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[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...


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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...


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


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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


David Goosney, M. Eng Student; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University



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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)


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Thematic Categories

Electrical and Computer Engineering (Engineering)

Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering (Engineering)

Departments

Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (STJ)

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