Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Student Publications
Submissions from 2026
Correlation Between Particulate Matter and Aerosol Optical Depth Following the 2023 Wildfire Smoke Event in NYC, Trinity Abraham
ReefStarter Deployment System, Dylan Alvarez, Jacob Elston, Alex Ketchen, and Jaidyn Lodens
The September 17th, 2025, Gigantic Jet off the Puerto Rican Coast: A Case Study, Jaedon Benbow
N.A.U.T.I.L.U.S.: Natural Aquaculture Using Technology In Living Underwater Systems, Joey Ciocher, Abby Vallejo, Will Marble, Martin Pham, and Roger Jiang
Waste Not, Get Watts: Waste-to-Energy and Gas-to-Energy Systems Comparison, Sydney E. Cordeiro
Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Ulva lactuca: Theoretical Nutrient Removal and Fertilizer Reuse Potential, Audrey Crawford
Does Information Loss Bias Our Estimates of Predation in the Fossil Record?, Ashcon Davachi
Recycling Spent Brewing Yeast as a Shrimp Feed Supplement, John Denvir
Microgravity Simulator, Aruna Dookeran, Alexander Montano, Elias Orellana, and Aiden Smart
Plant growth promoting phenotypes of fungal isolates from the International Space Station, Shane Doyle and Frances A. Edmonson
Growing Pains: A Genetic Comparison of Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) with Differing Growth Rates, Michelle Gargiulo
Midwest Extremes: Quantifying 26 Years of Excessive Heat Events and Demographic Risk, Nasir Grant
Microburst Day Potential Index: Improving Launch and Public Safety, Zachary Kopel
Multi-Strain Assessment of Quorum Sensing in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Jacqueline Krueger
Influence of Sediment Composition on Seagrass Growth, Hattie Lechner and Joshua Ahrens
Factors Contributing to the Intensity of Two 2022 Lake Effect Snowstorms at Lake Erie, Johnny Murray
The Carbon Dioxide Utilization Potential of Marine Algae, Declan O'Leary, Giovanni Williams, Joey Ciocher, Aidan Yeilding, Eddie Wawrzycki-Stein, Melvin Jarrett, William Marple, Olivia Mullenski, Abby Tickett, Connor Burnand, and David Kulcsar
Current Capture, Maggie Palmer, Colin Stefan, Ricky Gay, Sofia Scarpa, and Hayden Linkel
The Atmospheric Effects on the Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Sandy, Natalie Paone
Conservation of Stress and Immune Gene Families Across Major Aquaculture Fish Species, Julia Pearson, Rana Alghorir, Maryam Young, Abby Briggs, and Sonia Peters
Brevards Microplastics: A Literature Review and Proposed Methods to Study Florida Beaches, Kenna Peters
Finding Jaws: DNA Barcoding Shark Cartilage to Identify Species, Kenna Peters
Thermoelectric Migraine Cooling Cap, Emily Ralston
Hydrodynamic Response to Hurricane Forcing at Sebastian Inlet, Ava Russin
The Forecasting Challenge of Snow Cover Induced Temperature Depressions, Lucas Silva
Ontogeny of Microbial Community Structure in Shoal Grass Grown In Biochar-Amended Sediments, Sajeda Slhoub, Nicole Katz, Joey Ciocher, Jack Denvir, Jenisse Louis, and Katelynn Zagami
Tiny Engineers: How PolycheateWorms can Extend Sedimentary Oxic Layers and Create Better Seagrass Habitats, Natalie Spohn
Impact of bryozoans on the PSII efficiency of Sargassum, Maxwell Ronan Stanfield
ERA5 vs ASOS: Verifying Reanalysis Accuracy in the Fort Pierce EF3 Tornado, Anastasia Vosinakis
Submissions from 2025
Identifying the Presence of Quorum Sensing-like Behavior in the Single Celled Alga Chlamydomonas nivalis, Joshua Ahrens
Variations and Inaccuracies in Observational and Reanalysis Atmospheric Water Content Data in Tampa, FL, Madisen F. Alvarez
Mechanatee: A Biomimetic R.O.V., Cannon Bogar, Aidan Calenda, Jackson Clendenin, James Lacey, Laura Mace, Alexandra Staros, Eden Stroman, and Jacob Warner
The Effect of Oyster-Shell Orientation on Biomass Accumulation, Robert Bossert
Precipitable Water Vapor Trends by Layer Over Florida, Deztynee Ajah Bryan
N.A.U.T.I.L.U.S.: Natural Aquaculture Using Technology In Living Underwater Systems, Joe Ciocher, Abby Vallejo, CJ Gagni, Will Marble, Rana Alghorir, Martin Pham, and Roger Jiang
O.R.C.A., McKenzie Connors, Logan Fink, William Lochte, and Katherine Wade
TEC-V ROV, Stephen Coster, Henry Hill, Gabor Papp, and Michael Dowling
Iron (III) and Grain Size in the IRL, Kyle Dobberman
Investigating a Concentrated Tornado Outbreak in Southeastern Florida Preceding Hurricane Ian’s Direct Impact, Mia Aurora Dorval
The “Godzilla” Dust Plume: A Case Study Over San Juan, Puerto Rico, Lourdes Duren-Calo
Genetic Insight on Two Elasmobranch Species in Sri Lanka, Dylan Gore, Kenna Peters, Buddhi Pathirana, Annais Muschett-Bonilla, Christine Sarkis, and Sahan Thilakaratna
Analyzing the Cause of Catastrophic Storm Surge during Hurricane Michael (2018) in the Florida Panhandle, Emma J. Keegan
The 1998 Central Florida Tornado Outbreak: A Comprehensive Case Study in Tampa, FL, Brandan Keen
Case Study: KPHL Visibility in December Causing Aircraft Diversions, Emma Kocsis
Mechanisms of Twin Cyclones in 2009 Without the Influence of the MJO, Seth Lee
The Effects of Artificial Light on IRL Chlorophyll Content, Julia Lonks
Ontogeny of Microbial Community Structure in Different Seagrass Growing Substrates, Ranamae Malubay, Carmen Braun, Jack Denvir, Nicole Katz, Jenisse Louis, and Sajeda Shloub
Biochar Remediation of Regolith Leachate, Mia Markiet
Investigating Sea Breeze Climatology In Tampa, Florida Using Reanalysis Data, Caitlin Neuman
Where is the Big Fish?, Declan O'Leary, Eddie Wawrzycki-Stein, Michael Kerestes, and Regan Shane
Microplastics Collection in Crane Creek, Mitchell Oswalt
Hail Associated with Severe Thunderstorms: Case Study of an Event on April 26, 2023, in Brevard County, FL, Brandon M. Oubre
A Case Study: Hurricane Irma’s Forecast Impact on Key West, Austin Portner
A Case Study: Hurricane Irma’s Forecast Impact on Key West, Austin Portner
Effect of Urbanization on Bird Biodiversity in the Indian River Lagoon, Brice Smith
Climate Change and the Biogeography of a Critical Component of Coral Reefs, Summer R. Smith
Mapping the Botanical Gardens: A Guide to Florida Tech’s Greenspace, Paolo A. Soto
Species-specific eDNA detection of Atlantic Tarpon, Paolo A. Soto
Hidden Hammerheads: Discovering Genetic Markers of Differentiation and Hybridization in Cryptic Shark Species, Kieran Stein, Rachel Schweppe, Abby Hesterhagen, and Michelle Gargiulo
Environmental Justice Guide for Melbourne, Florida, April Sullins
Assessing the Correlation between Chlorophyll a Levels in Biofilm and the Water Column, Madison Tate
Response of Coral-Reef Fish to Fishing Pressure, Allyah Vega
Submissions from 2024
Forecasting Pitch Response of Floating OffshoreWind Turbines with a Deep Learning Model, Mohammad Barooni and Deniz Velioglu Sogut
Contaminant Exposure and Liver and Kidney Lesions in North American River Otters in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Ami Krasner, Megan Stolen, David Rotstein, and Spencer Fire
The Benefits of Biofouling – Promoting the Growth of Benthic Organisms to Enhance Ecosystem Services, Kailey Nicole Richard, Kelli Z. Hunsucker, Travis J. Hunsucker, and Geoffrey Swain
Submissions from 2019
A GIS-Based Synthesis Of Relict Shorelines In Pennsular Florida, Justin O. Hardin
Submissions from 2016
Onshore Wind Acceleration Across the Indian River Lagoon, Mohamed Al Sabri
Occurrence of Native Mangroves and Invasive Brazilian Pepper on Recreation vs. Conservation Spoil Islands, Hailey L. Ambrose
The Role Of Topography In Precipitation On The Maritime Continent, Michael Barnett
Solar Boat, Brandon Burghardt, Thibaud Le Merdy, Brett Palaschak, Riggs Brusnigham, Ashley Flondro, Jon Rabenold, Gianmarco Casiraghi, Joshua Dube, and Majed Alkhalaf
Remotely Operated Sea Crawler (ROSCo V), Brooklynn Byford, Sean Kohn, Kyle Tseka, and A. Vinje
The Fluidizer (Sand Management Device) 2016, Morgan Cespedes, Ryan Christiansen, Shouyu Chen, Phillip Clancy, Eric Schifferl, Nathen Winter, and Adam Zajac
Marine Current Turbine Prototypes, Phil Clancy, Eric Schiferl, Nathen Winter, Adam Zajac, Shouyu Chen, Morgan Cespedes, and Ryan Christiansen
Sands of Time: a Renourished Beach vs. a Non-renourished Beach, Tania Kilcullen
Verification of Precipitation Forecasts from National Weather Service High Resolution Forecast Models, Kelly Reardon
Synoptic Climatology of High-Impact Wind Events on the Indian River Lagoon, Alex Robertson
Modulation of Chlorophyll Concentration by the Indian Ocean Dipole, Shelby Stansell
Ordinance Retrieval Crawler, Peter Subacz, Aaron Kenny, and Tanqiuhao Chen
Radar Ornithology in the River Lakes Conservation Area, Annaleisa M. White
Submissions from 2015
Biomagnification of Mercury in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Kate Beckett
The Fluidizer (A Sand Management Device), Savanna Bennett, Shane Dembinski, Joseph Gencarelli, Thibaud Le Merdy, and Shaun Searcy
Solar Boat, Brandon Burghardt, Thibaud Le Merdy, Brett Palaschak, Riggs Brusnigham, Ashley Flondro, Jon Rabenold, Gianmarco Casiraghi, Joshua Dube, and Majed Alkhalaf
Remotely Operated Sea Crawler (ROSCo IV), M. Corbet, T. Hackett, S. Houser, C. Kesselring, P. Liljegren, K. McKaige, and M. Pumphrey
TOMCAT ROV and Mobile Operation Center, M. Corbet, T. Hackett, S. Houser, C. Kesselring, P. Liljegren, K. McKaige, and M. Pumphrey
Dense Populations of Benthopelagic Hydromedusae Found in Deep Water Off Anvers Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula, Michelle E. Deal
Systems and Policy Analysis of the UNFCCC Conferences of Parties Process, Zachary Eichholz
Cellular Organization of the Brain in Ramphotyphlops braminus, Kathryn Gallman
Short Term Changes in Seagrass Meadows in the Northern Indian River Lagoon (Titusville. FL), Jean A. Hirschfeld
Muck Thickness and Distribution in the Indian River Lagoon 2014, Christopher Hoey
Electronics Recycling in F.I.T. Residence Halls, with a Focus on Move-out Opportunities, Laura Holty
Temperature-induced changes in the feeding mechanism of the invasive Florida fish Cichlasoma uropthalmus, Taylor Jones and Molly Wightman
FLUME* – Recirculating Water Tank, Thibaud Le Merdy, Savanna Bennett, Shane Dembinski, Joseph Gencarelli, and Shaun Searcy
Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Information Technology Plan at F.I.T., Corin Lobo
Daily Wind Accelerations in Mountain Valleys in Western Montana, Joseph Militti
The Variation in the Occurrence of Diatoms in the External Mucus of Florida Sharks, Kaikea Nakachi
Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Fatty Acid Binding to Albumin, Carolina Nascimento
Drifting Anthropogenic Fibers in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Alexander K. Nickerson
Coastal Resiliency Planning at the City-scale, East-central Florida, Alexandra Otto
Comparison of a Thunderstorm Peak Wind Gust Forecast Technique with Reported Values, Nichole Pallan