You are all invited to attend this Thursday’s seminar either in person (More Hall 230) or virtual via Zoom:  https://washington.zoom.us/j/96665627877

Jim Thomson:  1,621 Days at sea

Jim Thomson has been messing around on boats for 40 years.   The early days were sailing and working as a deckhand along the coast of Maine, then summer jobs in boatyards and stints as a delivery captain.  This had little connection to anything academic, until someone eventually pointed out that there was a lot of science and engineering happening in and on the ocean.  That led to a graduate program studying waves and coastal engineering at MIT/Woods Hole, and then a research position at UW.   Since joining UW, Jim’s focus has expanded to include instrumentation development and work in the open ocean, especially polar regions.  His ongoing work emphasizes using autonomous platforms for data collection in remote areas and miniaturization of instruments to improve spatial coverage.