Speakers
Thomas Austin
Senior Engineer
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/scitech/staff.jsp?id=75
Sergey Babichenko
Vice President of Operations
Laser Diagnostic Instruments (LDI)
Dr. Sergey Babichenko is currently the Vice President of Operations for LDI3. His research and development experience includes lasers and non-linear optics, laser spectroscopy, laser remote sensing systems for ecological and industrial applications, analytical software and water ecology. Dr. Babichenko worked for 17 years in Academy of Sciences as a senior scientist and the head of the Laser Remote Sensing Group at the Institute of Ecology in Tallinn, Estonia. In 1999, he won the gold medal at the 48 World Exhibition of Investments and Industrial Innovations in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Babichenko currently is the author of 96 publications and holds 5 patents.
Presentation: Great Lakes region demonstration of multi-tiered near-real-time environmental surveillance of water bodies with Laser-Induced Fluorescence LiDARs and Spectral Fluorescent Signature analyzers
Abstract: A framework is discussed for near-real-time profiling of organic contamination in natural and artificial bodies of water with Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) LiDARs and simultaneous ground truthing with Spectral Fluorescent Signature (SFS) analyzers. Results of a two-day December 2003 airborne environmental survey mission flown in Great Lakes region are reviewed within the proposed framework. Recent and planned enhancements of airborne LIF technology, as well as its incremental value in multi-tiered environmental monitoring applications are discussed.
Website: http://www.ldi3.com
Stephen Brandt
Director
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
Website: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/dir/
Richard Campbell
Monitoring Science and Strategies Division
Environment Canada
Richard is with the MSC of Environment Canada. He is a senior network analyst with the monitoring science and strategies division. This group is responsible for determining the user and scientific requirements for monitoring the atmosphere, for rationalizing networks of weather stations, for measuring their performance and for developing the necessary strategies to sustain and develop these networks.
Richard graduated in 1979 from the University of Toronto with a BSC in physical geography and has been with Environment Canada since 1982. Richard began his career as a meteorolgoical technician working at various stations in the Pacific Region. For the past 17 years, Richard has held various positions at MSC's headquarters in Toronto including life-cycle manager of basic systems to the chief of data standards and quality management to his current position as a senior network analyst.
Presentation: Overview of Meteorological Service of Canada's surface monitoring networks
Abstract: Richard Campbell will present an overview of the MSC's surface monitoring networks. The presentation will focus on the Great Lakes networks of buoys, automated volunteer ship observations and shore stations; their purpose, current technology, issues and future plans.
Website: (N/A)
Jonathan Scott Duff
Division of Nearshore Research, Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Jonathan Scott Duff works for the Division of Nearshore Research which is part of the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI). His primary job duties include maintaining and updating the CBI environmental database, writing software to facilitate the input/retrieval of information to/from that database, and system administration of the various machines within CBI. He has also been involved in developing the hardware and software for remote environmental data collection systems. Other areas of professional interest include the programming language Perl, MySQL, Apache, and other open source software (B.S./M.S. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi).
Website: http://meridian.cbi.tamucc.edu/pers/bio/duff/
Frank Froude
Environment Canada
Website: (N/A)
Roger Gauthier
Program Manager, Data and Information Management
Great Lakes Commission
Gauthier recently joined the Commission on a partnering arrangement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, MI office. He provides management support for the Data and Information Management Program that addresses program needs of the Commission's members, partners and associates. Much of the work of this program involves the design, implementation and maintenance of project databases, geographic information systems (GIS) and computing resources.
Website: http://www.glc.org/about/staff/gauthier.html
David B. Gilhousen
National Data Buoy Center
Website: (N/A)
Todd Gouin
Doctoral Student
Trent University
Website: http://www.trentu.ca/cemc/tgouin.html
Dave Hart
Coastal GIS Specialist
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Website: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/users/dhart/dhart.htm
George Host
Senior Research Associate at the Center for Water and the Environment, Natural Resources Research Institute
Director, GIS Laboratory - University of Minnesota
Website: http://www.nrri.umn.edu/cwe/staff/ghostintro.htm
Jack Kelly
US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - Duluth
Website: (N/A)
Josh Kohut
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
Website: http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/people/cv/cv_kohut.pdf
Larry Langebrake
Director
University of South Florida - Center for Ocean Technology
Mr. Langebrake received his Master's degree in electrical engineering in1990 and has
extended his education through course work in manufacturing, corporate and business management and
marine science. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida and has over 20 years
experience in product development, project and organizational management and manufacturing. His
experience includes engineering in electronics, optics and microeclectromechanical systems (MEMS). Mr.
Langebrake presently is Director of the University of South Florida's Center for Ocean Technology, which
provides engineering services to several of the University's Colleges as well as businesses, government and
other research organizations.
Website: http://ee.eng.usf.edu/gradcourses/EE-seminar/fall02/abstracts/langebrake-10-24.pdf
Ric Lopez
Landscape Ecology
US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Website: http://www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/staff/lopez.htm
Bob McCrea
Ecosystem Health Division, Environmental Conservation Branch
Environment Canada - Ontario Region
Website: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/search/contact.cfm?ContactNumber=7&Lang=e
Ann McMillan
Director, Policy and International Affairs
Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada
Website: (N/A)
Guy Meadows
Director, Ocean Engineering Laboratory
Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
Website: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/name/people/meadows/
Lorelle Meadows
University of Michigan
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
Website: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/name/people/lorelle/
Peter Milne
Director of Ocean Observing Activities
Joint Oceanographic Institutions
Following on from undergraduate degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Melbourne (Australia) Peter completed his Ph.D. at the University of Miami¹s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, graduating in 1989. He joined the research faculty of the Division of Marine & Atmospheric Chemistry at RSMAS in 1991. He has been involved in oceanographic field work in the Bahamas, coastal South Florida including the Florida Keys, the Southern Ocean and the east Australian coast and in atmospheric campaigns out of Bermuda and several eastern US cities. His research interests include organic chemistry and photochemistry of marine dissolved organic matter, the chemistry of hydrocarbons in remote marine and urban atmospheres, and the application of spectroscopic techniques to characterizing environmental chemistry, and also biomedical engineering, systems and problems. He joined JOI as Director of Ocean Observing in July 2004, after holding positions at NSF Geosciences Directorate, in the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences Divisions.
Website: (N/A)
Judith Perlinger
Michigan Technological University
Judith Perlinger completed B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at
the University of Minnesota in 1985 and 1990, respectively, and a Sc.D. in
Natural Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1994. She
joined the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan
Technological University in 1995 where she is now an associate professor in
the area of chemical transport and transformation in the environment.
Presentation: Trace gas concentration and micrometeorological flux measurement
Abstract: Description: Dr. Perlinger will provide a brief overview of the need for
trace gas flux measurement in the Great Lakes region, technological
developments that have enabled micrometeorological gaseous flux
measurements to be carried out, and the types of micrometeorological flux
measurement techniques that available. She will focus the latter portion of
her presentation on novel methods developed in her research group over the
past five years to measure gaseous and particulate concentrations and
fluxes of anthropogenic semi-volatile organic chemicals in Lake Superior
air and how such measurements might be utilized to improve the estimation
of loadings of the chemicals carried out by the IADN Project.
Website: http://www.cee.mtu.edu/~jperl/
James Rizzo
Manager of Field Operations
Division of Nearshore Research (DNR) - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
James Rizzo is the Manager of Field Operations for the Division of Nearshore Research (DNR) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Mr. Rizzo began his work with DNR’s Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) in 1992 as an Operations Facility Technician and accepted the position of Field Operations Supervisor in 1995.
As Manager of Field Operations, Mr. Rizzo negotiates with prospective sponsors, acts as liaison between DNR and prospective sponsors, constructs operational and maintenance budgets, leads the design and implementation of sophisticated data collection platforms and methods, and handles correspondence between DNR and private, local, state and federal agencies. Mr. Rizzo is well versed in all aspects of the TCOON and all DNR projects and operations. The technical and administrative expertise that he has acquired has been instrumental in developing TCOON into the state-of-the-art network it is today.
Website: http://tcoon.cbi.tamucc.edu/Admin/RizzoJames
Steve Ruberg
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
Website: (N/A)
Robert Shuchman
President, EETD and Chief Technical Officer
Altarum, Ann Arbor
Dr. Robert Shuchman joined Altarum in April of 2000. As President of EET and Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Shuchman is responsible for providing collaboration and overall technical direction and facilitating technical exchanges between business lines to create new business opportunities and collaboration of teams across those business lines. He manages corporate IR&D, utilizing inputs from the Science Advisory Council (SAC) and business line Presidents. The Emerging Technologies Group (ETG) also reports to Dr. Shuchman.
Presentation: An Inexpensive Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS)
Abstract: ALWAS (Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System) is an inexpensive, automated, free-floating, water quality measuring and watershed evaluation system. The system can also be used to provide sea truth for satellite or aircraft validation. It is capable of making a wide range of measurements rapidly and simply, storing the results for later retrieval and analysis. Current methods of collection either involve collecting water samples and returning them to a laboratory for measurement, or consist of manually inserting into the water to be measured an array of expensive equipment. These manually measured results may then be hand-analyzed, but typically are not further processed. In contrast, the ALWAS measures the water as fast as every 30 seconds, and uploads the results to a software package to process the data and insert it into a GIS for more sophisticated review and display. The data in GIS format allows for easy fusion with other remotely sensed and in situ coastal data.
Website: http://www.altarum.org/altarum/EET/staff_Robert_Shuchman.asp
Tom Shyka
Program Specialist
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS)
Tom Shyka is the program specialist at the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS). He received a BA in Biology and Environmental Science from Colby College in Maine and a MS in Marine Ecology from the University of Maryland. He has worked at various marine laboratories in the Caribbean and California and as an environmental consultant in Maine. In 1998 he was awarded a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships and worked for NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program. In his current position at GoMOOS he works with the various GoMOOS users (fishermen, commercial and recreational mariners, scientists, resource managers, and teachers) to help design information products that are available on the GoMOOS website.
Website: (N/A)
James Tiedje
Professor
Michigan State University
Website: http://www.msu.edu/unit/mic/facpages/tiedje.html
Alexandre Vorobiev
Project Manager
Laser Diagnostic Instruments (LDI)
Alexandre I. Vorobiev earned a Diploma in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Novosibirsk State University in 1992, and a Master of Applied Sciences in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1998. From 1990 to 1999 he was involved in research of Logic Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Software Supervision and reliability. From 1995 to 2001 Alexandre focused on project management and industrial application of Formal Methods at Nortel Networks. Alexandre is now a project manager at LDI3, focusing on corporate operations, and the application development for the core technologies, including LiDAR-based systems for remote environmental monitoring.
Presentation: Great Lakes region demonstration of multi-tiered near-real-time environmental surveillance of water bodies with Laser-Induced Fluorescence LiDARs and Spectral Fluorescent Signature analyzers
Abstract: A framework is discussed for near-real-time profiling of organic contamination in natural and artificial bodies of water with Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) LiDARs and simultaneous ground truthing with Spectral Fluorescent Signature (SFS) analyzers. Results of a two-day December 2003 airborne environmental survey mission flown in Great Lakes region are reviewed within the proposed framework. Recent and planned enhancements of airborne LIF technology, as well as its incremental value in multi-tiered environmental monitoring applications are discussed.
Website: http://www.ldi3.com
Gary Williams
Hydrogeology
Laser Diagnostic Instruments (LDI)
Presentation: Great Lakes region demonstration of multi-tiered near-real-time environmental surveillance of water bodies with Laser-Induced Fluorescence LiDARs and Spectral Fluorescent Signature analyzers
Abstract: A framework is discussed for near-real-time profiling of organic contamination in natural and artificial bodies of water with Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) LiDARs and simultaneous ground truthing with Spectral Fluorescent Signature (SFS) analyzers. Results of a two-day December 2003 airborne environmental survey mission flown in Great Lakes region are reviewed within the proposed framework. Recent and planned enhancements of airborne LIF technology, as well as its incremental value in multi-tiered environmental monitoring applications are discussed.
Website: (N/A)
Ram Yerubandi
Environment Canada
Dr. Ram Yerubandi is working as a Research Scientist specalizing in Physical Limnology in NWRI . Ram Yerubandi worked both as an experimentalist and a modeler in physical oceanography/limnology at NWRI and other places. He published over 50 papers in scientific journals, proceedings and scientific reports.
Lake Erie 2004 experiment is an EC-internally funded program, Ram Yerubandi and Murray Charlton are the principal investigators in this exercise.
Presentation: Lake Erie 2004: Physical and Bio-chemical observations
Abstract: An intensive physical measurement program was undertaken by NWRI in collaboration with other agencies in Lake Erie in 2004 to provide detailed hydrodynamic and thermal observations required to assess and predict water quality and aquatic ecosystem components. As part of the study we have deployed and operated 30 moorings of ADCPs, meteorological buoys, thermistor chains, water quality and sediment traps from April to September, 2004. I will provide a brief description of this experiment, future plans as well as intensive monitoring efforts conducted by EC-Ontario region in this talk.
Website: (N/A)
Michael Zorn
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Website: http://www.uwgb.edu/zornm/
