John Delaney
John Delaney’s passion is for the global ocean, the ultimate life-support system of the planet. Since 1997, he has directed development of the regional cabled ocean observatory that evolved from NEPTUNE into the Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) program within the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative. He leads the University of Washington team of scientists and engineers who are designing, building, and installing this first U.S. regional cabled ocean observatory. The RSN network of cables, instruments, sensors, and moorings will enable adaptive, real-time interactive research on energetic and episodic natural phenomena operating throughout the world’s oceans. Delaney presents public lectures and talks in venues around the world on the potential of new technologies to revolutionize ocean science and education.
Dana Manalang
Dana Manalang is a Senior Systems Engineer in the UW-APL Electronics and Photonic Systems Department. She has held key roles in system development, testing, and commissioning programs across multiple industries, including ocean instrumentation, wireless sensor networks, semiconductor processing equipment, and defense. Before joining APL in 2009, Dana was the Lead AUV Systems Engineer at Fugro Seafloor Surveys. She currently manages instrument operations and maintenance for the OOI Cabled Array.
Anuscheh Nawaz
Anuscheh Nawaz is a Research Engineering in the UW-APL Ocean Engineering Department. With a background in aerospace engineering and electric propulsion, she designed and optimized pulsed plasma thrusters at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. At NASA Ames Research Center she was responsible for plasma characterization ith the goal of increasing confidence in measurement and prediction. She has taken lead roles in two start-ups aiming to commercialize air quality sensors, and has recently joined APL with the goal of bringing cutting edge sensor technology to scientifically relevant problems.
Aaron Marburg
Dr. Marburg is a Senior Research Engineer in the UW-APL Ocean Engineering Department with a focus on robotic perception and autonomy. Dr. Marburg has twenty years experience in ocean instrumentation, geospatial science, and scientific computing.