Support Engineering Group : Support Engineering Group This page last changed on Aug 26, 2015 by kgomes. ### Group Information Support Engineering Charter Support Engineering is a group of Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineers that support the engineering needs at MBARI. We support operational systems and assets and develop new small to medium level engineering developments. ##### Roles Provide engineering level technical support and leadership to Engineering, Operations and Science. Follow established Engineering processes and procedures to address technical issues with operational systems. Support operational systems, created by MBARI Engineering or purchased from outside sources, which require technical oversight. Provide technical support for projects from the design phase to a completed oceanographic product. ##### Responsibilities: Engineering level support of operational systems. Training of Operations personnel in the maintenance and configuration of MBARI engineered systems. Coordination of Software, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering level support. Documentation of new and fielded systems. Manage transition of MBARI engineered systems to operations. Assist in the development of test plans and procedures. Assist in test and integration of systems. Serve as point of contact for mission specific modifications of existing MBARI assets. Low level Engineering support of science. Test, calibration and maintenance of analytical electrical and mechanical equipment. Prototype testing and analysis.
Who we are
Name | Email | Other Contact Info
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Thom Maughan (ext) | tm | Ph: x1865
Mike McCann (ext) | mccann | Ph: x1769
[~craig] (ext) | craig | Ph: x1931
Karen Salamy (ext) | salamy | Ph: x1820
[~rich] (ext) | rich | Ph: x1712
Kevin Gomes (ext) | kgomes | Ph: x2098 Cell: 233-9607 IM: kgomes@gmail.com
| Planning Documents Founding HP Way May 14, 1990 David Packard Memo to MBARI Staff MBARI Mission by David Packard November 1989 Remarks to Oceanographic Society November 1995 Comments on Draft of Stategic Plan Strategic Planning 1998 Strategic Plan 2000 Long Range Plan Planning for MBARI's Next Initiative 2006 Strategic Plan 2008 Strategic Plan Update Education Strategic Plan Ocean Access Plan Workshop Report 2010 Strategic Plan (Draft) Engineering Charter Implementation Plans 1999 ,2000 ,2001 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 ,2007 ,2008 ,2009 ,2010 ,2011 | Execution Documents Projects: 1998 ,1999 ,2000 ,2001 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 ,2007 ,2008 ,2009 ,2010 ,2011 Publications Annual Reports 1997 ,1998 ,1999 ,2000 ,2001 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 ,2007 ,2008 ,2009 Peer-reviewed publications Technical publications Workshop and conference reports MBARI's First Decade: A Retrospective Publication Search Resources Org Chart Lobos, Flyer, Pt. Sur Schedule (PDF) Zephyr Schedule (PDF) Other Values Statement Group Meeting Notes
### Supported Systems
System and Docs | Contact
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MBARI Services Server Setup and Installation | Kevin Gomes Rich Schramm
MBARI Messaging Infrastructure Installing RabbitMQ (AMQP) on RHEL5 Setup of RabbitMQ Cluster and Load Balancer | Kevin Gomes Rich Schramm Mike Risi
Shore Side Data System (SSDS) SSDS Web App Confluence Site Google Code JIRA Documentation How to Configure Graphs | Kevin Gomes
Core Nav - MDUC | Mike McCann Rich Schramm
Core Mooring Data | Kevin Gomes Mike McCann
Video Annotation DM | Mike McCann Rich Schramm
AUV | Kevin Gomes Mike McCann
Expedition Database Web App | Kevin Gomes Rich Schramm
System and Docs | Contact
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Core CTD | Rich Schramm
Western Flyer CTD-Optode Valve Pack Controller | Rich Schramm Thom Maughan
ROV Doc Ricketts | Rich Schramm
Rachel Carson Communication | Craig Okuda Rich Schramm
ROV Ventana Ventana Precision Control - DVL driver Ventana ROV Control PC RHEL5 Linux Upgrade | Thom Maughan
RV Odyssea Team | Kevin Gomes Craig Okuda Rich Schramm
MBARI/AIS Tracking | Mike McCann
System and Docs | Contact
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Wireless Systems (Microwave) |
DORISS II Documentation |
OASIS Moorings MBARI OASIS 3 Mooring Guide OASIS Radio Upgrade OASIS Meeting Notes OASIS Release Notes Republish OASIS Data | Rich Schramm Craig Okuda Kevin Gomes
AVED System Design Docs |
oceana.mbari.org | Kevin Gomes
McStar Support Eng (Ear In The Sea) | Thom Maughan
FOCE HRpH | Thom Maughan
FOCE WPDX | Thom Maughan
VARS QTKit Integration | Karen Salamy Kevin Gomes
### Tools and Standards
Tools Software Licenses/Users Spreadsheet (SolidWorks, OrCad, MatLAB & MathCAD)
Tool | Links
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Crowd | crowd.mbari.org installation instructions Crowd admin console MBARIs Crowd Installation
Git | Git Working Session
CVS | Welcome to CVS letter Setting up a CVS Graphical User Interface (GUI) Adding your code to MBARI's CVS Source Code Repository CVS Client Software Downloads
SVN | Adding your code to MBARI's SVN Source Code Repository SVN Client Software Downloads Setting up SmartSVN to MBARI SVN Repository
Confluence | Confluence Page Confluence Installation Notes Confluence Upgrade and Migration Notes
JIRA | JIRA Upgrade Notes
Continuous Integration Server | build-server.shore.mbari.org installation Build server upgrade notes
Alfresco | Alfresco 2.1.1 Installation Notes Test Machine Setup Upgrade of Alfresco 2.1.1 to 4.1.1
Maven | Maven-The Definitive Guide Maven At MBARI
UML | Unified Modeling Language (UML) Reference Card
AMQP | Installing RabbitMQ (AMQP) on RHEL5
Software Engineering Lab Inventory GUI (Design Stage Only) | Microsoft Access MDB
| Supported Standards Standard Wire Color Code Pressure Tolerant Electronics Database Tips and Technologies Tips Setting up a computer on the MBARI Network Linux System How Tos Useful Utilities Frameworks for monitoring files systems Technologies Apache HTTP Server Setup of mod_jk C C++ Erlang Overview of Erlang Java JViews Diagrammer Overview Installation JavaScript Gumstix Overo Air Overo Air Setup Use on Mac GUI Frameworks (web and non-web) Adobe Products Flex Flash Java Qt RealBasic LiveCode Data Storage File Systems RDBMS NoSQL
### Project Pages Previous:2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Click here for index of Support Engineering Pages Attachments: SWETestDB.mdb (application/msaccess) Setting up a Dual Boot.doc (application/msword) Engineering License Inventory_2008.xls (application/octet-stream)

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