Scripps Technical Forum

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.
Marcus Lehmann, CEO

CalWave Power Technologies Inc. will host a luncheon to introduce the status of the wave energy industry and CalWave's planned open ocean deployment to Scripps scientists and engineers.  The session will be segmented by general status, CalWave's technology, CalWave's demo project details so attendees can choose to attend one or both presentations, depending upon area(s) of interest.

Introduction of the current status of US and global activities in ocean energy with specific focus on wave energy…

Paul Devine
Regional Sales Manager, Oceans - Americas
Darryl Symonds
Director of Marine Measurments Product Lines
www.teledyne.com

Introducing Teledyne RDI’s New Pinnacle, Long-Range ADCP / Q&A Building upon the 20-year success of their industry-standard Long Ranger ADCP, Teledyne RDI is pleased to introduce their next generation long range ADCP.  The Pinnacle is a 45 kHz phased array ADCP capable of profiling ocean current to 1000m, with a product footprint typically associated with ADCPs achieving half that range.  The new Pinnacle…

Harald Tholo
Acoustic Sensor Engineer
Aanderaa Data Instruments AS
aanderaa.com

Harald will be presenting a technology paper on the development of "Adaptive Tx pulse algorithms for wave measurements from a 4 beam Janus configured Doppler Current Profiler”.  Background and data will be provided on the use of a SeaGuardII DCP acoustic profiler for wave measurements using a new algorithm that outputs adaptive Tx pulses using two different broadband modes and one narrowband mode to resolve waves in the range…

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Scott Tobin
Sales Engineer
xeostech.com

Scott will provide background and data on the Validation of Standalone GNSS-based Wave Height Sensor on Existing Buoy Infrastructure.

• Co-located on 3 m accelerometer-based disc wave buoy
•  2nd unit deployed on pre-existing, already deployed navigation buoy 700 m away…

Chris Kontoes
Technical Sales Manager, North America West
rbr-global.com

Coastal ocean observations, as fundamental and exciting as they are, can also be quite the daunting task. As an instrumentation provider, RBR has recognized that those who take the time to become familiar with, care for, and understand the limitations and strengths of their equipment often have the greatest successes in the field.

This workshop is a forum to spark interests in understanding oceanographic sensor measurement methods,…

Paul Devine
Darryl Symonds
www.teledynemarine.com
 
Please join Teledyne Marine for a lunchtime presentation designed to update you on their latest technology advancements for oceanographic research applications. This 60-minute presentation will include a number of new technologies, including:

Teledyne RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) – details regarding Sentinel V’s new real-time and bottom track options, with data rates up to…

Sebastien de Halleux, COO
www.saildrone.com
sebastien at saildrone.com

The oceans affect the fundamental processes that drive our weather and climate. Understanding these processes and how they impact the exchange of energy and mass across the air-sea interface is crucial, but getting reliable and affordable data from remote parts of the ocean has historically been difficult. Working with governments and private companies around the globe, Saildrone designs and manufactures wind and solar powered unmanned surface…

Dr Andrew Barton
Director of Launch and US Operations
https://www.fleet.space/
andrew.barton at fleet.space

Fleet Space Technologies is developing a new satellite constellation for affordable narrowband data communications to remote areas all over the globe. Fleet’s proprietary technologies will include the satellites in space, rugged and cheap user terminals that interface to the sensors and devices in the field, as well as cloud based infrastructure to get the data back to the users. Fleet is currently in the…

James Walton
Sales Manager
http://www.amloceanographic.com/
email: james.walton at amloceanographic.com

James Walton, sales manager of AML Oceanographic (formerly Applied Microsystems Limited) will talk about some interesting CTD deployments in Canada and Kuwait and then go on to discuss UV based anti-fouling techniques.

AML is based near Victoria, Canada and is an innovative manufacturer of Sound Velocity, CTD and environmental sensors, probes and instruments. AML’s success story originated with developing UV protected CTDs for the Smart…

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Ingo Foldvari
Business Development Manager - Academic
National Instruments
ingo.foldvari at ni.com
(760) 691-0877

Designing an embedded system, or even a traditional DAQ system for that matter, starts with choosing the right development platform. More often than not, choosing which tools to use comes down to whether to build a custom solution or buy off-the-shelf…