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Nathan Paquin joined the Center in 2004 taking responsibility for the daily maintenance
and upkeep of our ever-growing computer facilities. Nathan comes from a strong
background in computing initially gained while serving in the U.S. Army and being
responsible for providing secure servers and clients. This experience was expanded
through work in the industrial sector for numerous small and large IT companies.
Shachak Pe’eri received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from the Tel Aviv University in
Geophysics. His Ph.D. research was on the monitoring the current uplift and
deformation of Mt. Sedom salt diapir using Ineterferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
(InSAR). The research was done with Stanford University and the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. His M.Sc. research was measuring the current plate motion across the Dead
Sea Fault using continuous GPS monitoring. Dr. Pe'eri’s areas of interest are: Remote
Sensing, Geophysics and Geodesy. Currently he is focusing on the Acoustic-LIDAR
inter-comparisons.
Matt Plumlee became a research scientist with the Center after completing his Ph D. at
UNH under Dr. Colin Ware. Matt is continuing his work on data visualization and
human computer interaction on a part-time basis. He is focusing his efforts on the Chart
of the Future project.
Kurt Schwehr received his PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography studying
marine geology and geophysics and received a B.S. from Stanford University. Before
joining CCOM, he worked at JPL, NASA Ames, the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie
Mellon, and the USGS Menlo Park. His research has included components of computer
science, geology, and geophysics. He looks to apply robotics, computer graphics, and
real-time systems to solve problems in marine and space exploration environments. He
has been on the mission control teams for the Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, and
Mars Exploration Rovers. He has designed computer vision, 3D visualization, and onboard
driving software for NASA’s Mars exploration program. Fieldwork has taken him
from Yellowstone National Park to Antarctica. At CCOM, he is working on a range of
projects including the Chart-of-the-Future, visualization techniques for underwater and
space applications, and sedimentary geology. He looks forward to participating in the
NASA Phoenix Mars Lander.
Ben Smith is the Captain of CCOM-JHC research vessel Coastal Surveyor, and a
research technician specializing in programming languages and UNIX-like operating
systems and services. He has years of both programming and marine experience and
built and captains his own 45 foot ketch, Mother of Perl.
Briana Sullivan received her undergraduate degree in Computer Science at
the University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 2002 and finished her master's in computer
science at UNH in 2004. She is now employed at CCOM full-time with two major
responsibilities. The first one is in the Data Visualization Research Lab where she is
currently working on human factors research and the chart of the future. Her second
responsibility is being the CCOM outreach coordinator. In this capacity she is in charge
of informing the public of the work going on here at CCOM-JHC. This is done through
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