Gannon Gesiriech

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Gannon Gesiriech is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, environmental fluid dynamics, and autonomous systems. His primary research focuses on developing and deploying autonomous underwater and surface vehicles (AUVs and USVs) to solve critical problems in water resource management and environmental monitoring. Gesiriech’s most notable contribution is a pioneering study on robotic mapping of mixing and dispersion in drought-frequent reservoirs. Using an AUV to track a dye tracer, he provided the first high-resolution, spatiotemporal data on convective transport processes in these stressed systems, offering a powerful new tool for understanding water quality and pollutant fate. This work, his most cited with 10 citations, is complemented by his development of an advanced autonomy system for coordinated USV/UUV sampling. By enabling a Wave Glider to optimally track a Slocum Glider using environmental data, Gesiriech demonstrated a novel approach to persistent, adaptive ocean observation. His research is foundational for the next generation of intelligent, collaborative robotic fleets used in hydrology and oceanography, directly impacting how scientists monitor and manage vital water resources in an era of increasing scarcity.