Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of Tianjin University: Invited Papers for Design Method and Engineering Application of UUVs
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editors
Interests: design theory and method of underwater vehicles; deep-sea intelligent equipment technology and application; networking technology and application of underwater unmanned systems
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Interests: simulation and experimental studies of autonomous underwater vehicles; design theory and method of underwater gliders; design of new generation of self-supporting bionic underwater vehicles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As 2025 marks the 130th anniversary of Tianjin University, we are honored to invite you to submit high-quality and impactful manuscripts showcasing your research on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for this special occasion in the Special Issue entitled “Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of Tianjin University: Invited Papers for design method and engineering application of UUVs”. This Special Issue is dedicated to celebrating Tianjin University’s remarkable contributions to research and development in serial Petrel underwater gliders. We welcome manuscripts addressing a broad spectrum of topics within UUV, including but not limited to the following:
Design theory and method of key disciplines for UUVs;
Multidisciplinary design approach of UUVs;
Design theory and method of bionic underwater robots;
Progress in engineering application of UUVs;
Performance improvement method of UUVs;
UUV networking technology and theory.
Prof. Dr. Yanhui Wang
Prof. Dr. Shaoqiong Yang
Dr. Ming Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ocean engineering
- unmanned underwater vehicle
- bionic underwater robot
- UUV networking technology
- scientific application of UUVs
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