Lance Wesley Horn
CURRICULUM VITAE
Undersea Vehicles Program
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
5600 Marvin Moss Lane
Wilmington, North Carolina 28409
910-962-2443
910-962-2410 (fax)
910-512-0193 (cell)
hornl@uncw.edu
EDUCATION
1984 A.S. (Underwater Technology), Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, Florida
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-Present Operations Director, Undersea Vehicles Program: Primarily responsible for
managing the Undersea Vehicles Program including three remotely operated
vehicles and a Slocum glider AUV. Responsible for capitalizing assets, fostering
intra-NOAA and extramural collaborations, and pursuing technology to keep assets
on the cutting edge of in situ marine science. Participates in at-sea activities as
Mission Coordinator, AUV supervisor/technician, and Chief ROV pilot/technician.
2005-2008
AUV Team Leader/Technician: Served as team leader of a three person team to
bring an Explorer class autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with 2200 meter
depth capability from concept to operational readiness. Completed bid
specification, bid award, responsible for multi-year budget, and management of
the project. Delivered the completed project to National Institute of Undersea
Science and Technology (NIUST) at the University of Southern Mississippi.
1996-2009
Operations Manager, National Undersea Research Center/UNCW: Responsible for
the management of Center operations personnel and activities including underwater
vehicles, diving, operational analysis and review of scientific proposals, cruise and
budget planning. Manages the operations budget, personnel assignments, and
oversees maintenance of all equipment utilized in the support of undersea research
activities.
1987-Present Chief Remotely Operated Vehicle Pilot: Responsible for the operation and
management of the Program’s three remotely operated vehicles including budget
management,
vehicle
upgrades,
equipment
integration,
science
coordination/logistics, and maintenance. Since 1987, the Center’s Phantom S2 ROV
system has performed 2,298 dives for a total of 2,810 hours of bottom time. In
August 2013, UVP acquired a SubAtlantic Mohawk fiber optic vehicle with HD
video camera, 10Mp digital still camera, and all-electric, 5-function manipulator.
1985-1987
Surface Supply Diver/Engineer on Research Vessel Seahawk: Performed surface
supply diving operations including diver, tender, decompression chamber operator
and inside tender. Served as crew on UNCW’s R/V Seahawk including vessel
maintenance, anchor watch, underway watch, and chief engineer.
Lance Wesley Horn
CURRICULUM VITAE
MILITARY SERVICE
1974-1980
U.S. Navy Ocean Systems Technician, E6: Supervised one of four watch teams in
passive sonar detection, tracking, and reporting of Soviet submarines for Anti
Submarine Warfare readiness.
CERTIFICATIONS
James F. Merritt Million Dollar Club
IANTD Trimix technical diver
UNCW Nitrox Divemaster
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Lance Horn. LCROV Applications for Scientific Research. Proceedings of ROV ’89, Seventh
Annual Underwater Intervention/MTS ’89 Conference. pp 133-136
Lance Horn. Real Time CTD Data from a LCROV. Proceedings of ROV ’91, Ninth Annual
Underwater Intervention/MTS ’91 Conference. pp 46-51.
Doug Weaver, Lance Horn, Tom Potts, Forrest Young. A Comparison of Angling, ROVs and
Technical Diving Used in the Collection of Deep-Water Reef Fish. Proceedings of
Oceans 2001.
2012 - 2013 RESEARCH CRUISES
2012 - 2013 Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Potentially Sensitive Biological
Features (ROV), PI: Dr. Paul Sammarco, LUMCON/BOEM
2012 - 2013 Puerto Rico, Multibeam Habitat Ground Truth Surveys, PI: Dr. Timothy Battista,
NOAA/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
2012 - 2013 Pulley Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, Pulley Ridge: Population connectivity of the Pulley
Ridge – South Florida coral reef ecosystem: processes to decision-support tools, PI:
Robert Cowan, RSMAS/University of Miami
2012 - 2013 Southeast US Continental Shelf-edge Waters – SC to FL, Marine Protected Areas
Habitat Characterization, PI: Andy David, NOAA/NMFS-Panama City Laboratory
1985-2013:
125 ROV Missions (1,535 ROV Dives)
12 AUV Missions (glider and full size deep AUV)
25 Deep and Shallow Manned Submersible Missions
83 Scuba Dive Missions (1,013 Scuba Dives)
12 Aquarius Saturation Habitat Missions (support diver)
5 Surface Supply Diving Missions