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Manoj T. Issac

Assistant Professor


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Department of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Manoj T. Issac

Prior to joining CUSAT in August 2015, Dr. Manoj T. Issac worked as an Assistant Professor (on Contract) at the Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering in the Indian Maritime University (IMU), Visakhapatnam. He holds an undergraduate degree (B. Tech.) in Civil Engineering (1998) from University of Kerala and a masters degree (M. Tech.) in Ocean Engineering (2002) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT M). He also worked as a Project Officer, for two years, in the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras, and had worked on projects sponsored by DRDO labs and other R&D organizations such as NPOL, DRDL, NIOT etc. Dr. Issac received his Ph.D. in Ocean & Naval Architecture Engineering (2011) from Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada where he also had a brief stint as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2013). His research interest includes dynamics modeling of unmanned underwater vehicles, experimental hydrodynamics in controlled and uncontrolled environment, dynamics of offshore platforms.

Field Of Special Interest

Experimental and Numerical Hydrodynamics of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Dynamics Modeling of Underwater Vehicles using Identification Techniques
Dynamics of Floating Offshore Structures

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow in Memorial Universal of Newfoundland, Canada

Worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Ocean & Naval Architecture Engineering at MUN, Canada. The work involved designing an experimental set-up for determination of slamming loads on planing hulls.

Research Project Engineer

Worked as a Project Engineer in the MERLIN Lab at MUN

Design Engineer in Provincial Aerospace Ltd., NL, Canada

Had a short stint at the Provincial Aerospace Limited (PAL), Newfoundland, Canada. The work involved preparation of Technical Manual for the Maritime Surveillance Aircraft.

Education

Ph.D. in Ocean & Naval Architecture Engineering

Memorial University of Newfoundand, St. Johns, NL, Canada in the year 2011. research focused on the experimental hydrodynamics and development of a motion simulation model for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).