P E O P L E A T O R E

Bruce M. Howe

Research Professor
Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Holmes Hall 402, 2540 Dole Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2303, USA
Tel: 808-956-0466 • Fax: 808-956-3498
E-mail: bhowe@hawaii.edu
Office Location:1680 East-West Road, POST 105G, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA

• Teaching
• Professional Preparation
• Appointments
• Scientific Expeditions
• Journal Publications
• Selected Publications
• Professional Service and Affiliations
• Selected Synergistic Activities
• Professional Societies
• Collaborators and Other Affiliations
• Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
• Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor
• Grants and Contracts

Professional Preparation
- Ph.D. in Oceanography, Ocean Acoustic Tomography, University of California, San Diego, 1986
- M.Sc. in Engineering Science, Fluid Dynamics, Stanford University, 1978
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Stanford University, 1978
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Appointments
- University of Hawaii
  Ocean and Resources Engineering Department, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
  2008 – Research Professor
- University of Washington
  Applied Physics Laboratory, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
  2008 –              Affiliate Principal Oceanographer
  1998 – 2008      Principal Oceanographer; 1992 Senior Oceanographer; 1987 Oceanographer
  School of Oceanography, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
  2008 –              Affiliate Professor
  1994 – 2008      Research Associate Professor; 1988 Research Assistant Professor
  Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
  2008 –              Affiliate Professor
  2005 – 2008      Adjunct Research Associate Professor
- University of California, San Diego
  1986 – 1987 Postgraduate Researcher, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
  1981 – 1986 Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Universität Karlsruhe
  1979 – 1981 Research Associate, Institut für Hydromechanik
- Stanford University
  1976 – 1979 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering

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Scientific Expeditions

Participant in 33 cruises with 444 days at sea or in the field, 15 cruises as Chief Scientist, one each using DSV SeaCliff, the ATV ROV, and R/P FLIP; cable laying and ATOC source installations.
(Click here
for the PDF version of the fieldwork.)

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Selected Publications

Moore, S. E., B. M. Howe, K. M. Stafford, and M. L. Boyd, Including whale call detection in standard ocean measurements: applications of acoustic Seagliders, J. Marine Technology Society, 41, 53-57, 2008.

Howe, B. M., and T. Chereskin, Oceanographic Measurements, Springer Handbook of Experimental Measurements, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Chapter 18, pp 1179-1217, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-30299-5_18, 2007.

Howe B. M., and J. H. Miller, Acoustic sensing for ocean research, J. Mar. Tech. Soc., 38, 144–154, 2004.

Andrew, R. K., B. M. Howe, J. A. Mercer, and M. A. Dzieciuch, Ocean ambient sound: Comparing the 1960s with the 1990s for a receiver off the California coast, Acoust. Res. Lett. On-line, 3(2), 65–70, 2002.

Dushaw, B. D. et al., Observing the ocean in the 2000’s: A strategy for the role of acoustic tomography in ocean climate observation, Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ocean Observing System, San Rafael, France, 18-22 October 1999, in: Observing the Oceans in the 21st Century, C.J. Koblinsky and N.R. Smith (eds), Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, 2001.

Howe, B. M., H. Kirkham, and V. Vorpérian, Power system considerations for undersea observatories, IEEE J. Oceanic Engr., 27, 267–274, 2002.

Delaney, J. R., G. R. Heath, A. D. Chave, B. M. Howe, and H. Kirkham, NEPTUNE: Real-time ocean and earth sciences at the scale of a tectonic plate, Oceanography, 13, 71–83, 2000.

Howe, B. M., K. Runciman, and J. A. Secan, Tomography of the ionosphere: Four-dimensional simulations, Radio Science, 33, 109–128, 1998.

ATOC Consortium: A. B. Baggeroer, T. G. Birdsall, C. Clark, J. A. Colosi, B. D. Cornuelle, D. Costa, B. D. Dushaw, M. Dzieciuch, A. M. G. Forbes, C. Hill, B. M. Howe, J. Marshall, D. Menemenlis, J. A. Mercer, K. Metzger, W. Munk, R. C. Spindel, D. Stammer, P. F. Worcester, and C. Wunsch, Observing ocean climate change: Comparison of acoustic tomography, satellite altimetry, and modeling, Science, 281, 1327–1332, 1998.

ATOC Instrumentation Group: B. M. Howe, S. G. Anderson, A. Baggeroer, J. A. Colosi, K.R. Hardy, D. Horwitt, F. Karig, S. Leach, J. A. Mercer, K. Metzger, Jr., L. O. Olson, D. A. Peckham, D. A. Reddaway, R. R. Ryan, R. P. Stein, K. von der Heydt, J. D. Watson, S. L. Weslander, and P. F. Worcester, Instrumentation for the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) prototype Pacific Ocean array, Proc. Oceans '95 MTS/IEEE, San Diego, California, 1483–1500, 1995.

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Selected Synergistic Activities

2008 – International Ocean Network Committee, Member,
2006 – 2008 Regional Scale Nodes, NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative, Project Scientist
2005 – 2007 ORION Engineering Committee, Member
2003 – Integrated Acoustics Systems for Ocean Observatories, Co-chair of ASA Committee
2003 – Current Measurement Technology Committee, Member
2000 – 2003 Acoustical Oceanography Technical Committee, ASA, Member
1997 – 2008 NEPTUNE planning and technical activities
1991 – 1995 Tomographic Data in Ocean Models, Chair of ONR Committee

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Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Sigma Xi
The Oceanography Society (charter life member)
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Acoustical Society of America

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Collaborators and Other Affiliations

M. Alford (UW), P. Arabshahi (UW), R. Andrew (UW), A. Baptista (OHSU), E. Boss (UMaine), Y. Chao (JPL/UCLA), J. Delaney (UW), B. Dushaw (UW), M. Dzieciuch (SIO), J. Gobat (UW), A. Gray (JPL), R. Lukas (UH), D. Martin (UW), T. McGinnis (UW), J. Mercer (UW), S. Roy (UW)

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Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

MSc: Robert Street (Stanford).
PhD: Walter Munk (SIO) and Peter Worcester (SIO).
Postdoctoral: Peter Worcester (SIO)

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Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor

Graduate Students Advised Currently

Member, Committees for
Leonard Tracy UW, Electrical Engineering PhD 2007 –
Nathan Parrish UW, Electrical Engineering PhD 2007 –
Graduate Students Advised in Past

Member, Committees for
            Ting Chan                              UW, Electrical Engineering        PhD     2007
            Shuai Lu                                UW, Electrical Engineering        PhD     2006
            Kevin Schneider                   UW, Electrical Engineering        PhD     2005
            Aditya Upadhye                    UW, Electrical Engineering        MSc    2003
            Chris Walter                          UW, Geophysics                       PhD    1999
            Christian Parker                    UW, Oceanography                  MSc    1998

Chair, Committees for
            Michael Zarnetske                UW, Oceanography                  MSc    2005
            Keith Curtis                           UW, Oceanography                  MSc    1996
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist Advising
Brian Dushaw 1992 – 1994

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P E O P L E A T O R E

Bruce M. Howe

Professional Preparation

Appointments

Scientific Expeditions

Selected Publications

Selected Synergistic Activities

Professional Societies

Collaborators and Other Affiliations

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor