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Tim McGinnis
Sr. Principal Engineer |
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Expertise |
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- Scientific and naval instrumentation
- Autonomous undersea vehicles
- Moorings, underwater structures and towers
- Harsh environment packaging (polar, shipboard, and airborne systems)
- Finite element analysis
- Acoustic transducers
- Corrosion and abrasion analysis and control
- Low-power, battery operated, embedded systems
- High-speed data acquisition systems and signal processings
- Custom analog and digital board design, PCB layout
- Complex system design, electro-mechanical systems
- Custom and OEM sensor integration
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- Embedded systems
- Remote/autonomous operation
- TCP/IP instrumentation
- Linux, Windows, and DOS systems
- C++, Visual Basic, Labview, Matlab, and web-based languages
- Deployment, operation, and recovery of equipment at sea and in the Arctic
- Logistics and operations support in the Arctic, at sea, and remote locations
- Diving — open water and under-ice (divers certified by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences and by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for nitrox mixed gas diving)
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Persistent Environmental Monitoring Near an Operational Wave Energy Converter |
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A New Research Vessel for the APL-UW Fleet |
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Riding Waves to Generate Electricity |
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The first demonstration of oceanographic sensors powered only by wave energy.
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The R/V Russell Davis Light entered service in summer 2018.
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Projects |
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Media Coverage |
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Publications |
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MuST The Multi-Sensor Towbody System to Detect and Classify Unexploded Ordnance
Kevin Williams, Tim McGinnis
26 August 2019
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Commissioning a Tidal Turbine Testing System
Cassandra Riel, Paul Gibbs, Jesse Dosher, Harlin Wood
31 July 2019
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Persistent Environmental Monitoring Near an Operational Wave Energy Converter
James Joslin, Paul Gibbs, Andy Stewart
15 July 2019
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UW engineers test tidal energy turbines on Lake Washington
KING5 News
Laura Fattaruso
17 August 2019
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Eyes Underwater Watching Aquatic Wildlife
Environmental Monitor
Karla Lant
9 July 2019
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MacArtney and the Applied Physics Laboratory Launching FOCUS 3 ROTV
Ocean News & Technology
Ocean News staff
6 June 2019
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Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica
Cui, X., and 15 others including L.E. Lindzey
14 November 2020
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Risk to marine animals from underwater noise generated by marine renewable energy devices
Polagye, B., and C. Bassett
30 September 2020
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Mid-Holocene grounding line retreat and readvance at Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Venturelli, R.A., and 9 others including J. Burnett
16 August 2020
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