Autosub6000 engineers

Steve McPhail: Leader of the Autosub6000 AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) team, Steve's research interests centre on the development of AUVs, and particularly their navigation and control systems.

Dr Miles Pebody: A Senior Research Fellow at NOCS, Miles research background includes the development of systems and software for the control, mission planning, and collision avoidance behaviours of the Autosub series of autonomous underwater vehicles.

Pete Stevenson: A Mechanical Engineer from NOCS, Pete has been involved with the Autosub AUVs from their first feasibility studies in the 1990s to their present-day oceanographic use. Pete is responsible for all aspects of Autosub's mechanical design and build.

Dr Maaten Furlong: Working within the Underwater Systems Laboratory at NOCS, Maaten's research includes design and development of AUVs, and particularly their hydrodynamics and mission analysis.



Sea Systems engineers

Dan Comben: Sensors and Moorings Technician, running CTD operations and mooring deployments, and assisting with TOBI.

Duncan Matthew: Electronics / Software Engineer, running TOBI on this expedition and working on the construction of TOBI-2 back home.

Mick Myers: Systems Manager, responsible for running the ship's computer network, communications, instrument logging and data management systems.

Dave Teare: Sensors and Moorings Technician, running CTD operations and mooring deployments, and assisting with TOBI.

Andy Webb: Deep Platforms Technician, running TOBI and supporting other scientific operations. Andy also has experience with earlier versions of Autosub.



Science team

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