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Past Staff & Students

Current students

Student

Co-Supervisor

University

Years

Subject

PostDoc

Yasué M

UBath

2007

Sustainable development in Laguna San Ignacio

PhD

Wladichuk JL

Blondel P

UBath

2005-10

Passive navigation by grey whales.

Paskins KE

Bowyer A

UBath

2003-7

Jumping & flying in nature and robots.

Stelle L

Hamner W

UCLA

1997-2001

Behavioral Ecology of Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) Feeding on Mysids in British Columbia.

Woodward B

Peterson M

UMaine

1999-2006

Baleen whale swimming biomechanics using suction cup tags and underwater video

MPhil / MSc Research

Senko J

Carthy R
Koch V
Nichols WJ

UFlorida/UABCS

2007-9

Movements and habitat use of black sea turtles in San Ignacio Lagoon, BCS, Mexico

Garcia-Carreras B

UBath

2004-8

Swimming biomechanics of whales

Kinzel M

Harvey JD

Moss Landing

1997-2003

Use of habitat by feeding gray whales near Cape Caution, BC.

Muise J

Jones DR
Andrews R

UBC

2000

Cardiac physiology of large whales.

MSc Taught

Lewis AJ

Herzka S

U Bangor / CICESE

2008-9

Feeding ecology of black sea turtles in San Ignacio Lagoon.

Maud JL

U Bangor

2007-8

Abundance & distribution of mysids near Cape Caution.

Dong H

U Bath

2007

RoboCrab: control

Wang L

U Bath

2007

RoboCrab: Legs

Iyer A

Brace CJ

U Bath

2007

VeggieDiesel

Vasu A

Brace CJ

U Bath

2007

VeggieDiesel

Chong W

Carley M

U Bath

2004

Aeroelasticity of hummingbird wings.

Diplom

Jochum K

U Hannover

2006-8

Behaviour of whales & bears

Kurth S

von der Emde G

U Bonn

2006-7

Benthic ecology of San Ignacio lagoon

Volz A

Friedrich E

U Koblenz

1997-1998

Social behaviour of grey whales

MEng

Leffler J Williamson B U Bath 2011 ROV Thrusters
Asueliemen A Williamson B U Bath 2011 SeaBiscuit Mission Planning
Sell N Carley M U Bath 2011 Modelling flexible fin propulsion
Christidis E Cunningham J U Bath 2011 Minerva: Propeller optimisation
Rizopoulos E Williamson B U Bath 2011 SeaBiscuit low-level control
Spillane J Ansell M U Bath 2011 Novel eco-composites
Parramore M Outram G U Bath 2011 Minerva transmission
Britton C Johnston N U Bath 2011 SeaBomb hydraulic transmission
Rashkov R Meo M U Bath 2011 Minerva hull design
Keen N Sahinkaya N U Bath 2011 Sonar control Hp sub
Hoskin I U Bath 2011 Minerva hydrodynamics & control
Wilson C Roessner J U Bath 2011 SeaBomb control hardware
Stevenson T MacGregor S U Bath 2011 Propeller design
Allen T U Bath 2011 Pilot ergonomics
Almond W U Bath 2011 Hull manufacture
Fletcher S U Bath 2011 Towfish design
Fortna K Chambers L U Bath 2011 Gymnobot rebuild
Ter Haar E Chambers L U Bath 2011 Fish swimming
Holbrow R Meo M U Bath 2010 New Sulis transmission
Fragoso N Wilson M U Bath 2010 SeaBomb CFD
Rawlinson B Carley M U Bath 2010 Flexible fin propulsion
Reddy S MacGregor S U Bath 2010 Propeller propulsion
Marshall B U Bath 2010 Sulis redesign
Goodfriend D Williamson B U Bath 2010 SeaBiscuit machine health
Birtles P Williamson B U Bath 2010 SeaBiscuit sonar systems
Snider C U Bath 2010 RoboPuffin
Kourra N Cunningham J U Bath 2010 Robot hand
Nove-Josserand C Chambers L U Bath 2010 Fish swimming
Wamberg T Templeton R U Bath 2010 Turtle tracking
Pickering M Wilson M U Bath 2009 RoboPuffin & Sulis: Hull CFD
Hollyman L Sahinkaya N U Bath 2009 HP Sub Sulis: Transmission
Bishop G MacGregor S U Bath 2009 HP Sub Sulis: Propeller
Perrin R Carley M U Bath 2009 HP Sub SeaBomb: Biomimetic propulsion
McCoach I U Bath 2009 Underwater Ergometer (SDP)
Coulson D U Bath 2009 RoboPuffin: Flapping propulsion
Bailey S Ngwompo R U Bath 2009 RoboPuffin: Pitching propulsion
Food D Iravani P U Bath 2009 Seabiscuit: Propeller propulsion
Webster A Blondel P U Bath 2009 Seabiscuit: Sonar
Thompson V Carley M U Bath 2009 ScubaEars - hearing beyond the bubbles
Bhatti J Hunt G U Bath 2009 Numerical model of a freight train
McKernan L U Bath 2009 Sports bra design
Ferris M U Bath 2008 RoboPuffin: Drive mechanism
Middleton J U Bath 2008 SeaBomb propulsion
Brassington H U Bath 2008 RoboPuffin: Hull & control
Whittingham L MacGuigan P U Bath 2008 Sports bra design
de Wilde O Hillis A U Bath 2008 Babylon 2: Hull
Simmonds O Hillis A U Bath 2008 Babylon 2: Buoyancy & propulsion
Grice D U Bath 2008 Kite-powered kayak
Sykes B U Bath 2007 SAUC-E 07: Redesign of a biomimetic autonomous submersible (SDP)
Hogg K Bowyer A U Bath 2007 SAUC-E 07: Control & mission planning
Davies M U Bath 2007 Solar-powered kayak
Cappell M Madden J U Bath 2007 RoboMinnow
Park A MacGuigan MP U Bath 2007 ISR 07: HobieDrive propulsion
Templeton R U Bath 2007 ISR 07: WhaleDrive propulsion
Wardle J U Bath 2007 ISR 07: External control
Smith RJ U Bath 2007 ISR 07: Hull & frame
Eeles T U Bath 2007 ISR 07: Design for slalom
Brindlinger G U Bath 2007 ISR 07: Sonar & control
Thomstad B Wladichuk J U Bath 2006 Retrofitting a fishboat as a research vessel
Sellen R U Bath 2006 WaveDrive, MkII
Coxon A Riggs PR U Bath 2006 Oscillating foil propulsion
Ogali O Allen SR U Bath 2006 Seawater greenhouse in Mexico
Pattinson C Hawley JG U Bath 2006 Conventional propulsion of an AUV
Chu W U Bath 2006 Transport system for a biomimetic AUV
Allen SR Keogh PS U Bath 2005 Control of a person-powered punt
Wright D Stammers C U Bath 2005 Ergonomics of a human-powered submarine
Burls A Carley M U Bath 2005 Spanwise flow over a flapping foil
Hawker J Kim A U Bath 2005 Hull design of a human-powered submarine
Hughes J   U Bath 2005 RoboMinnow
Bowley P   U Bath 2005 Knifefish biomechanics & biomimetic drive design
Jackson O   U Bath 2005 Rajiform Drive
Soper N Carley M U Bath 2005 Mars rover

Ashraf I

 

U Bath

2004

Conducting polymer actuator propulsion for miniature AUVs.

Finkemeyer I

 

U Bath

2004

Semi-autonomous underwater vehicle

Milligan J

 

U Bath

2004

Dynamics of backpacks.

Valentine G

 

U Bath

2004

Autotunable solar panel design.

BSc (Hons)

Lewis A UW Bangor 2007 Mark-recapture studies of grey whales near Cape Caution, British Columbia.
Jansson K UGoteborg/ULund 2006 Distribution & abundance of red-legged frogs on Bramham Island.

Johnson L

Taylor E

UBC

2000-2001

Phylogeography of sticklebacks

Sihota N

 

UBC

2000-2001

A system for underwater acoustic tracking of whales in 3D.

Young H

Myers J

UBC

1999-2000

Insect biodiversity on Bramham Island

Chang Y

Dower J

UBC

1999-2000

Mysids of Queen Charlotte Strait: Notes on their ecology, swarm composition and distribution

Witherly N

 

UCSC

1999-2000

Dungeness crab in the Bramham Archipaelago

Lamb E

Bradfield

UBC

1998-1999

Biodiversity of the coastal fringe forest.

Bisson M

Lafond J

UQAM

1997-1998

Toxicology of mysids: heavy metals

Bertrand Y

Lafond J

UQAM

1997-1998

Toxicology of mysids: PCBs.

Todgham A

Boulding E

Guelph

1996-1997

Effects of wave exposure on the distribution of limpets in the Bramham Archipaelago

Directed Studies

Förster F   U Bath 2007-8 WaveDrive
Rouillard M   U Bretagne Occidentale 2007 Photo-identification studies of abundance & movements of bottlenose dolphins in San Ignacio Lagoon
Glockner P   U Bath 2005 WaveDrive
Bender AK   U Bath 2005 Knifefish biomechanics

Heath MW

Goodey W

UBC

2001-2002

Grey whale abundance and movements in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico.

Scott-Ashe J

Goodey W

UBC

2000-2001

Mark recapture estimates of humpback whale abundance in southern Queen Charlotte Strait, BC

Randall D

Goodey W

UBC

1999-2000

Abundance, residency and distribution of grey whales in Queen Charlotte Strait, BC

Rudolf U

Goodey W

UBC

1998-1999

Mark-recapture of red-legged frogs on Bramham Island, BC.

Khoo, GB

Harrison P

UBC

1998-1999

Limpet biodiversity as a function of wave exposure

MacFarland J

Goodey W

UBC

1994-1995

Photo-identification of Pacific white-sided dolphins in Queen Charlotte Strait, BC