In September 2024, Dr. Amit Tandon was felicitated with the title of Commonwealth Professor (here) at UMass Dartmouth, an achievement celebrated on November 4th, 2024, during the Faculty Recognition Ceremony.

Colleagues, students and family gathered on the university’s main campus to honor his contributions to academia.

Congratulations, Dr. Tandon, on this well-earned recognition!

Teledyne Marine, a global leader in developing deep ocean floats, recently highlighted the remarkable work of Dr. Amit Tandon and graduate student Patrick Pasteris in their recent feature.

They worked with four undergraduate engineering students for their capstone projects, with the help from the chief engineer from Teledyne Marine Bob Melvin and capstone instructor Prof. Hamed Samandari. The main objective of the project was to improve the design of the buoyancy engine and make the previous product more energy efficient. The students researched a combination of many components like pumps, motors, bladders, battery chemistries, in different ocean conditions to make the floats “Go-Anywhere”.

“…The students were motivated and talented, working well as a team to engineer and test a concept…I look forward to more capstone opportunities”, said Teledyne chief engineer Bob Melvin.

More information in the article: here and on YouTube: here

Dr. Amit Tandon, along with his colleagues from National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), collaborated on the recently published paper: “Performance of Moored Real-Time Ocean Observations During Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal”.

This article provides a detailed explanation of the meteorological conditions, the air-sea flux conditions (measured and derived from COARE), the temperature and salinity depth profiles (and hence the mixed layer conditions) and the ocean current velocity profiles, as measured by the NIOT BD moorings, during Tropical Cyclone (TC) Amphan, which traversed through the Bay of Bengal at May 2020.

The authors highlight the benefits and necessity of maintaining such array of moored buoys in the Northern Indian Ocean, especially with the rise in the number and strength of TCs. They also discuss the challenges faced in data telemetry, mooring design, sensor exposure, etc. during cyclones and briefly outline NIOT’s plans for improving accuracy in generating and providing real-time data.

For more information: here