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William J. Kirkwood

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

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June 1991 to Present                                MBARI                                                            Moss Landing, CA.

 

Senior Research and Development Engineer (2009)

Associate Director of Engineering Research and Development (1998-2009)

Management of the institute's core engineering team - 22 engineers

Program Manager for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV):

á        Dorado

á        Atlantic Layer Tracking EXperiment

á        Multibeam mapping system

á        Operations Physical Oceanographic (CTD) system

 

Project Engineer for Deep Ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer

Project Engineer for Free Ocean CO2 Experiment

Program Manager / Lead Mechanical Engineer for the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Tiburon

 

 

1986 to 1991                  Lockheed Missiles and Space Company                                 Sunnyvale, CA.

 

Group Engineering Supervisor - Advanced Systems Division

 

Management of 34 engineers operating as a matrix group over many projects additional efforts as design engineer on

several projects (sampling of classified and non-classified projects)

 

á         Ground Based Laser - active optics and pointing mirrors

á         Starlab - active optics and pointing mirrors

á         Managed Ball Corp. sub-system delivery of optical components

á         Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellite - Solar array design and tracking optic design

á         Mine Surveillance System - Modification of the DRAPER autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)

á         Precision Underwater Navigation System - Surface vessel design, build and system integration

 

Additional efforts included towfish, pressure housings, laser communications systems, infra-red precision guidance

systems, test apparatus, and operation of a 1500 sq. ft. laboratory.

 

 

1984 to 1986                              Leach Relay Corporation                                        Los Angeles, CA.

 

Engineering Supervisor of Research and Development

 

Management of 4 engineers developing, designing, and documenting for manufacture power components and

electromechanical devices for military and avionics applications.

 

á        Research and development of "Smart Relay" technology for the F-16 fighter

á        Raytheon sonar division, 3000 volt power components for US Navy submarine active sonar systems.

á        High power (400 VAC - 25 AMP) contactor for the Blackhawk helicopter

 

Additional efforts included component design for Lockheed L-1011 and Galaxy aircraft, Rockwell Space Shuttle, Hughes

Helicopter, McDonald-Douglas military and commercial aircraft including Tomahawk cruise missile, aircraft, Boeing aircraft

and weapons systems, etc.

 

 

 

1982 to 1984                              American Telecom Corporation                                  El Monte, CA.

 

Design Engineer

 

Engineering and design of telecommunications equipment and components. Circuit board development, integration of

new chip technologies into telecommunications for office and household use.

 

 

 

1979 to 1982                                Kaiser Steel Corporation                                        Pico Rivera, CA.

 

Design Engineer

 

Design and construction of automated assembly  line systems using logic design, automated and progressive tool design for

production of heavy gauge steel parts, particularly automotive and building applications.

 

 

 

1976 to 1979                                 Mattel Toys Incorporated                                      Hawthorne, CA.

 

Student Intern - Design Engineer

 

Full time summer employee and part-time during the school year designing first generation handheld electronic games, and

mechanisms for international toys.

 

 

EDUCATION:

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June 1979          University of California Los Angeles        Westwood, CA.

 

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Specializing in Materials and Applications

Society of Automotive Engineers member working on hydrogen powered automobiles

 

June 2000          University of Phoenix                                  Phoenix AZ.

Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems

 

 

PERSONAL:

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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  June 1956

US Citizenship: Naturalized - June 1974

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

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Senior Member IEEE (2009)

 

National Science Foundation, Ocean Observatory Initiative ORION Office, Engineering Committee (2006)

 

Institute of Marine Science Seminar: NURP 2003 Distinguished Lecturer Technology Challenges and Advances for

Oceanographic Observatories. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Oct. 13th, 2003.

 

Santa Clara University: Appointed Adjunct Professor - Fall 2002

 

IEEE AUV Technology and Application Basics Tutorial since 2001

 

 

EXPEDITIONS:

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Mariana Trench, Chamorro CORK Site IODP 1200C, R/V Natsuhima with ROV Hyper-Dolphin, Winter 2009

 

Barkley Canyon expedition and Neptune Canada, Venus cable route mapping - Dr. P. Brewer P.I. - R/V Western Flyer,

ROV Tiburon, AUV Dorado – Mapping Summer 2006

 

Costa Rican Subduction Zone - R/V Atlantis and HOV Alvin dive to 4370 meters, Spring 2004

 

Gulf of California,  Guymas Basin - R/V Western Flyer   and ROV Tiburon, Spring 2003

 

Arctic / 86 North,   Nansen Basin - USCG Ice Breaker Healy and AUV ALTEX, Fall 2001

 

Mariana Trench - R/V Thomas Thompson and ROV Jason Winter 1998

 

 

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

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Peer Reviewed Publications:

 

Zhang, X. P. Walz, W.J. Kirkwood, K.C. Hester, W. Ussler, E.T. Peltzer, and P.G. Brewer (2009)" Development and

deployment of deep a deep-sea Raman probe for measurement of pore water geochemistry." Deep-Sea Res. 1,

doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.11.004.

 

Erin Beck, William Kirkwood, David Caress, Todd Berk, Paul Mahacek, Kevin Brashem, Jose Acain, Vivek Reddy,

Dr. Christopher Kitts, John Skutnik, and Dr. Geoff Wheat ÒSeaWASP: A Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Autonomous

Platform for Shallow Water MappingÓ Marine Technology Society Journal, Volume 43, Number 1, Student Papers 2009.

 

K. C. Hester, E. T. Peltzer, W. J. Kirkwood, and P. G. Brewer (2008) ÒUnanticipated consequences of ocean acidification:

A noisier ocean at lower pHÓ, Geophysical Research Letters, October 1, 2008, Vol. 35 #31.

 

W.J. Kirkwood (2007) ÒDevelopment of the DORADO Mapping Vehicle for Multibeam, Subbottom, and Sidescan

Science MissionsÓ, Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 24, Issue 6, June 2007, Pgs 487 – 495.

 

Sheri N. White, William Kirkwood, Alana Sherman, Mark Brown, Richard Henthorn, Karen Salamy, Peter Walz,

Edward T. Peltzer, and Peter G. Brewer (2005), "Development and Deployment of a Precision Underwater Positioning

System for In Situ Laser Raman Spectroscopy in the Deep Ocean" Deep Sea Research, Vol 5, No. 1, 

Ms. Ref. No.: DSR1-D-05-00037R1

 

Sibenac, M., W. Kirkwood, T. Podder, and Hans Thomas (2004) "Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean research:

Current Needs and State of the Art Technologies." Marine Technology Society Journal: Innovations in Ocean Research

Infrastructure to Advance High Priority Science, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 2004.

 

Bellingham, J. G., Streitlien, K., Overland, J., Rajan, S., Stein, P., Stannard, J., Kirkwood, W., and Yoerger, D., "An

Arctic Basin Observational Capability using AUVs", Oceanography, vol. 13, (2000), p. 64.

 

Brewer, P.G., F.M. Orr, Jr., G. Friederich, K.A. Kvenvolden, D.L. Orange, J. McFarlane, and W. Kirkwood (1997)

ÒDeep ocean field test of methane hydrate formationÓ, Geology, v. 25, 407-410

 

Publications:

 

William Kirkwood (2009) ÒAUV Incidents and OutcomesÓ IEEE – MTS Oceans, Biloxi, Mississippi, Oct. 28, 2009.

 

William Kirkwood and Larissa Sano ÒDeveloping New Instrumentation for In Situ Experimentation Related to Ocean AcidificationÓ

Current - The Journal of Marine Education, Volume 25, Number 1, 2009.

 

William Kirkwood, Ed Peltzer, Jim Barry, and Peter Brewer ÒRecent Advances in FOCE Technology: Building a Better Sea Floor

CO2 Enrichment ExperimentÓ, The 11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress of the Pacific Science Association Peete,

Tahiti, 2 - 6 March 2009.

 

W. J. Kirkwood, B.H. Robison, M. Chaffey, E, Mellinger, D. Au, and S. Etchemendy “ An Ocean REsearch Platform: ROV

Tiburon Ó, Journal of Ocean Technology, Underwater intervention: Robots on Patrol, Volume 4 Number 1 (Jan-Feb_Mar,

2009) pgs. XX - XX

 

William Kirkwood, Ed Peltzer, Peter Walz, and Peter Brewer “Cabled Observatory Technology for Ocean Acidification Research”,

IEEE-Ocean Engineering Society Oceans 2009, Bremen, Germany, May, 11 2009. 

 

David W Caress, H.Thomas, D.Conlin, D.Thompson, R.McEwen, R.Henthorn, W. Kirkwood (2008) ÒMBARI Mapping

AUV Performance ImprovementsÓ, IEEE AUV 2008 Workshop, Woods Hole, Mass., October 14, 2008.

 

James Bellingham, W. Kirkwood, and E. Cokelet (2008) ÒOceanographic Observations in the Margin Ice Zone with the

ALTEX AUVÓ, IEEE AUV 2008 Workshop, Woods Hole, Mass., October 13, 2008.

 

Erin E. Beck, P. Mahacek, T. Burk, J. Acain, V. Reddy, C. Kitts , J. Kutnik, G. Wheat W. Kirkwood, and D. Caress  (2008)

ÒSeaWASP: A Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Autonomous Platform for Shallow Water MappingÓ, IEEE AUV 2008

Workshop, Woods Hole, Mass., October 13, 2008.

 

P.M. Walz, W.J. Kirkwood, E.T.Peltzer, K.C. Hester, and P.G. Brewer (2008) ÒCreating Controlled CO2 Perturbation

Experiments on the Seafloor – Develop of FOCE TechniquesÓ, MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008, Kobe, Japan, April 10, 2008.

 

Chris Kitts, Geoff Wheat, and William Kirkwood, Ò Robotic System Applications for Fisheries ResearchÓ American

Fisheries Society 137th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 5th, 2007.

 

W. J. Kirkwood, E. T. Peltzer, and P. G. Brewer ÒIn Situ Ocean Acidification Environmental Observations: MBARIÕs

Cabled Observatory Technology for Controlled Studies of Changing Ocean pHÓ, Underwater Technology Conference,

Tokyo, April 18 – 20, 2007.

 

W. J. Kirkwood and D. W. Caress ÒComparison of MBARI Autonomous Underwater Mapping Results for ORION

Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) and Neptune CanadaÓ, Underwater Technology Conference, Tokyo,

April 17 – 20, 2007.

 

Kirkwood, W.J., Brewer, P.G. (2006) "Free Ocean CO2 Enrichment System: Technology for Chemical and Biological

Studies", Sub Sea Cables Conference, Dublin, Ireland, February 2006.

 

Alana Sherman, Rachel M. Dunk, Sheri N. White, William Kirkwood, Edward T. Peltzer, Peter Walz, Farley Shane,

Richard Henthorn, Karen A. Salamy, Peter G. Brewer (2006) " Second Generation Laser Raman Spectrometer for the

Deep Ocean", Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20 -24, 2006.

 

W. J. Kirkwood, D. Caress, H.T. Thomas, R. McEwen, R. Henthorn (2006), "Results of MBARI'S Integrated Multibeam,

Sidescan and Subbottom AUV Operations for Oceanographic Science", Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Conference 2006, Hobart, Tasmania, July 13, 2006.

 

Alana Sherman, Rachel Dunk, Edward Peltzer, Peter Brewer, Jim Scholfield, Cheri Everlove, William Kirkwood,

Peter Walz (2006), "Lessons Learned While Optimizing Instrument Sensitivity in Deep Ocean Raman Spectroscopy",

MTS - IEEE Oceans 2006, Boston, Mass., September 18 -21, 2006.

 

Richard Henthorn, David caress, Hans Thomas, William Kirkwood, Rob McEwen, Charles Paull, Rendy Keaten (2006),

"High-Resolution Multibeam and Subbottom Surveys of Submarine Canyons and Gas Seeps Using the MBARI Mapping

AUV", MTS - IEEE Oceans 2006, Boston, Mass., September 18 -21, 2006.

 

White, S.N., Brewer, P.G., Kirkwood, W.J. (2006) "Raman Instrumentation for Deep-Sea In-Situ Analyses" Sea Technology,

February 2006, Volume 47, No. 2, Pgs 17 - 24.

 

W. Kirkwood, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, R. McEwen, F. Shane, R. Henthorn, and P. McGill (2005) "Results from MBARI's

Integrated Mapping System", MTS/IEEE Oceans 2005, Washington D.C., October 2005,  MTS/IEEE #050217-03.

 

Kirkwood, W., D. Graves, M. Conway, D. Pargett, J. Scholfield, P. Walz, R. Dunk, E. Peltzer, J. Barry, and P. Brewer (2005)

"Engineering Development of the Free Ocean CO2 Enrichment (FOCE) Experiment" MTS/IEEE Oceans 2005,

Washington D.C., October 2005,  MTS/IEEE #050304-93.

 

S. N. White, Kirkwood, W., M. Brown, R. Henthorn, S. Jensen, K. A. Salamy, E. T. Peltzer, and P. G. Brewer (2004),

"Laser Raman Spectroscopic Instrumentation for in situ Geochemical Analyses in the Deep Ocean." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2004,

Kobe, Japan.  MTS/IEEE #470

 

Kirkwood, W., D. Caress, H. Thomas, M. Sibenac, R. McEwen, F. Shane, R. Henthorn, and P. McGill (2004) "Mapping

Payload Development for MBARI's Dorado Class AUVs." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2004, Kobe, Japan.  MTS/IEEE #479

 

Podder, Tarun K., M. Sibenac, H. Thomas, W. Kirkwood, and J.G. Bellingham (2004) "Reliability Growth of Autonomous

Underwater Vehicle - Dorado." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2004, Kobe, Japan.  MTS/IEEE #563

 

Kirkwood, W., S. N. White, M. Brown, R. Henthorn, S. Jensen, K. A. Salamy, E. T. Peltzer, and P. G. Brewer (2003) "Precision

Underwater Positioning for In Situ Laser Raman Spectrographic Applications."  MTS/IEEE Oceans 2003, San Diego, California. 

MTS/IEEE #411.

 

Mark Sibenac, William Kirkwood, Rob McEwen, Farley Shane, Richard Henthorn, Drew Gashler, and Hans Thomas, "Modular

AUV for Routine Deep Water Operations", Oceans  Proceedings, November 2002, Boluxi, Miss.

 

William Kirkwood, Mark Sibenac, Rob McEwen, Farley Shane, Richard Henthorn, Drew Gashler, and Hans Thomas, "Field

Results for an Arctic AUV Designed for Characterizing Circulation and Ice Thickness" American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,

December 2002

 

Kirkwood, W. (et al), "MBARI / MIT Ducted Propeller Control System Developed for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles",

Underwater Intervention 2001 Conference Proceedings, Tampa Bay, Florida, January 2001.

 

Tervalon, N. & Kirkwood, W., "Ice Profiling Sonar for an AUV: An approach for obtaining SCICEX quality ice draft data",

Oceanology International - Amercias Conference, AUV Sensor Workshop Proceedings, Miami, Florida, April 2001.

 

Caress, D. & Kirkwood, W., "High Resolution Mapping with AUVs: Payload Development issues in Support of Oceanographic

Science", Oceanology International - Amercias Conference, AUV Sensor Workshop Proceedings, Miami, Florida, April 2001.

 

Kirkwood, W., Bellingham, J., Stannard, J., Stein, P., Overland, J., "Development of Dorado / ALTEX Vehicle and Subsystems",

Society for Underwater Technology - AUV Masterclass Symposium Proceedings, Southampton Oceanographic Centre,

Southampton, England, September 2001.

 

Kirkwood, W. (et al), "Development of a Long Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Science Exploration",

Ocean Conference Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 2001.

 

Kirkwood, W.J. "Tiburon: Science and Technical Result's from MBARI's New ROV Integrated to a SWATH Platform".

IEEE/MTS Oceans Conference Proceedings, September 28 - October 1 1998, Nice, France. IEEE Press.

 

Kirkwood, W.J. "Tiburon: MBARI's 4000 Meter ROV for Science and Exploration", Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Conference,

Southampton, England, 1998.

 

Kirkwood, W. J. & Steele, D.E. "Active Variable Buoyancy Control System for MBARI's ROV".  IEEE/MTS Oceans 1994

Conference, Brest, France, Nov. 1994. IEEE Press.

 

Posters:

 

R. Henthorn; D. W. Caress; M. R. Chaffey; P. R. McGill; W. J. Kirkwood; W. C. Burgess (2009) ÒDevelopment of a High-Resolution

Shallow Seismic Refraction Tomography System at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteÓ AGU, San Francisco, Ca., Dec 2009,

OS21A-1148.

 

P. M. Walz; X. Zhang; K. Hester; W. J. Kirkwood; W. Ussler; E. T. Peltzer; P. G. Brewer (2009) ÓDevelopment of an In Situ Raman

Probe for Pore Water GeochemistryÓ AGU, San Francisco, Ca., Dec 2009,OS43B-1403.

 

Hester, K C, Peltzer, E T, Kirkwood, W J and Brewer, P G (2008) Ò Changing noise levels in a high CO2/lower pH oceanÓ,

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December, 13, 2006, OS21A-1157.

 

P. Mahachek, Erin E. Beck, T. Burk, J. Acain, V. Reddy, C. Kitts , J. Kutnik, G. Wheat W. Kirkwood, and D. Caress  (2008)

ÒDevelopment and Initial Testing of a SWATH Boat for Shallow-water BathymetryÓ, MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008, Quebec,

Canada, September 17, 2008.

 

E T Peltzer, R Henthorn, K C Hester, W.J. Kirkwood, J Rosal, K A Salamy, J Scholfield, FF Shane, A D Sherman,

P M Walz, and P.G. Brewer (2007) ÒRecent Advances in Deep-Sea in situ Geochemical Measurements by ROV Deployed

Laser Raman SpectroscopyÓ, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December, 14, 2007, OS51B-0474.

 

W. J. Kirkwood, E. T. Peltzer, and P. G. Brewer ÒIn Situ Ocean Acidification Environmental Observations: MBARIÕs Cabled

Observatory Technology for Controlled Studies of Changing Ocean pHÓ, Underwater Technology Conference, Tokyo,

April 18 – 20, 2007, No. 1030. 

 

D.W. Caress, H.J. Thomas, W.J. Kirkwood, and P.G. Brewer (2006) "An Autonomous Multibeam, Sidescan, and Subbottom

Survey of a Methane Hydrate Outcrop in Barkley Canyon, Offshore Vancouver Island", American Geophysical Union,

San Francisco, California, December, 14, 2006, MR43A-1063.

 

P.G. Brewer, E.T. Peltzer, W.J. Kirkwood, R.M. Dunk, P. Walz, K. Hester and E.D. Sloan (2006) "Novel Observations on the

Massive Barkley Canyon Hydrates", American Geophysical Union (invited), San Francisco, California, December, 13, 2006,

MR31A-03.

 

Peter Walz, Peter G. Brewer, Edward T. Peltzer, Rachel M. Dunk, Dale Graves, Jim Scholfield, William Kirkwood (2006),

"Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FOCE): Control and Measurement of Ocean Seawater to Simulate a Low pH-High

CO2 Ocean", Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20 -24, 2006.

 

R. McEwen, D.W. Caress, H.J. Thomas, R. Henthorn, W. Kirkwood (2006),"Performance of an Autonomous Underwater

Vehicle while Mapping Smooth Ridge in Monterey Bay", Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20 -24, 2006.

 

Sherman, A., Dunk, D.M., White, S.N., Kirkwood, W., Peltzer, E.T., Shane, F., Henthorn, R., Salamy, K.A., Brewer, P.G.,

(2006) "Development of a 2nd Generation Laser Raman Spectrometer for the Deep Ocean" ASLO / TOS / AGU Ocean

Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20-24, 2006, OS44B-04.

 

McEwen, R.S., Caress, D.W., Thomas, H.J., Henthorn, R., Kirkwood, W. (2006) "Performance of an Autonomous Underwater

Vehicle while Mapping Smooth Ridge in Monterey Bay" ASLO / TOS / AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii,

February 20-24, 2006, OS25N-18.

 

Walz, P.M., Brewer, P.G., Peltzer, E.T., Dunk, D.M., Graves, D., Scholfield, J., Kirkwood, W., (2006) "Free Ocean Carbon

Dioxide Enrichment (FOCE): Control and Measurement of Ocean Seawater to Simulate a Low pH-High CO2 Ocean"

ASLO / TOS / AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 20-24, 2006, OS15D-12.

 

Kirkwood, W. J., Caress, D. W., Thomas, H., McEwen, R., Henthorn, R., Sibenac, M., McGill, P., Hamilton, A.,

Shane, F., Thompson, D., Jensen, S., Salamy K., (2005) "MBARI Mapping AUV: A High-Resolution Deep-Ocean Seafloor

Mapping Capability" AGU Fall Conference 2005 San Francisco, California. December 7, 2005 Fall Meet. OS43B-0562, 2005.

 

Caress, D. W., Paull, C., Thomas, H., McEwen, R., Henthorn, R., Kirkwood, W. J., Thompson, D., McGill, P., (2005)

"High-Resolution Multibeam, Sidescan, and Subbottom Surveys in and Around Monterey Canyon Using the MBARI Mapping

AUV" AGU Fall Conference 2005 San Francisco, California. December 7, 2005, Fall Meet OS33C-1490, 2005.

 

Caress, D. W., Kirkwood, W. J., Thomas, H., McEwen, R., Henthorn, R., McGill, P., Thompson, D., Sibenac, M., Jensen, S.,

Shane, F., Hamilton, A., (2005) "MBARI Mapping AUV: A High-Resolution Deep Ocean Seafloor Mapping Capability"

AGU 2005 Joint Assembly, May 23-27, 2005, New Orleans, LA. #U24A-02.

 

Kirkwood, W. J., Caress, D. W., Thomas, H., McEwen, R., Henthorn, R., McGill, P., Thompson, D., Sibenac, M., Jensen, S.,

Shane, F., Hamilton, A., (2004) "Development of the MBARI Mapping AUV" AGU Fall Conference 2004, San Francisco,

California. December 13 -17, 2004, Fall Meet. OS43B-0562, 2004.

 

Caress, D. W., Kirkwood, W. J., Thomas, H., McEwen, R., Henthorn, R., McGill, P., Thompson, D., Sibenac, M., Jensen,

S., Shane, F., Hamilton, A., (2004) "A Subbottom Profiler Survey of the Upper Monterey Canyon Using the MBARI Mapping

AUV" AGU Fall Conference 2004, San Francisco, California. December 13 -17, 2004, Fall Meet OS43B-0563, 2004.

 

White, Sheri N., Peter G. Brewer, Edward T. Peltzer, William Kirkwood, Jill D. Pasteris, and Noriko Nakayama (2003)

"First Expeditionary Deployments of the Deep ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer." AGU Fall Conference 2003, San Francisco,

California. Eos. Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl. OS32A-0235, 2003.

 

Kirkwood, William, Sheri N. White, Mark Brown, Scott Jensen, Rich Henthorn, Karen Salamy, Peter G. Brewer, and

Edward T. Peltzer (2003) "Development of a Precision Underwater Positioner for in Situ Spectrographic Applications.

" AGU Fall Conference 2003, San Francisco, California. Eos. Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl. OS32A-0236, 2003.

 

Tutorials:

 

Kirkwood, W. (2009) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." IEEE/MTS Oceans 2009, Biloxi, Mississippi, Tutorial T4, October 26, 2009.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2009) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." IEEE Oceans 2009, Bremen, Germany, Tutorial T4, May 11, 2009.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2008) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008, Quebec, Canada, Tutorial T4, September 15, 2008.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2008) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008, Kobe, Japan, Tutorial T2, April 8, 2008.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2007) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2007, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Tutorial T1, October 1, 2007.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2006) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2006, Boston, Mass., Tutorial T2, September 18, 2006.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2005) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2005, Washington, DC. Tutorial T5, September 19, 2005.

 

Kirkwood, W. (2004) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2004, Kobe, Japan. Tutorial T4, November 8, 2004.

 

Kirkwood, W., Mark Sibenac, Hans Thomas, and Jim Bellingham (2003) "AUV Technology and Application Basics." MTS/IEEE Oceans 2003,

San Diego, California. Tutorial T8, September 22, 2003.

 

Patents:

 

Title Of Invention: TAIL ASSEMBLY FOR AN UNDERWATER VEHICLE:

Patent Number: 6,572,422               Issue Date of Patent: 06-03-2003

 

Title Of Invention: Aquaculture Farm System and Method:

Patent Number: 6,539,894               Issue Date of Patent: 09-01-2001

 

Title Of Invention: FLEXURE MECHANISM:

Patent Number: 4,973,145               Issue Date of Patent: 11-27-1990