Jayson J. Martinez received the bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA. He has been a Research Engineer with the Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA, since December 2009. He has contributed to the research and design of different systems that address engineering and ecological concerns related to hydro, wind, marine, and hydrokinetic energy systems. In addition to research and design, he has been involved extensively with the field deployment of these technologies as well as the data reduction and analysis of the data gathered in the field. He is also the Technical Manager of the PNNL Bio-Acoustics and Flow Laboratory, which is accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. He has coauthored 30 published journal publications and 38 technical reports.