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Miller Joins CYBO Robots As

Software Engineer

Dana Miller has joined CYBO Ro- bots, of Indian- apolis, Ind., and will serve the com- pany as a software engineer. Mr. Mil- ler has more than eight years' experi-

Dana Miller ence in robotic soft- ware engineering, and began his career at NASA's

Goddard Space Flight Center in

Maryland. Most recently, he was employed by Logicon, Inc., in

Indianapolis.

CYBO Robots specializes in the integration of production welding robots and is currently heading a team of companies developing welding robots that will serve to automate the construction of war- ships and commercial vessels under a Department of Defense contract.

For more information on CYBO Robots

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Aker Omega Appoints

New President

A.J. Cortez Ulf S. Henriksen

Disposal Mobile Unit Six

Detachment from Panama City, which detonated explosives to cause the sinking.

In December 1993, Antares was discovered sinking approximately 10 miles south of the Mobile, Ala., sea buoy. Flooding was brought under control and the ship was allowed to enter port. As part of the Coast Guard Port State

Control Program, USCG Marine

Safety inspectors boarded Antares and deemed the ship an environ- mental hazard.

Antares was detained until cleanup costs were paid and repairs were completed to make the vessel safe for voyage. In

March 1994, the ship was aban- doned and cleanup costs were not paid by its owners. In November 1994, the USCG prepared a con- tract to have the vessel sunk as a reef as part of the State of Florida

Artificial Reef Project. special feature spotlighting Oil Spill

Response Technology!

Aker Omega, Inc., of Houston,

Texas — a company which provides project management, engineering, and construction management ser- vices for the offshore oil and gas and marine industries — has appointed A.J. Cortez to the com- pany presidency. Mr. Cortez joined the company in 1978, and for the past two years has served as vice president of corporate sup- port.

Aker Omega's former president,

Ulf S. Henriksen, has been appointed to the post of executive vice president of Aker Oil & Gas

Technology, Inc., the parent compa- ny of Aker Omega.

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Aker Omega, Inc.

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Panamanian Vessel Sunk

To Create Artificial Reef

In late September, the U.S. Coast

Guard (USCG) reported that it supervised the sinking of

Panamanian motor vessel Antares 20 miles south of Pensacola, Fla.

Approximately $516,000 was spent from federal funds to prepare the vessel for the sinking, a task given to the Navy's Explosive Ordnance

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