Z-Boat Shipped to University of Washington Tacoma
Glacier, releasing most of the debris into the fjord and triggering a massive tsunami. Shugar’s National Science Foundation-supported bathymetric mapping mission will occur in tandem with a second multibeam sonar mission using the Teledyne Reson T50P lead by Dr. Sean Gulick of The University of Texas at Austin. A better understanding of fjord bathymetry will feed into more accurate tsunami models. Then in late August, Shugar will travel to the glacier-fed Slims River in Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada. Because glacial rivers are often shallow and swift, traditional survey vessels
US Navy Seeks Improved Undersea Capabilities
its expertise and capabilities in signal processing, acoustic communications, interference cancellation, and anti-jam/anti-spoof technologies for the program. Other members of BAE Systems’ POSYDON team are the University of Washington, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Texas at Austin
2H Offshore Names Enuganti Technical Manager
2H Offshore has appointed Prahlad Enuganti as technical manager in its Aberdeen office to strengthen its management team and drive business growth, the company announced. Enuganti holds a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Texas in Austin, and joined 2H’s Houston office in 2006 as an engineer. He worked on subsea structural monitoring projects in the Gulf of Mexico and was responsible for a variety of 2H’s offshore riser engineering and integrity assessments. He was also the integrity team lead for BP’s Holstein, Horn Mountain
Coral Breeding May Help Cooler Reefs Survive Warming
mounting threats from global warming, scientists reported on Thursday. Tests of corals in warm waters on Australia's Great Barrier Reef found they were able to survive bigger temperature rises than those of an identical species in cooler seas 300 miles (500 kms) south, according to a University of Texas at Austin study published in the journal Science. The study, by scientists in the United States and Australia, raises the possibility of deliberate breeding to pass on heat-tolerant genes to combat climate change, linked by almost all scientists to a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases
$140m Awarded for GoM Oil Impact Research
Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico," Lead Investigator Tracey Sutton University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, "Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk," Lead Investigator Martin Grosell University of Texas 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
Underwater Noise Abatement: AdBm Trial Success
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), part of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), details the recent successful offshore demonstration of AdBm Technologies’ underwater noise abatement system. AdBm, a portfolio company of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, worked with its Dutch partner, Ballast Nedam, to deploy its system at the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea. The test successfully demonstrated an underwater noise reduction of almost 40 dB, a level of performance that is critical for the installation of offshore wind farms, especially
Acoutic Pingers; Not Just for Airplane Black Boxes
a different frequency. Having each pinger broadcasting a unique frequency means many can be deployed in the same general area and individual units can be quickly and easily relocated. Researchers and scientists at many universities also rely on pingers. The Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas in Austin has one of the most established and well regarded geoscience programs in the world. R. Wayne Wagner is a post doctoral fellow at the school’s Department of Geological Sciences, one of the country’s oldest geoscience departments. Dr. Wagner is trying to develop
Olgoonik/Fairweather Wins BOEM Contract
Olgoonik/Fairweather, LLC, in conjunction with a team of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the University of Texas at Austin, the Florida Institute of Technology, Battelle Memorial Institute and Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc., has been awarded the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) contract to continue environmental monitoring research in the Beaufort Sea. The project is titled Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area (ANIMIDA III). ANIMIDA III is a two-pronged monitoring project that includes a separate effort involving the monitoring of Boulder Patch kelp beds
Liquid Robotics PacX Challenge
Liquid Robotics, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider, announced today at the Oceans’13 MTS/IEEEscientific conference the winner of the Liquid Robotics’ PacX Challenge grand prize was awarded to Dr. Tracy Villareal, professor of marine science at the University of Texas at Austin.His winning research focused on a comparison of scientific spatial data collected from U.S. satellite streams to in-situ or surface data collected by the four PacX Wave Gliders. Dr. Villareal studied the detection and behavior of large phytoplankton species critical to removing carbon
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