cfrey@hboi.fau.edu
772-465-2400  ext. 544

Title

Senior Engineer & Project Manager, Director of Robotics & Instrumentation Laboratory

Education

• M.S. Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology. 2002
• B.S. Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology. 1999

Career

Sr. Engineer & Project Manager, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. Jan 2008 – Present

Ocean Systems Engineer, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Mar 2002 – Dec 2007

Assoc. Engineer, Rockwell Collins, Inc., Jun 2001-Oct 2001

Research Assistant, Underwater Technologies Laboratory, Florida Institute of Technology, Jan 2001 – Dec 2002

Software Engineer, Presideo, Inc., June 1999 – Jan 2001

Research Assistant, US Army Corps of Engineers CERC Field Research Facility. Aug 1996 – Jan 1997

Detailed CV (PDF)

Research Interests

• Intelligent Multi-agent Systems
• Distributed Oceanographic Sensing Networks
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles
• Manned Submersible Systems
• Autonomous Landers
• Optical Instrumentation
• Scientific Collection Tools
• Manned & Unmanned Ocean Exploration

The Team

Brian Ramos, Software Engineer

George LaBarca, Electronics Technician

Dimitri Zarzhitsky, Postdoctoral Investigator (USAFA)