Pierre Lermusiaux

Doherty Associate Professor in Ocean Utilization

Room 5-207B
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-324-5172
Fax: 617-324-3541
Email: pierrel@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/pierrel/www/

Administrative Contact:
Marcia Munger
Room 5-207
Phone: 617-253-9709
Email: mlmunger@mit.edu

Group Web: http://mseas.mit.edu/

Education

Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, May 1997, Harvard University - DEAS, Cambridge, MA
S.M. in Applied Physics, May 1993, Harvard University - DEAS, Cambridge, MA
M./B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Summa cum laude and Jury's congratulations, June 1992, Liege University, Belgium

Research Interests

Data assimilation and ocean modeling. Ocean observation and prediction systems. Physical and interdisciplinary ocean dynamics and processes.

MIT Service

2007: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
2006: Visiting Associate Professor, MIT.

Related Experience

2000-2006: Harvard U., DEAS - Research Associate
02-03/01/1999: Bologna U., Italy - Visiting Scholar
1997-1999: Harvard U., DEAS - Post-Doctoral Fellow
06-9/01/1994: NATO Undersea Res. Center - Summer Res. Assistant
1993-1998: Harvard U., Cabot House - Non-Resident Tutor
1992-1997: Harvard U., DEAS - Research Assistant
06-08/01/1992: Paris VI Univ., Orsay, France - Summer Res. Assistant

Consulting

2005-2007: Small Business Innovative Res. (Navy-SBIR), Pro-Bono consulting for Dr. Kevin Heaney, OASIS Inc.

Professional Registration

Professional Mechanical Engineer (Ir. Mecanicien, Mecanique-Physique), Belgium

Refereed Publications (from last two years)

Heaney K.D., G. Gawarkiewicz, T.F. Duda and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2007. Non-linear Optimization of Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Sampling Strategies for Oceanographic Data-Assimilation. Special issue on “Underwater Robotics”, Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 24(6), 437–448.
Lermusiaux P.F.J., P.J. Haley Jr. and N.K. Yilmaz, 2007. Environmental Prediction, Path Planning and Adaptive Sampling: Sensing and Modeling for Efficient Ocean Monitoring, Management and Pollution Control. Sea Technology, Vol. 48(9), 35–38.
Lermusiaux P.F.J, 2007. Adaptive Modeling, Adaptive Data Assimilation and Adaptive Sampling. Special issue on “Mathematical Issues and Challenges in Data Assimilation for Geophysical Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”. C.K.R.T. Jones and K. Ide, Eds. Physica D, Vol 230, 172-196.
Leslie, W.G., A.R. Robinson, P.J. Haley, O. Logoutov, P. Moreno, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, E. Coehlo, 2008. Verification and Training of Real-Time Forecasting of Multi-Scale Ocean Dynamics for MREA . J. Marine Systems, Vol. 69., 316.
Logutov, O.G. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2008. Inverse Barotropic Tidal Estimation for Regional Ocean Applications. Ocean Modelling, Vol. 25, 17-34. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.004
Xu, J., P.F.J. Lermusiaux , P.J. Haley Jr. , W.G. Leslie and O.G. Logutov, 2008. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Acoustic propagation during the PLUSNet07 Exercise in Dabob Bay. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA), 155th Meeting Acoustical Society of America. Vol. 4, 11pp.
Yilmaz, N.K., C. Evangelinos, P.F.J. Lermusiaux and N. Patrikalakis, 2008. Path planning of autonomous underwater vehicles for adaptive sampling using Mixed Integer Linear Programming. IEEE Ocean Eng. In Press.
Haley, P.J. Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, A.R. Robinson, W.G. Leslie, O. Logutov, et al., 2008. Forecasting and Reanalysis in the Monterey Bay/California Current Region for the Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network-II Experiment. Special issue on AOSN-II, Deep Sea Research, Part II. In Press.
Ramp S.R., R.E. Davis, N.E. Leonard, I. Shulman, Y. Chao, A.R. Robinson, J. Marsden, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, D. Fratantoni, J.D. Paduan, F. Chavez, X.S. Liang, W. Leslie, and Z. Li, 2007. The Autonomous Ocean Sensing Network (AOSN) Predictive Skill Experiment in the Monterey Bay. Special issue on AOSN-II, Deep Sea Research, Part II. In press.
Lam, F.P, P.J. Haley, Jr., J. Janmaat, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, W.G. Leslie, M.W. Schouten, and M. Rixen, 2008. At-sea Real-time coupled four-dimensional oceanographic and acoustic forecasts during Battlespace Preparation 2007. Special issue on "MREA and Coastal processes: challenges for monitoring and prediction", Drs. J.W. Book, Prof. M. Orlic and Michel Rixen (Guest Eds), Journal of Marine Systems, In Press.
Wang, D., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, D. Eickstedt, W.G. Leslie and H. Schmidt, 2008. Acoustically Focused Adaptive Sampling and On-board Routing for Marine Rapid Environmental Assessment. Special issue on "MREA and Coastal processes: challenges for monitoring and prediction", Drs. J.W. Book, Prof. M. Orlic and Michel Rixen (Guest Eds), Journal of Marine Systems, In Press.
Deleersnijder E. and P.F.J. Lermusiaux (Guest Eds), 2008. Multi-Scale Modelling: Nested Grid and Unstructured Mesh Approaches, Editorial. Special issue of Ocean Dynamics, Springer, In Press.
Cossarini, G., P.F.J. Lermusiaux and C. Solidoro, 2008. Uncertainty Analyses, Error Subspace Data Assimilation and Seasonal Dynamics in a Coastal Ecosystem: the Lagoon of Venice. Journal of Geophysical Research, Under review.

Scientific & Professional Societies

Association of the Engineers of Liege, 1992-Present
The Friends of the University of Liege, 1993-Present
American Geophysical Union, 1997-Present
Royal Meteorological Society, 1998-Present
The Oceanography Society, 1999-Present

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007-Present

Honors & Awards

Fellow, Rotary Exchange Program Award, Hamilton, Canada, 1986 - 87
Fellow, Liege U. Jury Pisard English Foundation Award, Mc. Master Canada, 1988
Fellow, Robert L. Wallace Prize Fellowship from Harvard Univ, 1993
Fellow, Fulbright Foundation, 1993-96
Honorary Fellow Award, Belgian American Educational Foundation, 1992-97
Honorary Fellow Award, Fulbright Foundation, 1992-97
Annual T. Francis Ogilvie Young Investigator Lecture, MIT-OE, 1998
CIMAS Scientist, U. of Miami, 2002

Institutional and Professional Service

Scientific Committee (2000-2001), 33rd International Colloq. on Ocean Hydrodynamics, Belgium
Guest Editor (2001-2003), Journal of Marine Systems.
Co-Chairman at the "Terrain-Following Coordinates Ocean Models Users' Workshop", Co. August 2001
Scientific Committee, Automated Ocean Sampling Network-II (AOSN-II), 2002-2003
Co-Leader of the End-to-End Uncertainty Modeling Group, ONR, Arlington, VA, April 2003
Steering Committee, NSF-ONR Workshop on "Data Assimilation in Ocean Research", VA, 2003
Scientific Committee, DARE 2004, Venice, Italy, September 20-21, 2004
Editorial Board, International Journal of Ocean & Oceanography (April 2005 - Present)
Monitoring Science Advisory Panel for the Massachusetts EPA (2005 - Present)

Member of the Model Evaluation Group of the MWRA (2005 - Present)
NSF's ORION (Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Network) Modeling Group (2005 - Present)
NSF Environmental Observatories Models Committee (2006-Present)

Advisory Board, “European COstal-shelf sea Operational observing and Forecasting system (ECOOP)", (2007 - Present)

Co-Guest Editor, Ocean Dynamics, Springer. Special issue on “Multi-Scale Modelling: Nested Grid and Unstructured Mesh Approaches”, (2007 - Present)

Session Organizer: Ocean Sciences Meetings (2006, 2008); European Geosciences Union Meeting (2007, 2008).

Scientific Leader of "Environmental Sensing and Adaptation" group, PLUS-INP Program, ONR (2008 - Present)

Reviewer of Manuscripts and Proposals for multiple journals, editors and agencies