Offshore Experience

2014

R/V Falkor, February 2014, Honolulu, HI to Honolulu, HI, USA. Kongsberg EM710 and EM302 review of system installation, mapping practices/protocols, data management procedures and system testing.

2013

R/V Revelle, January 2013, San Diego, CA, USA to Anacortes, WA, USA. Kongsberg EM122 review of system installation, mapping practices/protocols, data management procedures and system testing.

R/V Falkor, March 2013, Freeport, Bahamas, USA to Port Everglades, FL, USA. Kongsberg EM710 and EM302 review of system installation, mapping practices/protocols, data management procedures and system testing.

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, March, 2013. New London, CT, USA. Rolls Royce Naval Marine Canada MVP100 control software testing, integration with custom monitoring and remote control software.

E/V Nautilus, April 2013, Toulon, France to Toulon, France. Kongsberg EM302 sea acceptance trials.

NOAA Ship Rainier, May, 2013. Sitka, AK, USA. Kongsberg EM710 diagnostic system testing and system reconfiguration.

E/V Nautilus, July 2013, Galveston, TX to Galveston, TX. Kongsberg EM302 water column mapping of seabed seeps.  

2012

R/V Kilo Moana, March 2012, Portland, OR to Honolulu, HI, USA. Kongsberg EM122 and Kongsberg EM710 review of system installation, mapping practices and protocols and data management procedures.

USNS Mary Sears, April 2012, Saipan, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Sea Acceptance Trial and testing of Kongsberg EM122.

R/V Kilo Moana, June 2012, Honolulu, HI to Honolulu, HI. Kongsberg EM122 and Kongsberg EM710 sea acceptance trials.

R/V Falkor, May 2012, Sognefjord, Norway. Kongsberg EM710 and Kongsberg EM302 sea acceptance trials.

R/V Falkor, July 2012, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK to Nuuk, Greenland. Kongsberg EM710 and EM302 open ocean sonar testing.

NOAA Ship Ferdinand Hassler, September, 2012. Norfolk, VA, USA. Rolls Royce Naval Marine Canada MVP100 control software testing.

R/V Hugh R. Sharp, November, 2012, Lewes, DE, USA. Reson 7125 sonar integration testing, calibration and training.

2011

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, September 2011, Gulf of Mexico, USA. Engineering tests to ascertain applicability of Kongsberg EM302 water column imaging capabilities to mapping of natural gas seeps.

R/V Le Suroît, March 2011, Toulon, France. Sea Acceptance Trial and testing of MVP200 and integration with Kongsberg EM302.

M/V Alumiduck, February/March 2011, Victoria, BC, Canada. Installation and testing of R2Sonic 2024 multibeam echosounder. Acquisition of test data set for backscatter calibration research code.

2010

R/V Thomas G. Thompson, October 2010, Seattle, WA. Sea Acceptance Trial and calibration of EM302.

USCGC Healy, May 2010, Kongsberg EM122, Honolulu, HI to Dutch Harbor, AK. Sea Acceptance Trial and calibration of Kongsberg EM122.

R/V White Holly, January/February 2010, Reson 7125/Reson 7150, Seabed bathymetry and backscatter survey off Jacksonville, FL.

2009

CCGS Amundsen, August/September 2009, Kongsberg EM302, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, Mackenzie shelf, Beaufort Sea. Seabed mapping over the Mackenzie shelf.

2008

M/V Sepura, March/April 2008, RESON 8160, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. Exploration survey for extinct hydrothermal vents for Teck Cominco.

2007

CCGS Amundsen, September 2007, Kongsberg EM300, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, Churchill, Manitoba to Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Seabed mapping throughout Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage.

M/V Marine Eagle, July/August 2007, RESON 8111, Strait of Belle Isle, Canada. Multibeam bathymetric survey for Fugro Jacques GeoSurveys Inc.

F/V Aquila, April/May 2007, RESON 8160, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. Exploration survey for extinct hydrothermal vents for Nautilus Minerals.

2006

CCGS Amundsen, September 2006, Kongsberg EM300, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, Pond Inlet to Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Seabed mapping throughout northern Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage.

CSL Heron, May 2006, Kongsberg EM3002, KEL 200 kHz sidescans, KEL 28 and 3.5 kHz subbottom, BOT MVP-30 – Hydrographic training field camp operations in Passamaquoddy Bay and Fundy Isles Region.

2005

CCGS Amundsen, August 2005, Kongsberg EM300, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, BOT MVP-300-1700, Quebec City to Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Seabed mapping throughout northern Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage.

RV 321, May 2005, Kongsberg EM3002, Lake Powell. Partnership with Duke University and National Parks Service looking at density driven turbid sedimentation in Colorado and San Juan arms of Lake Powell, UT/AZ

2004

CCGS Amundsen, August 2004, Kongsberg EM300, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, BOT MVP-300-1700, Cape Perry to Kuujuaq, Nunavik. Seabed mapping throughout the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay.

HMNLS Luymes May 2004 Kongsberg EM3000D, Klein 5500 focused sidescan, BOT MVP-100 Capability Acceptance Trials, North Sea, Vlissingen to Ameland.

R/V Kirby, March 2004, RESON 8101, Townsville, AU, seabed mapping in support of ground water flow studies along the Queensland coast.

2003

HMNLS Snellius November 2003 Kongsberg EM3000D, Klein 5500 focussed sidescan, BOT MVP-100 Capability Acceptance Trials, North Sea, Vlissingen to Ameland.

CCGS Amundsen, September 2003, Kongsberg EM300, Knudsen 320R 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, BOT MVP-300-1700, Quebec City to Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Sonar Acceptance Testing and Northwest Passage Mapping Operations.

R/V Southern Surveyor, April 2003 RESON 8101, Brisbane, AU to Cairns, AU, seabed mapping in support of sediment transport study conducted by University of Newcastle, AU.

2002

M/V Ocean Surveyor, June 2002, Kongsberg EM1000, seabed mapping for the US Geological Survey, western Gulf of Mexico

2001

NOAA Ship Rainier, Seabat 8101, SeaBeam 1050 D MKII, SeaBeam 1180, August 2001, Observation of NOAA field operations, Resurrection Bay, Alaska

CSS Frederick G. Creed, June 2001, Kongsberg EM1000, seabed mapping of the Saguenay fjord, Quebec

CSL Plover May 2001, Hydro. Field operations training, Kongsberg EM3000, Musquash Estuary, Bay of Fundy.