Teledyne Webb Research Hires Quinn, Goodrich
, Engineering Project Manager. His work experience at Lockheed includes a variety of unmanned and remotely operated vehicle projects. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Villanova University and a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering and Project Management from Cornell University.Goodrich is tasked with providing customer support and training for users, creating and updating user documentation, piloting TWR gliders, and assisting in final test of new vehicles and beta testing of new Slocum hardware and software.Goodrich joins us from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Greensea Expands, Again
for Teledyne Webb Research. Partnering with James on the hull robotics team is Sam Fladung. Sam has over a decade of experience as a robotics engineer. Prior to Greensea, he worked at Teledyne Marine where he was instrumental in advancing their glider program. Sam is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. “We’re happy to have another Cornell grad join our team,” said Shay Osler, Cornell graduate and Engineering Manager, Greensea. “With Sam’s education and experience, he has ramped up quickly and is an important
NOAA-Viking Public Private Partnership, a Win-win for Research
has partnered with the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute, whose scientists will undertake fieldwork on board. Beyond the cruise partnership opportunities, Viking has also endowed a professorship at the Institute and is helping to fund graduate studies. Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology is a partner. And, so is NOAA - the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.For maritime research, Viking’s new offerings are striking. Ditto for people who track cruise industry developments. In past years, industry officials have
Study: Sunflower Sea Star Population in Peril
The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America, according to research by Cornell University and the University of California, Davis, in Science Advances.“At one time plentiful in nearshore waters, the sunflower sea stars right now cannot be found off the California coast and are rare into Alaska,” said Drew Harvell, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, a co-lead author. “Numbers of the sea stars have stayed so low in the past three years
Students Face Off in Underwater Competition
Alberta (Canada); Ohio State University; and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland).Other U.S. teams included: Amador Valley High School; Beaver Country Day School; California Institute of Technology; California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Los Angeles; Cornell University; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Gonzaga University; Kennesaw State University; Montana State University; North Carolina State University; North Dakota State University; Oregon Institute of Technology; Prairie View A&M University; Project Radian; San
Coral Reefs Get Sick from Plastic Waste -Study
microbes in the oceans. Scientists were shocked to find plastic even in remote reefs. "You could be diving and you think someone's tapping your shoulder but it's just a bottle knocking against you, or a plastic trash bag stuck on your tank," lead author Joleah Lamb of Cornell University told Reuters. "It's really sad," she said. "Corals are animals like us and have really thin tissues that can be cut and wounded, especially if they are cut by an item covered in all sorts of micro-organisms," she said. The scientists, from the
RoboSub Competition: 20 Years of Fun and Learning
, passing over an obstacle without touching it and dropping markers into a bin-to complex actions like firing mock torpedoes through small cutout holes, identifying sound from an acoustic pinger, grabbing and moving an object, surfacing the AUV, and knocking balls outside of an octagon. Cornell University took this year's top prize of $4,500. Far Eastern Federal University from Russia won second prize and $4,000, and National University of Singapore placed third for $3,000. Earning fourth place and $2,000 was Harbin Engineering University from China. Georgia Institute of Technology rounded out
Arends Joins Rowe Technologies
and glider markets as well as military UUV applications. Arends has 24 years of experience as a U.S. Navy operational oceanographer which includes working with autonomous underwater vehicles in support of Mine Warfare and Navy SEAL operations. He received a B.S. degree in meteorology from Cornell University, an M.S. degree in oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School, and an MBA in International Business from Georgetown University
Smith Named Director of NOAA Coast Survey
to the Allied Maritime Sub Group, and was part of the U.S. delegation to the International Hydrographic Organization's (IHO) Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee. He served as the chairman of the IHO Data Quality Working Group. Smith attended Deep Springs College and Cornell University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1993. He earned a Master's of Science in Ocean Engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 2003