Marc Virgilio

2014 Ocean Science Lecture Series: Marc Virgilio

Andy Clark

Dennis Hanisak

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Amy E. Wright

2013 Ocean Lecture Series: Amy E. Wright, Ph.D.

Susan Laramore

After the Spill: The Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

2013 Ocean Lecture Series: Susan Laramore & Amber Garr

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Rita Colwell

2013 Ocean Lecture Series: Rita Colwell

Clay Cook

2013 Ocean Lecture Series: Clay Cook

John Scarpa

2013 Ocean Lecture Series: John Scarpa

Peter Crane

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Shirley Pomponi

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Ocean Science Lecture Series - Video

Troy Rice

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2012 Ocean Lecture Series: Marc Virgilio

About the LectureAs part of the Florida Shelf Edge Exploration (FLOSEE II) cruise, two Spray gliders operated by Harbor Branch’s Ocean Visibility and Optics Lab in collaboration with Bluefin Robotics were deployed for several months at Pulley Ridge. These glider deployments allowed large scale measurement of water quality parameters above the coral reef and the surrounding waters in support of the cruise objectives.About the SpeakerDr. Fraser Dalgleish is an Assistant Research Professor with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. He holds a B.Eng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from The University of Edinburgh (UK), and an M.Sc in Ocean Engineering and Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering, both from Cranfield University (UK). He joined Harbor Branch over six years ago and established the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory in 2006. Over the last ten years, his research and development activities have focused on the application of lasers and unmanned marine vehicles to develop new undersea robotic imaging and networking capabilities. The longer term goal of this work is to further develop and apply these novel approaches to operational oceanography to provide otherwise unobtainable data products and other new capabilities to marine scientists. For the last two years, he has been chair for the Underwater Imaging Committee of the Marine Technology Society.

About the Lecture As part of the Florida Shelf Edge Exploration (FLOSEE II) cruise, two Spray gliders operated by Harbor Branch’s Ocean Visibility and Optics Lab in collaboration with Bluefin Robotics were deployed for several months at Pulley Ridge. These glider deployments allowed large scale measurement of water quality parameters above the coral reef and the surrounding waters in support of the cruise objectives. About the Speaker Dr. Fraser Dalgleish is an Assistant Research Professor with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. He holds a B.Eng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from The University of Edinburgh (UK), and an <a href="http://M.Sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">M.Sc</a> in Ocean Engineering and Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering, both from Cranfield University (UK). He joined Harbor Branch over six years ago and established the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory in 2006. Over the last ten years, his research and development activities have focused on the application of lasers and unmanned marine vehicles to develop new undersea robotic imaging and networking capabilities. The longer term goal of this work is to further develop and apply these novel approaches to operational oceanography to provide otherwise unobtainable data products and other new capabilities to marine scientists. For the last two years, he has been chair for the Underwater Imaging Committee of the Marine Technology Society.

Undersea Gliding in the Gulf: Harbor Branch’s Latest Winged Robots’ Recent Mission to Explore Gulf of Mexico Waters

About the LectureThe global ocean ecosystem is essential to the quality of life on the continents. The oceans are very complicated, changing rapidly and unpredictably. Sophisticated computational simulations and models of oceanic behavior require immense amounts of carefully crafted data input to become predictive. Novel approaches to working in the oceans in the coming generations have the potential to revolutionize our perceptions (and eventual management) of our entire planet.About the SpeakerJohn Delaney is Professor of Oceanography and holds the Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. Since 1997, he has directed development of the regional cabled ocean observatory in the northeast Pacific Ocean that evolved into the Regional Scale Nodes program within the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative. Delaney’s team will design, install, and operate, for 25-years, an innovative, Internet- connected, full-ocean research infrastructure based on a network of industry-standard submarine fiber-optic cables. This system will provide unprecedented power and bandwidth to allow interactive human telepresence within the oceans connected to thousands of fixed and mobile sensor-robot packages able to detect and respond to energetic, transient events like giant storms, large earthquakes, and erupting volcanoes in major portions of the ocean basin.Dr. Delaney, who joined the University of Washington faculty in 1977, has published nearly 100 scientific publications, and has served as chief scientist on more than 45 oceanographic research cruises, many of which have included the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin and the Remotely Operated Vehicle Jason. Among his many honors, he is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and he has served on several NASA Committees charged with defining the nature of missions to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, suspected to harbor both a liquid ocean and submarine volcanoes.

About the Lecture The global ocean ecosystem is essential to the quality of life on the continents. The oceans are very complicated, changing rapidly and unpredictably. Sophisticated computational simulations and models of oceanic behavior require immense amounts of carefully crafted data input to become predictive. Novel approaches to working in the oceans in the coming generations have the potential to revolutionize our perceptions (and eventual management) of our entire planet. About the Speaker John Delaney is Professor of Oceanography and holds the Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. Since 1997, he has directed development of the regional cabled ocean observatory in the northeast Pacific Ocean that evolved into the Regional Scale Nodes program within the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative. Delaney’s team will design, install, and operate, for 25-years, an innovative, Internet- connected, full-ocean research infrastructure based on a network of industry-standard submarine fiber-optic cables. This system will provide unprecedented power and bandwidth to allow interactive human telepresence within the oceans connected to thousands of fixed and mobile sensor-robot packages able to detect and respond to energetic, transient events like giant storms, large earthquakes, and erupting volcanoes in major portions of the ocean basin. Dr. Delaney, who joined the University of Washington faculty in 1977, has published nearly 100 scientific publications, and has served as chief scientist on more than 45 oceanographic research cruises, many of which have included the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin and the Remotely Operated Vehicle Jason. Among his many honors, he is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and he has served on several NASA Committees charged with defining the nature of missions to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, suspected to harbor both a liquid ocean and submarine volcanoes.

Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next-Generation Science in the Ocean Basins

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them.John Reed - Deep Water Coral Reefs: Oases of the Ocean: Recent Discoveries and Conservation

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them. John Reed - Deep Water Coral Reefs: Oases of the Ocean: Recent Discoveries and Conservation

Deep Water Coral Reefs: Oases of the Ocean: Recent Discoveries and Conservation

For over five centuries, the Sargasso Sea has been a subject of lively debate among explorers and scientists alike. Named for its characteristic brown seaweed Sargassum, the boundary of the Sargasso Sea is now defined by the currents that surround this unique "sea without a shore" - also known as the North Atlantic Central Gyre.Dr. Lapointe will share a number of "secrets" about this mysterious oceanic realm, some of which date back to the historic voyage of Christopher Columbus. He will describe the discovery of Sargassum by early explorers, the phenomenon of the "Bermuda Triangle", and the amazing community of invertebrates and fishes supported by Sargassum "weedlines". Dr. Lapointe will show outtakes of a documentary of the Sargassum community that he and NHK Broadcasting (Tokyo, Japan) collaborated on in 1997. He will close by describing his recent studies of the impacts the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the "essential fish habitat" provided by pelagic Sargassum.

For over five centuries, the Sargasso Sea has been a subject of lively debate among explorers and scientists alike. Named for its characteristic brown seaweed Sargassum, the boundary of the Sargasso Sea is now defined by the currents that surround this unique "sea without a shore" - also known as the North Atlantic Central Gyre. Dr. Lapointe will share a number of "secrets" about this mysterious oceanic realm, some of which date back to the historic voyage of Christopher Columbus. He will describe the discovery of Sargassum by early explorers, the phenomenon of the "Bermuda Triangle", and the amazing community of invertebrates and fishes supported by Sargassum "weedlines". Dr. Lapointe will show outtakes of a documentary of the Sargassum community that he and NHK Broadcasting (Tokyo, Japan) collaborated on in 1997. He will close by describing his recent studies of the impacts the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the "essential fish habitat" provided by pelagic Sargassum.

Secrets of the Sargasso Sea

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them.Jim Masterson - Friends in Low Places: Galapagos 2010 Adventure with the Friends of Harbor Branch

The Ocean Science Lecture Series provides a forum for the community at large to learn about Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch's most recent discoveries directly from the scientists who made them. Jim Masterson - Friends in Low Places: Galapagos 2010 Adventure with the Friends of Harbor Branch

Friends in Low Places: Galapagos 2010 Adventure with the Friends of Harbor Branch

A Decade of Demise? Charting the Past, and Future, of Florida's Coral Reefs

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