Senior Design Engineer
Engineering Support Facility
School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
harrisd -at- hawaii.edu
Education
AAS, Electronics, DeVry Institute of Technology, IL, 1966.
Selected Research Projects
Design Engineer: Aloha Cabled Observatory, NSF, 2018-.
Principal Design Engineer: High Frequency Doppler Radar, ONR-DHS-NOAA, 2009-2017.
Design Engineer: Aloha Cabled Observatory, NSF, 2004-2008.
Principal Design Engineer: H2O Project Power System, NSF, 1998-2006.
Principal Design Engineer: ULF/VLF Sensor System upgrade for H2O, NSF, 1998.
Principal Design Engineer: HUGO Project, Loihi Seamount,, NSF, 1990-1996.
Principal Design Engineer: Laser Confocal Microscope, 1993-1994. US Patent 5,557,452 (1996).
Design Engineer: DUMAND power system and fiberoptic links, DOE, 1990-1993.
Principal Design Engineer: ULF/VLF Sensor System Development, ONR, 1988-1992.
Co-Principal Investigator: Soft Sediment Shear Wave Sensor String, ONR, 1988.
Principal Engineer: Ocean Bottom Seismometer Design and Testing, 1982 - 1989.
OSS-IV: Deep Sea Drilling Project Borehole Seismometer. 1979-1982.
Principal Engineer: Crustal Deformation Project, 1976 - 1981.
Argonne National Laboratory: Nuclear Instrumentation, 1966 – 1976.
Other Research Projects
Polar Nephelometer. Fast Photomultiplier Time-variable Gain development.
Deep-space Ultra-low noise Charge Sensitive Amplifier with self-adapting minimum-noise feedback.
Lasers (dating back to early 70’s) including gas, dye, YAG, SHG, DPSS, fiber optics, photomultipliers and solid state detectors.
Radio frequency equipment from high-power RF induction, RFI/EMI grounding and shielding, UHF telemetry, and some microwave.
