Richard Vann

Richard Vann joined the Duke Center for Diving Medicine and Environmental Physiology with a doctorate in biomedical engineering. He investigated bubble formation and inert gas exchange.
He developed decompression procedures used in scientific diving and by astronauts on EVAs from the Space Station.

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Diving the USS Barometer

Diver Shayne Pemberton of Richardson, Texas, was messing around in his turtle pond. He filled a jar with water, raised the closed end above the...

By Richard Vann
15 April 2012

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