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parent company Forum. “The Mojave is a perfectly balanced ing our presence in the country through local representatives,” small vehicle which is well suited to the training requirements said EIVA Sales Director Jakob Møller Nielsen. of the students,” said Sebastian Ruggirello, co-founder of the training school. “It is powerful and highly responsive, giving US Army to Receive 13 Units for the students an excellent grounding in vehicle control. The Hydrographic Surveying subCAN control and diagnostics system is an industry stan- Sea? oor Systems shipped 13 HydroLite-TM units to the U.S. dard and familiarity with its operation is of great bene? t to the Army Dive Team in Aberdeen, Md. The company introduced pilot trainees when securing employment.” the Hydrolite-TM portable survey system in 2005, which in- corporated a Trimble GeoXT handheld with a survey grade

Ocean Energy Committee Members Selected echosounder integrated to a small vessel mountable mounting

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) an- bracket for the U.S. Army Tactical Dive Teams. For the past nounced that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer- 10 years, the HydroLite-TM has servedhydrographic survey- ing, and Medicine have selected 14 experts to serve on the ors worldwide—surveying shallow waters such as ponds, riv- new standing committee on environmental science and assess- ers and lakes. ment for offshore energy and mineral resources. The commit- tee, which collectively gathers knowledge from academic, industry, government and nonpro? t experience, aims to pro- vide independent information on issues relevant to BOEM’s environmental studies and assessment activities and support discussions on relevant issues. Members of the committee are: • Chair: Dr. Gary B. Griggs—University of California, Santa Cruz • Dr. Peter J. Auster—University of Connecticut • Deerin Babb-Brott—SeaPlan • Dr. Keith R. Criddle—University of Alaska, Fairbanks • Dr. Hajo Eicken—University of Alaska, Fairbanks • Dr. Paul G. Falkowski—Rutgers University • Dr. Mary (Missy) H. Feeley—ExxonMobil (Retired) (Image: Sea? oor Systems) • Dr. Mardi C. Hastings—Georgia Institute of Technology (Retired) • Dr. Bonnie J. McCay—Rutgers University • Dr. Richard McLaughlin—Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University • Dr. Jacqueline Michel—Research Planning, Inc.

• Dr. Timothy J. Ragen—Marine Mammal Commission (Retired) • Dr. Mary Ruckelshaus—Stanford University • Dr. William C. Webster—University of California, Berkeley (Retired)

EIVA Adds Brazilian Rep

The Brazilian company MACSEA is now part of EIVA’s inter- national representative network of offshore specialists. MAC-

SEA signed a contract with EIVA, thereby including both software and hardware solutions from the subsea engineering company in the MACSEA product portfolio. “We are see- ing an increasing interest in our solutions at the moment in

Brazil, as a result of a large number of ongoing and planned offshore activities. With this comes the need for strengthen-

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