Dr. Pierre-Philippe J. Beaujean, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean EngineeringFlorida Atlantic University
SeaTech Campus
101 North Beach Road
Dania Beach, FL 33004
(954) 924-7051 (SeaTech Campus)
(954) 924-7270 (Fax)
pbeaujea@seatech.fau.edu
EDUCATION
Summer 2001 -- Doctorate of Philosophy; Florida Atlantic University
- Specialization: Ocean Engineering.
- Dissertation: "Adaptive Coherent Array Processing for High-Speed Acoustic Communication in Very Shallow Water".
- Specialization: Ocean Engineering.
- Thesis: "Sediment Classification of the Sea Floor using the Chirp Sonar and the Biot Model".
- Specialization: Mechanical Engineering.
- Specialization: Mechanical Engineering.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Acoustics
- Acoustics II (EOC 4115, FAU, Spring 2002).
- Ocean and Environmental Data Analysis (EOC3631, FAU, Fall 2001).
- Ocean and Environmental Data Analysis (EOC3631, FAU, Fall 2000).
- Ocean and Environmental Data Analysis (EOC4631, senior level, Summer 2000).
CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS
Underwater Acoustic Communications and Navigation Systems
- Synchronous High-Speed Acoustic Communication and Navigation for Undersea Search and Survey Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (ONR).
- High-Speed Acoustic Gateway and Acoustic Channel Monitoring (ONR).
- Development of an Air Deployable Self-Mooring A-Sized Navigation and Communication Buoy for Support of Littoral AUV Missions (ONR).
- Development of a Small, Multi-Purpose, Autonomous Surface Vessel (ONR).
- Acoustic Telemetry for AUV-Si student competition (non-funded).
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Communications in Underwater Acoustics
- P.P.J.Beaujean and L.R. LeBlanc, "Spatio-Temporal Processing of Coherent Acoustic Communication Data in Shallow Water", IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., Jan. 2000, Vol. 25, no.1, pp. 40-51.
- P.P.J. Beaujean, "Spatio-Temporal Processing of Coherent Acoustic Communication Data in Shallow Water", IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., accepted for publication by the review committee and by the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. James Preisig), under final corrections as per requested by the review committee.
- P.P.J. Beaujean, Steven G. Schock, "Property Inversion of the Sea Floor Geophysical Properties using the Chirp Sonar and the Biot Model", pending.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Communications in Underwater Acoustics
- Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Emmanuel Bernault, "A New Multichannel Spatial Diversity Technique for Long-Range Acoustic Communications in Shallow Water", 1st Pan-Am./Iberian Mtg on Acoustics, Ac. Soc. of Am., Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2002.
- Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Lester LeBlanc, "High-Speed Acoustic Communication in Shallow Water using Multiple Coherent Path Beamformer Technique", 141st Meeting of Acoust. Soc. of Am., Chicago, IL, June 2001.
- Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Lester LeBlanc, "Spatio-Temporal Processing Of Coherent Acoustic Communication Data In Shallow Water", Proc. of IEEE Oceans’2000, September 2000, Providence, RI.
- Lester R. LeBlanc, Matthew Singer, Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Cecile Boubli, Jochen R. Alleyne, "Improved Chirp FSK Modem for High Reliability Communications in Shallow Water", IEEE Oceans’ 2000 Proc.
- Lester R. LeBlanc, Pierre-Philippe J. Beaujean, Matthew R. Singer, Cécile Boubli, Guénael T. Strutt, "Chirp FSK Modem for High Reliability Communication in Shallow Water", MTS/IEEE Oceans’ 99, Sept. 1999, Seattle, WA. Published in Conference Proceedings.
- Lester LeBlanc, Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, "Adaptive Beamformer for Communication in Shallow Water", Proceedings of the IEEE/MTS Ocean Community Conference ’98, November 16 1998.
- Lester R. LeBlanc, P.P. Beaujean, keynote paper, "Underwater Acoustic Communication in Shallow Water", Oceanology 98, Brighton, UK, Vol. 2 pp. 209-221.
- Lester R. LeBlanc, and P.P. Beaujean; "Multi-Frequency Shift Key for Acoustic Modem", IEEE Symp. on Autonomous Vehicle Tech. 96 Proc., pp. 160-166.
- Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Julia Gazagnaire, Joseph Cuschieri, "A 3D Forward-Look Sonar Simulation Model", 1st Pan-Am./Iberian Mtg on Acoustics, Acoust. Soc. of Am., Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2002.
- J. M. Cuschieri, L. LeBlanc, M. Singer and P. P. Beaujean, "Development of a 3-D Forward-Look Electronically Scanned Sonar System". IEEE Oceans’ 96, Fort Lauderdale.
- L. R. LeBlanc, J. M. Cuschieri, , M. Singer and P. P. J. Beaujean, "Electronically Steered and Focused Forward-Looking Scan Sonar", IEEE Symp. on Autonomous Vehicle Tech. 96 Proc., pp. 146-153.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Communications in Underwater Acoustics
- P.P.J. Beaujean, "Adaptive Coherent Array Processing for High-Speed Acoustic Communication in Very Shallow Water", Ph.D. Dissertation, Florida Atlantic University, August 2001.
- P.P.J. Beaujean, "Sediment Classification of the Sea Floor using the Chirp Sonar and the Biot Model", Master’s Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Dec. 1995.