International Symposium on Marine Propulsors
July 12th - 16th, 2026 | St. John's, Canada
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 15/July/2026 | |
| 7:00am - 8:00am | Breakfast Location: Reception Area |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Session 17a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow |
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8:00am - 8:25am
Efficient Prediction of Cavitation-induced Underwater Noise in Ducted Propulsors via Vortex-Particle and Semi-Empirical Modeling 1: SimBlue Marine Solutions; 2: Robert Allan Ltd.; 3: University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Session 17b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn |
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8:00am - 8:25am
Influence of Water Quality on Cloud Cavitation Dynamics over a Hydrofoil Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Session 17c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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8:00am - 8:25am
Development and Application of a Workflow for Designing Composite Marine Propellers Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), Wageningen, the Netherlands |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Session 18a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow |
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8:30am - 8:55am
Hydro-acoustic Optimization of Marine Propellers: A Multi-Fidelity Strategy for Tip-Vortex Noise Reduction 1: Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain; 2: Bound4Blue |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Session 18b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn |
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8:30am - 8:55am
Experimental Study of Hydrodynamics and Cavitation Performance of Ducted Propeller for Model Validation and Future Data-Driven Research 1: National Research Council of Canada, Canada; 2: Robert Allan Ltd. |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Session 18c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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8:30am - 8:55am
From Research Project to Certification of a Composites Propeller 1: Bureau Veritas, France; 2: MARIN, Netherlands; 3: Jules Dock, Netherlands |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Session 19a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow |
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9:00am - 9:25am
Numerical Validation of Underwater Radiated Noise Prediction Methods in Shallow Waters with Cavitation Effects Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Session 19b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn |
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9:00am - 9:25am
The Study of the Scaling Method on Predicting the Net Thrust for an Arctic Vessel 1: Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Samsung Ship Model Basin, Daejeon, Republic of (South Korea) |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Session 19c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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9:00am - 9:25am
ML-assisted Ply Optimisation of AFP-made Carbon Composite Blade for a Marine Propeller 1: ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC), School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney; 2: Platforms Division, Defence Science and Technology Group |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Session 20a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow |
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9:30am - 9:55am
On the Development and Assessments of Empirical Tools for Predicting Propeller Hydrodynamics, Induced Hull Pressure, and URN 1: National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada; 2: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Session 20b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn |
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9:30am - 9:55am
Investigation of the Effect of Turbulence Stimulator of Propeller Blades on Self-Propulsion Factors 1: Japan Marine United Corporation, Japan; 2: NIHON SHIPYARD CO., LTD., Japan |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Session 20c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen |
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9:30am - 9:55am
Propeller Design for an Ultra-Light Electric Boat Friendship Systems AG, Germany |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Session 21a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud |
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10:30am - 10:55am
Propeller-Induced Hull Pressures Prediction via viscous-corrected BEM: Integrating Boundary Layer Displacement Effects The Univerlsty of Texas at Austin, United States of America |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Session 21b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers |
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10:30am - 10:55am
Long-Term Full-Scale Measurement of Stern Flow Fields on a VLCC using Multi-Layered Doppler Sonar (MLDS) 1: Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; 2: MTI Co., Ltd, during the research period, Japan Marine United Corporation -current affiliation, Yokohama, Japan; 3: MTI Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; 4: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd, Nishinomiya, Japan |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Session 21c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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10:30am - 10:55am
Performance maps of fully electric VAPs: multi-objective optimization across blade kinematics and advance ratios 1: ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, 29200 Brest, France; 2: Naval Academy Research Institute (IRENav), BCRM Brest, CC600, 29240 Brest Cedex9, France |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 22a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud |
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11:00am - 11:25am
Isolating propeller noise-generating mechanisms from full-scale ship noise measurements 1: Everllence, Filial af Everllence SE, Tyskland, Denmark; 2: DNV Maritime Advisory, Høvik, Norway |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 22b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers |
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11:00am - 11:25am
Three-dimensional visualizations of the wake behind a propeller operating at oblique inflow Department of Maritime & Transport Technology, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, The Netherlands |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Session 22c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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11:00am - 11:25am
Experiences with the First Retrofit Gate Rudder System The University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 23a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud |
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11:30am - 11:55am
Validation of a potential flow based propeller URN prediction tool with full-scale measurements and viscous flow simulations Everllence SE, Denmark |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 23b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers |
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11:30am - 11:55am
VTT Test Case: Ice-Class Thruster Unit for Benchmarking VTT Finland, Finland |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Session 23c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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11:30am - 11:55am
A Turbine Blades Optimization Analysis for the In Pipe Hydropower Generation on the TSHDs 1: shanghaijiaotong University, China, People's Republic of; 2: School of Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Session 24a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman |
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1:00pm - 1:25pm
Propeller-Radiated Underwater Noise in Transient Operations: Insights from Full-Scale Measurements 1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; 2: Department of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; 3: Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre of the National Research Council, Canada |
| 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Session 24b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk |
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1:00pm - 1:25pm
3D Flow Measurement in the Tip Gap Region of a Wall-Bounded Foil 1: George Washington University (GW), Washington, DC, United States of America; 2: University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 1:00pm - 1:30pm | Session 24c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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1:00pm - 1:25pm
Unsteady Bow Thrusters: Passive Mitigation of Unsteady Loads and Reverse-Operation Effects University of Rostock, Germany |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 25a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Determining Ice-Propeller Interaction Loads from the Torsional Vibration Response of a Polar Shaftline Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 25b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Experimental Assessment of the Hydrodynamic and Hydroacoustic Performance of a Pump-Jet Propulsor Compared to a Conventional Propeller 1: CNR INM, Italy; 2: CETENA S.p.A, Italy; 3: UNIVERSITY OF GENOVA, italy; 4: BC FERRIES, Canada |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Session 25c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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1:30pm - 1:55pm
Full-Scale Cavitation Observations with the CPP of a RoPax Ferry in Reverse Manoeuvre 1: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 2: Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 26a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
Design and Analysis of a Low Noise Propeller through Simulation Based Design Optimization CETENA S.p.A., Italy |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 26b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
Hydrodynamic Performance of a Cycloidal Propulsor in Model-Scale and Full-Scale 1: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; 2: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Session 26c Location: Fort William Salon D Session Chair: Dr. David Molyneux |
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2:00pm - 2:25pm
Propeller Cavitation and Load Variation with Steerable Nozzles Under Steering Conditions 1: Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd., Japan; 2: Department of Marine Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Coffee break |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Session 27a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara |
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3:00pm - 3:25pm
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation on Forward Skewed Marine Propeller Performance and Hydroacoustic Signatures Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Newcastle University, United Kingdom |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Session 27b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja |
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3:00pm - 3:25pm
Numerical Prediction of Rudder Surface Pressures in Freestream and behind-Propeller Flows with and without Rudder Defect DRDC, Canada |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 28a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara |
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3:30pm - 3:55pm
Challenges in practical cavitation modelling - experience of the Nawigator XXI test case of the W2025 CFD Workshop Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), Netherlands, The |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 28b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja |
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3:30pm - 3:55pm
Reconstructing Acoustic Pressure Peaks form an Energy-Based Erosion Model and Accelerating Erosion Prediction with Physics-Informed Learning Wärtsilä Netherlands, Netherlands, The |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Session 29a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara |
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4:00pm - 4:25pm
Cavitating Flow and Underwater Noise in Tug Vessels with Ducted Propellers: A Combined Numerical and Experimental Study 1: University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada; 2: SimBlue Marine Solutions; 3: Robert Allan Ltd. |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Session 29b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja |
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4:00pm - 4:25pm
A Study on the Effects of Propeller Pitch Variation for Propeller-Rudder Interaction 1: Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Kongsberg Maritime Hydrodynamic Research Centre, Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB, Kristinehamn, Sweden |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 30a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Session Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara |
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4:30pm - 4:55pm
New insights about lifting surfaces vortex-induced vibrations IRENav, France |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Session 30b Location: Fort William Salon C Session Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja |
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4:30pm - 4:55pm
Application of Energy-Saving Devices to suppress Propeller noise: Studies using Large-Eddy Simulations University of Victoria, Canada |
| 6:30pm - 9:00pm | Closing Banquet |
