Dana Manalang earned a B.S. in Ocean Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology and received her M.S.E.E from UC Berkeley. She has worked as an engineer in such diverse fields as atomic layer deposition, ultra low power wireless mesh networks, and ocean instrumentation. Before joining the Lab, Dana was the Lead System Engineer at Fugro Seafloor Surveys, a large, international geotechnical services company. Dana is also a certified SCUBA diver and has extensive experience in both dockside and marine operations. Dana is currently working on the selection of acoustic sensors and instruments for use on the OOI RSN network.