Senior Design Team 21

The Oceanography Department at the Florida State University is the sponsor for Team 21's MILETv2 project. To the right are the contacts from the department.

I am an oceanographer of deep-ocean extreme communities. The physical settings include natural hydrocarbon seeps, gas hydrates, and mud volacno systems. In my project work, I use satellite remote sensing to locate natural oil releases on the ocean surface. Specialty cameras provide high resolution and time-series imaging of seep fauna and processes at the ocean floor. GIS techniques are used for assessing biological communities and geologic features with submersibles and towed cameras.

I have been with FSU's Dept. of Oceanography for 11 years as and engineer and research designer. My duties include design and fabrication of both telemetry and over-the-side instrumentation used to observe physical, chemical and biological parameters. Included in these tasks are software development and integration, power supply distribution and data management of multi-sensor systems.