Joseph Dituri

United States Navy

In 1985, Dituri enlisted in the United States Navy.^[12] He consistently served aboard naval vessels and at shore stations, engaging in tasks such as hyperbaric system maintenance, saturation diving, search and rescue operations, and ship repair.^{[1][12][13][14][11]} In 1995, he was commissioned into the Special Operations Officer pipeline and after serving three diving tours, he became the Engineering Duty Officer.^[12]

Upon completing his M.S. in 2006,^[1] he assumed the role of Officer-in-Charge at the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) Diving Systems Detachment (DSD).^[12] Under his leadership, DSD certified the 2,000 feet sea water Atmospheric Diving System for deployment across the fleet.^[12] Following the implementation and initial testing phase, Commander Dituri's team introduced the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System into Naval service, deploying it on two international engagements.^[12]

His final position in the United States Navy was in the Research Development and Acquisition Center – Maritime Systems at Special Operations Command.^[12] He served as the Chief Engineer, Program Manager for Undersea Systems Technical and Certification Program, as well as Deputy Program Manager for Combat Craft.^[12] After 28 years of active service, Dituri retired in 2013.^[15]

Researcher

Dituri is a biomedical researcher in the field of life support equipment design, high carbon dioxide environments, hypobaric medicine, and traumatic brain injury.^[1][2] During his career, he has been a contributing author, co-author, and author in publications, books, and articles including: Secrets in Depth,^[16] Hyperbaric Medicine Practice,^[17] "Over The Counter" Remedy For DCIs,^[18] My Daddy Wears a Different Kind of Suit to Work,^[19] and more.

Dituri is a biomedical engineering lecturer at the University of South Florida^[5][1] and instructor of hyperbaric medicine. He serves as a Director of the International Board of Undersea Medicine (IBUM).^[2][20]

Guinness World Record

Dituri spent 100 days living underwater at the Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida.^[2] During his stay, Dituri earned a spot in the Guinness World Records for the longest time spent living underwater in a fixed habitat.^{[21][3][22][6]}

United States Patent

Dituri was granted a United States Patent for a device and system he designed during his Ph.D. dissertation on systems and methods for monitoring heart rate variability.^[23] The processing device monitors heart beat data, and executes a heart rate variability program to detect physiological distress, essential in the prevention of hypercapnia, hyperoxia, and decompressive stress^[24]

U.S. Navy One Atmosphere Suit Pilot

Dituri is a certified pilot of the U.S. Navy ADS2000 (Atmospheric Diving System), also known as the One Atmosphere Suit.^[25]

James Cameron Deepsea Challenger mission

Dituri was invited to inspect the Deepsea Challenger that James Cameron piloted to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, at a depth of 10,908 metres (35,787 ft)^[11][26]

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