Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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1993 - present |
Electrical Engineering Group Leader |
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1990 - 1993 |
Electrical Engineer |
| I designed ROV Tiburon's power transmission and distribution system, and contributed to the design of the onboard control computers and the Emergency Recovery System. |  |
| ROV Tiburon and the design team, aboard the R/V Western Flyer in Moss Landing CA, September 1996. |
NSI Technology Services, Inc
| 1988 - 1990 | Senior Engineer |
| I served as a Mission Planner and Assistant Mission Manager aboard N717, the NASA DC-8 research aircraft based at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. This involved integration of experimental instrument systems onto the DC-8, such as radiometers, radars, lidars, and atmospheric samplers, taking account of aicraft structural loading, electrical power, RF interference, optical window, and flight envelope requirements. And lots of flying! |  |
| NASA 717 and crew, departing on a SAR mission in 1989 |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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1988 |
Research Specialist |
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1982 - 1988 |
Research Associate |
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1980 - 1982 |
Research Assistant |
| With the Department of Ocean Engineering, I designed new oceanographic instrument systems for use in WHOI research projects. This included a variety of hardware and software systems, with emphasis on satellite data telemetry, high efficiency power conversion, micropower computer systems, and real time embedded operating software. Co-developer of the WHOI Instrument Bus and ANSI/IEEE-997 (SAIL). |  |
| The notorious R-Team aboard R/V Endeavor, somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, September 1988. |