Gary W. Caille
Principal Research Engineer and Head, GTRI Systems Program Office
(Joint Appointment as Professor in the Woodruff School)
Education
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988
- M.S.M.E., University of Central Florida, 1985
- B.S.M.E., Cornell University, 1977
Research Areas and Descriptors
- Acoustics and Dynamics; Acoustic radiation and scattering, transduction, shallow water acoustics, submarine structure acoustics, and medical applications of acoustics
Background
After graduation from Cornell University, Caille was commissioned in the U.S. Navy and served in submarines and in shore assignments as an Engineering Duty Officer for 14 years. His assignments include Weapons Department Head, Sonar Division Officer,and Reactor Controls Division Officer onboard the USS Sturgeon, a fast attack nuclear submarine, instructor at the Navys Nuclear Power School, and technical director and deputy program manager for two submarine acoustics research and development programs.
In 1992, Caille joined GTRI and established with Dr. Peter Rogers the Undersea Research Program Office, a joint GTRI-ME focused research group in underwater acoustic applications. The largest project, funded by the Navy, is the development of a radically new concept for hull mounted submarine sonar arrays which was invented by Drs. Rogers and Caille. The system, referred to as CAVES or Conformal Acoustic VElocity Sonar, which uses motion sensors mounted on a compliant hull coating rather than the conventional hydrophones, is expected to be used on later versions of the new attack submarines currently being developed by the Navy. Caille was promoted to Principal Research Engineer in 1997 and was selected as Director, Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory in GTRI in 1998. Caille was an invited member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee participating in studies on electromagnetic weapons and systems engineering in major Navy acquisition programs. In 2004, he started the GTRI Systems Program Office a skunk works-like operation focused on rapid systems development and prototyping.
Caille is also serving as the program manager for the ULTRA program, a new concept in armored patrol vehicles that takes a systems approach to survivability. In September 2005, Georgia Tech delivered the ULTRA armored patrol vehicle including the development of a new armor in one year.
Research
Caille has extensive at-sea measurement experience and has conducted over ten full-scale structural acoustics, target strength, and radiated noise experiments while in the Navy and was the program manager for the first international shallow water propagation experiment in the Yellow Sea with the Peoples' Republic of China. More recently, Caille is developing new tactical vehicles for the military with an emphasis on survivability, modularity and technical refresh.
As a joint ME and GTRI faculty member, my emphasis is on taking technology and building things. We form partnerships with industry and the U.S. government with a multidisciplinary focus on science and technology. For students this means the opportunity to work on real, current problems with industry partners. This type of work is geared for students that seek careers in industry or applied research environments rather than academia.
Distinctions
- U. S Navy Reserve Captain
- Registered Professional Engineer in Georgia
- Georgia Institute of Technology Outstanding Achievement in Research Development Award, 2001 (Co-winner with Professor Peter Rogers)
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