For this project, he developed an internet application (DXA), the first website for displaying data from the remote site in real time on a web browser. The website received more than 40 million hits during the expedition. Clipperton Island: Schmieder organized and led the March, 2013, expedition to Clipperton Island. The team of 29 made the first discovery of foraminifera on Clipperton and set a record for the number of radio contacts from there (113,601). This expedition and the 2005 expedition to Kure (above) are described in his book "DXA. The Real-time Online Radio Log Server". Heard Island: In 2016, Schmieder carried out a second major research expedition to Heard Island. The team made extensive observations of the volcano Big Ben, environmental changes due to climate change, and real-time communications using amateur radio. Pitcairn Island: In 2018 Schmieder and a colleague carried out an expedition to Pitcairn Island, for the purpose of studying foraminifera, microscopic single-celled organisms of importance in dating fossil sediments. In 1986, Schmieder acquired and outfitted a research vessel, the Cordell Explorer, and used it in some of the research expeditions. In recent years, he has used the vessel principally for educational programs, taking more than 300 students each year on 1-day cruises to learn about the marine environment and techniques for monitoring and research. Schmieder was born July 10, 1941, in Phoenix, Arizona. His father (Otto Schmieder) emigrated from Germany in the 1920s, and became a very successful businessman. His mother (Ruby Harkey) was part of a pioneer family in the territory of Arizona. His brother (Carl Schmieder) was a distinguished businessman and aviator before losing his life at age 60 in a private aircraft accident. He has three grown children (Robyn Hannon, Russell Schmieder, and Randy Schmieder), and six grandchildren. He is married to Kathleen (née Deal) Schmieder, a school teacher for 28 years and currently a businesswoman. Schmieder has served in numerous professional service roles, including Program Committee, International Combustion Symposium, 1982, 1984, 1988; Editor, Proc. Workshop Electron Beam Ion Sources, Cornell U., 1985; National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ion Storage Rings, 1986; Editor, Defense Research Review, 1986–1992; NATO Summer Institute, Highly Ionized Atoms, Cargese, France, 1988; International Ion Source Conf. Program Committee, Berkeley, 1989.