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GLOSTEN

Seattle, WA • https://glosten.com/

No. of Employees: 105

President/CEO: Morgan Fanberg, PE

Vice President: Lisa Renehan, PE

Marketing Director: Maggie Moon

Engineering Director: Justin Morgan, PE

Images courtesy Friere Shipyard losten is a full-service naval architecture and marine (CCRV), will be capable of carbon-free operations and run engineering consultancy with over 65 years of experi- on hydrogen power—the latter of which is yet to be achieved ence. With of? ces in Seattle, Washington and Provi- with a research vessel. The CCRV features a unique hydro- dence, Rhode Island, the ? rm has a reputation for gen-fuel-cell propulsion system powered by liquid hydrogen

Gproducing highly customizable designs and provid- and fuel cells which it will rely on exclusively for 75% of its ing exceptional engineering support for vessels at all stages of missions, coupled with a clean-running diesel-electric power life—from napkin sketch through construction, and beyond. plant to provide supplementary power for longer missions. In

Glosten offers naval architecture, marine engineering, marine addition to its innovative propulsion system, the CCRV will electrical and controls engineering, ocean engineering, ship- be equipped with acoustic Doppler current pro? lers, sea- yard production support, marine consulting, and owner and ? oor mapping systems, midwater ? shery imaging systems, onsite support services to clients across a variety of sectors biological and geological sampling systems, and support for and vessel types. These include ferries, research vessels, tugs, airborne drone operations. Once built, it will operate as an un- barges, dredges, bridges, and ? oating platforms. The ? rm also inspected, California Air Resource Board (CARB)-compliant, specializes in hydrodynamic analysis, climatology, and risk ABS-classed vessel and an alternative design under SOLAS, analysis to serve vessel-operating clients, marine civil engi- and uphold the institutional values of Scripps, minimizing neers, and contractors performing challenging in-water proj- its environmental impact on the Paci? c Coast and setting a ects. Additionally, Glosten provides acoustical engineering global standard for innovation. Glosten is also the developer services through its subsidiary, Noise Control Engineering— of a tension-leg platform (TLP) technology for deepwater a Massachusetts-based consulting ? rm specializing in noise offshore wind turbines called PelaStar, which gained further and vibration measurement and control for marine, industrial, attention this May after being named a winner of Phase Two commercial, and military applications. of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) FLoating Offshore

The Technology : Earlier this year, Glosten delivered the Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. The PelaStar TLP is one preliminary design and was awarded Approval in Principle of just ? ve winning technologies the DOE recognized as vi- from ABS for a ? rst-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid coastal re- able for industrialized manufacturing and deployment of giga- search vessel for Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The watt-scale offshore wind farms in the United States. The most vessel, nominally dubbed the Coastal Class Research Vessel stable ? oating platform on the market, it features a simple, 44 September/October 2024

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