Michael White Email & Phone Number

United States

Groton, Connecticut, United States

Hydrography, Program Management, Capabilities and Technologies Development, Mission Leader, Processing, Business Development, Autonomous Systems Technologist

Durham, New Hampshire, United States

As mapping lead was responsible for leading teams of scientists and technicians in the collection and processing of bathymetry, backscatter and water column data and planning remotely operated vehicle dives. Includes training of Explorers in Training and students from NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program, hosting of international scientists and hosting off-shore NOAA Teachers at Sea. The mapping lead provides data QA/QC, submits data to the national archives, and designs and visualizes custom data products using GIS and hydrographic software. Produces final mapping expedition reports with quantifiable metrics, statistics and syntheses of new discoveries. As expedition coordinator was responsible for all aspects of cruise planning, execution and reporting. The coordinator must be able to communicate with the science community, inter-agency and cross-NOAA partners, and members of the general public about NOAA Ocean Exploration missions. This includes writing and reviewing technical and scientific reports as well as non-technical materials for the general public, conducting interviews with media, hosting public outreach events, and speaking at scientific conferences. The expedition coordinator strategically coordinates with cruise participants from academia, commercial and government agencies in order to deploy NOAA assets in the most opportunistic and tactical ways to meet U.S. ocean exploration priorities. Technical assets include deepwater mapping systems and remotely operated vehicles and the procurement and testing of new ocean hardware and software, developing and documenting standard operating procedures and the effective leveraging of partnerships such as Cooperative Research and Development Agreements. During the cruise planning and execution phases, the expedition coordinator is the primary liaison through telepresence between the ocean exploration community, largely located onshore, and the offshore technicians and scientists.

Durham, Ny

Spent over 120 days at sea a year acquiring sonar data in support of ocean explorationSupervised offshore teams collecting and processing multibeam, split-beam, sub-bottom profiler and ADCP dataLead teams of scientists technicians in the collection and processing of bathymetry, backscatter, and water column data, and planning remotely-operated vehicle dive plansPlanned and executed complicated cruise plans with multiple objectivesQA/QC acoustic data delivered to National Centers for Environmental InformationDevelop dive plans using a variety of georeferenced dataOrganized and validated multibeam bathymetry in support of cruise planningFacilitated outreach events engaging the public at multiple portsCo-manage NOAA Ocean Exploration Explorer-in-Training program, recruiting, training, and supervising college students on at-sea mapping exploration missions aboard Okeanos Explorer.

Durham, New Hampshire, United States

Processed and evaluated external hydrogrpahic data sets for NOAA Office of Coast Survey. Data included multibeam, topobathy lidar and single beam. Used data for marine debris location and charting. Served as a augmenting Physical Scientitst/hydrographer on NOAA Ship Ferdinand Hassler completing hydrographic surveys and storm navigation response.

Long Island, New York

- Built and managed geodatabases used for sediment management along Long Island’s Atlantic Coast and beach nourishment projects- Fabricated and maintained a remote access storm surge device in East Hampton using an OTT ecoLog- Surveyed and calculated sediment volume changes for beaches in East Hampton, NY using a Nikon Total Station and Regional Morphology Analysis Package software

Master Of Science - Ms, Marine And Atmospheric Sciences, Geology And Geophysics, 3.77

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Senate, Graduate Program and Coordinating CommitteeMaster’s Thesis, “Marine Acoustics.

Advanced Graduate Certificate In Geospatial Sceience, Geosciences/ Gis, 3.8

Bachelor’S Degree, Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Activities and Societies: Varsity Swimming and Diving (Captain), Student Athletic Association (Chair), Teaching Assistant for Geology.