Amanda Gray

After acquiring a bachelor of arts degree in Computer Science from Smith College and working in the local software industry for several years, I returned to school for a bachelor of science degree in Physics and continued at the University of Washington in the graduate program in physical oceanography. I am interested in observational oceanography using remote technologies such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like the seaglider pictured here, upper ocean physics, ocean optics and physical-biological couplings in the open ocean. I am also interested in science outreach, especially for the critical middle school years.

Seaglider Documentation.
IOP takes part in a variety of outreach events, and I am collecting video of seagliders both in the lab and in the field for use in presentations and as part of an online outreach effort. This is the first video I posted online.

AESOP '06. I'm currently doing data analysis of the '06 cruise, in which the Triaxus swam across ocean fronts just near Monterey Bay.

NAB '08. I'll be out to sea this coming spring, studying the mesoscale physics, biological and optical properties of the North Atlantic Bloom using the seagliders in conjunction with lagrangian floats.

Ocean Optics 2007: University of Maine summer course. Students are preapring presentations of the data we collected in the Damariscotta River for an ocean optics meeting.