Two CPS research projects were funded by the Maritime Future Technology Watch, co-led by the Defence Science Institute (DSI) and the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group in March 2017.
Both project proposals were successful and the investigatory team consisting of Professor Roberto Sabatini, Dr Nirajan Shiwakoti and Dr Peter Stasinopoulos were invited to provide a detailed project report and presentations on the proposed topics namely: Development of a Novel Tool for Recoverability during Maritime Evacuation and Decision Support Tool to Reduce Platform Hazards and Incidents.
The research activities were targeted on a critical review of the body of knowledge in the field, including both scientific literature and state-of-the-art technology solutions. The critical review supported the identification of baseline and future technology evolution stages. All emerging and speculative technologies identified were then categorised in 3 deployment timeframes (up to 20 years) and the report detailed the technical feasibility and the challenges currently faced by the maritime community to achieve full maturity.
The report also highlighted the recent research findings of the investigatory team at RMIT, identified research pathways and possible implementation strategies as well as the most promising technologies that can be employed for improving maritime platform performance.
As a follow-up activity, presentations were provided to the defence/research community at a dedicated Maritime Future Technology Watch Workshop organised by DSI at the DST Group premises in Melbourne on 4th – 5th May, 2017.
