Student Paper presented at The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 16, 2016.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2014.
Wang, Lu,  "Nonlinear Waves Generation by a Moving Pressure Patch in Arbitrary Water Depth and the Implied Zero-Wave-Resistance (ZWR) Condition," Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 19, 2014, i+19 p.

BMML PhD Graduate Nathan TOM receives prestigious Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) 2014 Subrata Chakrabarti Young Professional Award in recognition of Tom's technical work, "Non-Linear Model Predictive Control Applied to a Generic Ocean-Wave Energy Extractor" (OMAE2013-11247), presented in the Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium of OMAE-2013, in Nantes, France. The American Society of Mechanical Engineering - OMAE Division All-Conference Award was presented to Dr. Tom, in OMAE2014, on JUne 10, 2014.

Graduate Paper Award, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2012.
Cochet, Christophe,  "Hydrodynamic Performance of a Compound Cylinder Extracting Ocean-Wave Energy," Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, February 22, 2012, ii+18 p.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2008.
Elkin, Jonathan D.,  "Hydrodynamic Peculiarities of Catamaran-Like Hull Sections", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, February 20, 2008, ii+28 p.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2006.
Seah, Robert K. M., Resonant Modes of Rectangular Twin Hulls", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, February 12, 2006, 20 p.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2004.
Poupard, G. and Toilliez,  J. O., "Fast Evaluators for Optimal Mutli-hull Configurations", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 16, 2004, 28 p.

Best Paper Award, ASME International - Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Division - JVW Symposium on Water Waves, Ship Waves and Marine Hydrodynamics, 2002, presented in OMAE 2003, Cancun, Mexcico.
J. Andrew Hamilton & R. W. Yeung, "A Perfectly Transparent Spectral Shell for Unsteady Wave-Body Interaction",  Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Oslo, 2002.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize (National), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 2002.
Constantinides, Yiannis, "Vortex-Induced Vibrations (VIV) of Cylinders with Fins", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 21, 2002, 34 p.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize (National), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 1999.
Liao, S.-W. and Roddier, D., "Simulation of Breaking Waves - Theory and Experiments", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April, 1998, 22 pp.

ASME  International - Ocean Engineering Division - Best (Graduate) Student Project Award, 1998.
Roddier, D. and Liao, S.-W., "Generation of Plunging Breakers - Laboratory and Numerical Simulations", Report OEGG-98-1, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group, University of California at Berkeley, July, 1998, 29 pp.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize (National), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers- 1998.
Fotsch, A. R., "Inertia and Damping of Plates and Blocks in Finite-Depth Water", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April 10, 1997, 31 pp.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize (National), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers - 1995.
Hamilton, J. A., "Shell Functions Methodology for Unsteady Hydrodynamics", Graduate Student Paper,  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April 26, 1994, 24 pp.

ASME International - Ocean Engineering Division - Best Student Project Award - Graduate Division, 1994.
Yu, X., "Interaction of Transient Waves with a Circular Surface-Piercing Structure" ASME, Division of Ocean Engineering, Best Student Project Competition, August, 1993.

Most Outstanding Paper Award for Significance and Originality in Ocean Engineering- ASME/OMAE Stavanger - 1990.
Yeung, R. W. and Wu, C.-F., "Viscosity Effects on the Radiation Hydrodynamics of Horizontal Cylinders", Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, vol. 113, pp. 334-343, 1991.

Graduate Paper Honor Prize (National), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers- 1988.
Jimenez, Craig,, "Hydrodynamics of Sailboards", Graduate Student Paper,  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March, 1988.


Visitors & Affiliates

Prof. Xinshu Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
<xinshuz@sjtu.edu.cn >

Dr. Jiawen Li,  Tianjin University, China
<carmen.jiawen.li@gmail.com >

Edward Fagan (Ph.D. Cand.),  National University Ireland, Galway, Ireland
<e.fagan1@nuigalway.ie>

Professor Dong-Qiang Lu, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China,
<dqlu@shu.edu.cn>

Assistant Professor Yu-Hsien (Vincent) Lin,  National Taiwan Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
<vyhlin@mail.ncku.edu.tw >

Professor Baozhu Jia,  Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
<jiabzh@gmail.com>

Dr. Hu Jian, Associate Professor,  Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
<hujian791018@163.com >

Hannes Hatecke, Visiting Researcher ,  Technical Univ Hamburg - Harburg
<hannes@hatecke.de>

Professor Jae-Moon Lew,  Chungnam University, S. Korea
<jmlew@cnu.ac.kr>

Professor Bertrand Alessandrini,  Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Bertrand.Alessandrini@ec-nantes.fr

Professor R.Cengiz Ertekin, University of Hawaii at Manoa
ertekin@hawaii.edu

Dr. Harry Bingham, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
hrb@imm.dtu.dk

Dr. Jang Whan Kim, American Bureau of Shipping, Houston
jangkim@eagle.org

Professor Sergio Sphaier, COPPE, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
sphaier@infolin.com.br

Prof. Sun Hong Kwon, Pusan National University, S. Korea
shkwon@pusan.ac.kr

Professor Kwang-June Bai, Seoul National University, S. Korea
kjbai@snu.ac.kr

Professor Solomon Yim, Oregon State University
solomon.yim@orst.edu

Professor Yusaku Kyozuka, Research Institute of Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
kyozuka@taikai.esst.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Professor Hideyuki Seto, National Defense Academy, Yokohama, Japan
seto@cc.nda.ac.jp


Alumni & Graduates of Professor Ronald Yeung

Samuel A. Kanner,  Ph.D. Dec 2015, Development Engineer, Principle Power Inc, Seattle, Washington.
<kanner.sam@gmail.com>

Pierre Lecointre,  MS, Dec 2015,   Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
<pierre.lecointre@polytechnique.edu>

Dongchi Yu,  MS, Dec 2015,  Univ. of California at Berkeley,
<birdmanyu@berkeley.edu>

Saim Ozel,  MS, Dec 2015,  Dept of the Navy, Turkey,
<saimozel2@hotmail.com>

Bo Yang,  MS, May 2015,  Univ. of California at Berkeley,
<yangbo90@berkeley.edu>

Qian Zhong,  MS, Dec 2015,  Univ. of California at Berkeley,
<qzhong@berkeley.edu>

Andrew Czarniak,  MS, May 2015,  U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.,
<andrewczarniak@berkeley.edu>

Brian S. Howard,  MS, May 2015,  U.S. Coast Guard, Galveston, TX,
<Brian.S.Howard89@gmail.com >

Valentin Belissen,  MS, Dec 2014,  Nenuphar Winds, Lille, France
<v.belissen@gmail.com>

Tristan Leclercq,  MS, Dec 2014,  Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
<tristan.leclercq.x2010@gmail.com>

Elena Koukina,  MS, Dec 2014,  General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts
<elena.koukina@berkeley.edu>

David Fernandez,  MS, Dec 2014,  Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
<dfg82@berkeley.edu>

Abdulrahman Jbaily,  MS, Dec 2014,  Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
<ajbaily@berkeley.edu>

Yichen Jiang,  Ph.D. May 2014, Post-doctoral Fellow, Univ. of California at Berkeley
<ycjiang@berkeley.edu>

Nathan Tom,  Ph.D. Dec 2013, Post-Doc Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
<nathan.tom@nrel.gov>

Farshad Madhi,  MS, Dec 2012,  Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
<madhi@berkeley.edu>

Wen Yin (Jan) Chow,  MS, May 2012,  American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, TX
<jan.chow85@gmail.com>

Samuel A. Kanner,  MS, May 2012,  Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
<kanners@berkeley.edu>

Chloe Matte,  MS, May 2011,  Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris, France
<chloe.matte@gmail.com>

Christophe Cochet,  MS, May 2011,  Electricitie de France, Lyons, France
<cochetc@gmail.com >

Meghan E. Sinclair,  MEng, May 2011,  U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.
<meghanesinclair@gmail.com >

Diego Delgardo Garcia,  MS, Dec 2010,  American Bureau of Shipping, Madrid, Spain
<dggiraldo@gmail.com >

Federick We You Toh,  MS, Dec 2010,  InCat Crowther, Lafayette, Lousianna
<fredtoh@gmail.com>

Nathan Tom,  MS, May 2009,  Univ of California, Berkeley
<nathan.m.tom@gmail.com>

Antoine Peiffer, MEng, May 2009,  Marine Innovation & Technology, Berkeley, CA
<antoine_peiffer@minifloat.com>

Tomasz Matlak,  MS, May 2008,  Schlumberger, Houston, TX
<tamatlak@gmail.com>

Jonathan Elkin,  MS, May 2008,  Jeppesen Marine, Alameda, CA
<Jonathan.Elkin@jeppesen.com>

Hui Wan,  Ph.D. 2008, Researcher, Wright State University / Wright-Patterson Air Force Base R&D Center, Patterson, Ohio
(wanh@uclink.berkeley.edu)

Surya Banumurthy,  MS 2008, Flow Tech, Houston, TX
(suryaprakash@berkeley.edu)

Wan Ling Ham,  MS 2008,  Defense Department, Singapore
  <fan.wanling@gmail.com>

Robert K. M. Seah,  Ph.D. 2007, Chevron (Texaco) Energy Company, Houston, TX
(Robseah@yahoo.com)

Tomasz Matlak,  MS 2008, Schlumberger, Inc., Houston, TX
(
totjm@berkeley.edu)

Jonathan Elkin,  MS 2006, Jeppesen Maritime, Alameda, CA.
(jekin99@yahoo.com)

Yong Z. Lu,  MS 2006, Lockheed Martin  Inc., Synnyvale, CA
(abyz6@uclink4.berkeley.edu

John Imamura, MS 2006, University of California at Berkeley
(jimamura@newton.berkeley.edu)

Alexia Aubault, MS 2005, Marine Innovation and Technology, San Francisco
(alexia.aubault@ensta.org)

Robert K-M. Seah, MEng 2006, University of California at Berkeley
(robseah@berkeley.edu)

Jon Silverberg,
MEng 2005, US Navy - Aviation Corps
(redcooper@yahoo.com)

Todd Raybon,  MEng 2005, USCG, Alameda, CA
(tfraybon@sbcglobal.net)

Andrew Polay,
  MEng 2005,  Moffat & Nichols, San Francisco
(APolay@moffattnichol.com)

Grégoire Poupard
, MS 2004,  Elf-TOTAL, Paris France
(g_poupard@hotmail.com)

Jean Toilliez, MS 2004, University of California at Berkeley
(Toilliez@newton.berkeley.edu)

John Semtner, MS 2003 - Lockheed - Martin Inc, Sunnyvale, CA
(jsemtner@me.berkeley.edu)

Radhika Pochana, MS 2003 - Univ of Calif., at Berkeley
(radhikap@uclink.berkeley.edu)

Kevin Beatley, MS 2003 - USN - Submarine Corps
(kevinbeatley@hotmail.com)

J. Andrew Hamilton, PhD 2002, Monterey Bay Aquatic Research Institute (MBARI)
(andy@stokes.oe.berkeley.edu , hamilton@mbari.org

Mathieu Beunier, MS 2002, SAIPEM, France
(mathieu.beunier@saipem-sa.com)

Yiannis Constantinides, MS 2001, Chevron-Texzco, Inc, Houston, TX.
(ycon@chevrontexaco.com)

Shihwei (Simon) Liao, PhD  2000, Conoco-Phillips, Houston, TX
(shihwei.liao@us.abb.com)

Dominique Roddier, PhD 2000, Marine Innovation and Technology, San Francisco, CA  (Link)
roddier@minifloat.com

Guillaume Ardoise, MEng 1999,  SBM (SIngle-Buoy Mooring), Monaco
Guillaume.Ardoise@singlebuoy.com

Tullio Celano III, MEng 2000, US Naval Academy
(celano@yahoo.com)

Mark Digiovanni, MS 1998, DigiTerra.Com, Boston, MA
(MDiGiovanni@digiterra.com

Bjorn Ra, MEng 1997, Norske Veritas ?  (check email)
(bjorn@???)

Thai Nguyen, PhD 1997, US Navy Coastal Systems
(NguyenTC@ncsc.navy.mil

Nathaniel Fennell, MS, 1997, BMT Scientific Marine Services, Inc
(nfennell@scimar.com)

Tony Fotsch, MEng 1996, Bureau Veritas, Miami
(afotsch@bureauveritas.com)

Xing Yu, MS 1992, PhD 1996, Independent Consultant, Shanghai
(gyumail@yahoo.com)

Scott Coakely, PhD 1995, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
(scott@exponent.com)

Christian Cermelli, MS 1991, PhD 1995,  Marine Innovation and Technology, San Francisco, CA  (Link)
(cermelli@minifloat.com)

Hsien Wei  LU, MS 1994, Taiwan
(///////)

Andy Hamilton, MS 1993, UC Berkeley
(andy@stokes.oe.berkeley.edu)

Mahalingam Vaidhyanathan, MS 1990, PhD 1993, EEE, San Francisco
(Vaidhy@Servi.Net)

Mark Gosselin, MS 1992,  Univ of Florida
(///)

P. Ananthakrishnan , PhD 1992, Florida Atlantic University, FL
(ananth@oe.fau.edu)

Mark Grosenbaugh, PhD 1988, Woods Hole Institute of Oceanography, MA
(mgrosenbaugh@whoi.edu)

Chunfa Wu, MS 1987, PhD 1990, Sea Engineering Inc., Houston
(chunfawu@sea-engr.com)

Arata Kamishohara, MS 1990, Mitsui Inc, Japan
???.

Petri Valanto, PhD 1989, HSVA, Hamburg
(Valanto@hsva.de)

Clifford Fischer, MS 1989,Chevron-Texaco
(???@chevrontexaco.com)

James Ochs, MS 1989, GustoMSC-Ocean Design Inc.Houston, TX
(jaochs@yahoo.com)

Tzung-Hang Lee, MS 1989,  Chung Ching Unviersity, Taiwan
(THLee@???.tw)

Craig Jimenez, MS 1988, AwlBiz.com
<craig@AwlBiz.com>

Nick Caruso, MS 1988, Weathenroute, Cuperinto?
(?????)

Panos Kliafas, MS 1987, Athens, Greece?
(?????)

Peter Minnick, MS 1987, USCG, Baltimore, MD
(PMinnick@elcbalt.uscg.mil)

Richard Scott Graham MS 1987, Northrup Gruman?
(?????)

Joseph Brusseau, MEng 1986, United States Coast Guard
(?????)

Hiroshi Innoue, MS 1986, Hitachi Zosen, Japan
(?????)

Olof Sanford, MS 1986, Ministry of  Transportation, Sweden
(///@hotmail.sw)

Damien Feger, MS 1985, Aerospaciel, Paris, France
(????  )

Ming-Yao Lee, PhD 1985,Chevron-Texaco, Houston
(LeeM@chevrontexaco.com)

Peter Chang, MS 1984,  David Taylor Research Center
(????  )

Sea Heon Kim, SM 1978, PhD 1982,  Consultant, San Jose
(??@hotmail.com)

Woei-Min Lin, MS 1982, Science Applications Inc (SAIC), Annapolis, MD
(woei-min.Lin@SAIC.com)

Paul Sclavounos, PhD 1981, Mass Inst of Technology
(pauls@mit.edu)

Dale P-K Fung,  SM 1981, Consulatant, Hong Kong
(????  )

Paul Weinacht, SM 1980, US Army Corps of Engineers
(????  )

Wooi Tong Tan, SM 1979, University of Hong Kong?
(????  )

Fernando A. De A.R.E. Castro, SM&OE 1979, Naval Architect, Lisbon, Portugal
(??????)

Soichi Ito, SM 1977, Nippon Kokan Kai, Osaka, Japan
(?????)

Yann Christian Bouger, SM  1977, Elf-Total, Paris, France
(ybouger@aol.com)

Ki-Han Kim, PhD 1977,  Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
(??@onr.navy.mil)

Romeo Bruce, PhD 1977, Phillipines Navy
(??@hotmail.com)

Wei-Yuan Hwang, SM 1976,Maritime Simulation Center, Kings Point
(???)

Yoon-Ho Kim, SM 1975, NSWC-CD Bethesda
(KimYH@nswccd.navy.mil)

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