Staff Profile

Brian Claus

Preferred Name: Brian Claus

Adjunct Oceanographer

Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Email: bclaus@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 3566

Office: Blake Laboratory 2 

Address:
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 07
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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Website: http://www.whoi.edu/people/bclaus

Lab/Group Site: http://www.whoi.edu/groups/DSL/

Education

Memorial University – PhD: Ocean and Naval Architecture EngineeringThesis: Energy Efficient Navigational Methods for Autonomous Underwater Gliders in Surface Denied Regions Newfoundland, Canada

Memorial University – MEng: Ocean and Naval Architecture Engineering Thesis: Development of an Underwater Glider Equipped with an Auxiliary Propulsion Module Newfoundland, Canada

University of Victoria – BEng: Electrical Engineering

Research Interests

Persistent ocean robotics, Multivehicle robotics, Underwater gliders, Magnetic Sensing, Surface denied navigation, Propulsion systems