Research Interests

Taking academic prototypes from concept to market, with a focus on sensor integration for buoyancy driven vehicles and model visualization via geospatial applications

Biosketch

Christian Sarason is an experienced technologist with a specialty in converting academic prototypes into commercial products. In his current role at APL, Sarason is a member of a research team that uses Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) equipped with novel sensors to integrate field data and numerical modeling simulations into an operational real time situational awareness system. Sarason is a subject matter expert (SME) in data visualization, marine technology, environmental sensing, autonomous underwater vehicles, geospatial technology, and scientific computing.

Department Affiliation

Environmental & Information Systems

Education

A.B Geology, Princeton University, 1993

M.Sc. Oceanography (Marine Geophysics), University of Washington, 1998