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AGENDA
5:00 PM – Social Hour
6:00 PM – Dinner buffet
7:00 PM – Technical Session & Webcast
Topic: FEASIBILITY AND CURRENT CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE FOR AUTONOMY IN
GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKERS
Abstract:
This study investigates the feasibility of applying Autonomous Capabilities for an Icebreaker. This study focuses on the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Great Lakes Icebreaking fleet. It addresses the need for reducing the crew requirements to address the overall USCG shortcomings to recruit sailors, which has been in decline in recent years. Three specific use cases are defined to investigate the feasibility of autonomous operations: 1) feasibility of incorporating the latest ship operations and monitoring autonomous systems, 2) feasibility to have fully unmanned autonomous operations, 3) feasibility to have remote control operations with onboard systems and integrating a land based control center.
The study addresses the needs and challenges for each use case and identifies the new ship system requirements necessary for implementing autonomous capabilities. It investigates the autonomous capabilities currently available on the commercial market and identifies how their integration on an icebreaker will benefit the overall design. The market research also identifies what other autonomous ships are in development and how their capabilities can translate over to ice operations.
The study details the system’s breakdown structure of the Autonomous Great Lakes Icebreaker (AGLIB), along with IDEF0 and Sequence flow diagrams. These diagrams are used to create system requirements that would be new operational capabilities for an icebreaker. These requirements are used to create a conceptual design for AGLIB.
The conceptual design compares the General Arrangements (GA) between a standard and an autonomous variant. These comparisons will show how reducing the crew size by implementing autonomation can benefit the arrangeable space to include a Battery Electrical Storage System (BESS) to improve the propulsion efficiency. This efficiency will reduce the fuel burn rate and overall improve the environmental impact of icebreakers.
Lastly, this study presents ideas for future technological developments that can improve the feasibility of an operational unmanned autonomous icebreaker.
SPEAKER/PRESENTER
Sean Sweeney, Senior Naval Architect, Leidos Gibbs & Cox Inc.
Senior Naval Architect at Gibbs & Cox, Inc. a Leidos Company, 8 years experience
Bachelors in Naval Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, 2016
Masters in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024
Early Work Experience:
DDG 51 PMS 400D Support
LSC Freedom Class Post Shakedown Assessment
Canadian Coast Guard Artic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS)
FFG 62 Contract Design Team
Latest Icebreaking Work Experience
Investigating Feasibility Designs for the Next USCG Great Lakes Icebreaker (GLIB), 4+ years
Lead Hullform Designer for National Science Foundation (NSF) Antarctic Research Vessel (ARV), 2 years
Attended 3 Ice Model Testing as the Hullform Designer
• 1 @ Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) for ARV
• 2 @ Aker Arctic in Helsinki Finland for GLIB
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