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Heather Peng Co-investigator (WP1) Dr. Peng is an associate professor in the area of marine/ship hydrodynamics and its application to ship and offshore structure design and evaluation. She has many years of industrial experience at Martec and Oceanic Consulting Corporation in ocean engineering applications. Her research interests include numerical prediction of ship motions and wave loads, hydrodynamic interactions of multiple floating bodies in waves, coupled dynamic analysis of moored offshore structures, dynamic positioning of ships and offshore structures in waves and in ice, hull form optimization and hull propeller interaction, propeller tip vortex, fishing vessels, multi-hull ship, renewable wave energy converter, ship maneuvering, shallow water waves, and safety of ships and offshore structures.

Memorial University Nancy Leung Research Assistant (WP7) Nancy is pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland. As a full-time student, she has been an active member of the Centre of Social Enterprise and has successfully started a social enterprise that promotes eco-wedding culture in the Newfoundland and Labrador province. She has internship experience at a social enterprise that encourages local, social, and green consumer choices. Before moving to Canada, Nancy completed a Bachelor of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong. Nancy is a project manager with over five years of experience in the banking industry. Nancy focused on digital transformation and led multiple innovative projects from ideation to implementation. She is a certified PMP and is proficient in agile adoption in project management. She enjoys bringing change to the community and improving people’s lives through collaboration. Nancy is excited to get onboard and contribute her strengths to FOCI.

Memorial University Sydney Snow CCNL/FOCI Research Intern (WP2) Sydney Snow is an intern with Conservation Corps. NL. Born and raised in St. John’s, she completed a Master’s in Applied Psychological Science (Cooperative) and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Memorial University. Her honours research focused on the autobiographical memories of individuals who identify with a different gender than assigned at birth. Her master’s research, supervised by Dr. Martin Day, investigated how social mobility and the wording of policies affect support for redistribution policies. She is currently researching factors that may relate to climate change opinions . In addition to her research, she has completed work term placements and semester projects that focused on program evaluation within health care and academia.

Lorenzo Moro Lead (WP1) Dr. Lorenzo Moro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering and Co-Director of the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He received a Ph.D., a M.Sc., and a bachelor’s degree in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from the University of Trieste, Italy. His research is primarily situated in ship design methods and maritime safety, focusing on noise pollution from ships, noise exposures of seafarers, and ship structural dynamics. He is technical member for Canada in the Technical Committee II.2 Dynamic Response of the 21st International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress, and chair of the Canadian Atlantic Branch of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. His research has been funded by government and private agencies, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) through the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI).

Roza Tchoukaleyska Co-investigator (WP9) Dr. Roza Tchoukaleyska is Assistant Professor in the School of Science and the Environment, Memorial University, where she teaches in the Environment and Sustainability Program and supervises graduate students at the Environmental Policy Institute. Her research examines the economic and social networks which connect urban and rural areas. She is interested in the mobility of ideas across locations, and the interaction between state policies and the cultural texture of individual communities. Her work is comparative, and frequently uses public space as an analytic lens, and trace how diverse identities, political tensions, and civic rights are asserted through usage patterns of plazas, parks, and sidewalks. At Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, she has taken a lead in developing the City Studio experiential learning program, which sees students in geography work with municipal government and community groups to develop innovative solutions to rural and urban issues in Newfoundland. Before joining Memorial University, she was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the City Institute, York University, and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK.

LEVERAGING EXISTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE FOR FOCI OUTREACH AND DISSEMINATION (IWP2) FOCI’s Integration Work Package on ‘Leveraging Existing Communities of Practice for FOCI Outreach & Dissemination’ partners with existing Communities of Practice (CoPs) to facilitate outreach and knowledge dissemination efforts across FOCI. Organized around specific domains (e.g. themes, needs, subject areas), CoPs invite all parties concerned with that domain to exchange ideas, perspectives, and relevant news. Some are quite active and may organize events or lobby on behalf of members; others serve as opportunities for networking and knowledge exchange. Regardless of the form they take, CoP memberships are often a mixture of scholars, practitioners, stakeholders, policymakers, and/or artists. As such, they are fertile venues for novel ideas, outreach, and knowledge exchange. FOCI’s goals and practices align closely with a number of emerging CoPs, as its activities are intended to provide concrete benefits beyond academic circles by integrating efforts by researchers, practitioners, and stake/rightsholders to address the evolving infrastructure needs of maritime industries and coastal communities under conditions of climate, ocean, and social-ecological change. MEET THE TEAM Joel Finnis Lead Jason Thistlethwaite Co-Investigator Joe Daraio Co-investigator Cindy Marven Community of Practice Engagement Coordinator Ron Pelot Co-investigator Amber Silver Co-investigator OUR PARTNERS

Grenfell Campus, Memorial University Emily Anderson Curator of Engagement (PULP/IWP4) Emily Anderson is a visual artist based in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. She recently completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Her current work investigates environmental issues within the landscape through photography. Emily has contributed to FOCI Integration Work Package 4 on ‘Artistic infrastructure for navigating ocean and coastal community change’ as Curator of Engagement at the PULP Gallery alongside Alli Johnston and FOCI IWP4 co-investigator Dr. Marc Losier.

Memorial University Md Saiful Islam Doctoral Candidate (WP1) Mr. Md Saiful Islam is currently working as a Ph. D. student in the Marine Noise and Vibration Laboratory (MNVL) at MUN since Winter 2022. His research primarily focuses on the occupational health and safety of seafarers resulting from onboard noise and vibrations. He will also work on the ship's radiated underwater noise footprint in real-time operating conditions. He joined MUN under the supervision of Dr. Lorenzo Moro in Fall 2019 to pursue his M. Eng. In his Master's, he developed a procedure to characterize an atmospheric towing tank for acoustic measurements. He extended the study to model testing of a ship to estimate underwater radiated noise from non-cavitating propellers. He did Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh. Before joining MNVL, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at RUET. He has published thirteen journal articles and given talks at thirteen national/international conferences. He has been awarded the University Medal for Excellence and FEAS Dean’s Award for Excellence.

Jason Thistlethwaite Co-investigator (IWP2) Dr. Jason Thistlethwaite is an Associate Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo. His research on flood risk management has been supported by SSHRC (2015-2017, 2018-2022), a MEOPAR Early-Career Scholar Grant (2015-2017), and the Canadian Water Network (2016-2017). These projects provided training for 1 Postdoctoral Fellow, 3 PhDs, and 4 MAs. In 2017, he was appointed to the Government of Canada’s National Roundtable on Flood Risk (a cabinet-level committee) and his work is informing Public Safety Canada and the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) efforts to design flood insurance for high risk areas. Dr. Thistlethwaite’s expertise in public policy, flood risk management and urban climate change will benefit the project to inform decision-making on strategies to reduce risk. His recent research includes an international instrumental analysis of urban flood risk management strategies, and an evaluation of the suitability of these instruments in Ontario municipalities. He also recently completed an evaluation of existing flood maps in Canada to inform public decision-making on risk reduction. Dr. Thistlethwaite leads the Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum (CCRF), a Community of Practice dedicated to strengthening social resilience to natural hazards by facilitating the sharing of knowledge across a variety of sectors and identifying/promoting effective governance strategies.

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Tom Cooper Co-investigator (WP7) Dr. Tom Cooper is Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University. His research interests include risk management and strategic planning. Prior to taking his position at Memorial, Tom was a Senior Manager in PwC’s Consulting practice in London, United Kingdom for seven years. He holds a Ph.D. in Business from the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, United Kingdom and undergraduate degrees in commerce and philosophy from Memorial University. He has published his research on entrepreneurship and social innovation in a number of peer-reviewed journals including Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, Community Work and Family, the Journal of Enterprising Communities as well as Greener Management International: The Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy and Practice. Tom has spoken at international, national and local conferences on the subjects of risks as well as innovation. Aside from a number of research awards, he was the recipient of Memorial University’s President’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2013. His research has also been funded in the past by SSHRC, the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs, the Harris Centre at Memorial University as well as Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador. Tom has specific interests in social innovation and entrepreneurship as it relates to organizations and communities. Tom’s research approach is focused on a collaborative, participatory research approach that aims to make a difference in the organizations, communities and people. Tom Cooper is a Co-Investigator on the project and will act as the co-lead for partner relationships, colead for knowledge mobilization/transfer efforts as well as act as a co-author on academic articles, reports and media.

Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures FOCI is collaborative research that addresses infrastructure needs that are sustainable, safe and inclusive coastal communities in Atlantic Canada. Supported by OFI, academia, government, business, non-profit, and Indigenous community partnerships. Photo by Ritche Perez FUTURE OCEAN & COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURES Designing, safe, sustainable and inclusive coastal communities & industries for Atlantic Canada Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI) is a collaborative research project with the overall objective to identify and address diverse infrastructure needs, problems and opportunities in support of sustainable, safe and inclusive coastal communities and ocean industries in Atlantic Canada. Supported primarily by the Ocean Frontier Institute, FOCI brings together academic, government, business, non-profit, and Indigenous community partners focused on understanding key aspects of ocean and ecosystem change and developing strategic and effective solutions that can be applied both locally and globally. THE PROJECT Meet the Team Researchers and collaborators from 34 engineering, natural science, social science and artistic disciplines Meet our Partners Local, regional, national and international partners and collaborators from Indigenous communities, industry, government and civil society Learn about our Research Research Work Packages clustered under themes of safety, sustainability, inclusion and integration