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Researchers

The current group of people that makes up the LACIR team:

Dr. Colin Bradley
LACIR Director

cbr(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Colin enjoys working on the challenging projects currently underway and being part of a talented and hard working group. Colin has been a faculty member at UVic since 1992 and is currently a Canada Research Chair in Computational Modeling and Design.

 

Faculty of Engineering


 

Dr. Panajotis Agathoklis

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

pan(at)ece(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.ece.uvic.ca/~pan/

  • Multidimensional Signal Processing
  • Image and Video Compression
  • Stability and Robustness Analysis
  • Control Systems

Ocean Engineering Research Group


 

Dr. Paul Kraeutner

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

pkraeutn(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web:

  • Model-based array signal processing
  • Sonar signal processing
  • Acoustic imaging and mapping
  • 3D sidescan and 3D sector-scan imaging
  • AUV and ROV sonar systems
  • Sonar system and electronics design
  • Acoustical oceanography
  • Ocean driven power systems

Dr. Lin Cai

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

cai(at)ece(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web: www.ece.uvic.ca/~cai/

  • Wireless/wireline interworking
  • Topology control
  • Medium access control
  • Resource and mobility management
  • Cross-layer design for wireless networks
  • Underwater communications and sensor networks
  • Vehicle networks
 

 

Dr. Alexandra Branzan-Albu

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

aalbu(at)ece(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web: www.ece.uvic.ca/~aalbu

  • Computer vision
  • Image processing
  • Video processing
  • Visual motion analysis
  • Object tracking
  • Visual pattern recognition

Faculty of Science


Dr. Ross Chapman

Professor
School of Earth & Ocean Sciences

chapman(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:seos.uvic.ca/people/chapman.htm

  • Seismo-acoustic propagation, with specific application to the study of marine gas hydrates,
  • Development and application of acoustic inverse methods for estimation of geophysical properties of the ocean bottom and for source localization
 

VENUS


Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe

Project Director
Canada Research Chair in Deep Oceans
Professor in Biology and in Earth & Ocean Sciences

verenat(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.venus.uvic.ca/about_us/ vtunnicliffe.html

  • Ecology and evolution of hot-vent animals
  • Marine community history
 

 

Adrian Round

Project Manager

around(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.venus.uvic.ca/about_us/ around.html

  • Delivers the VENUS infrastructure that will allow the science users to effectively conduct their research

Dr. Richard Dewey

Associate Director, Research

rdewey(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.venus.uvic.ca/about_us/ rdewey.html

  • Coastal flows
  • Mixing
  • Turbulence
  • Waves
  • Tides
 

 

Paul Mcoun

Project Engineer

pmacoun(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.venus.uvic.ca/about_us/ pmacoun.html

  • Responsible for instrument systems on the VENUS array
  • Responsible for the design of support structures/platforms, handling systems and deployment/recovery methods

NEPTUNE


Dr. Chris Barnes

Project Director

crbarnes(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:web.uvic.ca/~neptune/people/ barnes.html

  • Early Paleozoic oceans, climate and life
  • Using the principal tools of conodont micropaleontology, stratigraphy, and geochemistry
 

 

Dr. Mairi Best

Associate Director, Science

mmrbest(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:web.uvic.ca/~neptune/people/ MairiBest_bio.htm

  • Guides the development and integration of the many community scientific experiments within the expanded science program of NEPTUNE Canada

Benoît Pirenne

Associate Director, Information Technology

bpirenne(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:web.uvic.ca/~neptune/people/ pirenne.html

  • Developing DMAS for VENUS and NEPTUNE, Benoît contributes his data flow expertise and mindset to the scientific disciplines that constitute Ocean Science
 

 

Peter Phibbs

Associate Director, Engineering and Operations

pphibbs(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:web.uvic.ca/~neptune/people/ phibbs.html

  • Manages the implementation of complex deepwater projects

Ocean Technology Lab Personnel


Emmett Gamroth

egamroth(at)gmail(dot)com

Emmett is heavily involved in Autonomous Underwater Vehicals and other Ocean Technology projects here at LACIR.

 

 

Jeff Kennedy

jkennedy(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Jeff is a magician when it comes to machining the various hardware components whether it is for larger Ocean Technology research, small Adaptive Optics technology, or extremely small micro EDM research.


Alison Proctor

proctora(at)me(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Alison has a rich background in autonomous control systems, especially with autonomous air vehicles.

 

 

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