Elizabeth Creed
Elizabeth (Liz) Creed graduated from Goucher College with a B.A. in Biology in 1981 and received a M.S. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina’s Marine Science Program in 1983 (Bruce Coull, advisor). In 1988 she earned a B.S.E.E. from North Carolina State University.
Liz worked as a field researcher from 1983-1984 at the University of South Carolina and then at NC State University from 1984-1987. In 1987 she returned to school to earn a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. After completing this degree she worked in the 16Mb DRAM design group at Texas Instruments from 1989-1993. Since 1993 Liz has been a Senior Marine Scientist with the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University. At Rutgers she has worked on a number of projects including the COMOP, NOPP and HYCODE experiments in 1997-2001. She is presently working on the development of the Slocum Electric Glider, demonstrating the capabilities of the Glider in scientific applications.
Liz has been an IEEE/OES member since 1987. She is presently serving on the Current Measurement Technology Conference Committee.

Enson Chang
Dr. Chang earned his B.S. degree in physics and math from Harvey Mudd College in 1983, and a Ph.D. degree in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1988. He is one of the pioneers and recognized experts in synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), a field which has grown rapidly in the past several years, bringing a revolutionary advancement to underwater imaging and exploration. Enson was an integral part of the DARPA program during the 1990’s which lead to the first demonstration of long range SAS. The success of this program sparked the development of an entire new generation of SAS systems for both military and commercial applications, a number of which will be UUV based.
During the last several years Enson has actively engaged in research to extend our understandings of SAS and to improve the technology beyond its current capabilities. He is in charge of the SAS R&D group at DTI (Dynamics Technology, Inc.) and is personally responsible for a number of programs to probe the fundamental environmental limitations of SAS, refine autofocusing techniques, develop algorithms for extending the area coverage rate of SAS, and to support the development of real-time processing capability. He is also leading a new thrust to introduce synthetic aperture techniques into very long-range SAS (several to 10’s of kilometers) for applications such as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and undersea salvage operations. If the preliminary success of this program continues, this technology could bring a transformational change to how we conduct ASW.
Prior to his work in underwater acoustics, Enson spent a number of years doing research in non-acoustic ASW sensor technologies, including synthetic aperture radar, LIDAR, and low-frequency electromagnetics. Enson is a member of the IEEE/OES and the Acoustical Society of America. He is a frequent speaker at OES/MTS conferences and is an avid promoter of the SAS technology.

Daniel D. Sternlicht
Daniel D. Sternlicht (M’88) recently joined Dynamics Technology, Inc. as Director of the Synthetic Aperture Sonar Business Unit. He holds a B.A. in Marine Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawai`i, Manoa, where he developed sidescan sonar image processing techniques in conjunction with Seafloor Surveys International (now Fugro SSI). In 1999, Sternlicht received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Applied Ocean Science from the University of California, San Diego. As a Research Assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Marine Physical Laboratory, he applied recent advances in high frequency acoustic backscatter theory to develop a quantitative method of acoustic seafloor characterization. From 1998-2003 Sternlicht worked as Senior Principal Engineer and Countermeasures Programs Manager at ORINCON Defense (now Lockheed Martin ORINCON), where he developed detection algorithms for sensor fusion within a multiple hypothesis tracking system, and led an ONR-funded mine countermeasures program in which acoustic image and signal classification algorithms are being fused for classification of buried objects. Sternlicht is currently Chair of the San Diego IEEE OES Chapter. He served on the OCEANS 2003 Technical Program Committee, and since 2001 has chaired OCEANS technical sessions ranging from Seafloor Characterization to Automatic Target Recognition. He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the National Defense Industrial Association, and the Mine Warfare Association.

Robert Bannon
Bob Bannon is an IEEE Fellow, and holds a BSEE, MSEE, and multiple MBA’s from Pennsylvania State University, Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, and Harvard Graduate School of Design. Bob was previously a Director at AT&T and Bell Labs and after 31 years of service retired to establish Bannon International Consulting LLC in 1998 and S4 Intelligence LLC in 2002. Bob has been instrumental in development of special underwater protection, installation, maintenance and repair techniques for AT&T and other Underwater Telecommunications Companies. He was responsible for designing 18 special application ROVs, and various Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV’s), and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV’s). As a lead scientist and Sr. Systems Engineering Consultant for various major defense contractors, he has made significant contributions to the use of Sonar and Sensor Suites for underwater detection and identification for the U.S. Navy and other government applications. Bob is also a ‘Contributing Author’ - Undersea Vehicles and National Needs (Marine Board National Academy of Science), National Research Council Commission, and a Blue Ribbon Panelist on “Restoring Cueing in the Contested Littorals”, and other Undersea Warfare initiatives. Bob serves as an advisor on business continuity, risk assessment and mitigation, infrastructure protection, and homeland security. Mr. Bannon has lectured at the Armed Forces Industrial College on Future Computer Directions -Advanced Sensor Technologies and the U.S. Naval Academy on Computer Graphics for Underwater Vehicle Design. Bob is a member of the Naval Submarine League (NSL), Navy League, Marine Technology Society (MTS), and a Life Member of the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA).

Pamela Hurst
Pam Hurst was the Chair of the IEEE-OES 2003 Homeland Security Technology Workshop for Maritime Technologies. Pam holds a Master of Business Administration, Program Management from National University, San Diego, a Bachelor of Engineering Science from University of Rhode Island, and a Certificate for Program Management - PMI (Government and Commercial) from George Washington University. She is currently the Manager – Business Development and Business Continuity at Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) Perry Technologies. She is responsible for development of business continuity concepts and survivability plans that allows LMCO to withstand natural disasters and terrorist threats and attacks against the LMCO financial, physical plant and personnel resources. This encompasses risk assessment reviews, updating emergency procedures and security processes, and modification of personnel protection technologies required to limit, preempt and disrupt terrorist threats and activities against Lockheed Martin, in particular Perry Technologies. Pam is also responsible for advanced and special programs and unmanned maritime systems. Pam has 34 years supporting USN, government agencies and the ocean community in Underwater Vehicle and Undersea Telecommunications Technology. Pam took early retirement from General Dynamics before joining Lockheed again. She was previously the Director, Program Integration and Business Development/ Program Manager - Advanced Projects for Government Programs at General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems (formerly Bell Labs & Lucent, now GD AIS) in Whippany NJ, Sub-Contract Manager for Lockheed Sunnyvale, CA, and Acting Director/Manager, Systems Technology for Classified Programs at Honeywell - Marine Systems Division (formerly Hydro Products/ Alliant Tech, now Raytheon). Previous to that, she was the Project Manager of the U.S. Navy’s MK-11 deep saturation diving system for the Deep Submergence Program and an engineer in the Life Support Group/ Material Lab/ Electro-Mechanical Engineering Department at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Oceanic Division in Annapolis, MD.

Bob Spindel
Dr. Spindel is Professor of Electrical Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Oceanography and Director Emeritus of the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. He served as Director from 1987 to 2003. Dr. Spindel received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union, New York, New York, in 1965 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, also in Electrical Engineering, in 1966 and 1971, respectively. During 1971 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. In 1972 he joined the Scientific Staff of the Institution in the Department of Ocean Engineering. He was appointed Chairman of the Department in 1982 and served in that capacity until 1987 when he joined the University of Washington as Director APL.
His research specialty is underwater acoustics. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific and technical publications, and has served as Chief Scientist on many research cruises. Dr. Spindel was awarded the A.B. Wood Medal of the British Institute of Acoustics in 1981, the Gano Dunn Award of The Cooper Union in 1988, the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society’s Technical Achievement Award in 1990, the Secretary of the Navy and The Oceanography Society’s Walter Munk Award in 2001, and the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2003. Dr. Spindel has served on many national advisory panels and committees, including the National Research Council’s Naval Studies Board. He is presently Vice-Chair of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Acoustical Society of America, and the Marine Technology Society. He served as President of the latter organization from 1993-5. He has been an Associate Editor of JOE since 1980, has chaired two OCEANS conferences in Seattle, and has been a member of the AdCom and its predecessor, the Council of Oceanic Engineering.