Thibodeaux Named President of Fugro Chance
thousands of miles of LiDAR data for federal and state agencies and the private sector. In 2010, Thibodeaux returned to Fugro Chance as Vice President of Marine Operations and assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer in April 2014. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is a graduate of the Fugro Academy Executive/Leadership Development Program in the U.K. and the LSU Executive Development Program in Baton Rouge, La. He is also involved in community related activities and serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Acadiana.
$140m Awarded for GoM Oil Impact Research
at Austin, "Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies," Lead Investigator Edward Buskey University of Southern Mississippi, "Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems," Lead Investigator William (Monty) Graham University of Louisiana at Lafayette, "Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center," Lead Investigator Natalia Sidorovskaia Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab, "Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience," Lead Investigator John Valentine Texas A&M University
Robotic Marine Vehicles: Meet the Anaconda-2
Recently, Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, in Morgan City, La., showcased the Anaconda-2 – an unmanned, 35-ft. craft in development – during a demonstration on the Atchafalaya River next to its HQ. The company partnered with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) more than a year ago to produce technology for a vessel that can navigate without a pilot aboard. Swiftships and ULL are designing a boat that uses Global Positioning System/sensory data, and has the potential to support naval, enforcement and zone-protection operations, mainly on inland waters. AN-2 Based on Earlier
Pulse Hires New U.S. Business Managers
and pipeline systems. Chittenden joins Pulse from General Electric (GE) Oil and Gas, where he was the tender manager for drilling and production top-tensioned riser systems and a project manager for subsea and surface wellhead systems. He has a Bachelor of Science in business management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Chittenden’s responsibilities include growing and developing Pulse’s production riser and subsea infrastructure business in the U.S. by supporting its existing clients and seeking new ones. He will work closely with the marketing and technical teams to develop
Carneiro to Head Tesla’s Brazil Operations
;s first application of the vertical seismic reflection method in hard-rock underground mines, to map weakness zones in the ceilings of tunnels and galleries and to advance the knowledge base on rock mechanics. Before moving into the offshore oil and gas industry, Donizeti worked at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on a three-year U.S. DOE grant to investigate the use of Time Lapse Seismic Methods for monitoring hydrocarbon reservoir time variations. Since his move to the oil and gas industry, Donizeti has helped to foster Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) utilization in offshore
LAGCOE Announces 2013 Officers
was President of Wellbore Energy Solutions, a company he and his partners founded, Executive Vice President with Offshore Energy Services, and he served in various sales and management capacities with Oil & Gas Rental Services after graduating from the Northeastern Louisiana University (now University of Louisiana Monroe) in 1978. Steve Maley has been named 2013 LAGCOE Chairman Elect. Maley has been on the LAGCOE Board of Directors since 2005 and has served as an exhibit judge and Executive Committee member throughout those years. His leadership has contributed to recent advancements in LAGCOE
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