Titles:

«How remote sensing technologies are advancing communication needs for unmanned systems» by Philip McGillivary

“Underwater optical communication link using Wavelength Division Multiplexing, Polarization Division Multiplexing and Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing” by Joshua Baghdady

Short bio: Philip McGillivary

As Science Liaison for Coast Guard PACAREA, Dr. Phil McGillivary coordinates science issues for the Coast Guard for the Pacific Ocean. His responsibilities include management of science conducted using Coast Guard aircraft, buoytenders, and other assets, as well as high latitude science conducted on icebreakers managed by the Coast Guard.  He previously worked in the Office of Secretary of Defense after a post-doc at NOAA in Monterey, California through a joint appointment with the Naval Postgraduate School, and an earlier post-doc at the Marine Science Institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara.  His doctorate in Ecology from the University of Georgia on biogeochemical fluxes at fronts along the Gulf Stream followed employment at the NOAA oceanographic laboratory in Miami, Florida.  His experience includes more than two years at sea on research vessels and submersibles.  He is currently a member of the Arctic Council Unmanned Aircraft Expert Working Group, and has been a member of the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Remote Operating Area Working Group (ROAWG) and previously a member of the Navy/National Science Foundation Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR).   

Short bio: Joshua Baghdady

Joshua Baghdady is a Master’s student at Clemson University, where he has been working in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies.  His work in the Micro-photonics Lab has centered on underwater high bandwidth optical communications.  He has eight referred publications on this topic, the most recent of which won the Marine Technology Society Best Student Paper award at the 2016 Ocean Science meeting.  He is focused on developing and testing high bandwidth underwater optical communications technologies as an essential component of ocean observing systems.