Assistant Research Professor
Ocean Visibility and Optics Lab

fdalglei@hboi.fau.edu
office: 1-772-242-2591

Education

• Doctorate Ocean Engineering, Cranfield University (UK). 2004
• Masters Ocean Engineering, Cranfield University (UK). 2001
• Bachelors Electronics and Electrical Engineering, The University of Edinburgh (UK). 1995

Overview

• Directs the underwater laser imaging and communications research program at HBOI-FAU. Current research activities relate to developing advanced computer models and test-tank hardware systems for next generation underwater laser-based sensor networks. Program highlights to date include the construction of a world-class underwater laser test facility; the design, fabrication, testing and evaluation of a patented compact scanning architecture for underwater synchronous scanning laser imagers; successful benchtop demonstration of a pulsed-gated laser line scan (PG-LLS) extended range underwater imaging system; successful validation of an image simulation model for the LLS class of imagers; successful benchtop demonstration of distributed LLS concept; ongoing development and validation of distributed LLS radiative transfer imaging and communications models.
• Lead Engineer on several technology support projects (mainly funded through the State of Florida). Has provided ROV, AUV and fixed observatory solutions to provide at-sea observations and measurements for scientific studies (e.g. benthic studies at deep coral reefs, coastal water quality monitoring surveys); liaise with collaborating scientist and ocean engineering staff through system specification, preliminary to detailed design, modeling, production, documentation to laboratory and field testing.

Employment

• Assistant Research Professor (Center for Ocean Engineering and Technology), Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. January 2008 - present.
• Project Manager (Center for Ocean Exploration), Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. September 2005 - December 2007.
• Postdoctoral Fellow (Engineering Division), Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. December 2004 - September 2005.
• Research Assistant, Cranfield University (UK). October 2001- November 2004.

Publications

Conferences

Dalgleish F.R., Caimi F.M., Vuorenkoski, A. K., Ramos B., Britton W.B., Giddings T. E., Shirron J. J. and Mazel C.H. "Efficient laser pulse dispersion codes for turbid undersea imaging and communications applications." Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7678, (2010).

Dalgleish, F. R. Caimi, F. M., Vuorenkoski, A. K., Britton, W. B. and Ramos. B., 2009 "Experiments in bistatic Laser Line Scan (LLS) underwater imaging". Proc. MTS/IEEE Oceans 2009, October 26-30 2009, Biloxi. MI.

Dalgleish, F. R. Caimi, F. M. Britton W. B. and Andren C. F. 2009, "Improved LLS imaging performance in scattering-dominant waters," Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7317, (2009).

Caimi. F. M. and Dalgleish, F. R. 2009, “Performance Considerations for Laser Line Scan (LLS) Imaging Systems,” Blue Photonics, August 9-11 2009, Aberdeen, UK.

Dalgleish, F. R., Caimi, F. M., Britton, W. B., Wan, Y., Mazel, C. H., Glynn, J. M., Towle, J. P., Giddings T. and Shirron, J. 2008. “Experimental validation of a laser pulse time history model.” Proc. Ocean Optics XIX. October 6-10 2008, Barga, Italy.

Dalgleish, F. R., Caimi, F. M., Britton, W. B., Andren C. F. and Wan Y. 2008. “Experimental comparison of pulsed-gated and continuous wave LLS underwater imagers.” Proc. Ocean Optics IX. October 6-10 2008, Barga, Italy.

Caimi, F.M., Dalgleish, F. R., Kocak, D. M., Watson, J. 2008. “Underwater Optics and Imaging: Recent Advances”, Proc. MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008, September 15-18 2008, Quebec City, Canada.

Dalgleish, F.R., Caimi, F.M., Britton, W.B. and Andren, C.F. 2007. “An AUV-deployable pulsed laser line scan (PLLS) imaging sensor”. Proc. MTS/IEEE Oceans 2007, October 2-5 2007, Vancouver, Canada.

Caimi, F.M., Dalgleish, F. R., Giddings, T. E. Shirron, J. J., Mazel, C. H., Chiang, K. 2007. “Pulse versus CW laser line scan imaging detection methods: simulation results”. Proc. MTS/IEEE Oceans Europe 2007, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dalgleish, F. R., Caimi, F.M., Mazel, C.H., Glynn, J.M., Chiang, K., Giddings, T.E. and Shirron, J.J. 2006. “Model-based evaluation of pulsed lasers for an underwater laser line scan imager”. Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII. October 9-11, 2006, Montreal, Canada.

Dalgleish, F.R.. Bordner, P.R and Caimi, F.M. 2006. “HBOI extended range optical imaging test facility”. Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII. October 9-11, 2006, Montreal, Canada.

Dalgleish, F. R., Caimi, F. M., Mazel, C. H. and Glynn, J. M. 2006. “Extended Range Underwater Optical Imaging Architecture”. Proc. MTS/IEEE Oceans 2006, September 18-21 2006, Boston, MA.

Dalgleish, F.R., Fuchs, E and Lapointe, B.E. 2005. “Remote Imaging System for Monitoring

Macroalgal HABs in Deep Reef Communities off South East Florida”. Proc. 3rd Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S., Oct 3-7, Monterey, CA.

Dalgleish, F.R., Naeem, W., Tetlow, S., Allwood, R. L. and Sutton, R. 2004. “Adaptive AUV

Control for Optimized Swathe Laser Stripe Imaging”. Proceedings of 3rd IFAC Symposium on

Mechatronic Systems, September 6-8, Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia.

Loebis, D., Sutton, R., Chudley, J., Naeem, W., Dalgleish, F.R. and Tetlow, S. 2004. “The

Application of Soft Computing Techniques to an Integrated Navigation System of an AUV”. Proc. IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV’04), July 5-7, Lisbon, Portugal.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R. L. 2004. “A Laser-Assisted Vision Sensor for AUV

Navigation”. Proc. 14th ISOPE conference (2004), vol. 2, pp. 401-408, May 23-28, Toulon, France.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2004. “Hammerhead: an AUV with an Integral Laser Imaging Sensor”. Oceanology 2004, March 16-17, London, UK.

Loebis, D., Dalgleish, F.R., Sutton, R., Tetlow, S., Chudley, J., Alwood, R. 2003. “An Integrated Approach in the Design of a Navigation System for an AUV”. Proceedings of Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts (MCMC ’03) Conference, pp. 329-334, September 17-19, Girona, Spain.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2003. “Preliminary Experiments in the Development of a Laser-Based Imaging Sensor for AUV Navigation”. Proceedings of Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (GCUV) '03 conference, pp. 239-244, April 9-11, Newport, UK.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2002. “The Design of a Laser-Based Imaging Sensor for AUV Navigation”. Institute of Physics (IoP) Photon 2002, September 2-3, Cardiff, UK.

Journals

Dalgleish, F. R. and Caimi. F. M., 2010, “Performance Considerations for Laser Line Scan (LLS) Underwater Imaging Systems,” Accepted by Journal of the European Optical Society.

Dalgleish, F. R., Caimi, F. M., Britton, W. B., Giddings T.E., Shirron, J.J. and Mazel, C. H. 2009. “Experimental validation of an underwater electro-optical image prediction tool,” In preparation for Applied Optics.

Kocak, D.M., F.R. Dalgleish, F.M. Caimi, Y.Y. Schechner, “A Focus on Recent Developments and Trends in Underwater Imaging,” MTS Journal, Spring 2008, 42(1):50-65.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2005. “Vision-Based Navigation of Unmanned

Underwater Vehicles: A Survey. Part Two: Vision-Based Station Keeping and Motion Estimation”. Journal of Marine Design and Operation Part B8, 2005.

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2004. “Vision-Based Navigation of Unmanned

Underwater Vehicles: A Survey. Part One: Vision-Based Cable-, Pipeline- and Fish Tracking”.

Journal of Marine Design and Operation Part B7, December 2005.

Naeem, W., Sutton, R., Chudley, J., Dalgleish, F. R. and Tetlow, S. 2004. “A GA Based Model

Predictive Control Autopilot Design and its Implementation in an Autonomous Underwater

Vehicle”. Journal of Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) Part M, December 2004, vol. 218, no. 3, pp. 175-188(14).

Dalgleish, F.R., Tetlow, S. and Allwood, R.L. 2004. “Experiments in Laser-Assisted Visual

Sensing for AUV Navigation”. Control Engineering Practice. Special issue: Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, November 2004, 12(12), pp. 1561-1573.

Book Chapters

Dalgleish, F.R. and Tetlow, S. 2005. “Seabed-Relative Navigation by Structured Lighting

Techniques”. Unmanned Marine Vehicles (Roberts, G. N. and Sutton, R. (Ed)). Peter

Peregrinus Ltd., Herts.

Dalgleish, F. R. and Caimi. F. M., 2010, “Laser Line Scanners for Undersea Imaging Applications,” Submitted as a book chapter for Taylor and Francis series in Optical Engineering (Laser and Optical Scanning).

Invited talks

Dalgleish, F.R. “Underwater laser imaging and communications research at Harbor Branch”, Public lecture at Harbor Branch Oceanographic’s annual Ocean Research Colloquiam. April 6th, 2009.

Dalgleish, F.R. “The good, the bad and the ugly – Zooming in on undersea vision”, Public lecture at Harbor Branch Oceanographic’s annual Ocean Science Lecture Series. February 21st, 2008.

Dalgleish, F.R. “Piercing the Deep – Advancements in Extended Range Underwater Optical Imaging”, Public lecture at Harbor Branch Oceanographic’s annual Ocean Science Lecture Series. February 22nd, 2007.

Dalgleish, F.R and Caimi, F. M. “Advancements in Extended Range Underwater Optical Imaging: Optimizing the development Cycle”, Invited talk at Oceans 06 Underwater Imaging Workshop, "Challenges and Complexities in Underwater Imaging; What Terrestrial Vision Can Contribute." Boston, MA. September 18th 2006.

Dalgleish, F.R., “Navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)”. June 17th 2004. Evening Meeting at Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), London, UK.

Other synergistic activities

Underwater Imaging committee chair for the Marine Technology Society (2009-2011).

Invited speaker and panel member for MTS Underwater Intervention Workshop on High Definition Video for Manned Submersibles, March 3rd 2009, New Orleans, LA.

Invited review panel member for NSF ERC Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS), Northeastern University, Boston, MA. (2008)

Current reviewer for IEEE, MTS, SPIE and OSA papers on underwater imaging and communications

Current reviewer for ASLO Limnology and Oceanography: Methods