CAPABILITY STATEMENT
NAME: John D. PENROSE
PROFESSION: Physicist
JOINED CURTIN: 1969
POSITION: Emeritus Professor of Marine Science & Technology, Department of Applied Physics and Centre for Marine Science and Technology.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Marine acoustics, physical oceanography, marine technology.
RECENT RELEVANT ASSIGNMENTS:
- Site and ocean parameters review for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Hydroacoustic Listening Station - jointly with CSIRO Division of Marine Research
- Acoustic propagation analysis and modelling in shallow water - APPEA/ERDC supported
- Underwater vehicle performance studies - leader of AME CRC program involving activities in three Australian states
- Determination of the acoustic target strength of Antarctic krill
- Development of Upward Looking Sonar instrumentation for measurement of Antarctic sea-ice
- Development of a Marine Industry Development Strategy for Western Australia.
EDUCATION:
Ass. App. Sc. (PTC); Ph.D. (City, London) 1969.
EXPERIENCE RECORD:
1997/98 Consultant, Western Australian Department of Commerce and Trade
1996-98 Program Leader, Underwater Vehicles and Sub-sea Technology, AMECRC.
1997 Research Scientist, Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California
1998-99 Regional Manager, Australian Maritime Engineering Cooperative Research Centre
In earlier years a variety of oceanographic and marine technology programs and activities.
OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS:
Between 1978 and 1997, three periods as researcher at MPL, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, totalling 2 years.
Australian reviewer for the European 4th Framework MAST Program; Brussels, 1997.
A total of 5 years in UK institutions; the City University, London and Cambridge University.
Short periods in India at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa and at New Delhi
One four month marine science cruise in Antarctica, 1991.
Four months in Indonesia in the mid 1970’s as a technology consultant
LANGUAGES AND DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY:
English: reading, writing and speaking - excellent
German: reading and writing - basic
French: some basic knowledge
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