Dick R. Blidberg

Yingchun Lu, D. Richard Blidberg, Anthony A. Aponick, James C. Jalbert, Paul Wrathall; Simulation and error analysis of a VLF magneto-induction navigation system, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 11, pp. 219 - 223, August 1999.

Mikhail D. Ageev, D. Richard Blidberg, James Jalbert, Charles J. Melchin, Donald P. Troop; Results of the evaluation and testing of the solar powered AUV and its subsystems, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 11, pp. 280 - 288, August 1999.

Liang Peng, D. Richard Blidberg, Steven G. Chappell, Rick J. Komerska; A new artificial neural network model of potential application in unmanned underwater technology, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 11, pp. 330 - 334, August 1999.

Rick J. Komerska, D. Richard Blidberg, Steven G. Chappell, Liang Peng; Progress in the development and evaluation of a standard AUV command and monitoring language, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 11, pp. 554 - 560, August 1999.

Mikhali D. Ageev, D. Richard Blidberg; Current progress in the development of a solar powered autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Underwater Technology, pp. 145 - 149, April 1998.

D. Richard Blidberg, James Jalbert, Mikhail D. Ageev; The AUSI/IMTP solar powered autonomous undersea vehicle, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 363 - 368, September 1998.

D. Richard Blidberg, Mikhail D. Ageev, James C. Jalbert; Some design considerations for a solar powered AUV; Energy management and its impact on operational characteristics, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 10, pp. 50 - 59, September 1997.

James C. Jalbert, Pedro Irazoqui-Pastor, Seth Miles, D. Richard Blidberg, Darwin James, Mikhail D. Ageev; Solar AUV technology evaluation and development project, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 10, pp. 75 - 87, September 1997.

D. R. Blidberg, James C. Jalbert, Mikhail Ageev; A solar autonomous underwater vehicle system, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'97 Conference, pp. 833 - 840, September 1997.

Roy M. Turner, Elise H. Turner, D. Richard Blidberg; Organization and reorganization of autonomous oceanographic sampling networks, Proceedings of 1996 Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, pp. 407 - 413, June 1996.

Roy M. Turner, D. Richard Blidberg, Steven G. Chappell, James C. Jalbert; Generic behaviors: An approach to modularity in intelligent systems control, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 8, pp. 106 - 117, September 1993.

Scott J. McCue, Michael J. Carter, D. R. Blidberg; An investigation into protocols for underwater communications, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 7, pp. 476 - 488, September 1991.

Roy M. Turner, Joel S. Fox, Elise H. Turner, D. Richard Blidberg; Multiple autonomous vehicle imaging system (MAVIS), Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 7, pp. 526 - 536, September 1991.

D. Richard Blidberg, Dana R. Yoerger; Guest editorial, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 15, pp. 141 - 143, July 1990.

Jefferey McCalla, Kenneth C. Baldwin, James D. Irish, D. Richard Blidberg, Kondagunta Sivaprasad; A ray tracing program for studying acoustic telemetry with AUVs, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'90 Conference, pp. 94 - 99, September 1990.

D. Richard Blidberg; The impact of communication strategy on the cooperative behavior of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 6, pp. 331 - 348, June 1989.

Stanley Dunn, D. Richard Blidberg; On the threshold of maturity - A summary, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 6, pp. 573 - 574, June 1989.

James S. Albus, D. Richard Blidberg; A control system architecture for multiple autonomous undersea vehicles (MAUV), Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 5, pp. 444 - 466, June 1987.

D. Richard Blidberg, Steven G. Chappell; Guidance and control architecture for the EAVE vehicle, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 11, pp. 449 - 461, October 1986.

D. Richard Blidberg, Robert W. Corell; A hierarchical knowledge-based system for the guidance and control of an unmanned untethered submersible, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 4, pp. 297 - 308, June 1985.

D. Richard Blidberg; Time-Ordered Architecture for Knowledge-Based Guidance of an Unmanned Untethered Submersible, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'84 Conference, pp. 571 - 575, September 1984.

Robert W. Corell, D. Richard Blidberg, Arthur S. Westneat; An Assessment Of Robotic Systems Technology For Research In The Ocean Sciences, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'83 Conference, pp. 8 - 10, August 1983.

D. R. Blidberg, A. S. Westneat, R. W. Corell; An Examination Of The Application Of Expert Systems In Unmanned Untethered submersibles, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'83 Conference, pp. 111 - 114, August 1983.

D. Richard Blidberg; An examination of the application of knowledge-based systems in unmanned untethered submersibles, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 3, pp. 125 - 130, June 1983.

Dick Blidberg; EAVE EAST, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 2, pp. 22 - 26, September 1981.

Dick Blidberg, Dick Lord; Microcomputers, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 2, pp. 75 - 77, September 1981.

D. Richard Blidberg; Computer Systems for Autonomous Vehicles, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'81 Conference, pp. 83 - 87, September 1981.

James Glynn, D. Richard Blidberg; The UNH EAVE-East Vehicle, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'81 Conference, pp. 104 - 108, September 1981.

Richard Currier, D. Richard Blidberg; An Acoustic Sub-Sea Navigation System, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'81 Conference, pp. 1175 - 1179, September 1981.


D. Richard Blidberg ("83) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, in 1972.

He joined the Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) at the University of New Hampshire in 1976, and is presently its Associate Director. His current research interests involve the development of technologies related to autonomous submersible vehicles and include knowledge-based guidance and control, applied underwater acoustics, acoustic navigation, underwater robotics, and the application of microcomputer technology to ocean science and engineering instrumentation systems. Prior to joining MSEL he was the Manager of the Sea Bed Survey Operation at Ocean Research Equipment, Inc., Falmouth, MA. From 1969 to 1971 he was in the U.S. Coast Guard, serving aboard two ice breakers and an oceanographic ship. In 1968 he was a Research Technician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He has published several papers on unmanned, untethered underwater vehicles. He is a member of the AUVS and ACM. He has consulted with many companies and is currently a member of several science and engineering committees.