International Symposium on Marine Propulsors
July 12th - 16th, 2026 | St. John's, Canada
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| Date: Monday, 13/July/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast Location: Reception Area |
| 8:00am - 4:00pm | Registration Location: Reception Area |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Opening Session Location: Fort William Salon A/B Dr. David Molyneux, Memorial University |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Keynote: Sovereign Research and Innovation for Canada’s Arctic and Naval Readiness Location: Fort William Salon A/B Dr. David Murrin, National Research Council Canada |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Coffee Break Location: Reception Area |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 1a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. stephen turnock |
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11:00am - 11:25am
Impact of Meshing and Interface Strategies on CFD Predictions on Marine Propeller Performance for Multiple Applications 1: Siemens, United States of America; 2: Siemens, Italy; 3: Siemens, United Kingdom |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 1b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan |
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11:00am - 11:25am
Accuracy and efficiency of different propeller modelling approaches in crash stop manoeuvre simulations Hydrodynamics & Aerodynamics, Simulation, Ports & Training, FORCE Technology, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 1c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Kwang-Jun Paik |
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11:00am - 11:25am
A Numerical Approach to Support the Practical Application and Development of Series Propellers Everllence, Denmark |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 2a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. stephen turnock |
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11:30am - 11:55am
A study for transition characteristics of marine propeller at model scale using LES 1: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, Dong-A University, Korea; 3: Design Engineering Support Center, Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 2b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan |
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11:30am - 11:55am
Experimental and Numerical Study of Static and Dynamic Stall on a Pitching BB2 Rudder 1: Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, LHEEA, UMR 6598, F-44000 Nantes, France; 2: SIREHNA, Technocampus Océan, Bouguenais, France |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 2c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Kwang-Jun Paik |
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11:30am - 11:55am
Optimization of a Marine Propeller using an Artificial Neural Network model for loadings DGA, France |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Session 3a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. stephen turnock |
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12:00pm - 12:25pm
Flow Physics Modeling Capabilities of URANS for Supercavitating Propellers Across Different Operating Regimes Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States of America |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Session 3b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan |
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12:00pm - 12:25pm
Experimental investigation of the ONR Tumblehome propeller performance during four-quadrant open water propeller tests Department of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Session 3c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Kwang-Jun Paik |
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12:00pm - 12:25pm
Predicting Parametric Performance of Transverse Tunnel Thrusters using Full-Scale CFD & Learning-Based Models Wartsila Netherlands B.V., Netherlands, The |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 4a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Heather Peng |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Hybrid RANS-LES Investigation of Tip Leakage Vortex Development Varying Geometry and Tip Clearance University of Genoa, Italy |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 4b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Frederick Stern |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Numerical Investigation of hydrodynamic added Mass and Damping during Propeller Off-Design Operation and Crashback 1: SCHOTTEL GmbH, Germany; 2: Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 4c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Moro |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Characterization of Hydrodynamic and Cavitation Performance of a Generic Ducted Propeller using High-Fidelity CFD Techniques 1: Robert Allan Ltd., Canada; 2: National Research Council of Canada |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 5a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Heather Peng |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
Multistage Propulsor Simulations with a Boundary Element Method Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 5b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Frederick Stern |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
ONRT and KCS In-Behind Four-Quadrant Propeller Performance and Efficiency 1: IIHR–Hydroscience & Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; 2: Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 5c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Moro |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
CFD-informed Parametric Design Procedure for a Ducted Propeller AUV Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States of America |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Session 6a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Heather Peng |
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2:30pm - 2:55pm
Surrogate-Assisted Propeller Shape Optimization in Hull Wake using 3D RANS Simulations University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, Canada |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Session 6b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Frederick Stern |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Session 6c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Moro |
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2:30pm - 2:55pm
Propeller design versus slow steaming of a low-noise container ship Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, Netherlands, The |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 7a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Dr. Wei Qiu |
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3:30pm - 3:55pm
Vessel Maneuvering Evaluation based on 3DOF Full-Scale CFD Simulations Wartsila, Netherlands, The |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 7b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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3:30pm - 3:55pm
A Data- and Image-Driven Tool for Quantifying and Predicting Cavitation Effects of Marine Propulsors on Hydrodynamic Performance and URN NRC, Canada |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 7c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Spyros Kinnas |
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3:30pm - 3:55pm
A practical Method to assess the Risk for Cavitation Erosion during automated Propeller Design optimization MARIN, Netherlands, The |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Session 8a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Dr. Wei Qiu |
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4:00pm - 4:25pm
Physics-informed Neural Networks based Processing of CFD Data for Predictions of Propeller Blade Pressure Distributions Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Session 8b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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4:00pm - 4:25pm
A Lagrangian Bubble Cavitation Model coupled with a Boundary Element Method for the Prediction of Hydroacoustic Noise Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Session 8c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Spyros Kinnas |
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4:00pm - 4:25pm
An application of cavitation erosion risk assessment method based on cavitation observation 1: China Ship Scientific Research Center, China, People's Republic of; 2: Taihu Laboratory of Deepsea Technological Science |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 9a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Dr. Wei Qiu |
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4:30pm - 4:55pm
CFD Investigation of Hybrid Tandem Contra-Rotating Propellers 1: SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway; 2: Brunvoll AS, Molde, Norway |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 9b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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4:30pm - 4:55pm
A semi-empirical prediction Method for the broadband Noise of a Tip-leakage Vortex Cavity MARIN, Netherlands, The |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 9c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Spyros Kinnas |
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4:30pm - 4:55pm
Numerical Investigation of Propeller-Induced Erosion Phenomena in Confined Environments 1: TU Hamburg, Germany; 2: TU Braunschweig, Germany; 3: WK Consultants GmbH, Germany |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Scientific Committee Dinner |
