Photo Albums

Ocean Optics 2004 at Darling Marine Center
Shots from Casco Bay: Near Portland Maine, June 2003
Bucky Meets Bucky, Bainbridge Island
Jora (my daughter), Utah
Mary (my wife) with her niece Kelly, Circle Line Cruise, NYC
Me, on a kayak expedition in Greenland, Summer 2005.

Personal Update

I'm a graduate student now at U.W. School of Oceanography and a research assistant at U.W. Applied Physics Lab.
My current research involves estimating primary production in Carr Inlet in Puget Sound from water-following (Lagrangian) measurements of downwelling light, backscattering, chlorophyll fluorescence and dissolved oxygen. Each measurement involves converting a time series to carbon, e.g. estimating the carbon-chlorophyll ratio from light and temperature. For more details, see my Ocean Sciences 2006 poster: In-Situ Measurement of Primary Productivity from a Lagrangian Float.
My research advisor a Professor Eric D'Asaro. He has used the floats to study ocean mixing and air-sea gas exchange in hurricanes.
During 1Q2006, I did some metadata work for Professor John Delaney. This involves enhancing University of Washington's DigitalWell media asset manager with MPEG-7 metadata descriptions. Also, I have proposed an XML representation of time series of data collected from the undersea explorer Jason 2 using an XML Schema based on the ArcGIS Marine Data Model. I have proposed various models for annotation and the architecture of a query/browsing, annotation and asset mangement workbench.
Here are some Dinoflagellates (from culture) on my Swift FM-31 Field Microscope taken during a Phytoplanton Ecology lab. Genus/Species: Lingulodinium polyedrum (formerly Gonyaulax polyedra), typ. 35-40 um
I spent June-July 2004 and June-July 2005 at Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine studying ocean optics and ocean color.
Patents: #6,434,649 “Data Streamer”, Patent # 7,051,123 “Data transfer engine of a processor having a plurality of modules”, Patent # 6,785,688 “Internet streaming media workflow architecture”, Patent # 6,842,761 “Full-text relevancy ranking”.

System and process for searching a network

Activism

Blue Frontier Campaign strengthening America's ocean constituency through building unity, providing educational and organizing tools.
Oceana: An international organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the world's oceans.
"We are losing Nemo, Free Willy is now deceased and at this rate even SpongeBob's pineapple home under the sea is polluted", said 7th grader Kelly Manalo at the recent meeting for public comments on the U.S. Ocean Commission Preliminary Report to WA State Governor Locke.

Useful Links

Hiking with a Field Microscope
Ultima Thule: Sea Kayaking Expeditions in Greenland
to the back of beyond: Coastal kayak trips, boat & accessories sales, paddling instruction and boat rentals on Bainbridge Island
Body Boat Blade International: Sea kayak training on Orcas Island from BCU masters Leon Sommé & Shawna Franklin
Kayak Academy: Sea kayak training and well tested gear from George Gronseth, co-author of "Sea Kayaker: Deep Trouble"
Maine Island Kayak Company Sea kayak tours, rentals and BCU training on Peaks Island, Maine
Rainforest Kayak Adventures: Sea kayak courses and tours on Clayoquot Sound from stewards Dan Lewis and Bonny Glambeck
Rescue Specialists: Wilderness first aid courses taught by practicing wilderness EMTs
Singingfish: In 1999, I co-founded this multimedia search engine company and was CTO until Nov 2003. It is now owned by AOL.

Results

First (and last!) place in class (double sea kayak) in Sound Rowers 2003 Bainbridge Island Marathon: 24+ nm in 04:55. Thanks to paddling partner Richard Jacobs.

Suggestions for cat in a kayak dot net? Contact Eric Rehm

Last modified: 3/31/2006