JAMES B. NEWMAN

PO Box 164, Woods Hole, Massachusetts  02543

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

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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.

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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.

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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;

• Responsible for development of the software, computers and sensor systems for the JASON and JASON Junior ROVs.

1984 – 1985 Graduate Research Assistant, Deep Submergence Laboratory;

• Development of control software, mechanical and electronic subsystems for underwater vehicles while earning a Master’s degree.

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EDUCATION:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• S.M., Ocean Engineering, January 1986.
• S.B., Ocean Engineering, January 1981.

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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

• Invited presenter for “Breaking the Surface 2011” conference on underwater robotics, Murter, Croatia, September 2011.
• Only non-French member of the Review Committee for IFREMER’s VICTOR ROV system development, 1995-1996.

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