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Seminar: Interdisciplinary Science for Marine Energy Solutions: From Theory to Throwing it Overboard
Dr. Mike Muglia
Assistant Director of Science and Research for the North Carolina Ocean Energy Program and Associate Research Professor at East Carolina University’s Coastal Studies Institute
Dr. Muglia is a candidate for an open HNEI/ORE faculty position in Marine Energy Engineering
*In-person (POST 723) & via Zoom*
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Meeting ID: 235 549 0320
Passcode: ORE
Mike Muglia is the Assistant Director of Science and Research for the NC Ocean Energy Program and an Associate Research Professor at East Carolina University’s Coastal Studies Institute on the Outer Banks of NC. His scientific interests include understanding variability in position and transport of western boundary currents, the complex confluence of different shelf water masses, shelf and deep ocean exchange processes, meridional overturning circulation linkages between western boundary currents and deep western boundary currents, and applying his oceanographic knowledge to develop renewable ocean energy solutions. Specifics of his ongoing research efforts include:
- Developing ocean renewable energy solutions with interdisciplinary teams
- Understanding high-frequency variability in the cyclonic shear zone of the Gulf Stream with HF radars
- Quantifying the variability in the available hydrokinetic energy resource from the Gulf Stream for the state of NC
- Gulf Stream, Mid Atlantic Bight, South Atlantic Bight, Chesapeake Bay Outflow, and Slope Sea water mass dynamics off of NC
Mike has extensive experience integrating, deploying, maintaining, and recovering various types of marine renewable energy devices and ocean observing systems, analyzing oceanographic observations, instructing students, and managing field projects with faculty, graduate students, and private industry partners. He has BS degrees in marine science, biology, and physics, an MS degree in physics, and a Ph.D. in Marine Science from UNC-Chapel Hill. A self-described surf junky, Mike most enjoys working on the ocean.