Nicholas Rypkema
Senior Research Engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Rypkema is a Senior Research Engineer with 11 years of deep experience in autonomous underwater vehicles, marine robotics, and multi-vehicle navigation, blending oceanographic and electrical engineering expertise from MIT/WHOI. He has led development of embedded AUV control systems, sensor integrations, and autonomy frameworks (MOOS-IvP) across operational trials and production research roles at DSTO and WHOI. Based in Boston, he brings a rare combination of hands-on maritime systems integration, OpenGL visualization tools, and algorithmic autonomy research that bridges field deployments and rigorous academic work. Currently splitting time between JPAnalytics and a casual research role at WHOI, he continues to push multi-vehicle navigation and autonomy toward operational readiness. Notably, his background spans both antenna propagation research and practical vehicle debugging, reflecting a comfort with theory through to sea trials.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Oceanographic Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Oceanographic Engineering at Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Oceanographic Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Oceanographic Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering Electrical Engineering (Minor: Software Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering Electrical Engineering (Minor: Software Engineering) at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (28)
isam7
robotics7
ide7
arduino7
slam6
julia6
localization6
arduino-library6
testing6
marine6
database5
arduino-ide5
android5
java5
shield5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nicrip/moos-ivp-marineswarm
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:31 commits, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 11 days
swarmmarine
nicrip/moos-ivp-swarm
Oct 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 1 push in 1 year
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