Marine Science

Marine Science publishes articles, short communications, and critical reviews that contribute to our scientific understanding of marine systems and the impact of human activities. The Journal serves as a foundation for scientific advice across the broad spectrum of management and conservation issues related to the marine environment. Oceanography, marine habitats, living resources, ecology and related management topics constitute the key elements of papers eligible for publication. Integrated studies that bridge gaps between traditional disciplines are particularly welcome. The scope of the journal also includes economic, social, and public administration studies to the extent that they are directly related to management of the seas and are of general interest to marine scientists. Papers of both fundamental and applied approaches are accepted.

Ryan Smith

Editorial Board Member of Marine Science

Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Research Areas

Path Planning and Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Control Theory, Dynamics, Kinematics, Automated, Environmental Monitoring, Applied Mathematics

Education

2008Ph.DOcean & Resources Engineering, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Honolulu, HI
2002M.A.Mathematics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Honolulu, HI
1998B.S.Mathematics, Engineering Physics, Miami University Oxford, OH

Experience

2005-2008Laboratory Technician & Research Assistant, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
2006Teaching Assistant, University of Hawai`i HPCMO PET Summer Institute
1999-2006Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Hawai`i, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
1998-1999Graduate Teaching Assistant, Miami University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
1995-1998Math Tutor and Head Math Tutor, Miami University

Academic Achievement

USC-ELAC Summer Green Science Technology Program Honorarium, 2009
UH Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, 2008
Dai Ho Chun Travel Grant, 2005
Mid-American Conference Commissioners Award for Academic & Athletic Excellence, 1999
Dr. Benjamin Lee Memorial Scholarship, 1998
J.A. Culler Physics Prize, 1996, 1997
Junior Book Award for Excellence in Mathematics, 1997

Publications: Journals

[1]  R. N. Smith, M. Schwager, S. L. Smith, B. H. Jones, D. Rus, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Adapting sampling resolution, " Journal of Field Robotics, 2011.Accepted, to appear.
[2]  R. N. Smith, S. B. Singh, Luca, D. Cazzaro, S. K. Choi, G. Mariani, and M. Chyba, \A geometric approach to trajectory design for an autonomous underwater vehicle: Surveying the bulbous bow of a ship, " Acta Applicandae Mathematicae, March 2011.
[3]  R. N. Smith, M. Chyba, G. R. Wilkens, and C. J. Catone, \A geometrical approach to the motion planning problem for a submerged rigid body, " International Journal of Control, vol. 82, pp. 1641{1656, September 2009.
[4]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. Smith, and G. Wilkens, \A geometrical analysis of trajectory design for underwater vehicles, " Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-B, vol. 11, pp. 233{262, March 2009.
[5]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, S. Singh, and S. Choi, \Increasing underwater vehicle autonomy by reducing energy consumption, " Ocean Engineering: Special Edition on AUVs, vol. 36(1), pp. 62{73, 2009.
[6]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, and S. Choi, \Design and implementation of time ecienttrajectories for an underwater vehicle, " Ocean Engineering, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 63{76, 2008.
[7]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, and S. Choi, \Autonomous underwater vehicles: Development and implementation of time and energy ecient trajectories, " Ship Technology Research, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 36{48, 2008.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  D. McKinnon, B. Upcroft, and R. N. Smith, \Towards automated and in-situ, near-real time 3-d reconstruction of coral reef environments, " in Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans '11-Kona, (Kona, Hawaii), September 2011. Accepted, to appear.
[2]  R. N. Smith, J. Das, G. Hine, W. Anderson, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Predicting wave glider speed from environmental measurements, " in Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans '11-Kona, (Kona, Hawaii), September 2011. Accepted, to appear.
[3]  R. N. Smith, J. Kelly, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Planning missions for autonomous gliders: A kalman lter approach, " in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (San Francisco, California), September 2011. Submitted.
[4]  R. N. Smith, M. Schwager, S. L. Smith, D. Rus, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Towards accurate reconstruction of dynamic ocean processes, " in Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (Shanghai, China), 2011.
[5]  R. N. Smith, J. Das, Y. Chao, D. A. Caron, B. H. Jones, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Cooperative multi-auv tracking of phytoplankton blooms based on ocean model predictions, " in Proceedings ofOceans '10-IEEE Sydney, (Sydney, Australia), pp. 1 { 10, May 2010.
[6]  R. N. Smith, A. Pereira, Y. Chao, P. P. Li, D. A. Caron, B. H. Jones, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Autonomous underwater vehicle trajectory design coupled with predictive ocean models: A case study, " in Proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (Anchorage, Alaska), pp. 4770{4777, 2010.
[7]  R. N. Smith, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. Pereira, D. A. Caron, B. H. Jones, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Implementation of an embedded sensor network for the coordination of slocum gliders for coastal monitoring and observation, " in WUWNet '09: Proceedings of the Fourth ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks, (Berkeley, California), pp. 1{8, ACM, November 2009.
[8]  S. B. Singh, A. Sanyal, R. N. Smith, N. Nordkvist, and M. Chyba, \Robust tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles in the presence of disturbance inputs, " in Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on O shore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, (Honolulu, HI), pp. 345{351, 2009.
[9]  R. N. Smith, M. Chyba, S. K. Choi, and G. Marani, \Guidance and control for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles, " in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries, COMPIT 2009, (Budapest, Hungary), 2009.
[10]  R. N. Smith, Y. Chao, B. H. Jones, D. A. Caron, P. P. Li, and G. S. Sukhatme, \Trajectory design for autonomous underwater vehicles based on ocean model predictions for feature tracking, " in Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (A. Howard, K. Iagnemma, and A. Kelly, eds.), vol. 62 of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, (Cambridge, MA), pp. 263{273, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, July 2009.
[11]  R. N. Smith, B. Stauer, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. A. Pereira, Y. Chao, L. Darjany, I. Cetinic, D. Estrin, C. Oberg, M. Ragan, B. H. Jones, G. S. Sukhatme, and D. A. Caron, \Design and implementation of sensor networks for the observation and research of harmful algal blooms in southern california coastal waters, " in Proceedings of the Conference on Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks, (Boston, MA), Jul 2009.
[12]  R. N. Smith, M. Chyba, and S. B. Singh, \Decoupled trajectory planning for a submerged rigid body subject to dissipative and potential forces, " in Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and Third International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, (Kharagpur, India), 2008.
[13]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, S. K. Choi, G. Mariani, and C. McLeod, \Ecient control of an autonomous underwater vehicle while accounting for thruster failure, " in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries, COMPIT 2008, (Brussels, Belgium), 2008.
[14]  M. Chyba and R. N. Smith, \Arst extension of geometric control theory to underwater vehicles, "in Proceedings of the 2008 IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, vol. 2, (Killaloe, Ireland), 2008.
[15]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, and S. K. Choi, \Implementation results of ecient trajectories on a testbed auv., " in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries, COMPIT 2007, (Cortona, Italy), 2007.
[16]  M. Chyba, S. Choi, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, and S. Weatherwax, \Hydrodynamic and thruster model validation for autonomous underwater vehicles, " in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Oshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, pp. 325{330, 2007.
[17]  M. Chyba, S. Choi, T. Haberkorn, R. N. Smith, and S. Zhao, \Towards practical implementation of time optimal trajectories for underwater vehicles, " in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on O shore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, pp. 183{190, 2006.
[18]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, R. Smith, and G. Wilkens, \Controlling a submerged rigid body: A geometric analysis, " in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 2006 (F. Allgwer, P. Fleming, P. Kokotovic, A. Kurzhanski, H. Kwakernaak, A. Rantzer, J. Tsitsiklis, F. Bullo, and K. Fujimoto, eds.), vol. 366 of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, pp. 375{385, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2007.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  R. N. Smith, J. Das, H. Heidarsson, A. Pereira, I. Cetinic, L. Darjany, M. Eve Garneau, M. D.Howard, C. Oberg, M. Ragan, A. Schnetzer, E. Seubert, E. C. Smith, B. A. Stau er, G. Toro-Farmer, D. A. Caron, B. H. Jones, and G. S. Sukhatme, \USC CINAPS builds bridges: Observing and monitoring the Southern California Bight, " IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Marine Robotics Systems, vol. 17, pp. 20{30, March 2010.
[2]  M. Chyba, T. Haberkorn, and R. N. Smith, \Optimization problems for controlled mechanical systems: Bridging the gap between theory and application, " in Modelling Simulation and Optimization, no. ISBN 978-953-307-048-3, ch. Chapter 8, pp. 167 { 186, INTECH, 2010.