Stefan Jendersie

Tasks

Marine Technology and Operations

• Work and Project Planning
• Coordinating technical equipment for IOW research cruises

IOW Device Database

• Implementation of theO2A registry at IOW

Research Vessel Coordination

• Modernization and digitization of cruise planning and coordination processes
• Deputy vessel coordinator

Information Management

• Modernization of information infrastructure of the Marine Instrumentation & Methods Group
• Implementation of a document management system

Sea Ice Formation processes

• Laboratory studies of frazil ice formation
• Development of autonomous platforms to observe Antarctic Polynyas

Our Changing Coast

• Development of coupled ice-ocean models
• Long-term projections for large Antarctic cold ice shelves

SWAIS2C

• Drilling campaign Ross Ice Shelf, Siple Coast
• Simulating the shelf seas of a deglaciated West Anarctica

Projects

Our Changing Coast

• Development of coupled ice-ocean models
• Long-term projections for large Antarctic cold ice shelves

SWAIS2C

• Drilling campaign Ross Ice Shelf, Siple Coast
• Simulating dthe shelf seas of a deglaciated West Antarctica

Previous Projects

NZSeaRise (2018-2022)

Antarctic Science Platform (2019-2025)

ROSS RAMP (2015-2018)

Topics for Theses and Internships

Electrical Engineering & Electronics

• Motor control for autonomous winch system
• Power supply for instruments in polar marine conditions

Method & Instrumentation Development

• Measurement of minimal volume changes in seawater
• Experimental setup - measurement of ice formation processes in a pressure tank

Laboratory Experiments

• Ice formation in turbulent seawater conditions
• Development of parametrizations for numerical models

Numerical Simulations: Coupled Ice Shelf - Ocean Models

• Heat Transport in the Antarctic shelf seas
• Tipping points of cold ice shelves
• Antarctic paleo oceanography

Numerical Simulations: Coupled Atmosphere - Sea Ice Models

• Influence of solar-storms (CME) on sea ice formation
• Paleo-Polynyas - hypothetical West Antarctica shelf seas

Machine Learning & LLMs

• Emulation of winter sea ice formation in polynyas
• Ice-water boundary layer processes beneath ice shelves - parametrization of ice shelf melt derived from DNS-trained ML models
• AI-assisted porting and testing of legacy software

Most of the topics listed above can be adapted and scaled in scope for PhD theses, Master's theses, or internships. Other topics in marine engineering, autonomous long-term monitoring, ice formation processes, polar oceanography and their modeling, or related areas are always welcome - I am keen to hear new ideas. The bolder the better...