SiPLABoratory

In a nutshell

People involved: > 50 (Brazil ~30, Canada 1, Portugal 15, Belgium 6)
Secondments: 116 secondments/months (15 planned, 10 not performed) in partner institutions involving 32 researchers (Brazil 17, Canada 1, Portugal 10, Belgium 4)
Publications: 24 documents total (thesis, reports, papers and conference papers)
Experiments: one preliminary engineering test in 2009 and a sea trial in November 2010 in the Cabo Frio area
Degrees:L.P. Maia (MsC), O. Carriére (PhD), N. Martins (PhD, foreseen)
Agreements: COPPE - ULB agreement; UALG - IEAPM (underway), ... and maybe other
Open future collaborations: collaboration in teaching, research program with UFF and others.

2012

Final OAEx report: here

Secondment 9/12: J.-P. Hermand and L. Ponsoni to C-MARS (Mai/12).
Objectives: future collaborations.

Secondment 8/12: J.-P. Hermand, L. Ponsoni and Quan-Yan to COPPE (Jun/12).
Objectives: data processing.

Secondment 7/12: M. Simões and L. Barreira to CINTAL (Jul/12).
Objectives: sum-up meeting and final report draft and future collaborations.

Secondment 6/12: E. Vale and C. Diniz to CINTAL (Mai-Jun/12).
Objectives: OAEx'10 data processing.

Secondment 5/12: P. Felisberto, O. Rodríguez and A. Silva to C-MARS (May-Jun/12).
Objectives: to discuss acoustic modelling and underwater communications issues.

Secondment 4/12: J.-P. Hermand to IEAPM (Apr/12).
Objectives: to participate on final project workshop.

Secondment 3/12: S.M. Jesus, P. Felisberto, A. Silva and O. Rodríguez to IEAPM (Apr/12).
Objectives: to participate on final project workshop.

Secondment 2/12: U. Vilaipornsawai to COPPE (Jan/12).
Objectives: to work on underwater communication signals of OAEx sea trial.

Secondment 1/12: S. Ijaz and N. Martins to IEAPM (Jan/12).
Objectives: to work on underwater communications and acoustic - ocean data fusion.

2011

Mid Term OAEx report: here

Secondment 12/11: U. Vilaipornsawai to IEAPM (Dez/11).
Objectives: to work on underwater communication signals of OAEx sea trial.

Secondment 11/11: S.M. Jesus to C-MARS (Oct/11).
Objectives: work on publications and prepare next Rio meeting.

Secondment 10/11: S. Ijaz and N. Martins to IEAPM (Set-Out-Nov-Dez/11).
Objectives: to work on underwater communications and acoustic - ocean data fusion.

Secondment 9/11: J.-P. Hermand and Quan-Yan to C-MARS (Set/11).
Objectives: visit NEPTUNE and VENUS; account for ULB - UVic possible collaborations.

Secondment 8/11: K. Pessek to ULB (Sep/11).
Objectives: Brasilian Navy - ULB collaborations.

Secondment 7/11: J.-P. Hermand to COPPE (Aug/11).
Objectives: prepare publications and visit UFRJ;.

Secondment 6/11: R. Chapman to CINTAL (Jul/11).
Objectives: to participate on sea trial workshop.

Secondment 5/11: M. Simões, I. Simões, L. Artusi, A. Claudia, H. Chaves, C. Diniz (also Ago/11) and L. Barreira to CINTAL (Jul/11).
Objectives: to prepare sea trial data report and participate on sea trial workshop.

Workshop on OAEx'10 sea trial data and processing: proceedings here

Secondment 4/11: L. Maia, K. Pessek and B. Xavier to CINTAL (Jul-Ago/11).
Objectives: to prepare sea trial data report and participate on sea trial workshop.

Secondment 4/11: W. Tatanabe to CINTAL (Jun-Jul/11).
Objectives: process acoustic and oceanographic data of sea trial.

Secondment 3/11: F. Xavier to CINTAL (May-Jun/11).
Objectives: process acoustic and oceanographic data of sea trial.

Secondment 2/11: S.Jesus and P. Felisberto to C-MARS (Abr-May/11).
Objectives: visit NEPTUNE and VENUS; account for conditions for possible collaborations.

Secondment 1/11: L. Maia to ULB (Jan/11).
Objectives: to start sea trial data analysis and prepare data report.

2010

Secondment 8/10: I. Simões to ULB (Dez/10).
Objectives: to start sea trial data analysis and prepare data report;

Secondment 7/10: L. Barreira and A. Claudia to CINTAL (Dez/10).
Objectives: to start sea trial data analysis and prepare data report.

Secondment 6/10: P. J. Santos, P. Felisberto, N. Martins, S. Ijaz and J.-P. Hermand to IEAPM (Nov/10).
Objectives: to participate in the 9 ETAS Conference at IPQM, and in the OAEx sea trial in the Cabo Frio area.

OAEx sea trial 2010: deploying vertical line array

OAEx'10 sea trial data report: here

Secondment 5/10: L. Calado, L. Artusi and H. Calado to ULB (Nov/10).
Objectives: to study ocean circulation modelling and setup the geoacoustic area model

Secondment 4/10: J.-P. Hermand to C-MARS (Sep/10).
Objectives: to visit UViC and NEPTUNE and explore future collaborations.

Secondment 3/10: S.M. Jesus to COPPE (Aug/10).
Objectives: to make various presentations at COPPE and discuss future collaborations with other Brasilian partners.

Secondment 2/10: A. Silva and U. Vilaipornsawai to IEAPM & COPPE (Jul/10).
Objectives: to make various presentations at COPPE and IEAPM and introduce the importance of underwater communications in ocean exploration.

Secondment 1/10: S.Jesus, P. Felisberto, N. Martins, J.-P. Hermand and O. Carriére to IEAPM (Mar-Apr/10).
Objectives: to participate in the OAEx Workshop at IEAPM; to prepare second year project secondment plan and discuss year two activities.

OAEx workshop 2010

OAEx 2010 Workshop Proceedings

2009

Secondment 11/09: H. Chaves to CINTAL (Nov-Dez/09).
Objectives: to process the data acquired during the preliminary experiment of July 2009 in the Cabo Frio area.

Impulse response Ilha dos Porcos Eng. Test (July 2009)

Secondment 10/09: A. Claudia, I. Simões, L. Artusi and H. Carvalho to ULB (Nov-Dez/09).
Objectives: to participate in the geoacoustic model of the area off Cabo Frio as a component of the overall environmental model setup.

Secondment 9/09: O. Rodríguez and J.-P. Hermand to COPPE (Nov/09).
Objectives: to participate in the 8 ETAS Conference at IPQM (Rio) and do acoustic propagation modelling at COPPE/UFRJ.

*J.-P. Hermand, "Geoacoustic characterization and tomographic observation of the shallow water environment: approaches, results and perspectives", Invited presentation at the VIII Underwater Technology Meeting, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha - IpqM, Nov. 2009

*L.P. Maia, J-P. Hermand and C. E. P. Ribeiro, "Inversão geoacústica e localização passiva com array curto e fonte de banda larga", Proceedings of the VIII ETAS - Eighth Underwater Technology Meeting, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha -IpqM, Nov. 2009

*H. C. Macedo, J.-P. Hermand, R. C. Abuchacra, I. C. V. Peres Simões, L. Artusi, and A. G. de Figueiredo, "Medições acústicas em sedimentos marinhos coletados por testemunhos de sondagem," in Proceedings of the VIII ETAS - Eighth Underwater Technology Meeting, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha -IpqM, Nov. 2009

*O.C. Rodríguez, P. Santos, S.M. Jesus, ''Modelização acústica submarina de alta frequência baseada em traçamento de raios: revisão teórica e aplicações actuais", in Proceedings of the VIII ETAS - Eighth Underwater Technology Meeting, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha -IpqM, Nov. 2009

Secondment 8/09: M. Simões to CINTAL (Oct/09).
Objectives: to organize and plan exchanges.

*O. Carrière, J.-P. Hermand, L. Calado, A. C. Paula, and I. C. A. da Silveira, "Feature-oriented acoustic tomography: Upwelling at Cabo Frio (Brazil)," in Proceedings of OCEANS'09 MTS/IEEE, Biloxi, Oct. 2009

Secondment 7/09: L.P. Maia to CINTAL and to ULB (Sep-Out-Nov/09).
Objectives: get acquainted with geoacoustic inversion techniques.

Secondment 6/09: C. Parente and F. Marin to CINTAL (Sep/09).
Objectives: to setup organization aspects and work on acoustic modeling.

Secondment 5/09: O. Carriére to IEAPM (Aug/09).
Objectives: work on ocean tomography.

Secondment 4/09: J.-P. Hermand to IEAPM (Aug/09).
Objectives: work on ocean tomography.

Secondment 3/09: N. Martins to IEAPM (Aug/09).
Objectives: data assimilation for ocean acoustic tomography.

Secondment 2/09: J.P. Santos and P. Felisberto to IEAPM (Jul/09).
Objectives: ocean acoustic tomography inversion techniques and preliminary experiment in the Cabo Frio area.

Ilha dos Porcos Eng. Test (July 2009)

Secondment 1/09: S.M. Jesus and J.-P. Hermand to IEAPM (Feb-Mar/09).
Objectives: project management; set up teams and tasks; prepare work plan for 2009; Short course on "Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing" at IEAPM, Arraial do Cabo (Brazil) (pdf).