Engineer II
508-289-2945
tdonoghue@whoi.edu
INTERESTS
-System integration of electromechanical, instrumental and chemical systems
-Tracer studies of hydrology and mixing in the open ocean, hydrothermal vent areas, estuaries and rivers
EDUCATION
M.S., Earth Science (Chemical Oceanography), University of New Hampshire, 1993
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1988
B.S., Chemistry, Syracuse University, 1988
POSITIONS HELD
-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Engineer II, Jan 2000-Present
Sr. Research Assistant I, May 1996-Dec 1999
Research Assistant III, Apr. 1991-Apr. 1996
Project coordination assistant including design work, personnel training and supervision, report preparation, proposal assistance, equipment fabrication and testing, gas chromatography operations, SF6 and fluorescent tracer studies, cruise logistics and participation, inventory and laboratory maintenance.
-Self-Employed, 1995-Present
Tracer technician for four contract jobs providing advice, instrumentation and field work for tracer release studies for community environmental monitoring and impact studies.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
-Project and team management
-Mechanical system design, automation and integration using electromechanical instrumentation, materials
selection, vacuum and high pressure systems, and both standard and non-standard
oceanographic equipment
-Analytical and instrumental chemical methods development as well as knowledge and experience with a
wide range of established procedures for fresh water, salt water, and gas analyses
-Computer experience with word processors, spreadsheets, CAD, instrument interfaces, programming, and
data analysis software
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
Donoghue, T., J. R. Ledwell, and K. Doherty, Water Samplers for Open Ocean Tracer Release Experiments, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report #WHOI-98-20, 1998
Geyer, W. R., P. Dragos, and T. Donoghue, Data report of dye sampling study of the discharge water of the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, prepared for LMS Consulting, VA, 1998.
Geyer, W. R., P. Dragos, and T. Donoghue, Flushing Studies of Three Buzzards Bay Harbors: Onset Bay, Little Bay, and Allen’s Pond, prepared for Buzzards Bay Project, Marion, MA, 1997.
Geyer, W. R., P. Dragos, and T. Donoghue, Flushing Studies of Three Buzzards Bay Harbors: Eel Pond, Hen Cove, and the Pocasset River, prepared for Buzzards Bay Project, Marion, MA, 1997.
Donoghue, T. and D. Ciochetto, Operations manual for gas chromatographic system for the automated analysis of sulphur hexafluoride in seawater, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Tracer Release Laboratory Internal Document, 1994.