Dr. Frederick R. Driscoll

Associate Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology

Department of Ocean Engineering, SeaTech Campus
Florida Atlantic University
101 North Bearch Road
Dania Beach, FL
USA, 33004

Phone: (954)924-7221
Fax: (954)924-7233
E-mail: rdriscol@oe.fau.edu
Laboratories: Applied Ocean Systems Laboratory
                       Center for Ocean Energy Technology

RESUME



I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. I received both my Bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. My Bachelor’s is in Mechanical Engineering and my Ph.D. is multidisciplinary in both Mechanical Engineering and Earth and Ocean Sciences.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Ocean energy technology

  • SeaBasing systems

  • Dynamics of cable-vehicle/platform systems

  • Offshore structures

  • Dynamics and control of mechanical systems

  • Autonomous and remotely controlled vehicles

  • Field data acquisition and signal processing

  • Numerical simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Physical Oceanography

RESEARCH AWARDS AND PATENTS

  • Researcher of the Year, 2002 - 2003, College of Engineering, Florida Atlantic University
  • Researcher of the Year, 2003 - 2004, University Wide, Florida Atlantic University

  • "Underwater Payload Mooring System," Provisional patent (#. 60\888,418), 2007, F. R. Driscoll, P. P. Beaujean, and J. C. Frankenfield.
  • "Deployable and Autonomous Mooring System", 7,179,145, 2007, F. R. Driscoll, T. Pantelakis, C. Castanier, and W. Venezia.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • J. VanZwieten, T. VanZwieten, and F.R. Driscoll, 2007 "Station Keeping for Small Ships using Real Time Path Planning," submitted to the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.
  • F.R. Driscoll, P.P. Beaujean, and W.A. Venezia, 2006 "Development and Testing of an A-Sized Rapidly Deployable Navigation and Communication GATEWAY Buoy," submitted to the Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 40, 36-46
  • J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, and G. Deane, In Press 2006, "Design of a Prototype Ocean Current Turbine Part I: Mathematical Modeling and Dynamics Simulation," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 33, 1485-1521.
  • J. VanZwieten, F.R. Driscoll, A. Leonessa, and G. Deane, In Press 2006, "Design of a Prototype Ocean Current Turbine Part I: Flight Control System Development," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 33, 1522-1551.
  • B. Buckham, F.R. Driscoll, and M. Nahon, 2004, "Development of a Finite Element Cable Model for use in Low-Tension Dynamics Simulation", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 71, 476-485
  • B. Buckham, F.R. Driscoll, and M. Nahon, 2004, "Three Dimensional Dynamics Simulation of Slack Tether Motion in an ROV system", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 14, 218-226.
  • W. Venezia, W. Baxley, P. Tatro, M. Dhanak, F.R. Driscoll, P. Beaujean, S. Shock, S. Glegg, E. An, M. Luther, B. Weisberg, H. DeFerrari, N. Williams, H. Nguyen, N. Shay, J. Van Leer, R. Dodge, D. Gilliam, A. Soloviev, S. Pomponi, M. Crane, and K. Carter, 2003, "SFOMC, A Successful Navy And Academic Partnership Providing Sustained Ocean Observation Capabilities in the Florida Straits", Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 37, 81-91.
  • R.G. Lueck, F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon , 2000, "A Wavelette for Predicting the Time-Domain Response of Vertically Tethered Systems," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 27, 1441-1453.
  • F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon and R.G. Lueck, 2000, "A Comparison of Ship-Mounted and Cage-Mounted Passive Heave Compensation Systems," Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol 122, 214-221.
  • F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon and R.G. Lueck, 2000 "Development and Validation of a Lumped-Mass Dynamics Model of a Deep Sea ROV System," Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 22, 169-181.
  • F.R. Driscoll, R.G. Lueck and M. Nahon, 2000, "The Motion of a Deep Sea Remotely Operated Vehicle System. Part 1: Motion Observations," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 27, 29-56.
  • F.R. Driscoll, R.G. Lueck and M. Nahon, 2000, "The Motion of a Deep Sea Remotely Operated Vehicle System. Part 2: Analytic Model," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 27, 57-76.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • F.R. Driscoll, Anthony Venezia, Gabriel Alsenas, Fidel Galvan, Branka Radanovic, and Mark Selfridge, 2006, "Development and Testing of a Scale model Deep Water Stable Craneship for SeaBased Cargo Transfer", Proceedings of the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference San Francisco, California, USA, digital proceedings.
  • James H. VanZwieten and Frederick R. Driscol, 2006, "A General Small Vessel Simulation Validated through Sea Trials," Proceedings of the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference San Francisco, California, USA, digital proceedings.
  • F.R. Driscoll, P. Beaujean, William Venezia, and Freitag, 2005, "Development and Testing of an A-sized Rapidly Deployable Navigation and Communication GATEWAY buoy", Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2005 conference, digital proceedings.
  • B. Buckham, F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon, and B. Radanovic, 2003, "Complete Dynamics Simulation of Slack ROV Tethers", International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, 127-134.
  • F. R. Driscoll, W. Venezia, D. Curic, and T. Pantelakis, 2002, "A Combination Air Deceleration and Mooring Module for A-Sized Buoys," Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2002 conference, 2060 - 2067.
  • B. Radanovic and F.R. Driscoll, 2002, "Development of an Efficient General Purpose Cable Model and Simulation for Marine Applications," Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2002 conference, 433 - 440.
  • B. Buckhan, F. R. Driscoll and M. Nahon, 2001, " Development of a Finite Element Cable Model for use in Low-Tension Dynamics Simulation," Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Vol. 1, 161-169.
  • F. R. Driscoll, B. Buckham, and M. Nahon, 2000, " Numerical Optimization of a Cage-Mounted Passive Heave Compensation System," Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2000 conference, Vol. 2, 1121-1127.
  • F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon, R.G. Lueck, 1998, "A Comparison Between Ship-Mounted and Cage-Mounted Passive Heave Compensation Systems," Proceedings of OCEANS' 98 IEEE, Vol. 3, 1449-1454.
  • F.R. Driscoll, M. Nahon, and R.G. Lueck, 1996, "Experimental Measurement of the Coupled Motion of a Ship and a Deep-Sea Remotely-Operated Vehicle System," Proceedings of OCEANS' 96 MTS/IEEE, Vol. 3, 1497-1499.
  • F.R. Driscoll and R.G. Lueck, 1996, "Dynamic Coefficient Estimation Using Variational and Least-Squares Techniques," Proceedings of OCEANS'96 MTS/IEEE, Vol. 1, 499-504.
  • F.R. Driscoll and M. Nahon, 1996, "Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of a Moored Buoy System," Proceedings of OCEANS'96 MTS/IEEE, Vol. 1, 517-523.