Research Cruises

Here is a mostly complete list of research cruises I've participated in. These trips provide opportunities to collect data, try new ideas and work with some really terrific people around the world. Additionally, there have been countless hours spent on small boats, working on random docks fixing stuff and writing computer code in odd places.
  • 2011: Georges Bank spring plankton sampling, RV Endeavor & our shallow water Lagrangian float, chief scientist Dr. Susanne Menden-Deuer
  • 2010: Exploring the Anaximander Seamounts off of Southern Turkey and high resolution mapping of the Kolumbo volcanic crater near Santorini Greece , RV Nautilus & Hercules ROV, Expedition Leader - Chris Roman
  • 2010: Mapping of archaeological sites in the Agean Sea near Galipolli and Bodrum Turkey, RV Nautilus & Hercules ROV, Expedition Leader - Chris Roman
  • 2009: Exploration of archaeological sites in the Agean Sea near Bodrum Turkey, RV Nautilus & Hercules ROV, chief scientist Dr. Robert Ballard
  • 2008: Exploration of Virginia Capes and Norfolk Canyon, RV Endeavor & Atalanta AUV, chief scientist Dr. Chris Roman
  • 2008: Sidescan and AUV survey of the Grand Banks Newfoundland,RV Endeavor & Atalanta AUV. chief scientist Dr. Dwight Coleman
  • 2007: Black Sea 2007 deep water archeology excavations, Alliance & HERCULES ROV, chief scientist Dr. Robert Ballard and Dr. Bridget Buxton.
  • 2007: AGAVE arctic engineering trial, Ice breaker Oden & JAGUAR AUV, Hanu Singh chief scientist.
  • 2006: PACMANUS hydrothermal vent mapping, R/V Melville & JASON ROV, Dr. M. Tivey chief scientist.
  • 2006: Survey of the USS Monitor, R/V Endevour & Argus camera sled and mapping system, Dwight Coleman URI chief scientist.
  • 2006: Survey of the Santorni & Kolumbo volcanic craters, R/V Endevour & HERCULES ROV, Haraldur Sigurdsson chief scientist.
  • 2005: North West Pacific Marine Fisheries photographic fish surveys, R/V Thomas Thompson & Seabed AUV, Liz Clark chief scientist.
  • 2005: Lost City hydrothermal vent site, acoustic and photographic mapping. NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown & HERCULES ROV, Dr. Robert Ballard & Dr. Deborah Kelly chief scientists.
  • 2005: Mapping ancient shipwrecks off of Chios, Greece, R/V Aegeo & Seabed AUV, Dr. Brendan Foley chief scientist.
  • 2004: SM2000 sonar mapping the TAG hydrothermal mount at the Mid-Atlantic ridge, R/V Knorr & JASON ROV, Dr. R. Sohn chief scientist.
  • 2003: Deep Water Archeology at Skerki Bank off Sicily, R/V Knorr & HERCULES ROV, Dr. R. Ballard chief scientist.
  • 2003: Seabed AUV mapping of the shipwreck USS Monitor, R/V Cape Fear, Dr. H. Singh chief scientist.
  • 2003: Seabed AUV deep water coral mapping off the US Virgin Islands, R/V Chapman, Dr. H. Singh chief scientist.
  • 2002: Deep water coral survey off Puerto Rico, Seabed AUV, R/V Sultana, Dr. H. Singh chief scientist.
  • 1999: SITE99 Experiment conducted out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute demonstrating docking with the Odyssey AUV, R/V Shana Rae, Dr. J. Bellingham chief scientist.