USM's Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise

USM School of Ocean Science and Engineering was honored to welcome U.S. Congressman Mike Ezell's staff to USM's Marine Research Center and the Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise during their visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We sincerely appreciate their ongoing support and commitment to our mission.

"The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), will soon be operating a new medium-size remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Gulf of Mexico." Read more here:

Save the Date! The Center for Fisheries Research and Development Fisheries Forum is back. You do not want to miss this informative event. Please join us for The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Fisheries Research and Development’s (CFRD) Annual Fisheries Forum, on Monday, November 4th from 6 pm to 730pm. This forum will be presented as a Gunter Library Science Café. This Science Café can be attended in person at the Caylor Building auditorium on the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) Halstead Campus (703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs) or virtually through facebook live. https://lnkd.in/gqxxyT4g This year’s Fisheries Forum theme is “The Secret Lives of Tripletail and Cobia.” Talks will be given by scientists from USM’s Center for Fisheries Research and Development, USM’s Thad Cochran Aquaculture Center, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Topics will include movement trends, growth and maturity, and aquaculture efforts of these important sport fish species. This forum is organized and hosted by the CFRD as part of the CFRD Cooperative Sport Fish Tag and Release Program grant funded by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Sport Fish Restoration Program. Special “Thanks” to the USM Science Café sponsor, MS-AL Sea Grant, and to USM’s Marine Education Center for tech support. For more information about this Science Café click the link here:https://lnkd.in/geWexiCQ

Curious about how USM students are gaining hands-on research experience? Discover how students from the School of Ocean Science and Engineering had the exciting opportunity to board the Nancy Foster R/V student cruise, contribute to the global Seabed 2030 project, and gain practical skills in the blue economy through their collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). #SMTTT #BlueEconomy #NOAA #ResearchCruise

Congrats to the Ocean Enterprise RDT&E Team for taking home a Best Paper Award at the COMSOL, Inc. Conference 2024 in Boston. Dr. Jason McKenna (left) is pictured below with Svante Littmarck (right), CEO and president of COMSOL, Inc. accepting the award on behalf of the team. Their paper and invited talk on "Potential Field Modeling to Support Machine Learning Applications in Maritime Environments" by Jason McKenna, Jeremy Karst, Joseph Luttrell, Ralf Riedel, Ph.D. Riedel, and Landry Bernard was awarded top honors out of the heavily attended conference and is the latest in a series of Office of Naval Research sponsored research publications the team has authored demonstrating their innovative approach to data-driven test and evaluation of advanced sensors and platforms, and numerical modeling and simulation and AI/ML. #smttt #data #uncrewed #comsol #aiml

We're thrilled to highlight the incredible work happening at USM's School of Ocean Science and Engineering! Read our latest article to learn more about an exciting research opportunity that two USM students are taking part in. This experience is a great step forward in their academic and professional journey. SMTTT! #SouthernMiss #OceanEngineering #ResearchCruise #OceanScience

We had the pleasure of welcoming students from Jackson State University to the USM Marine Research Center. During their visit, the students explored autonomous vehicle operations, magnetics, hypoxia research, and the innovative USM CubeNet system. They also had the unique opportunity to tour our research vessel, R/V Point Sur, and even try their hand at piloting an autonomous boat! We’re grateful to Dr. Thoma for organizing this visit and bringing the students to the coast. It was an enriching day for everyone involved, and we hope the experience inspired the next generation of marine researchers #MarineResearch #OceanScience #STEMEducation #AutonomousTechnology #MarineTechnology #StudentExperience #FutureScientists #JacksonStateUniversity #GulfCoastResearch

Check out Jason McKenna's interview with Haley McQueen at Ocean New and Technology!! https://lnkd.in/gAY98WSz

EAGLE ALERT [Tuesday, Sept. 10, 3:30 p.m.] Gulf Coast Locations: USM will close operations and cancel classes on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at all research and teaching sites along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hattiesburg Locations: USM will shift to remote operations on Wednesday, Sept. 11 in Hattiesburg. Students should expect to hear from faculty regarding a transition to online course delivery. Faculty and supervisors are asked to remain flexible and communicate expectations directly with students and/or staff. Full message: https://emergency.usm.edu/

Calling all #autonomy researchers!