Design and Control of Complex Systems – From Sky to Sea

Presenter: Dr Amy Bilton, Postdoctoral Associate


Amy is a Visiting Scientist in from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  She completed her BASc at the University of Toronto in Engineering Science and completed her MS and PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
This talk will provide an overview of work conducted in the Field and Space Robotics Laboratory at MIT and show how these analysis and design methods can be applied to marine applications.  This talk will overview sensor fusion methods developed for vibration estimation of large space structures and draw similarities to work currently being conducted to analyse wave properties using ocean mooring acceleration data.  Acceleration data from a CSIRO mooring off of Kangaroo Island and extracted wave heights will be presented as an example.
In addition, design methods for solar powered water desalination systems will be presented and compared to design requirements for solar powered aquaculture systems.