Fri, May 11          Spoil Island Clean-up. Depart from Harbor Branch’s Ocean Discovery Center at 9:30am and return around 1pm. Help Harbor Branch take care of its recently adopted spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon. Learn about the biodiversity of the lagoon and what’s going on right now on the waterway with scientist and boat captain Dennis Hanisak and Ocean Discovery Center guide Sunny Gardner. Take a turn on the rope swing and enjoy the beauty of the IRL. Board the pontoon boat on the Harbor Branch-FAU campus. Bring your water shoes, gloves, and a brown bag lunch for the cooler. Reservations required. Call (772) 242-2559. Tues, May 22     VIP Tour for HBOI/Members & Guests-Reservations required. 9:30am-11:30am. Meet at the Ocean Discovery Center at 9:30am. Join us for a morning of shoreline discovery on the Indian River Lagoon. Wed, May 23 at 7pm The Other Side of Harbor Branch: Conservation on the Scrub Ridge Presented by Dr. Jon Moore Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University About the Lecture Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution was established in 1971 along the shoreline of the Indian River Lagoon. Large tracts of land were purchased at the inception of HBOI, but have remained relatively undisturbed since then. As the east coast of Florida has continued to develop over the decades, this undisturbed land at HBOI has become a de facto nature preserve. One particularly endangered habitat preserved along the west side of HBOI's property is Atlantic Coastal Ridge scrub. This presentation will describe research on and conservation of the endangered plants and animals found in scrub habitat. Johnson Education Center, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University,  5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL.  Telephone 772-242-2506.        FAU CALENDARS

Geoff Beiser, B.S.

gbeiser@hboi.fau.edu
772-242-2444

Title

Senior Engineer / Project Manager

Education

1981 B.S. Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology

Career

• May 2003 - present HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE: Ft. Pierce, FL
  Project Manager / Sr. Ocean Engineer for Center of Ocean Technology
• 1986 - Dec. 2002 GLOBAL MARINE SYSTEMS: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 1998 - Dec. 2002 Project Manager / Engineer (Submarine cable installation)
• 1996 - 1998 Offshore Installation Manager / Engineer (Submarine cable installation)
• 1986 - 1996 Project Engineer (Offshore marine and research operations)
• 1983 - 1986 CDI MARINE COMPANY: Jacksonville, FL
  Structural / Marine Engineer (Military and commercial ship design)
• 1981 - 1983 GENERAL DYNAMICS, EB DIVISION: Groton, CT
  Construction Engineer (Submarine new construction)

Detailed CV

Research Interests

Act as senior Ocean Engineer and Project Manager in the field of ocean related systems engineering, including structural, mechanical and ocean engineering. This includes ocean energy programs, subsea defense systems, remotely operated vehicles, mooring systems, subsea cable and array systems, launch and recovery systems and vessel machinery and deck equipment. Develop plans and procedures for at-sea operations. Act as offshore manager for execution of sea operations.