Contact Us

Executive Director

Carol Wolosz: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; University of Minnesota Duluth; 229 Voss Kovach Hall
University of Minnesota Duluth
1305 Ordean Court; Duluth, MN 55812; (218) 726-7446; info@glmri.org

Program Executive Assistant

Jeannie Hartwick: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; University of Minnesota Duluth; 229 Voss Kovach Hall
University of Minnesota Duluth
1305 Ordean Court; Duluth, MN 55812; (218) 726-8651

GLMRI Co-Directors

Richard D. Stewart, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Business and Economics; Director, Transportation and Logistics Research Center; University of Wisconsin-Superior; Erlanson Hall, Room 5; PO Box 2000; Superior, WI 54880-4500; (715) 394-8547
James P. Riehl, Ph.D.: Dean, Swenson College of Science and Engineering; McKnight Leadership Chair and Professor of Chemistry; University of Minnesota Duluth; 140 Engineering Building; 1303 Ordean Court; Duluth, MN 55812-2305; (218) 726-6397

Latest News:

Meeting to Discuss Possibly Siting an LNG Liquefaction Plant

Potential LNG fuel users from the mining, agricultural, trucking, rail and maritime sectors will gather at a meeting to determine if there is sufficient base load demand within a 200 mile region to warrant development of an LNG liquefaction and fuel transport, storage and distribution network centered in the Twin Ports of Duluth/Superior. The meeting takes place May 21st. Register here.

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Meeting Highlights

The SNAME Section meeting was held on February 13-14 in conjunction with the Great Lakes Waterways Conference in Cleveland, Ohio at the Hyatt Hotel. Read about meeting hightlights here

Conversion To Natural Gas Would Be A First On The Lakes

GLMRI is working with the Lake Michigan Carferry Service and marine engineering experts to explore the feasibility of converting the S.S. Badger to run its engines on natural gas. read more