Greg Siddall

Mechanical Engineer

email: greg.siddall@dal.ca
phone: +1 902-471-0040
campus location: SOSB 1-37

 

 

Educational Background

  • B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS)
  • Engineering Certificate, Mount Allison University
  • Extended Studies in Mathematics, Saint Mary's University

Research Interests

  • SeaCycler

Professional Experience

1987 - Present Senior Engineer & Project Leader, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, DFO Canada
2012 - 2014
Secondment
Technology Transfer Specialist & Program Manager, Rolls-Royce Canada Limited - Naval Marine
1999 - 2000
Secondment
Mechanical Design Engineer, Herzberb Institute of Astrophysics, NRC Canada

Publications

Send, U., G. Fowler, G. Siddall, B. Beanlands, M. Pittman, C. Waldmann, J. Karstensen and R. Lampitt. 2013.  SeaCycler: A moored open-ocean profiler for the upper ocean in extended self-contained deployments.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 30: 1,555–1,565.

Siddall, G., G. Fowler, B. Beanlands, M. Pittman, U. Send, and A. Furlong. 2012. "SeaCycler": A deep ocean profiler with full mooring two-way satellite communication.  Pages 493-501 in Proceedings of the Twenty-second (2012) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference sponsored by ISOPE.

Fowler, G., G. Siddall, and S. Prinsenberg. 2004. An energy conserving oceanographic profiler for use under mobile ice cover: ICYLER.  International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering 14: 176-181.

Roberts, S., J. Fitzsimmons, K. Szeto, A. Anthony, G. Siddall, R. Gaunt, P. Shott, J. Sebesta, K. Taylor, D. Duncan, 2000, Mechanical design of Altair, the Gemini-North adaptive optics system.  Proceedings of SPIE 2000 Conference, Vol. 4008, 956 (2000); doi:10.1117/12.395418

Steeves, G., G. Siddall, G. Awalt, B. Hargrave, 1993. "SMARTRAP". Pages I138 - I143 Vol.1  Proceedings of OCEANS '93 Conference sponsored by IEEE. Print ISBN: 0-7803-1385-2, INSPEC Accession Number: 4764165, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326016

Siddall, G., B. Hargrave, G. Steeves, 1994, Programmable Sediment Trap. Dec 1994 Issue, Sea Technology Magazine, 39-43

Hargrave, B., G. Siddall, G. Steve, G. Awalt, A Current-Activated Sediment Trap, 1995?, Limnology and Oceanography, in press