John Gerboc
Senior Software Developer/Analyst
Telephone: (512) 471-0325
FAX: (512) 471-8844
email: johng@ig.utexas.edu
As a systems analyst, John works with both computer hardware and software. He often goes into the field to help with various projects. Below are more details on what he does.
Recent Cruises / Field Trips :
Cameroon (Sub-Saharan West Africa)
Venezuela / Trinidad (Bolivar)
Oregon Juan de Fuca Plate study Cruise
Oregon Gas Hydrate Cruise
Pine Island Embayment (Antarctica)
Computer
Computer hardware installation
Network wall jack setup and connection
Computer software installation
Bare disk windows install
Dual Boot Linux / Windows install on laptops and desktops
Solaris Install
Applications install (MS office, Adobe CS, Corel, Arc GIS, Exceed, Matlab, etc)
Computer / peripheral repair
Video replacement
Hard drive replacement
mother board replacement
CPU and Power supply fan replacement
Laptop flat panel replacement
Desktop and laptop memory replacement
Mini PCI replacement on laptop
Laser printer laser replacement
Laser printer ethernet replacement
Laser printer fuser, transfer unit and toner replacement
Laser printer jam removal
Custom Hardware
digital circuit wire wrap (digital radar D to A trigger)
(TTL to RS 232 level converter)
(working on microprocessor based gas valve controller interface)
Instrumentation
Experience with UTIG Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) maintenance, repair.
configuration, deployment and recovery.
Labview instrument programming
Radar antenna resonance measurement
Various Temperature / Voltage logging
Real-time chasis setup (Artic radar)
I'm currently in the process of installing a robotic paleomag sample handler
Instrumentation Various :
experience with "hobo" temperature loggers,
wireless temperature loggers
Webcam monitoring of remote deep cycle battery charge / discharge measurements
Experience with multi-meters, scopes, signal generators.
Experience in NOAA weather fax receiver setup and running (for airborne operations)
Experience in "C" band satellite dish aiming and internet comms maintenance (Antarctic)
Software
Custom software
Extensive experience in C, Borne, sed, Awk shell scripting
Pearl and windows command scripting to automatically download
and distribute daily virus updates.
Real-time "C" programming for data collection and display
Fortran Precise location software Y2K conversion
Fortran SEG-Y header manipulation
Awk seismic line interpolation and UTM coordinate conversion
Experience in making custom GPS maps for Garmin GPS receivers for the field
Field Work
Field Data Archival
Tape archival of Airborne geophysical data and shipborne seismic data
Experience with Iridium phone use and maintenance
Experience with Emergency locator beacons
Have Wilderness First responder training (First Aid)
Experience with shortwave radio setup and use (Antarctic)
Have training in emergency snow shelter setup and use (Antarctic)
Field Autonomous instrumentation Setup and maintenance
Solar / Battery supplied magnetometer base station
Battery backed GPS base station.
Various Battery / inverter field setups
Experience with Battery charging / maintenance
Experience Reftech remote seismometer setup
