Education

• B.S., University of Missouri-Rolla
• M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Research Interests

My long term research goals are to improve decision making processes through improved models, data-to-information transformations, and information delivery systems. For ocean observing systems, this means improved forecast models, data assimilation, comparison with observations, and notification of unusual events.

Recent Projects

• SCOOP: SURA Coastal Ocean Observation Program (Interoperable modeling and data-sharing across many institutions.)
• Model graphics for the Chesapeake bay region.
• Chesapeake Bay Surge Simulation using ELCIRC (in GoogleEarth)
• Real-time Water Observations across several variables and time. Served with graphics, tables, RSS, OPeNDAP, and SOAP.
• Simple statistical surge predictions. These predictions use COOPS' SOAP services and are customizable/calibratable to any location, include data, and served with RSS.
• Data Sharing using SOAP, OGC SOS and others with and OpenIOOS
• Simple Google Earth Inundation This is a demonstration of the use of GoogleEarth geometry for calculation and display of inundation.

• Internal to VIMS campus:
  • VimsWiki:DavidForrest on the Sura-VIMS Wiki (only available from *.vims.edu network locations)
  • sura-vims-pe6600-1.vims.edu/~drf/ for access to the VIMS SURA machines.
  • Tidewatch and RSTOFS

• David Forrest's non-VIMS personal site
• David Forrest's 2006 VIMS webpage

Professional Memberships

• American Geophysical Union
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• American Society for Quality
• National Society of Professional Engineers