US Invests $3.9 Million for Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators
Linking Research, Industry, and the Public Across the Value Chain, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, $225,480.New YorkThe National Ocean Renewable Power Accelerator - RePower, National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium, $249,991.VirginiaOpenSeas Data Accelerator, Old Dominion University Research Foundation, $249,816.NOAA Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerator, FedTech, $176,799 (full recommended funding: $249,844).WashingtonWashington Maritime Blue Ventures for Ocean-based Climate Solutions, Washington Maritime Blue, $248,403.WisconsinGreat Lakes Resilience Accelerator
DOE awards Atlantic Marine Energy Center $10m for Renewable Ocean Energy Research
Engineering laboratories including Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab and Power & Energy Lab.The AMEC will also collaborate with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, European Marine Energy Center and Old Dominion University.The research will be funded by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) Award Number DE-EE0009450
Case Study: Cables in Underwater Missions
missions.Electromechanical cable specialist Cortland supplies equipment which is used by research institutions around the world to help track and monitor changing ocean conditions. Our team led by renowned biogeochemist Dr. Greg Cutter, Professor of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Old Dominion University, Virginia, developed an oceanographic solution for US GEOTRACES.To support the scientific challenges, a suitable cable had to be non-metallic to meet non-contaminating criterium as any exposed metal can interfere with the sample quality of trace elements, such as iron and zinc, by the time
Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Semifinalists Announced
working in partnership with successful alumni of Texas A&M; the University team is using drone ships and AUVs equipped with innovative navigation systems, renewable power generation and chemical sensing technologies to explore remote ocean habitats. Virginia DEEP-X -- Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University (Virginia, United States) – Led by Dan Stilwell, the team is developing small and low-cost underwater vehicles that operate in coordinated teams. X994 (Austin, TX, United States) – Led by David Ryan, the team is working to optimize robotic mapping of the ocean through advancement
Herbert Joins Phoenix International
regions and fjords of southeast and southwest Alaska. Mr. Herbert worked in support of fleet logistics at NOAA’s Atlantic Marine Center and received the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Employee of the Year Award for his efforts there. Herbert holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University, where he studied Geographic Information Systems and Oceanography.
New Lineup for NOAA Hydrographic Services Panel
advisory committee that gives NOAA independent advice for improving a range of services and products that support navigation and coastal resilience. New members of the panel are: Larry Atkinson, Ph.D., Slover professor of oceanography, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia David Maune, senior project manager, Dewberry Company, Fairfax, Virginia Capt. Salvatore Rassello, director of nautical operations, Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Florida The reappointed members of the panel are: Carol Lockhart, Geomatics Data Solutions
Horizon Marine Welcomes Boll
last two months, further bolstering the company’s capabilities. William graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Physics. He then completed his M.S. in Physical Oceanography while also obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Modeling and Simulation Engineering at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. William’s thesis involved analyzing observed Doppler shifted internal waves generated by tidal interactions with local bathymetry in a shallow water region off the coast of New Jersey. Patrice Coholan, President of Horizon Marine, said, “We are in a growth
Newport News Shipbuilding's Apprentice School to partner Old Dominion University
The Signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Apprentice School and Old Dominion University (ODU) will take place tomorrow (23rd April) at 3101 Washington Ave. in downtown Newport News for offering a bachelor's degree program in mechanical and electrical engineering. The Apprentice School is the only registered apprenticeship program in the country to offer a bachelor's degree as part of its academic instruction program, thanks to a partnership with ODU. Danny Hunley, Newport News Shipbuilding's vice president of operations, and Everett Jordan, director of education for The Apprentic
I can see clearly now ... Via Resolution Optics
light, pinhole and camera,” he said. But again he stressed that “the speed at which we do the second step of the process is really to our advantage.” The first use of the submersible microscope was water profiling in marine oceanographic research done in partnership with Old Dominion University in Norfolk. The microscope was dropped to a depth of 6,000m in the Caribbean which produced “the first images of micro-organisms at that depth and that degree of resolution,” said Jones. The equipment’s ability to withstand extremes was tested when it was later used
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