SiPLABoratory

Cooperative Glider Navigation and Acoustic Tomography (COGNAT - PTDC/MAR/112446/2009)

In COGNAT a commercially available underwater glider is used for ocean acoustic tomography by towing an horizontal line array of acoustic sensors. This project is funded by PTDC programme, with 120.000 Euro for 2 years. Starting date: June 1st, 2011. Partnership: INESC - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto. People involved: Aníbal Matos (Coordinator) and CINTAL - Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve, António J. Silva (CINTAL). [...more]

Vector sensor system for ocean exploration (SENSOCEAN - PTDC/EEA-ELC/104561/2008)

SENSOCEAN is a project aiming at developing an acoustic vector sensor array (VSA) for an underwater mobile platform (AUV) with application in acoustical exploration of the marine environment. Acoustic vector sensors measure both pressure and the three components of particle velocity. This project is funded by PTDC programme, with 197.445 Euro for 3 years. Starting date: January 1st, 2010. Partnership: CINTAL - Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve. People involved: P. Felisberto (Coordinator), O. Rodriguez, P. Santos and S.M. Jesus (CINTAL). [...more]

Ocean Acoustic Exploration (OAEx - 230855)

OAEx is an exchange project funded under the EU Marie-Curie initiative that aims at reinforcing links, exchanging experiences and methodologies between european and non-european partners in the field of ocean exploration using acoustics. This project is funded by EU under FP7 IRSES program with 187.2 kEuro for 3 years. Starting date: February 1st, 2009. Partnership: CINTAL - Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve (beneficiary), ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), COPPE - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), IEAPM - Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira (Brasil) and C-MARS Canadian Marine Acoustic Remote Sensing Facility (UVic, Canada). People involved: members of all institutions. [...more]

Underwater Acoustic Network (UAN - 225669)

UAN objective is to conceive, develop and test at sea an innovative wireless network integrating submerged, terrestrial and aerial sensors for the protection of off-shore and coastline critical infrastructures. This project is funded by EU under FP7 Collaborative project ICT/Security with 2.95 MEuro for 3 years. Starting date: October 1st, 2008. Partnership: CINTAL - Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve (coordinator), SSI - Selex Sistemi Integrati (Italy), Stifetsen SINTEF ICT (Norway), ISME - Interuniversity Centre of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (Italy), Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI (Sweden) and Kongsberg Maritime (Norway). People involved: A.Silva, P.Felisberto, S.M.Jesus (CINTAL), M.Cresta, R.Massimeli (SSI), T.Reinen, J.Hovem, E.Kampenhoy (SINTEF), A.Caiti, A.Trucco and M.Palmeses (ISME), I.Karasalo, L.Abrahamsson, T.Oberg (FOI), Thor Husoy and Jan-Erik Faugstadmo (KM). [official UAN project web site [...more]

See terminated projects for detailed information about past projects executed at SiPLAB.