Lora Van Uffelen

  • Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Phone: 401.874.6879
  • Email: loravu@uri.edu
  • Office Location: 213 Sheets Building

Research

Ocean Engineering

Long-range ocean acoustic propagation, Acoustic navigation of gliders, Acoustical oceanography, particularly in the Arctic, Ocean variability and effects on acoustic propagation, Observations of marine mammal vocalizations using mobile platforms

Education

Ph.D. Oceanography, 2009, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

B.S., Engineering, 2002, Hope College

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

Van Uffelen, L.J., E.H Roth, B.M. Howe, E.M. Oleson, and Y. Barkley (2016, in press). “A Seaglider-Integrated Digital Monitor for Bioacoustic Sensing.” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng. DOI 10.1109/JOE.2016.2637199

Ramp, S.R., J.A. Colosi, P.F. Worcester, F.L. Bahr, K. Heaney, J.A. Mercer, J. Van Uffelen (2016, in review) ”The Vertical structure of eddies in the subtropical countercurrent, Western Philippine Sea.” Deep-Sea Research.

Van Uffelen, L.J., B.M. Howe, E.M. Nosal, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, and M.A. Dzieciuch (2016). “Localization and subsurface position error estimation of gliders using broadband acoustic signals at long range.” IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., 41(3), 501-508.

Van Uffelen, L.J., E.M Nosal, B.M. Howe, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, K.D. Heaney, R.L. Campbell, and P.S. Cross (2013). “Estimating uncertainty in subsurface glider position using transmissions from fixed acoustic tomography sources.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3260-3271.

Colosi, J.A., J. Van Uffelen, B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch, P.F. Worcester, and B.D. Dushaw (2013). ”Observations of sound-speed fluctuations in the Western Philippine Sea in the spring of 2009.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3185-3200.

Worcester, P.F., M.A. Dzieciuch, J.A. Mercer, R.K. Andrew, B.D. Dushaw, A.B. Baggeroer, K.D. Heaney, G.L. D’Spain, J.A. Colosi, R.A. Stephen, J.N. Kemp, B.M. Howe, J. Van Uffelen, and K.E. Wage (2013). “The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) deep-water acoustic propagation experiments in the Philippine Sea.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3359-3375.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, D.L. Rudnick, and J.A. Colosi (2010). “Effects of upper ocean sound-speed structure on deep acoustic shadow-zone arrivals at 500- and 1000-km range.” Acoust. Soc. Am., 127, 2169-2181.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, and D.L. Rudnick (2009). “The vertical structure of shadow-zone arrivals at long range in the ocean.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 3569-3588.

Conference Papers and Abstracts

Van Uffelen, L.J. and K. Wage (2016), “Modeling Acoustic Scattering by Internal Waves Using Random Matrix Theory,” Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 38 (3), 27-34. Conference on Environmental Variability, Fluctuations and Coherence, Cambridge, U.K.

Van Uffelen, L.J., S.E. Webster, C.M. Lee, J.I. Gobat, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch (2016). “Ocean Gliders as Tools for Acoustic Tomography,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140 (4), 3075. Invited Paper.

E. Wage and L.J. Van Uffelen (2016) “Random matrix theory simulation of propagation through internal waves,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140(4), 3407.

Van Uffelen, L.J., Oleson, B.M. Howe, and E. Roth (2014). “Acoustic Seagliders for monitoring marine mammal populations.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 136(4), 2118.

Van Uffelen, L.J., and K.E. Wage (2014). “Able sea chicks…Adventures in acoustical oceanography,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 135, 2404. Invited Paper.

Van Uffelen, L.J., H. Roth, E. Oleson, B.M. Howe. (2014). “Ambient Noise Measurements on Acoustic Seagliders,” Presented at the February 2014 Ocean Sciences meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Howe, B.M., E.M. Nosal, and J. Van Uffelen (2013). “Towards On-the-Fly Ray Identification for RAFOS-2 Navigation.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3983.

Van Uffelen, L.J., B.M. Howe, E.M. Nosal, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch (2013). “Acoustic localization of Seagliders in the Philippine Sea using broadband transmissions from moored acoustic sources.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3983.

White, A,W., J.A. Mercer, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, J.A. Colosi, J. Van Uffelen, and B.M. Howe (2013). ”Deep Fades in Intensity: Exploration of Measurement-Monte Carlo Parabolic Equation Mismatch in the Philippine Sea.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 4001.

Colosi, J.A., J. Van Uffelen, B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch, P.F. Worcester, B.D. Dushaw, and S.R. Ramp (2013). ”Observations of Sound-Speed Fluctuations in the Western Philippine Sea in the Spring of 2009.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134, 3185.

F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, J.A, Mercer, R.K Andrew, B.D. Dushaw, A.B. Baggeroer, K.D. Heaney, G.L. D’Spain, J.A. Colosi, R.A. Stephen, J.N. Kemp, B.M. Howe, L.J. Van Uffelen, and K.E. Wage (2013). “The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory Deep-Water Acoustic Propagation Experiments in the Philippine Sea.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134, 3359.

Van Uffelen, L.J., B.M. Howe, E.M. Nosal, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, and M.A. Dzieciuch (2013). “Long-range glider localization using broadband acoustic signals and a linearized model of glider motion.” Oceans – San Diego, 2013, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 23-27.

Van Uffelen, L.J., E.M Nosal, B.M. Howe, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, K.D. Heaney, R.L. Campbell, and P.S. Cross (2013). “Towards subsurface positioning of gliders using fixed acoustic tomography sources.” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 5020. ICA 2013 Montreal, Canada.

Colosi, J., B. Dushaw, Van Uffelen, B. Cornuelle, M.Dzieciuch, P.Worcester, S. Ramp, and F. Bahr (2012). ”Observed Sound-Speed Structure During the Phil Sea 2009-2010 Field Years.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131, 3353.

Van Uffelen, L.J., E.M. Nosal, B.M. Howe, G.S. Carter, P.F. Worcester, and M.A. Dzieciuch (2012). “Acoustic Seagliders in the Philippine Sea: First Steps Towards Moving-Receiver Tomography.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131, 3353.

F. Worcester, R.K Andrew, A.B. Baggeroer, J.A. Colosi, G.L. D’Spain, M.A. Dzieciuch,K.D. Heaney, B.M. Howe, J.N. Kemp, J.A, Mercer, R.A. Stephen, and L.J. Van Uffelen (2012). “The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) Deep-Water Acoustic Propagation Experiments in the Philippine Sea.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131, 3352.

Colosi, J.A., B.D. Dushaw, J. Van Uffelen, M.A. Dzieciuch, B.D. Cornuelle, and P.F. Worcester (2011). ”Observations of Philippine Sea Sound-Speed Perturbations, the Contribution from Internal Waves and Tides, and Spicy Thermohaline Structure.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130, 2556.
Van Uffelen, L.J., F. Duennebier, R. Lukas, B.M. Howe (2011). “The Aloha Cabled Observatory.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129, 2400.

Howe, B.M., J. Van Uffelen, E.M. Nosal, and G.S. Carter (2011). “Acoustic Seagliders in PhilSea10: Preliminary Results,” IEEE Oceans 2011 Conference Proceedings.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, and J.A. Colosi (2010). “Sound-Speed Fluctuations in the Philippine Sea.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 128, 2387.

Van Uffelen, L.J., K.E. Wage (2010). “Ocean acoustic tomography: Live from the Philippine Sea.” Acoust. Soc. Am., 127, 1913. Invited Paper.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester (2009). “Characterization of Deep Acoustic Shadow Zone Arrivals.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 126, 2159.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, and M.A. Dzieciuch (2008). “Absolute Intensities of Acoustic Shadow Zone Arrivals.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123, 3464.

Stephen, R.A., S.T. Bolmer, I. Udovydchenkov, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, J. Van Uffelen, J.A. Mercer, R.K. Andrew, L.J. Buck, J.A. Colosi, B.M. Howe (2008). “NPAL04 OBS Data Analysis Part 1: Kinematics of Deep Seafloor Arrivals.” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report WHOI-2008-03.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, and D.L. Rudnick (2006). “Mixed Layer Effects on Acoustic Arrival Structure.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 3021.

Udovydchenkov, I.A., M.G. Brown, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, J. Van Uffelen, J.A. Mercer, B.M. Howe, and R.K. Andrew (2006). ” Mode processing of transient signals using a deficient vertical receiving array, with application to LOAPEX measurements.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 3022.

F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, L.J. Van Uffelen, D.L. Rudnick, B.D. Cornuelle, and W.H. Munk (2006). “The SPICEX (Spice Experiment) component of the 2004 North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) experiment: An overview.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3020.

Van Uffelen, L.J., P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, D.L. Rudnick, B.D. Cornuelle, and W.H. Munk (2006). “Vertical Structure of Shadow Zone Arrivals at Long Range in the Ocean.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3344.