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 |  | Walter Paul
Senior Engineer
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Office Phone: +1 508 289 3506
Fax: +1 508 457 2191
wpaul@whoi.edu
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WHOI Mailing Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
266 Woods Hole Rd.
MS# 07
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 | | | |
Education
M.S. University of Darmstadt, Germany, 1961, Mechanical Engineering and Economics
Ph.D. University of Hannover, Germany, 1967, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Technology of synthetic fibers, fiber ropes, and wire ropes; Electro-mechanical and electro-optical-mechanical cables;
Fiber reinforced high stretching rubber hoses with embedded conductors,
Compliant conductor assemblies
Research Statement
Overall goal is to develop and improve reliable components used in moorings of oceanographic surface and subsurface buoys, for the mooring and towing of ships and instrument packages, and for rope and cable components in other challenging applications.
Current emphasis is to mature the design, fabrication, and testing of long term survivable high stretch buoy mooring components with embedded conductors.
Affiliations
Professional Memberships:
Marine Technology Society, chairing its Buoy Committee;
The Fiber Society;
The Cordage Institute
Languages
English, German, Dutch (conversational and reading knowledge only)
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