Current research
PhD in Oceanography
Observing the biological carbon pump using autonomous underwater vehicles.
Supervisors: Stephanie Henson, Filipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs and Anna Hickman
Part of the GOCART project.
Observing the biological carbon pump using autonomous underwater vehicles.
Supervisors: Stephanie Henson, Filipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs and Anna Hickman
Part of the GOCART project.
Selected modules:
Large Scale Ocean Processes, Biochemical Cycles in the Earth System, Climate Dynamics, Ecological Modelling, Global Ocean Carbon Cycle, Ocean acidification and Climate Change, Introduction to Biological, Chemical, Geological and Physical Oceanography
Selected topics:
Envirometrics, Environmental Modelling, Design of Experiment, R, MatLab, water analysis, sustainability, basics of climate change, environmental monitoring and management.
Selected topics:
Art and technology, digital identity and privacy, Java, C++, Python, PHP, mySQL, HTML5, Arduino, Processing, OpenFrameworks, OpenCV.
Selected topics:
Service design, user experience, rapid prototyping, user centered design, user interfaces (both graphical and tangible)
Selected topics:
Basics of electronics (both analog and digital), programming in C, mechanics and calculus.
Oceanography:
Biogeochemical cycles;
Large scale ocean processes;
Chemical oceanography;
Physical oceanography;
Biological oceanography (basic).
Environmental Engineering:
Life-cycle assessment;
Water treatment systems;
Municipal water systems;
Waste management;
Pollution Monitoring and Control;
Renewable energy;
Environmental and chemical safety;
Environmental management.
Applied Mathematics:
Envirometrics;
Chemometrics;
Principal Component Analysis;
Multiple Linear Regression;
Design of experiment;
Central Composite Design;
Statistical modelling;
Statistical analysis;
Exploratory statistics;
Life-cycle assessment;
Matrix algebra;
Systems of linear equations;
Multivariate calculus (intermediary)
Fourier Transform (basic).
Languages:
R; Matlab; Octave;
Java; Fortran; C; C++; Lua;
Python (basics); F# (basics).
Web development:
Javascript; PHP; XML; HTML5;
Bootstrap; JQuery; AJAX; Shiny R (basic);
MySQL/SQL/PostgreSQL.
Libraries:
Leaflet; Plotly.js;
Arduino; Processing; OpenFrameworks;
OpenKinect; TUIO library; Leap Motion;
OpenCV (basics); OpenGL (basics).
Document preparation:
Markdown; R-Markdown, LaTex (basic).
GIS:
PostGIS; QGIS; ArcGIS.
Data formats:
XML; JSON; CSV.
Technology:
Basic electronics; Arduino; Raspberry PI; Linux, Mac OS, Windows.
Software:
Solidworks; Matlab; Simulink; RStudio; Excel; Word; InDesign; Illustrator; Photoshop.
Languages (CEFR):
French (native); Portuguese (native);
English (C2); Spanish (B1); Finnish (A2).
Creative:
Interaction Design; New Media Art; User Experience; Service Design; Fast Prototyping.
Particularly interested in the Minimalism movement, with artists such as Sol LeWitt, Dan Falvin and Donald Judd.
New media art movements that explore the aesthetics of new technologies fascinate me. References in this domain are Ryoji Ikeda, John Maeda and Julien V3ga.
Scuba diving - NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver (equivalent CMAS 2*) + CMAS rescue diver,
mostly interested on biology and small animals (such as nudibranchs);
Concert photography, capturing the atmosphere of live shows in different venues.
benoit.espinola[at]soton.ac.uk