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48 MTR November/December 2010 people & companies

OES Holds

Committee Elections

The Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) of IEEE recently held elec- tions. Jerry C. Carroll of Picayune,

MS, was elected President of OES for 2011 and 2012. Serving with

Mr. Carroll on the Executive

Committee are Dr. Albert (Sandy) J.

Williams III of Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institute as Vice

President for Technical Activities;

Dr. Archie (Todd) Morrison III of

Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institute as Vice President for

Conference Operations and Dr.

Christian de Moustier of San Diego as Secretary.

The following individuals were elected to the OES Administrative

Committee for the term from 2011 through 2013: • Robert T Bannon, PA • Pamela J Hurst, Newport, RI • James M Gant, Torrance, CA • Dr. Rene Garello, Brest, France • Dr. Jean-Pierre Hermand,

Brussels, Belgium • Edward Gough, Jr., Waveland,

MS

Davino Recognized by

Navy League Council

Premier Exhibitions, Inc. said that

CEO Chris Davino was presented with the Roosevelts’ Science Award from the Navy League Council for his work over the summer in helping to preserve the legacy of the RMS

Titanic. The award ceremony took place November 16, 2010, at the

Marriott Marquis in New York City.

This past August, Davino brought together a team of archaeologists, oceanographers, and scientists for a 20-day excursion to the RMS

Titanic wreck site. Having partnered on the mission with Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution and the

Waitt Institute, the trip has become known as “a mission of firsts” as rev- olutionary technologies were employed, including acoustic imag- ing sonar and exceptionally high-res- olution 3-D imaging, to produce the first comprehensive view of the entire RMS Titanic wreck site. The team was able to map the site with greater accuracy than that achieved on any previous wreck site explo- ration.

Richard Heller, the New York

Navy League Dinner Chairman, said that it was Chris Davino's energy and focus that brought about the recent successful dive of the RMS

Titanic. "By bringing together indi- viduals from each of these presti- gious organizations to digitally map wreckage of the RMS Titanic like never before, Chris has helped to

Bowtech Makes

Executive Appointments

Stephen Bowring Managing

Director (far left) and Mike

Winstanley, Sales Director (far right) congratulate Michael Parkin (center left) and Brian Hector (center right)

Bowtech Products announced the appointment of Brian Hector as Technical Director and Michael

Parkin as Engineering Manager.

Hector joined Bowtech over 16 years ago following his graduation from Robert Gordon’s University where he studied for his BEng in

Electronic and Electrical

Engineering. Since then he has also obtained a Mechanical

Engineering qualification. He and his team have designed systems for inspection of most hazardous areas including Offshore,

Oceanographic, Military and

Nuclear industries, all ensuring the safety of the crews and the valuable assets they operate. In the last 5 years, as Head of Engineering, he has been instrumental and guided his engineering team to bring the introduction of the company’s highly successful range of Aqua

Vision professional underwater cameras and LED lights. Taking over the management of the

Engineering Department will be

Parkin. He has been a valued mem- ber of the Engineering team for over six years.