A Reef’s High-Frequency Soundscape and the Effect on Telemetry Efforts: A Biotic and Abiotic Balance
A chapter of my thesis, this work builds on my previous research. Gray’s Reef is a noisy acoustic environment due to snapping shrimp activity. When the wind blows, attenuation at the surface lowers noise interference and allows more transmission detections to occur. The shrimp are happily snapping the whole time, but the noise is lost to surface bubbles.
Analyzing Tidal, Diurnal, Synoptic, and Seasonal Drivers of Acoustic Telemetry Efficiency on a Coastal Reef | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore
A conference proceeding that set the groundwork for my next publication. We saw large changes in background noise at night and in warmer summer waters, which was paired with reduced detection efficiency. In many experiments high winds hurt telemetry efforts, but in our noisy, challenging environment, storms were when we were most successful.
The Rational Selection of Goal Operations and the Integration ofSearch Strategies with Goal-Driven Autonomy
I was the proud oceanographer in a room with electrical engineers. The NSF Smart & Autonomous Systems Project brought together UGA, Wright State, Georgia Tech, and Michigan State University researchers to develop a plan for autonomous underwater vehicles to search a region. My part was to create an environment to work in, setting challenges for the AI path-planning to over come.
Modeling Acoustic Telemetry Detection Ranges in a Shallow Coastal Environment | Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems
A peer-reviewed conference paper based on the work with the NSF Smart & Autonomous Systems project. I developed a probability model for high-frequency acoustics, which I then refined as a dissertation chapter.
