International Symposium on Marine Propulsors
July 12th - 16th, 2026 | St. John's, Canada
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast Location: Reception Area |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Session 10a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Mohammed (Shameem) Islam A Methodology for Prediction of Rotor Sails Performance into Large Ore Carriers under Navigation Conditions |
Session 10b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan A Section-Wise Performance Analysis for Marine Toroidal Propellers |
Session 10c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. Victor Cheron Investigation into nominal Wake and Hull-Propulsor Interaction for an inland Vessel with Azimuth Thrusters in confined Waters |
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Session 11a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Mohammed (Shameem) Islam Thrust deduction analysis for wind-assisted ships |
Session 11b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan Cavitation Behavior of a Ducted Controllable-Pitch Marine Propeller with a Wavy Leading Edge: Experimental Insights |
Session 11c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. Victor Cheron Comparison of Propeller-Rudder-Propeller Interaction in RANS and BEM |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Session 12a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Mohammed (Shameem) Islam Influence of Pre-swirl device on propeller cavitation |
Session 12b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan CFD-based Design Optimization of a Rim-Driven Propeller with Vortex Generator |
Session 12c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. Victor Cheron Numerical Investigation of the induced hydrodynamic Loads by the Propeller Slipstream of the Voith Schneider Propeller during Unberthing Manoeuvres |
| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Session 13a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Mohammed (Shameem) Islam CFD-based analysis of Energy Efficient Course Keeping Control using Coupled Propeller RPM and Rudder Control |
Session 13b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Kourosh Koushan On Ring Propeller Efficiency a Simulation Based Design by Optimization Approach |
Session 13c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. Victor Cheron Rudder Inflow considering Four Quadrants’ Motions of Propeller and Hull |
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Coffee break |
Group Photo |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Session 14a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Fatima Jahra On the Scale-Effects of Propeller Boss Cap Fin Systems |
Session 14b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud Simulation of pulse jet by vortex rings: simulation and experiments |
Session 14c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Tom J.C. van Terwisga Advancing Quiet and Efficient Marine Propulsion: Insights from Canada's Quiet Vessel Initiative |
| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Session 15a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Fatima Jahra Development of Scale Corrections for Propellers using Boundary Layer Tripping and RaNS Computations within the Tripping JIP |
Session 15b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud Surrogate Model Based Analysis of Rotational Speed Ratio Effects on the Propulsive Performance of Contra-Rotating Propeller Systems |
Session 15c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Tom J.C. van Terwisga Assessment of Measures to mitigate URN Emissions from Ships |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm |
Session 16a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Dr. Fatima Jahra Development of a new Scale Correction Method for Cycloidal Propellers |
Session 16b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud The Influence of Skew and Orthotropic Material Properties on the Deformation of Flexible Marine Propellers |
Session 16c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Tom J.C. van Terwisga A Population Balance Approach to Cavitation Modeling |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Free Period |
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| 3:00pm - 7:15pm |
Wildlife Boat Tours |
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