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Appendices
Pages 85-89

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... Apel served as director and supervisory oceanographer at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and earlier was director at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories' Ocean Remote Sensing Laboratory. Also during his directorship with NOAA' s Pacific Laboratory, he was affiliate professor of oceanography and affiliate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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From page 88...
... Larry L Gentry recently retired from Lockheed Martin Marine Systems, where he was responsible for undersea vehicle programs and the development of advanced energy systems, materials, and sensor technologies for underseas equipment, including numerous advanced technologies used in developing underwater vehicles unoccupied by humans.
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From page 89...
... He has participated in numerous oceanographic cruises, including the discovery of the Titanic, the full-scale dynamic testing of the Argo system, and the deepocean deployment of the Jason vehicle and manipulator. He has published papers on vehicle and tether dynamics, the application of modern nonlinear and adaptive control techniques to underwater vehicle operation, supervisory control methodologies, and underwater manipulator design and performance.
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