Travis Hunsucker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Florida Tech
- Melbourne FL
Travis Hunsucker is an ocean engineer with experience in the aerospace, oil and gas, shipping, and naval industries.
Areas of Expertise
About
Media Appearances
Splashdown! Here's how NASA will recover the Artemis I Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean
Florida Today online
2022-12-08
“It’s just like, whoa. I saw this vehicle drop off the horizon on our beach. We see these beautiful photos of it orbiting the moon. And then, you’ll see it come into the well deck four weeks later," Hunsucker said, referring to the lower level of the ship that will be flooded to load the capsule onboard.
FIT professor will help retrieve Orion space capsule after splashdown
FOX 35 Orlando online
2022-11-28
MELBOURNE, Fla. - When Artemis I’s test flight finishes its 26-day, 1.3 million-mile journey, Travis Hunsucker will be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ready to pick up the Orion space capsule after splashdown.
"I grew up surfing, ocean rescue, fishing, so I have always had a desire and curiosity for ocean waves," said Hunsucker, an assistant professor of ocean engineering and marine sciences at Florida Institute of Technology.
Education
Florida Institute of Technology
Ph.D.
Ocean Engineering
2016
Florida Institute of Technology
M.S.
Ocean Engineering
2011
Florida State University
B.S.
Meteorology, minor in Mathematics
2008
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Selected Articles
Biofilm community structure and the associated drag penalties of a groomed fouling release ship hull coating
Biofouling2018
Uncertainty Analysis of Methods Used to Measure Ship Fuel Oil Consumption
International Maritime Organization, MEPC2018
Proactive in-water ship hull grooming as a method to reduce the environmental footprint of ships
Frontiers in Marine Science2022
