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Clarence Olin Collins III               tcollins@rsmas.miami.edu                             305-421-4288                                             Download as PDF

Affiliation
Applied Marine Physics - Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science - University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL, 33149

Education
B.S. (Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematical Sciences) Clemson University (2007)
Senior Thesis Title – “Scan Tunneling Microscopy on Ag 111”
Thesis Advisors: Dr. Murray Daw and Dr. Chad Sosolik

M.S. (Department: Applied Marine Physics) RSMAS - UM (2012)
Thesis: “In Situ Wave Measurements: Sensor Comparison and Data Analysis”
Committee Chair: Dr. Hans C. Graber; Committee Members: Dr. Brian K. Haus, Dr. Ad J.H.M. Reniers, Dr. Robert E. Jensen, Dr. C. Linwood Vincent

Ph.D Student (Department: Applied Marine Physics) RSMAS - UM (Current)
Committee Chair: Dr. Hans C. Graber

Employment
Server, various restaurants, 2006-2008
Research Assistant at RSMAS – UM, 2008-Current

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant for ECS-GSC-MSC 204 Environmental Statistics Spring 2011

Field Work
HEX 2/JOULE 2 Experiments, Sounding Rocket Launch, Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska (2007)
ITOP Field Experiment, ASIS and EASI Buoy Deployment Cruise, Taiwan/South China Sea (2010)
ITOP Field Experiment, Emergency ASIS Buoy Recovery and AUV Recovery Cruise, Taiwan/South China Sea (2010)
ITOP Field Experiment, EASI buoy recovery cruise, Taiwan/South China Sea (2010)
(ITOP cruises were conducted aboard US R/V Roger Revelle)
Contributed to an interdisciplinary team geologist, physicists, and engineers to collect organic rich sediment samples from Florida Bay, FL to examine how permeability effects the formation and preservation of geochemical gradients established by microbial activity in carbonate mud (8/16/2012)

Relevant Experiences
BSA Eagle Scout
Study Abroad, Surface Physics, Consortium International University, Paderno del Grappa and ELETTRA synchrotron facility (Trieste), Italy (2005)
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Atmospheric Science, Clemson University (2006)
Attended 1st Annual International Rip Current Symposium, Miami, FL (2010)

Publications
Collins, Clarence O. III, "In Situ Wave Measurements: Sensor Comparison and Data Analysis" (2012). Open Access Theses. Paper 372.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/372

Conference Presentations
Potter, H.; Collins, C.O., III; Drennan, W. M.; Ramos, R. J.; Williams, N. J.; Graber, H. C.; (2012). Air-Sea Measurements from Moored Surface Buoys during the 2010 Pacific Typhoon Season. AMS 18th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction/20th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Boston, MA, USA*
  *1st Place Student Poster

Collins, C.O., III; Graber, H. C.; Drennan, W. M.; Williams, N. J.; Ramos, R. J.; Lund, B.; Herrera, A.; & Terrill, E. (2012). In Situ Measurements of Surface Gravity Waves in Typhoon Conditions. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Potter, H.; Graber, H. C.; Drennan, W. M.; Williams, N. J.; Ramos, R. J.; Collins, C.O., III; (2012). Upper Ocean Response to Typhoons during the 2010 Season. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Lund, B.; Graber, H. C.; Drennan, W. M.; Williams, N. J.; Ramos, R. J.; Collins, C.O., III; Herrera, A.; & Terrill, E. (2012). Wind and Wave Retrieval from Marine X-Band Radar Data under Typhoon Conditions. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Potter, H. & Collins, C.O.,III; Ramos, R. J.; Williams, N. J.; Drennan, W. M.; Graber, H. C.; (2011). Influence of Tropical Cyclones on the Marine Boundary Layer. SEJ, Miami, FL, USA*
  *Also presented at annual RSMAS student poster session in 2012

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