David L. Thomas

William S. Pope, David L. Thomas; Replacement trim system for the DSVs Sea Cliff and Turtle, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'95 Conference, pp. 537 - 547, September 1995.


David L. Thomas is a Senior Research Engineer and has been continuously involved in the design of high-performance mechanical equipment at Battelle for 33 years. Recently he has been active as the principal design engineer responsible for the development of hydraulic systems for underwater applications, including power supplies, manipulators, tools, and work systems. He was the lead engineer for the ball trim system presented in this paper. Mr. Thomas may be reached at (614) 424-7731.