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Florida Atlantic University
FAU Ocean Engineering Program
Remotely Operated Vehicles
Autonomous Surface Vehicle
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Kite surfing
US Coconut Grove Sailing Center
The Triple Constraint, Iron Triangle, Life Triangle
University of Miami
Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)
Ekman Currents
Wave Blocking Video
Sockeye Salmon Film
University of Washington Salmon Project
“Rip”: the first official Waterlust video
Show Notes
5:17 Patrick covers what it means to be an ocean engineer and some of the crazy ocean robot projects he worked on and the merits of using robots over people to collect data
7:55 What it means to be a “guest investigator” at renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and a lesson in persistence. Part of the agreement to work at this lab was to learn how to kite surf!
13:40 Sailing in the Olympics was one of Patrick’s childhood dreams, and so when he completed his undergrad, he decided to move to Miami in order to make this dream a reality sailing 49ers. Feeling “mentally restless,” Patrick was encouraged to pursue his Master’s degree while chasing his Olympic dreams.
18:30 The Triangle of life. How Patrick and I met, and some of the words that stuck with me. Social, Academic, Sport: You can excel at two of them. There’s always a trade-off.
22:40 Making the decision to leave sailing, pursue his PhD, and deciding where to go. A bar on the beach helped to make this decision.
29:08 What a PhD in applied marine physics means: checking out tidal inlets. Looking at how harbors exhale old water, and inhale fresh water.
34:53 Which of the many amazing Waterlust videos are Patrick’s favorite. Making the video resonate not only with the audience, but also with how the scientists feel about their subject. The adventure videos? To learn how to do great video production, to make films like the salmon film.
37:53 Waterlust: started as an indescribable itch during the second year of the PhD program and grew into an adventure and science filmmaking machine, powered by a cause-driven apparel brand (but this second part didn’t develop until towards the end of the PhD!)
56:03 Patrick shares why the research of sockeye salmon inspired him, and provides a behind the scenes moment into one of his favorite recent films. The UW sockeye salmon dataset spans all the way back to 1946!
59:43 Pat’s ask for the audience: one of the most impactful things that you can do is to go into nature and do a cleanup. It makes you realize how much we impact our planet.