7700 SANdholdt Road • Moss Landing, CA. 95039

Phone 831.775.1707 • Fax 831.775.1646 • E-mail kiwi@mbari.org

William J. Kirkwood

Professional experience

 

June 1991 to Present                 MBARI                          Moss Landing Ca.

Associate Director of Engineering Research and Development

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

Program Manager for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV):

·        Dorado

·        Atlantic Layer Tracking EXperiment

·        Multibeam mapping system

·        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)

·         Ground Based Laser - active optics and pointing mirrors

·         Starlab - active optics and pointing mirrors

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

·         Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellite - Solar array

     design and tracking optic design

·        Mine Surveillance System - Modification of the DRAPER

      autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for mine counter

      measures

·        Precision Underwater Navigation System - Surface vessel

     design and build, test fixtures, structural design and 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.

·        Research and development of the "Smart Relay" for the F-16 fighter aircraft using hybrid electronics and miniature magnetic relay technology.

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

·        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

 

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

 

 

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada  June 1956

US Citizenship: Naturalized - June 1974

Additional professional activities

 

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

Expeditions: 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, 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

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 Saewater 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. Abstract 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 Abstract OS33C-1490, 2005.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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. Abstract 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 Abstract OS43B-0563, 2004.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

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.

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. Abstract 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. Abstract OS32A-0236, 2003.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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