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 17a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow Efficient Prediction of Cavitation-induced Underwater Noise in Ducted Propulsors via Vortex-Particle and Semi-Empirical Modeling |
Session 17b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn Influence of Water Quality on Cloud Cavitation Dynamics over a Hydrofoil |
Session 17c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen Development and Application of a Workflow for Designing Composite Marine Propellers |
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Session 18a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow Hydro-acoustic Optimization of Marine Propellers: A Multi-Fidelity Strategy for Tip-Vortex Noise Reduction |
Session 18b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn Experimental Study of Hydrodynamics and Cavitation Performance of Ducted Propeller for Model Validation and Future Data-Driven Research |
Session 18c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen From Research Project to Certification of a Composites Propeller |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Session 19a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow Numerical Validation of Underwater Radiated Noise Prediction Methods in Shallow Waters with Cavitation Effects |
Session 19b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn The Study of the Scaling Method on Predicting the Net Thrust for an Arctic Vessel |
Session 19c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen ML-assisted Ply Optimisation of AFP-made Carbon Composite Blade for a Marine Propeller |
| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Session 20a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rickard Bensow On the Development and Assessments of Empirical Tools for Predicting Propeller Hydrodynamics, Induced Hull Pressure, and URN |
Session 20b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Joost Moulijn Investigation of the Effect of Turbulence Stimulator of Propeller Blades on Self-Propulsion Factors |
Session 20c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Prof. Sverre Steen Propeller Design for an Ultra-Light Electric Boat |
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Coffee break |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Session 21a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud Propeller-Induced Hull Pressures Prediction via viscous-corrected BEM: Integrating Boundary Layer Displacement Effects |
Session 21b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers Long-Term Full-Scale Measurement of Stern Flow Fields on a VLCC using Multi-Layered Doppler Sonar (MLDS) |
Session 21c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux Performance maps of fully electric VAPs: multi-objective optimization across blade kinematics and advance ratios |
| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Session 22a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud Isolating propeller noise-generating mechanisms from full-scale ship noise measurements |
Session 22b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers Three-dimensional visualizations of the wake behind a propeller operating at oblique inflow |
Session 22c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux Experiences with the First Retrofit Gate Rudder System |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm |
Session 23a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud Validation of a potential flow based propeller URN prediction tool with full-scale measurements and viscous flow simulations |
Session 23b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Johan Bosschers VTT Test Case: Ice-Class Thruster Unit for Benchmarking |
Session 23c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux A Turbine Blades Optimization Analysis for the In Pipe Hydropower Generation on the TSHDs |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:00pm - 1:30pm |
Session 24a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman Propeller-Radiated Underwater Noise in Transient Operations: Insights from Full-Scale Measurements |
Session 24b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk 3D Flow Measurement in the Tip Gap Region of a Wall-Bounded Foil |
Session 24c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux Unsteady Bow Thrusters: Passive Mitigation of Unsteady Loads and Reverse-Operation Effects |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm |
Session 25a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman Determining Ice-Propeller Interaction Loads from the Torsional Vibration Response of a Polar Shaftline |
Session 25b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk Experimental Assessment of the Hydrodynamic and Hydroacoustic Performance of a Pump-Jet Propulsor Compared to a Conventional Propeller |
Session 25c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux Full-Scale Cavitation Observations with the CPP of a RoPax Ferry in Reverse Manoeuvre |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm |
Session 26a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Rajeev Jaiman Design and Analysis of a Low Noise Propeller through Simulation Based Design Optimization |
Session 26b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Ayhan Akinturk Hydrodynamic Performance of a Cycloidal Propulsor in Model-Scale and Full-Scale |
Session 26c Location: Fort William Salon D Chair: Dr. David Molyneux Propeller Cavitation and Load Variation with Steerable Nozzles Under Steering Conditions |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm Live Now |
Coffee break |
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| 3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Session 27a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation on Forward Skewed Marine Propeller Performance and Hydroacoustic Signatures |
Session 27b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja Numerical Prediction of Rudder Surface Pressures in Freestream and behind-Propeller Flows with and without Rudder Defect |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Session 28a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara Challenges in practical cavitation modelling - experience of the Nawigator XXI test case of the W2025 CFD Workshop |
Session 28b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja Reconstructing Acoustic Pressure Peaks form an Energy-Based Erosion Model and Accelerating Erosion Prediction with Physics-Informed Learning |
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| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Session 29a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara Cavitating Flow and Underwater Noise in Tug Vessels with Ducted Propellers: A Combined Numerical and Experimental Study |
Session 29b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja A Study on the Effects of Propeller Pitch Variation for Propeller-Rudder Interaction |
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| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Session 30a Location: Fort William Salon A/B Chair: Prof. Stefano Brizzolara New insights about lifting surfaces vortex-induced vibrations |
Session 30b Location: Fort William Salon C Chair: Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Caja Application of Energy-Saving Devices to suppress Propeller noise: Studies using Large-Eddy Simulations |
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| 6:30pm - 9:00pm |
Closing Banquet |
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