Plenary Speakers

Tony King – Senior Research Engineer – C-Core

Tony King graduated from Memorial University, St. John’s and worked with C-CORE for 30 years, the last 10 years of which was in the role of Director of Ice and Ocean Engineering. His main area of interest is ice scour risk to subsea infrastructure, and he has evaluated ice scour risk to facilities on the Grand Banks, Labrador Shelf, Sakhalin Island, the Beaufort Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Dr. Takatoshi Matsuzawa – Research Scientist – NMRI

Dr. Matsuzawa is a research scientist in ship performance in polar regions at the National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI), Japan. He is an expert in model tests employing the NMRI Ice Model Basin. He has also participated in onboard/field measurements in cold regions, including the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Since the initiation of a new icebreaking research vessel by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), he was involved in the planning of the ship and led a series of tank tests on the early design. He is now dually engaged in coordinating the shipbuilding project at JAMSTEC concerning the ship performance and equipment.

Sigurd Teigen – Principal Researcher – Equinor

Dr. Sigurd Teigen (MSc in Applied Physics, NTNU, Norway) did his PhD in Physical Oceanography at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Norway. He brings 20 years of experience from the energy company Equinor, where he has focused on research and development as well as advising on cold climate challenges.

Throughout his career in Equinor, Dr. Teigen has worked with both oil & gas and offshore wind projects in ice-prone regions. His field work experience spans data collection campaigns in Svalbard, the Barents Sea, the North-East Greenland shelf, offshore Newfoundland and the Baltic Sea.

In addition to his industry work, Dr. Teigen holds a Professor II position at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTNU. His core expertise includes analysis of sea ice and iceberg data, numerical simulation tools for ice actions, ice risk management and assessment of snow and icing accretion.

Paul Griffin – President and CEO – C-CORE

Paul Griffin joined C-CORE in 2018 as President and CEO. He has 25 years of executive management experience in small and medium organizations in the technology and transportation sectors. Prior to joining C-CORE, Paul was the President and CEO of Marine Atlantic.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Memorial University and is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also completed the Marketing Management Program (MMP) at the Ivy School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and the Directors Education Program (DEP) at the Sobey School of Business at St. Mary’s University.

An active volunteer, Paul serves, or has served, on the boards of a variety of business and community organizations, including the Stella’s Circle Foundation, the Industry Advisory Committee of the Marine Institute of Memorial University, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Newfoundland and Labrador, the Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association, and Cygnus Gymnastics Training Centre.

Dr. Yuri Muzychka

Dr. Muzychka joined the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of

Newfoundland in 2000. He obtained his PhD in 1999 from the University of Waterloo. Since joining Memorial University, Dr. Muzychka has focused his research efforts in several areas of heat transfer and fluid dynamics, namely: Fundamentals of Convection and Conduction Heat Transfer, Thermal Management in Electronics Packaging, Transport Phenomena in Internal Flows, Multiphase Phase Flow, and most recently Marine Icing Phenomena. He has published approximately 135 papers in high quality journals, 125 refereed conference papers at international conferences, 5 book chapters, and 1 book. He is a Fellow of the ASME, CSME, and the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). His research has been cited over 7800 times and also placed him on the Stanford University’s Top 2 Percent of Researchers World List since its inception.

Dr. Bruce W.T. Quinton

Dr. Bruce Quinton is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Ocean & Naval Architectural Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His expertise includes capabilities of low- and non-ice-class vessels in ice infested waters; ship hull structural response to extreme/accidental loads (specializing in sliding loads causing damage); numerical simulation/application of ice and accidental loads; advanced material characterisation and behaviour of Arctic shipbuilding materials; and full-scale laboratory ship impact experimentation.  Dr. Quinton’s novel experimental and numerical work related to moving/sliding loads on hull structures was awarded the 2013 Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award – an international award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).  He is a member of the V.1 – V.1 Limit States During Accidental and Damage Conditions Committee of the 23^rd International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress, 2025.

Prior to commencing his faculty appointment, Dr. Quinton worked in industry on Arctic related projects including: ice strengthened vessel design, Arctic issues related to structural safety, Arctic escape, evacuation and rescue (EER) performance criteria, and others.