Marine Technology Society News

MTS Member Webinar: Expanding Spotter’s Subsurface Sensing Suite with a Hydrophone and Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Join the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and MTS member - Sofar Ocean - on November 7th at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST for a webinar moderated by Sofar Ocean Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Evan Shapiro. Sofar Ocean will introduce two new subsurface integrations for their Spotter platform: a hydrophone and a dissolved oxygen sensor.Evan will be joined by Chris Verlinden of Applied Ocean Sciences (AOS) and Austin Vincent of Precision Measurement Engineering (PME), who will detail how they used the Bristlemouth connectivity standard and its open source protocol to efficiently integrate the new sensors with

Martin Klein (courtesy Martin Klein and the MIT Museum)

MTS, SUT to Honor Marty Klein with Capt. Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) announced Martin “Marty” Klein as the distinguished recipient of the 2024 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration. This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, sustained, and international contributions to the development, application, or propagation of marine and underwater technology toward the advancement of ocean exploration.  Martin Klein, a name synonymous with ocean exploration, is a true pioneer in the field of underwater technology. Known as the “father

Figure 1.  Sawyer Granados, a fourth grader in San Diego, California, hauls in his STEM Lander after a successful dive to 15-ft in Mission Bay.  His STEM Lander has yet to dive the blue Pacific Ocean. The pre-publication boat trip was scrubbed by high surf.  Something to learn there, too.  (Photo: Kevin Hardy)

Inspiring Future Ocean Explorers with Landers

, pile perch, and other near shore fish.A variation of Conor’s idea is tying a known length of the lowering line to a surface float.  The surface float will suspend the camera at that specified depth in the water column, perhaps to observe fish gathering beneath a kelp paddy.The Marine Technology Society-San Diego Section is helping spread the word about the STEM Lander as a tool of education and research.  MTS-SD member Beto Campos is taking his son, Gabriel and his STEM Lander out to a local fresh water lake to learn about limnology. They strapped a small underwater flashlight

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Mills Joins Cellula Robotics as CCO

industry with International Submarine Engineering (ISE) Ltd. in Vancouver, Canada, then spent a decade leading Kongsberg Marine Robotics' sales team.Mills has been an active member of the Society of Underwater Technology's Panel on Underwater Robotics and a life member of the Marine Technology Society. He has volunteered as a technical reviewer for the IEEE OES Oceans conference for over a decade and served as a board member for Eelume AS."I am excited to be joining Cellula at such a pivotal time in the AUV industry," said Richard Mills. "The adoption of long-range systems

Source: SUT

In Memoriam: Captain Don Walsh

;s degree and a PhD in physical oceanography from Texas A&M University.He enlisted in the US Navy in 1948 and later became the commanding officer of the submarine USS Bashaw (SSKS-241) before becoming the Navy’s first deep submersible pilot.The Society for Underwater Technology and Marine Technology Society will continue to honor Walsh through the annual Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration. Dr Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and Adjunct Oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was announced the winner of the 2023

Vehicle assembly and service technician Josh Keller unties Saildrone 1084 from the tow line in Lake Michigan to deploy it for a 2023 U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Fisheries survey. (Photo: Saildrone)

Marine Technology Society Awarded $3.9 Million for Ocean Enterprise Engagement

The Department of Commerce and NOAA on Monday announced $3.9 million to the Marine Technology Society (MTS) to establish a multi-year framework to engage the Ocean Enterprise as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Ocean Enterprise includes public, private, non-profit, tribal and academic entities that provide ocean observation, measurement and forecasting data or deliver operational ocean information products and services.“Ocean data and information powers America’s robust marine economy," said U.S Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. "As part of

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada- OceanGate-June 2023: Polar Prince towing OceanGate Expeditions submersible vessels on a barge as it leaves for the Titanic wreck site to tour below the ocean.
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Op/Ed: We Cannot Let the OceanGate Tragedy Put a Pause on Ocean Exploration

regarding such expeditions.For manned submersibles, there is merit in considering restrictions based upon technical criteria. OceanGate refused to obtain DVL certification for Titan. This was one of several safety concerns raised by the manned underwater vehicles committee of the Marine Technology Society in a 2018 letter to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was among the victims in the mishap.The Titan also lacked critical technologies which could enhance submersible safety, such as a high precision inertial navigation system (INS), an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

(Photo: OceanGate Expeditions)

After Titanic Sub Disaster, Industry Faces Scrutiny

American Bureau of Shipping or the European company DNV.Of roughly 10 submersibles that exist in the world and are capable of diving to the depth of the Titanic - nearly 4,000 meters below the surface - only OceanGate's Titan was uncertified, said Will Kohnen, chairman of peer-review group Marine Technology Society's (MTS) committee on manned submersibles.Most tourist submersibles explore coral reefs and other natural phenomenon at 500 meters or less.In 2018, Kohnen authored a letter warning OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush that forgoing third-party certification for the Titan could result in

(File photo: OceanGate Expeditions)

As the Clock Ticks on the Titan Sub, an Expert Explains What Safety Features a Submersible Should Have

the asset’s seaworthiness, and objected to OceanGate’s decision to perform dives without prior “non-destructive testing” to the vessel’s hull to prove its integrity.Also in 2018, a letter sent to OceanGate by the Manned Underwater Vehicles Committee of the Marine Technology Society, signed by 38 experts, expressed reservations about the submersible’s safety. They said the “[…] experimental approach adopted by OceanGate could result in negative outcomes (from minor to catastrophic) that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry&rdquo

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