People

Dr. Sharath Girimaji

Department Head, Ocean Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Dr. Roger Cordes

Assistant Department Head, Ocean Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Tanjim Amin

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Projects

Identification of the Safety and Integrity Challenges for Carbon Capture Systems Onboard Marine Vessels or Offshore Facilities

Harini Gunda

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Projects

Identification of the Safety and Integrity Challenges for Carbon Capture Systems Onboard Marine Vessels or Offshore Facilities
Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations
Identification of Fire Safety of Current and Emerging Battery Technology for Marine Operations

HeonYong Kang

Assistant Professor, Associate Director of OSSCL

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Faisal Khan, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Head of Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Director of Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC), and Director of Ocean Engineering Safety Institute (OESI)

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Identification of the Safety and Integrity Challenges for Carbon Capture Systems Onboard Marine Vessels or Offshore Facilities
Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations
Identification of Fire Safety of Current and Emerging Battery Technology for Marine Operations

Dr. Paul Mario Koola

Professor Of The Practice, Ocean Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Automated Inventory Management (AIM)

Prabhakar Pagilla

Associate Department Head, Research and Operations
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
James J. Cain Professor II

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Sivakumar Rathinam

Professor and Industry Advisory Council Faculty Fellow, Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Edgar J. Rojas Muñoz

Assistant Professor; Visual Computing and Computational Media

College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Sreeram Vaddiraju

Associate Professor and Axalta Coating Systems Faculty Fellow
Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Deputy Director, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Identification of Fire Safety of Current and Emerging Battery Technology for Marine Operations

Freddie D. Witherden

Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Katherine “Kyper” Bezanson

Graduate Student Researcher

Visual Computing and Interactive Media program at Texas A&M University

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Madhulika Dey

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Automated Inventory Management (AIM)

Mohammad Elkady

Graduate Assistant Researcher

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Identification of the Safety and Integrity Challenges for Carbon Capture Systems Onboard Marine Vessels or Offshore Facilities

Graciela Camacho Fidalgo

Ph.D. Student

Visual Computing and Interactive Media program at Texas A&M University

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Harsh Mattoo

Graduate Student at ORCA LAB

MS at Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Automated Inventory Management (AIM)

Mueen Baig Mohammed

Student Assistant

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations

Mayur Shivaji Patil

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Anthony Saaiby

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Lawrence Soberanis

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Visualization, Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization, & Fine Art

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Nataraj Sudharsan

Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Dhananjay R. Swamy

Graduate Research Assistant

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Projects

Identification of Fire Safety of Current and Emerging Battery Technology for Marine Operations

Nanda Vinod

Graduate Assistant – Research

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering

Projects

Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations

Dyuthi Thampan

Graduate Student

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Projects

Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations

Jiachang Xing

Ph.D. Student

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M Engineering

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels

Vicente Hernandez

Technology Coordinator

ABS

Projects

Improving Safety for Industrial Graphical User Interfaces of Augmented Reality deployed on Wearable Devices

Mejdi Kammoun

Principal Engineer – Energy Transition

Americas Technology, ABS

Projects

Identification of Fire Safety of Current and Emerging Battery Technology for Marine Operations

Subrat Nanda

Chief Data Scientist

ABS

Projects

Automated Inventory Management (AIM)

Onur Semiz

Principal Engineer – Energy Transition

ABS

Projects

Identification of Safety Concerns and Consequences of Ammonia Release during Marine Operations

Jin Wang

Director of Technology – Energy Transition

Americas Technology, ABS

Projects

Critical Factors associated with Transition between Manual and Autonomous Modes of Operation for Autonomous Functions on Marine Vessels