MTS, SUT to Honor Marty Klein with Capt. Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration
in ODL launching a fundamentally new approach to ocean exploration via low-cost, accessible technologies and broadening the deep-sea community.”Marty’s influence extends through his numerous publications, patents, and his involvement with various prestigious organizations, including the Explorers Club, the National Academy of Engineering, and the IEEE. His legacy is further cemented through the student scholarship he endowed at Memorial University, honoring his son’s memory and supporting future ocean professionals. Upon receiving the news of the award, Marty said, “I am
DEEP's #OccupyMare is about Persistent Human Presence Subsea
drive the expansion of subsea research and exploration, preservation, and an improved understanding of our interconnection with our ocean,” says Dawn Kernagis PhD, NASA crew member for the NEEMO XXII undersea mission, Vice Chair for Neurosurgery Research at the University of North Carolina, Explorers Club Fellow, and first recipient of US Office of Naval Research Undersea Medicine Program's Predoctoral Award. Dr Kernagis' team currently conducts advanced research for a number of organizations, including the United States Department of Defense and NASA. Following two years of
NOAA Research Director McLean to Retire
for the U.S-European Union-Canada Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation. He has been awarded the Department of Commerce Silver and Bronze Medals, and the Support of Science Award from the Council of Scientific Society Presidents for his defense of scientific integrity. He is a Fellow of The Explorers Club, the Marine Technology Society, and a past president and chairman of the Sea-Space Symposium.McLean grew up on the Passaic River in Rutherford, New Jersey, received a bachelor of science degree in zoology from Rutgers University and later received a law degree from Quinnipiac College School
US Navy Sub Discovery Validated
for future generations.Tim Taylor is a renowned ocean explorer, expedition leader, and underwater robotics expert who has spent twenty-nine years exploring the oceans. He has collaborated with noted geologists, marine biologists, archeologists, coral and shark scientists. In 2008 Tim received the Explorers Club "Citation of Merit" for his contributions to exploration. Over the past decade, his focus has been on the utilization of robotic technology in underwater expeditions. He pioneered a 1,500-meter deep AUV search for submerged cultural resources spanning three years and 1,800 square miles
Oi Americas Set for San Diego
, President, Marine Technology Society (MTS); and Jason Giffen, Assistant Vice President, Planning & Green Port, Port of San Diego.Tuesday, 26 February 2019, meanwhile, will see the staging of another one-day event, Catch The Next Wave: Frontiers of Exploration, organised in partnership with The Explorers Club and a cornerstone of Oi events since 2012. Utilising speaker pairings of explorers and scientists or technologists, the event has been devised to illustrate how closely aligned the disciplines of exploration and technology have become, as interdependent drivers each spurring the other onwards
Voices: Jonathan Heastie, Reed Exhibitions
most popular topics and technologies will include Unmanned Vehicles, Vessels and Robotics, Ocean Observation and Sensing technologies and Hydrography, Geophysics and Geotechnics. We’re also reprising our “Catch the Next Wave” program from London, organized in association with The Explorers Club, which highlights how the spirit of exploration drives forward science and technology. Speaker pairings, comprising a leading explorer with a scientist or technologist, will once again examine the role technology plays in exploring environments on the seafloor, in the oceans, on the oceans, over
Parallel Events Add Depth to Oceanology International
; and Jim Hanlon, CEO, The Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise. A networking lunch will follow, and registration costs £100 + VAT. Meanwhile, on Thursday, March 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Catch The Next Wave 2018: Frontiers of Exploration is being organized in association with The Explorers Club and will assess the intrinsic relationship between exploration and technology and how each drives the other. The program features paired presentations from industry experts discussing the role technology has played in man’s ability to explore environments on the seafloor, in the oceans
OI London Issues Final Call for Speakers
is exclusively home to the new Business Leaders Summit, which takes place on 13 March and the future-looking Catch the Next Wave conference on 15 March respectively. Held the day before Oceanology International in previous years, the Catch the Next Wave conference will be run in association with The Explorers Club and will focus on disruptive technologies enabling exploration. The free-to-attend show floor Investment, Trade & Innovation theatre returns in 2018, providing information on routes to funding, international initiatives and cluster groups fostering marine technology transfer and
Obituary: Stewart B. Nelson
submersible to descend 1,138 feet to identify the remains of this World War I surplus submarine that had been reconfigured for an attempt to transit under the Arctic ice cap. Later Stew recounted the expedition in his book, Sabotage in the Arctic; Fate of the Submarine Nautilus. A book signing at the Explorers Club and inclusion along with a fellow of the Explorers's Club became one of his most prized honors. A popular destination and ocean-related lecturer may he be remembered as a gifted story teller and lover of history. For those fortunate enough to have heard him story tell; may a small piece
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