Travis Hunsucker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences - Expert with Florida Tech

Areas of Expertise

Applied Marine Hydrodynamics

Frictional Drag

Shipping Emissions

Seakeeping

Applied Hydromechanics

Experimentation in Fluids

Wave-Structure Interaction

About

J. Travis Hunsucker, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Tech His research focus areas are ship hydrodynamics, frictional drag of biofouling, wave mechanics, and dynamics of marine spacecraft recovery. He has worked with the US Navy, IMO, NASA, various shipping firms, and multiple coating companies. As the director of the Applied Hydromechanics Lab at Florida Tech, Professor Hunsucker and his research group focus on hydrodynamic field testing for fouling control coatings, experimental hydrodynamics of fouled surfaces, and quantification of drag at full scale on ships.

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.