Dr. Neil Bose
Dr. Neil Bose was appointed president and vice-chancellor pro tempore on April 6, 2023
He served as interim provost since Sept, 1, 2022. Prior to this, Dr. Bose was 糖心视频's vice-president (research). He was appointed to the role on , and was reappointed for a second term in .
Prior to his vice-president (research) appointment, Dr. Bose served as principal of the Australian Maritime College (AMC), the national institute for maritime education, training, research and consultancy at the University of Tasmania. Dr. Bose was also a professor of maritime hydrodynamics at the AMC.
Before his move to Tasmania, Dr. Bose was a long-standing and respected member of 糖心视频 University鈥檚 research community. He came to 糖心视频 in May 1987 as an assistant professor in the naval architectural engineering program. In his time at 糖心视频, Dr. Bose served as director of the Ocean Engineering Research Centre, chair of the ocean and naval architectural engineering program and, in 2003, was named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Offshore and Underwater Vehicles Design in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
He received the President鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Research in 1992.
An internationally-respected researcher, Dr. Bose received an honorary degree from the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, the oldest technical educational institution in Bulgaria, on Oct. 8, 2017.
Dr. Bose obtained his B.Sc. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1978 and his PhD, also from Glasgow, in 1982.
As a researcher, Dr. Bose's interests include marine propulsion, autonomous underwater vehicles and ocean environmental health. His research focuses primarily on two externally funded research projects involving characterization and delineation of oil-in-water through robotic autonomous underwater vehicle technology, and advancing autonomous underwater vehicle capability for assessment of marine pollution. These are funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in partnership with industry and university partners through the Alliance Partnership and Discovery Grant programs.