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Center for the Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering

Ice-Ocean Interactions and Bio-Fluids

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Ice-Ocean Interactions and Bio-Fluids

Left: Drift trajectories for buoys within the Distributed Network (red) and additional buoys (gold) overlaid on ocean bathymetry. Right: Morphology and kinematic parameters of the pleopod.

We study fluid mechanics within biology, oceanography, and engineering. Our lab has two main focus areas: ice-ocean interactions and bio-fluids. Examples of current projects include developing an algorithm for processing satellite imagery and quantifying sea ice drift and rotation, understanding links between the observed rotation of sea ice plates in the Arctic and ocean eddies underneath, engineering underwater swarming vehicles for sensing and exploration, and analyzing the near-field body flow of mesozooplankton.

Collaborators

Principal Investigator

  • Monica Martinez Wilhelmus

    Thomas J. and Alice M. Tisch Assistant Professor of Engineering
    Monica_Martinez_Wilhelmus@brown.edu

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

  • Daniel M. Harris

    Assistant Professor of Engineering
    Daniel_Harris3@brown.edu

Sponsors

  • NASA

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  • Office of Naval Research

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Related Publications

Geophysical Research Letters

Evidence of Abrupt Transitions Between Sea Ice Dynamical Regimes in the East Greenland Marginal Ice Zone

July 31, 2023
Watkins, D. M., Bliss, A. C., Hutchings, J. K., & Wilhelmus, M. M. (2023). Evidence of abrupt transitions between sea ice dynamical regimes in the East Greenland marginal ice zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103558. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103558
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Scientific Reports

Pleobot: a modular robotic solution for metachronal swimming

June 13, 2023
Oliveira Santos, S., Tack, N., Su, Y. et al. Pleobot: a modular robotic solution for metachronal swimming. Sci Rep 13, 9574 (2023).
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Asymmetry of motion: vortex rings crossing a density gradient

March 1, 2023
Su, Yunxing, Monica M. Wilhelmus, and Roberto Zenit. “Asymmetry of Motion: Vortex Rings Crossing a Density Gradient.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 960 (2023): R1.
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