 Los Angeles, November 20, 2004
Dave Dinsmore
EDUCATION · M.Ed. Personnel Services in Higher Education, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 1980. · B.A. Health & Physical Education, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 1972.
Current: Director, NOAA Diving Program, Seattle, WA. Responsible for overseeing and directing all NOAA diving personnel, equipment and activities.
1984 - 1997: Operations Director, National Undersea Research Center, University of North Carolina in Wilmington, Wilmington, NC. Responsible for managing all NURC/UNCW diving personnel, equipment and activities.
1976 – 1984: Associate Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, FL. Taught commercial diving techniques and procedures.
1972 – 1976 United States Army Commissioned Officer, Fort Eustis, VA, and Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. Served as Diving Officer in various US Army billets including Liaison Officer at the Naval School Diving and Salvage.
CERTIFICATIONS · NOAA Master Diver · NAUI Instructor # 19329 · IANTD Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor # 1969 (inactive) · NBDHMT Diver Medic Technician Instructor # 033 · PADI Instructor # 7921-OW (inactive) · US Army First-Class Diver
COMMITTEES · NOAA representative on the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society diving committee · NOAA representative on the National Association of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology board.
PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS, AND ABSTRACTS: Smith, N.E. and Dinsmore, D.A., 2005.
Evolution of The NOAA Minimum Manufacturing and Performance Requirements for Closed Circuit Mixed Gas Rebreathers. In: Shumway, S., Godfrey, J. (eds.) Diving for Science 2005.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 24th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 430 Nahant Rd., Nahant, MA 01908, USA. Dinsmore, D.A. and Vitch, M., 2005.
NOAA’s Diving Accident Management Program: A Review of Current Capabilities and Plans for Improvement. In: Shumway, S., Godfrey, J. (eds.) Diving for Science 2005.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 24th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 430 Nahant Rd., Nahant, MA 01908, USA. Crosson, D.J and Dinsmore, D.A., 2004.
NOAA Diving Program’s Diving R&D Efforts. US/Japan Panel on Diving Physiology, Technology and Aerospace Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 30-31 October 2004. Dinsmore, D.A. 2004.
NOAA’s Diving Equipment R&D Program: Past, Present, and Future. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 23rd Annual Scientific Diving Symposium – “Diving for Science…2004.”
American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 430 Nahant Rd., Nahant, MA 01908. Dinsmore, D.A. and Urick, S.U. 2002. Report on the Floatation Characteristics of Selected Drysuits in a Flooded Configuration. NOAA Diving Program Technical Report 02-01. NOAA Diving Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. Joiner, J.T. 2001.
NOAA Diving Manual: Diving for Science and Technology (contributing author). Best Publishing, 2355 North Steves Boulevard, P.O. Box 30100, Flagstaff, AZ, USA 86003.
Dinsmore, D.A. and Broadwater, J.D. 1999. 1998 NOAA Research Expedition to the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. In: Hamilton RW, Pence DF, Kesling DE, eds. Assessment and Feasibility of Technical Diving Operations for Scientific Exploration. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. Nahant, MA. Shepard, A.N., D. Dinsmore, S. Miller, C. Cooper, and R. Wicklund. 1996.
Aquarius Undersea Laboratory: The Next Generation. In: M.A. Lang (ed) Methods and Techniques of Underwater Research. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Sixteenth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 947 Newhall St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Shepard, A.N., D. Dinsmore, S. Miller, and C. Borne. 1996.
Offshore saturation operations in the Florida Keys using the Aquarius Undersea Laboratory. In: N. Naraki, Y. Taya, and M. Mohri (ed), Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Diving Physiology, October 23-25, 1995, Miura, Kanagawa, Japan, pp. 195-208. Published by JAMSTEC (Japan Marine Science & Technology Center), Yokosuka. Hulbert, A.W. and D. A. Dinsmore. 1993.
ROV and enriched air diving technology at the National Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Underwater Intervention ’93 Conference Proceedings:18. (NURC/UNCW A-93-01). Dinsmore, D.A., S.J. Mastro, and A.W. Hulbert. 1991. NURC/UNCW’s Enriched Air Nitrox Dive Tables, pp. 1346-1350. In: Oceans 91 Proceedings. The IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Dinsmore, D.A. 1991. Open Bell Systems (contributing author). NOAA Diving Manual: Diving for Science and Technology. 3rd Edition, U.S. Department of Commerce. re, D.A.Dinsmore and A.W. Hulbert. 1991. Is Nitrox Safe? In: G.S. Makulowich (ed), pp. 5-6. Pressure Newsletter, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc., Volume 20, Number 4, July/August. Mastro, S.J. and D.A. Dinsmore. 1989.
The Operational Advantages of Enriched Air Nitrox Versus Air for Research Diving. MTS Journal 23(4):42-46. DinsmDinsmore, D.A. 1989, Enriched Air Diving Safety Considerations, pp. 1695-1697. In: Oceans ’89 Proceedings. The IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Dinsmore, D.A. 1989. NURC/UNCW Nitrox Diving Program, pp. 75-84. In: R.W. Hamilton, D. Crosson and A. W. Hulbert (eds.) Workshop on Enriched Air Nitrox Diving. National Undersea Research Program Research Report 89(1), September 1989. Dinsmore, D.A. 1988.
Use of Optimal Enriched Air Breathing Mixtures to Maximize Dive Time and Operation Flexibility, pp. 33-40. In: M.A. Lang (ed.) Advances in Underwater Science…1988. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Eighth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. AAUS, 947 Newhall St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Dinsmore, D.A. and D.J. Crosson. 1988.
Oxy-Nitrogen, Self-Contained Mixed-Gas, Modified Air (contributing author), pp. 82-83. Code of Practice for Scientific Diving: Principles for the Safe Practice of Scientific Diving in Different Environments, Unexso, Paris, France. Mastro, S.J. and D.A. Dinsmore. 1987.
Scuba to Submersibles, NOAA/NURP at UNC-Wilmington Offers the Latest Technology to the Marine Research Community, pp. 163-173. In: M.A. Lang (ed.) Coldwater Diving for Sciences…1987.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Seventh Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. AAUS, 947 Newhall St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
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