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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Kevin Hardy Papers
Creator:
Hardy, Kevin Richard, 1953-
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0081
Physical Description:
6 Linear feet
(15 archival boxes, 1 flat box folder, 5 map case folders)
Physical Description:
.25 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1952-2004
Abstract: Papers of Kevin Hardy, development engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1972 to 2011 and founder of Global
Ocean Design LLC. He is known for the speed records of his human powered submersible SubDUDE and for his unmanned landers,
which have reached the deepest parts of the ocean. The collection includes correspondence, planning materials for events and
projects, photographs, and audiovisual recordings.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Kevin Hardy, development engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1972 to 2011 and founder of Global
Ocean Design LLC. He is known for the speed records of his human powered submersible SubDUDE and for his unmanned landers,
which have reached the deepest parts of the ocean. The collection includes correspondence, planning materials for events and
projects, photographs, and audiovisual recordings. The bulk of the collection documents the development and racing of SubDUDE
and a sequence of human-powered submersible racing events in the 1990s which Hardy helped to organize. Hardy was also the
planning director for the SIO Centennial in 2003, and the collection includes his planning binders and calendars of events
for the year-long celebration.
Arranged in five series: 1) SUBMARINES AND SUBMERSIBLES, 2) OCEANOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING, 3) SIO CENTENNIAL, 4) OTHER EVENTS
& PROJECTS, and 5) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS.
Kevin Richard Hardy was born in Buffalo, New York in 1953. He was hired as a development engineer at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in 1972 while studying engineering at San Diego State University. Hardy organized the World Submarine Invitational
races while at SIO, which developed standardized timing methods for submarine races. He led the team which designed and built
the submersible SubDUDE, which entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992 as the fastest human-powered non-propeller
submersible. Hardy also organized the many events and projects associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography's centennial
year in 2003, including organizing the Oceans 2003 conference held in San Diego.
After retiring from SIO in 2011, Hardy founded Global Ocean Design LLC, which develops oceanographic instruments and deep
ocean vehicles. In 2012, Hardy led the team which designed, built, and operated two unmanned landers used in James Cameron's
Deepsea Challenge expedition. Both landers reached the deepest part of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, as well
as many other deep-sea locations around the world. Hardy is also known for his educational outreach efforts, which include
hands-on engineering projects for K-12 students and remotely operated vehicle competitions for high school and college students.
He is a fellow of the Marine Technology Society and a member of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA)
and the Deep Submersible Pilots Association.
Kevin Hardy Papers. SMC 81. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquired 1993, 1996, 2002, 2004
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
The collection contains a small number of born-digital files, and many surrogates of original media recordings.
Original audiovisual recording formats are restricted. Listening/viewing copies may be available to researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Submersibles -- Design and construction
Human powered vehicles -- Design and construction
Ocean engineering
Hardy, Kevin Richard, 1953- -- Archives