• May.

• 28

• 2026

Digital Twin Enhanced Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Decision Making of Critical Engineering Systems

2026-05-28T14:30:00.000Z, 2026-05-28T14:30:00.000Z – 2026-05-28T15:30:00.000Z
, Room Faculty Lounge (EN4000), Memorial University of Newfoundland

Hosted by Newfoundland-Labrador Section Affinity Group, WIE
Co-hosted by Newfoundland-Labrador Section;

🌟 The IEEE NL Section Women in Engineering (WIE) invites you to a special talk titled "Digital Twin Enhanced Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Decision Making of Critical Engineering Systems", by Dr. Mihiran Galagerage Don, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Talk Abstract: 

Failures in marine propulsion systems, though infrequent, can cause significant safety and economic consequences through loss of propulsion (LOP) events. Emerging maritime trends—including hydrogen propulsion, Arctic navigation, and autonomous operations—further increase the need for advanced condition monitoring. This study reviews digital twin (DT) research for marine propulsion systems, highlighting the limited focus on component-level DTs despite their potential for predictive maintenance and reliability improvement. Key challenges include limited dynamic models, computational cost, data availability, ownership issues, and communication constraints. To address these gaps, the study proposes the Digital Twin Research Hub (DTRH), a bond graph–based multi-physics framework for developing efficient component-level DTs and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

Save to calendar:

• iCal
• Save to Outlook (vCal)

• May.

• 22

• 2026

Technical Event Co-hosted by IEEE Newfoundland-Labrador Computer, Communications, and Circuits & Systems Joint Societies Chapter and IEEE Kingston Communications Society Chapter

2026-05-22T13:30:00.000Z, 2026-05-22T13:30:00.000Z – 2026-05-22T14:30:00.000Z
Virtual

Hosted by Newfoundland Labrador Sect Chap, C16/COM19/CAS04
Co-hosted by Kingston Section Chapter, C16/COM19;

EEE Newfoundland-Labrador Computer, Communications, and Circuits & Systems Joint Societies Chapter and IEEE Kingston Communications Society Chapter cordially invite you to a technical presentation entitled “Phononic Frequency Combs” by Dr. Adarsh Ganesan, Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani – Dubai Campus, UAE.

When: 11:00-12:00pm on May 22, 2026 (Friday, NL local time) 

Where: online at https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=mdc7f149139d7e7e709438d527ee0f343

 

Seminar Title: Phononic Frequency Combs

Seminar Speaker: Dr. Adarsh Ganesan

Seminar Abstract:

Phononic frequency combs (PFC) are the mechanical analogues of celebrated photonic frequency combs. These represent a newly documented physical phenomenon in the well-researched physical domain of mechanical resonators. The emergence of PFC is mediated by nonlinear modal coupling. Through a series of experiments using micromechanical resonators, various physical features of PFC have been identified. These include drive parameters for comb operation, hysteresis for comb spectrum tailoring and nonlinear sensitivity to physical perturbations. My talk will describe the physics of PFC and will emphasize how these combs could be foundational to the fields of materials science, molecular science and chemical science. In that respect, I will present our first conceptual demonstrations of material combs, molecular combs and chemical combs respectively. I will also showcase our recent demonstrations of broadband PFC using optical tweezers and phonon lasers. The future work will be focused on the applications of PFC in sensing, communications and quantum information science.

Biography of the Speaker:

Adarsh Ganesan is currently an assistant professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani – Dubai Campus, UAE. He obtained his BE (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani in 2014 and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Cambridge in 2018. He carried out his postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA from 2018-2021. After serving as an assistant professor at Ahmedabad University, India from 2021-2024, Adarsh joined the Dubai Campus of BITS Pilani in July 2024. Adarsh has been recognized for his doctoral work on phononic frequency combs by the 2017 John Winbolt Prize (Cambridge University), 2017 UK Doctoral Researcher Award, 2018 APS GSNP Student Speaker Award, 2018 IET Hudswell International Research Scholarship and 2019 BITS Alumni Association Global 30 Under 30 Award.

https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=mdc7f149139d7e7e709438d527ee0f343

Save to calendar:

• iCal
• Save to Outlook (vCal)

• Jul.

• 14

• 2026

IEEE OES-GRSS-APS Invited Talk 2 (14 July 2026)

2026-07-14T17:30:00.000Z, 2026-07-14T17:30:00.000Z – 2026-07-14T18:30:00.000Z
CSF, Room 1203,

Hosted by Newfoundland-Labrador Sect Jt.Chap,OE22/GRS29/AP03

IEEE OES-GRSS-APS Invited Technical Talk 2

Speaker: Dr. Kegen Yu

Title：Monitoring Ocean States with Spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry

Abstract: Global Satellite Navigation System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an emerging remote sensing technology that is increasingly widely used in Earth observation, environmental parameter retrieval, and monitoring of marine and terrestrial disasters. This talk primarily discusses the use of spaceborne GNSS-R technology for monitoring ocean conditions, selecting three ocean parameters—sea surface wind speed and direction, and sea surface wave height—as retrieval targets. It focuses on studying how to construct ocean parameter retrieval models using machine learning algorithms under the condition of sufficient observational data samples. Model training primarily utilizes GNSS-R observation data from China's Fengyun-3E and the U.S. CYGNSS satellites, along with several ocean parameter product datasets as reference data. Through extensive experimental data processing, the model's performance was validated, demonstrating that spaceborne GNSS-R technology can be applied to monitor ocean conditions and serve as an effective supplement to existing ocean monitoring techniques.

Time: 3pm-4pm NST, 14 July, 2026

Location: CSF-1203, Memorial University

Save to calendar:

• iCal
• Save to Outlook (vCal)