Karl E. Huggins

Karl E. Huggins
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, M.S. in Bioengineering)
Known forDevelopment of air decompression tables, Microprocessor-based decompression computer
Awards
  • 1990 Leonard Greenstone Diving Safety Award
  • 1993 DAN/Rolex Diver of the Year
  • 2004 Conrad Limbaugh Memorial Award for Scientific Diving Leadership
  • 2008 California Scuba Service Award
Scientific career
FieldsDecompression research
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan

Karl E. Huggins is an American decompression researcher and author of a set of air decompression tables for reduced risk and multi-level repetitive diving based on the US Navy tables modified to avoid Doppler ultrasound detectable vascular bubble production. He developed the algorithm used by the first commercially successful microprocessor-based decompression computer, the Orca Edge, based on the US Navy decompression algorithm derived by Robert D. Workman, but taking all six tissue compartments (not just the 120 minute compartment) into account when calculating residual nitrogen for multi-level and repetitive dives.[1][2]

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