Terradepth Welcomes Bardwick as CFO
efforts, optimize global capital allocation, enhance financial performance, and propel the company’s expansion. A Bay Area CFO of the Year award recipient, Peter also contributes to nonprofit boards. He earned an MBA in Finance and a BA in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Michigan.“Peter’s appointment comes at a key time for Terradepth as we scale to meet increasing demand and manage greater operational complexity,” said Joe Wolfel, co-founder and CEO of Terradepth. “His exceptional track record and deep expertise in financing high-growth companies
Beating the Heat: R.W. Fernstrum & Company Turns 75
; said Sean.Looking BackWhen he reflects on his 60 years with the company and the inclusion of his two sons, Sean and Todd; and his grandchildren, Rachel and Jeremy in the business today, Paul laughs as he said “I never thought I'd be in the company! There was a company in lower Michigan [that offered me a] starting wage of $1,400 a month. I mentioned that to my father, and he said, ‘I thought you were going to come and work for us.’While going away sounded exciting, Paul said his decision to stay and join the family business was the right call. “I made the right
Unlocking Ocean Power: $3.6M for Community-centric Wave Energy Converters
Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs.Coastal communities are partnering with a multidisciplinary research team to determine the best way to harvest wave energy at Beaver Island, Michigan, and Nags Head, North Carolina.The project is led by the University of Michigan, supported with $3.6 million from the National Science Foundation. It brings together researchers from five different institutions to help provide renewable energy that addresses the needs and concerns of coastal and
NOAA Awards $2.1 Million for Ocean Exploration Projects
over $2.1 million, the projects will explore the mesophotic coral ecosystems off the western coast of Puerto Rico, study the biodiversity of deep-pelagic crustaceans from the waters off Southern California, explore and document a collection of nationally significant shipwrecks in the deep waters of Lake Michigan’s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and more.NOAA Ocean Exploration explores the ocean to help us as a society better understand what lives and lies in its great depths and how it supports and affects life on Earth. One of the tools used to do this is an annual competitive
Rocket Scientists Build Antarctic Robot Probes
height of the ice from above.During the March field test, an IceNode prototype descended 330 feet (100 meters) into the ocean to gather salinity, temperature and flow data. Previous tests were conducted in California's Monterey Bay and below the frozen winter surface of Lake Superior, off Michigan's upper peninsula.Ultimately, scientists believe 10 probes would be ideal to gather data from a single ice shelf cavity, but "we have more development and testing to go" before devising a timeline for full-scale deployment, Glick said.(Reuters - Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles
Wreck of WWII-era Cargo Ship Found in the Great Lakes
The wreck of a World War II-era freighter has been discovered in over 600 feet of water around 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.Over the last 7 years, shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain has been studying remote sensing data in the search for shipwrecks in Lake Superior. After coming across a particularly deep anomaly, he reached out to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) for help in identifying the potential wreck. In 2023 GLSHS Director of Marine Operations, Darryl Ertel, Fountain and crew of the R/V David Boyd, towed a Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar over
Carderock Hosts International Submarine Race
County Career and Technology Center - Moby DickSanborn Regional High School - NautilusGdansk University of Technology - Nautilus 2Ecole De Technologie Superieure - OMER 12University of Washington - OrcaKids into Discovering Science - PropulsionUniversity of Victoria - SockeyeUniversity of Michigan - StingrayTexas A&M University - The Maroon MarauderSussex County Technical School - Umptysquatch
Discovery: Historic Shipwreck Found in Lake Huron
Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton. Well preserved by the cold freshwater of the Great Lakes for over a century, the 191-ft. Ironton rests upright with its three masts still standing."Using this cutting-edge technology, we have not only located a pristine shipwreck lost for over a century, we are also learning more about one of our nation's
Kongsberg Maritime Launches ScanFuse Powered by Qii.AI
takes inputs from other imaging technologies above the waterline such as high-resolution geo-referenced photographic images, LIDAR point clouds, FLIR data, and thermal images, to create 3-D digital twins of an asset above and below the waterline.Kongsberg also said it has partnered with Northwestern Michigan College and their infrastructure inspection micro credential. ScanFuse image generation is a part of this program. This micro credential is targeted to civil engineers who are responsible for inspecting and assessing marine infrastructure below the waterline
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