JAMES B. NEWMAN


PO Box 164, Woods Hole, Massachusetts  02543 

+1-508-289.1236    fax: +1-508-540.1036     jim@whmsi.com

 


SUMMARY:

Ocean Engineer with extensive experience developing and operating Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and instrumentation for scientific applications.  Project management and detailed engineering, particularly on conceptual and electrical design. 


RECENT PROJECTS:

Hydroid, Inc:  June 2011 to present.  Development of AUV docking system for WHOI Ocean Observatories Initiative.   Lead electrical/electronics systems architect, also assisting with mechanical design and subsystems.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: August 2010-October 2011.  Ocean Bottom Seismometer development.  Managed the mechanical design effort for a new deep ocean instrument.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:  March 2011-present.  Imaging systems for ALVIN submersible.  Responsible for development of “Lighting and Imaging” electronics assembly, assisted with camera selection.

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration:  September 2010-March 2011.  Electrical systems architecture for Seirios deep ocean imaging towsled, including design and wiring.

University of Rhode Island, Dept. of Ocean Engineering.  Summer-Fall 2010.  Developed and taught a new graduate-level course on ROV Design (OCE 591/467).

University of Rhode Island, GSO:  August 2009-present.  Development of a novel borehole instrument.  Responsible for cabling and connectors, general mechanical and deployment issues.

Ocean Exploration Trust:  September 2008-June 2010.  Responsible for acquisition and conversion of a 64 meter research/exploration vessel, the E/V Nautilus.

Institute For Exploration:  September 1998-June 2010.  Project leader for development and operation of underwater vehicle systems, including the 4000 meter ROVs Hercules and Little Hercules, the towsled ARGUS, a shallow water ROV and a sidescan sonar platform.

 

 


EMPLOYMENT:

Woods Hole Marine Systems Inc., Woods Hole, MA (www.whmsi.com)

1996 - present  President and Chief Engineer;

·       Engineering services involving underwater vehicle systems and oceanographic instrumentation.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA (www.mbari.org) 

1989 - 1996  Oceanographic Engineer;

·       Project Leader for development of Tiburon, a 4000 meter ROV with specialized features for science applications.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (www.whoi.edu)

1986 - 1989 Research Engineer, Deep Submergence Laboratory;

1984 – 1985  Graduate Research Assistant, Deep Submergence Laboratory;


EDUCATION:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology


OTHER:

·       Adjunct Faculty, Univ. of Rhode Island Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 2004-present.

·       Chief Engineer, Institute For Exploration, 2000-2010

·       Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003-2004

·       US Coast Guard Licensed Master (50 Ton, Inland)