Christopher Roman’s Research Profile

September 11, 2019
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  • Associate Professor
  • Ocean Engineering (limited) and Oceanography
  • 401.874.6115
  • croman2@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Horn 111, Narragansett Bay Campus

Recent Grants1

Grant
9/11/2020. Co-PI. Naval Undersea Warfare Center. “Constraining the Relationship between Oceanographic Features and Deep Scattering Layer Biology for Improved Tactical Capabilities.”
 9/7/2021. Co-PI. Naval Undersea Warfare Center. “Determination of Relationship between Oceanographic Features and Deep Scattering Layer Biology – Deep Sea Data Collection.”
8/7/2018. PI. Creare LLC. “Autonomous Bathymetric Survey System.”
5/17/2018. PI. US of Office of Naval Research. “High Resolution Optical Imaging System Development and Testing of Shallow Water Lagrangian.”
9/1/2017. PI. US Department of Commerce NOAA. “Integration of Acoustic Echo Sounding into the Wire Flyer Profiling Vehicle to Investigate Scattering Layer Distribution and Oxygen Coupling.”
7/24/2017. PI. US Department of Commerce NOAA. “CI Use of a Lagrangian Camera Float in Association with Surveys to Examine Benthic Habitats and Associated Fish: Operational Test to Improving Survey – Based Estimates of Abundance.”
6/7/2017. PI. RI Science and Technology Advisory Council. “Evaluation of a Mobile Autonomous Surface Vehicle and Sampling System for Water Quality Monitoring and Coastal Estuarine Research.”
5/23/2017. Co-PI. National Academy of Sciences. “CI – Sonification’s of Oxygen and Temperature Data in the Ocean: Creating a ‘Data Stethoscope’ to Detect the Ocean’s Vital Signs.”
4/28/2017. PI. US of Office of Naval Research. “High Resolution Optical Imaging System Development and Testing of Shallow Water Lagrangian Floats in a Riverine Salt Wedge.”
1/31/2017. PI. Ocean Exploration Trust. “Development of the Bathymetric and Visual Data Processing Pipeline for the Hercules ROV.”

Recent Publications1

Citation
Grassian B, Roman C, Warren JD, Casagrande D. High-resolution measurements of the epipelagic and mesopelagic ocean by a profiling vehicle equipped with environmental sensors and a broadband echosounder. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 2023l 21(2), 105-125. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10532
Grassoam B, Roman C, Omad M, Wishner K, Seibel. Multi-sensor observation of a rapidly dispersing miconekton thin layer. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2023; 191, 103924. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103924
Grassian BD, Roman C, Warren J, Casagrande D. High resolution measurements of the epi-and mesopelagic ocean by a profiling vehicle equipped with environmental sensors and a broadband echosounder. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022; 151(4),  A150-A150. doi: 10.1121/10.0010936
Krasnosky K, Roman Christopher. A massively parallel implementation of Gaussian process regression for real time bathymetric modeling and simultaneous localization and mapping. Field Robot, 2022l 2(1), 940-970. doi: 10.55417/fr.2022031
Krasnosky K, Roman C, Casagrande D. A bathymetric Mapping and SLAM dataset with high-precision ground truth for marine robotics. The international Journal of Robotics Research, 2021. doi: 10.1177/0278364921104474
Muir L, Roman C, Casagrande D, D’Hondt S. The Deep Autonomous Profiler (DAP), a Platform for Hadal Profiling and Water Sample Collection. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2021; 38(10), 1833-1845. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0139.1
Sudek M., Spathias H., Coward G., et al.Expedition to the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa EXPLORING THE DEEP SEA IN THE AMERICAN SAMOA ARCHIPELAGO. Oceanography, 2020; 33(1), 42-43.
Roman C, Warren J, Cordes E, Seibel B. Midwater Acoustic Echosounding with the Wire Flyer Towed Profiling Vehicle. Oceanography, 2019; 32(1), 126.
Roman C, Ullman DS, Hebert D, Licht S. The Wire Fire Towed Profiling System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2019; 36(2), 161-182. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0180.1
Wishner KF, Seibal BA, Roman C, Deutch C, et al.Ocean Deoxygenation and Zooplankton: Very Small Oxygen Differences Matter. Science Advances, 2018; 4(12), eaau5180. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5180
Kane MK, Yopak R, Roman C, Menden-Deuer S. Krill Motion in The Southern Ocean: Quantifying In Situ Krill Movement Behaviors And Distributions During The Late Austral Autumn And Spring. Limnology and Oceanography, 2018; 63(6), 2839-2857. doi: 10.1002/lno.11024
Roman C, Ullman DS, Hebert D, Licht S. The Wire Flyer Towed Profiling System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2018; 36 (2), 161-182. doi: 1175/JTECH-D-17-0180.1
Snyder W, Roman C, Licht S. Hybrid Actuation with Complementary Allocation for Depth Control of a Lagrangian Sea‐Floor Imaging Platform. Journal of Field Robotics, 2018; 35(3), 330-344. doi: 10.1002/rob.21716
Carey S, Wishner K, Siebe C, et al. Exploring and Mapping the Revillagigedo Archipelago World Heritage Site in Mexico. Oceanography, 2018; 31(1), 44-45.
Ballard RD, Raineault NA, Fahy J, et al. Submerged Sea Caves of Southern California’s Continental Borderland. Oceanography, 2018; 31(1), 30-31.

 

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