Michael Hard, New Ventures Group
Michael Hard from the New Ventures Group at Scripps will be spending a short time talking about the TriNet Challenge. Do you have an innovative idea or technology that you think might have commercial potential? Apply to the TriNet Challenge and let experienced entrepreneurs help you explore your…
Eddie Kisfaludy, Oceans Aloft LLC
Over this past Thanksgiving holiday, Eddie Kisfaludy with help from Scripps, NOAA, and Sea World sank an adult fin whale offshore San Diego to create the largest whale fall known to science. A lot went into making this operation successful in a short amount of time and it turned out to be quite an interesting story. For the past decade, Eddie Kisfaludy was the Biological Specimen Collector, Experimental Aquarium Manager, airplane pilot, and Curator of Field Operations for the Marine Biology Research Division at SIO. He now owns Oceans…
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Tom Knox, NOVATECH
NOVATECH Radio Beacons, Iridium Beacons and Xenon Flashers are used in a wide variety of submersible and surface applications. During submersible applications, they are attached to underwater equipment such as ROV, AUV, and scientific equipment. When the equipment returns to the surface, the radio beacon and xenon flasher turn on automatically to provide a radio signal and an intense flashing light to…
Mike Penny, RBR Ltd.
Since 1976, RBR has been developing and marketing submersible data loggers, controllers and sensors for water quality, freshwater, cryospheric, estuarine, coastal monitoring and oceanographic measurements. Our current product line includes submersible data loggers for CTD and other sensors, thermistor chains, and wave gauges. Recently released products include the MLM-1000, an inductive mooring line modem system, the RBR 1060 series of loggers, the RBR Duo series of loggers and the MS-310e an Ethernet …
Hank Lobe, Severn Marine Technologies, LLC
Historically, bio-fouling control has been achieved by exploiting the toxicity of metals, organometals and other similar biocides to marine invertebrates and incorporating them in paint matrixes to form antfouling coatings. This class of coatings and associated methodology is unacceptable for undersea instruments for a variety of reasons which include: optical transparency, changes in density over time, toxicity to personnel and the environment, and degrading efficacy.
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Marshall Loewenstein
Physics based engineering software tools are widely used in Ocean Science and Engineering. ANSYS, the largest company in this field, will provide an overview of the rich breadth and depth of phenomena that can be accurately simulated using the finite element (and related) methods. Some areas of interest will include structural, thermal, electromagnetic and fluids problems as well as those…
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Lee Gordon, Doppler Ltd.
Lee Gordon will present a session on Tadiran’s lithium battery packs for long term ocean deployments. Tadiran’s PulsesPlus technology combines low current primary lithium cells with patented Hybrid Layer Capacitors (HLCs). Lee will explain how these packs work and what makes them different from alkaline packs as well as other lithium packs. He will outline the key…
Neil Trenaman, Vice President of International Business Development, Liquid Robotics, Inc.
The Wave Glider wave-powered unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV), represents a novel and unique approach to persistent ocean presence. Wave Gliders harvest the abundant energy contained in ocean waves to provide essentially limitless propulsion while two solar panels continuously replenish batteries that are used to power the vehicle’s control electronics, communications systems, and payloads. Wave Glider is a hybrid sea-surface and underwater vehicle…
The Pelican Products rep will be visiting the Hydraulics Laboratory with a truck filled with various cases and lights suitable for use in field research.
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Michael Head
Precision Measurement Engineering
Michael will discuss and display a number of products developed by his company including a micro-conductivity sensor, a shallow water microprofiler for turbulence measurement (SCAMP), a