Len Zedel, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

physical oceanography remote sensing sonar ultrasound underwater acoustics

Latest funding

Remote sound speed estimation in medical ultrasound and ocean acoustics: a cross discipline collaboration
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$24,768
NSERC CREATE Interdisciplinary Marine Engineering Research and Industrial Training
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,650,000
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, longevity, paleoceanography, microbiology, and conservation.
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$360,000

All 6 grants and awards

Remote sound speed estimation in medical ultrasound and ocean acoustics: a cross discipline collaboration

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zedel, Len LJ

Keywords: physical oceanography; remote sensing; sonar; ultrasound; underwater acoustics

$24,768

NSERC CREATE Interdisciplinary Marine Engineering Research and Industrial Training

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Gu, Jason JZ

Keywords: 3d numerical modeling; control and robotics; embeded systems; marine communication; marine electronics; sensor modeling; sensor networks; under water robotics

$1,650,000

Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay: biodiversity, longevity, paleoceanography, microbiology, and conservation.

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Edinger, Evan

$360,000

Carbonate budgets, paleoceanography and ecology of deep-sea gorgonian coral forests in the northern Labrador Sea and southern Baffin Bay

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Edinger, Evan

$270,000

Ocean Networks Canada Observatory

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Juniper, Kim

$340,290

Development of Acoustical Oceanographic Techniques

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zedel, Len

$135,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: physical oceanography Dear Professor Zedel, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on physical oceanography connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Remote sound speed estimation in medical ultrasound and ocean acoustics: a cross discipline collaboration" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]