The Symbiotic Engineering and Analysis Lab in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University is dedicated to researching methods and applications for sustainably extracting resources from the ocean through symbiotic relationships between systems. The Lab is led by Professor Maha Haji.
The Symbiotic Engineering and Analysis Lab in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University is dedicated to researching methods and applications for sustainably extracting resources from the ocean through symbiotic relationships between systems. The Lab is led by Professor Maha Haji.
Research
Systems Engineering
Integrating systems to better provide mutually beneficial relationships with the oceans.
Mineral Extraction
Sustainably harvesting minerals from seawater, including uranium, cobalt, and lithium.
Wave Energy
Harnessing the cyclic nature of the oceans to meet the energy needs of tomorrow.
Aquaculture
Reliably and cost-effectively expanding aquaculture farms further offshore.
Research
Systems Engineering
Integrating systems to better provide mutually beneficial relationships with the oceans.
Mineral Extraction
Sustainably harvesting minerals from seawater, including uranium, cobalt, and lithium.
Wave Energy
Harnessing the cyclic nature of the oceans to meet the energy needs of tomorrow.
Aquaculture
Reliably and cost-effectively expanding aquaculture farms further offshore.
News
Research presented at OCEANS’21 Conference
Some of the latest results on the design and testing of the control system for Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL), an integrated autonomous floating servicing station that utilizes renewable energy to simultaneously provide AUV battery recharging and data uplink via new generation high-bandwidth low-Earth orbit satellite constellations, were presented at the OCEANS’21 conference. The paper entitled ‘Autonomous Control of a Prototype Solar-powered Offshore AUV Servicing Platform’ is available for download at the conference website.
Sept 22, 2021
Research presented at the MIT A + B Applied Energy Symposium
Prof. Haji presents work on the ‘Optimization of a symbiotic wind-wave-storage farm for cost and load matching’ at the 2021 MIT A + B Applied Energy Symposium. View a recording of her presentation.
Aug 12, 2021
IEEE Seminar on Connecting the Oceans to Space
Prof. Haji presented some of the work she has been doing on the Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL), an integrated autonomous floating servicing station that utilizes renewable energy to simultaneously provide AUV battery recharging and data uplink via new generation high-bandwidth low-Earth orbit satellite constellations, at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.
Apr 28, 2021
Ezra’s Round Table Systems Seminar on Mineral Extraction
Prof. Haji presented some of the ongoing work in the SEA Lab on designing symbiotic systems for passive seawater mineral extraction at the Ezra’s Round Table Systems Seminar. The talk was recorded and is available to watch on the Cornell Systems Engineering YouTube page.
Mar 12, 2021
Join our group!
The SEA Lab is hiring graduate students and postdocs! Email Prof. Haji (maha@cornell.edu) to learn more and apply.
Oct 15, 2020
News
Research presented at OCEANS’21 Conference
Some of the latest results on the design and testing of the control system for Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL), an integrated autonomous floating servicing station that utilizes renewable energy to simultaneously provide AUV battery recharging and data uplink via new generation high-bandwidth low-Earth orbit satellite constellations, were presented at the OCEANS’21 conference. The paper entitled ‘Autonomous Control of a Prototype Solar-powered Offshore AUV Servicing Platform’ is available for download at the conference website.
Sept 22, 2021
Research presented at the MIT A + B Applied Energy Symposium
Prof. Haji presents work on the ‘Optimization of a symbiotic wind-wave-storage farm for cost and load matching’ at the 2021 MIT A + B Applied Energy Symposium. View a recording of her presentation.
Aug 12, 2021
IEEE Seminar on Connecting the Oceans to Space
Prof. Haji presented some of the work she has been doing on the Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL), an integrated autonomous floating servicing station that utilizes renewable energy to simultaneously provide AUV battery recharging and data uplink via new generation high-bandwidth low-Earth orbit satellite constellations, at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.
Apr 28, 2021
Ezra’s Round Table Systems Seminar on Mineral Extraction
Prof. Haji presented some of the ongoing work in the SEA Lab on designing symbiotic systems for passive seawater mineral extraction at the Ezra’s Round Table Systems Seminar. The talk was recorded and is available to watch on the Cornell Systems Engineering YouTube page.
Mar 12, 2021
Join our group!
The SEA Lab is hiring graduate students and postdocs! Email Prof. Haji (maha@cornell.edu) to learn more and apply.
Oct 15, 2020
Selected Publications
Design and Testing of AUV Docking Modules for a Renewably Powered Offshore AUV Servicing Platform
M. N. Haji, J. Tran, J. Norheim, and O. L. de Weck
39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering 2020
An offshore solution to cobalt shortages via adsorption-based harvesting from seawater
M. N. Haji and A. H. Slocum
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
Results of an Ocean Trial of the Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction
M. N. Haji, J. A. Drysdale, K. O. Buesseler, and A. H. Slocum
Environmental Science & Technology
Integrated Pumped Hydro Reverse Osmosis systems
A. H. Slocum, M. N. Haji, A. Z. Trimble, M. Ferrara, and S. J. Saidi
Sustainable Energy & Technology Assessments
Selected Publications
Design and Testing of AUV Docking Modules for a Renewably Powered Offshore AUV Servicing Platform
M. N. Haji, J. Tran, J. Norheim, and O. L. de Weck
39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering 2020
An offshore solution to cobalt shortages via adsorption-based harvesting from seawater
M. N. Haji and A. H. Slocum
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
Results of an Ocean Trial of the Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction
M. N. Haji, J. A. Drysdale, K. O. Buesseler, and A. H. Slocum
Environmental Science & Technology
Integrated Pumped Hydro Reverse Osmosis systems
A. H. Slocum, M. N. Haji, A. Z. Trimble, M. Ferrara, and S. J. Saidi
Sustainable Energy & Technology Assessments