into this
hugely fascinating ? eld. There are many good published refer-
ences available from the library. On-line, a good place to start
is Battery University at
(SMD) designed, devel- and has attained collection ef? ciency rates of at least 97% in oped and delivered the mining machinery planned for the recent university trials. Solwara 1 Sea? oor Massive Sulphides project some 15 years Ian Maskell, principal engineer, says: “The eyes of the ago, and it is now
in terms of the amount of crustal material produced by volcanoes,” added Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, geology professor at THE UNKNOWN Western Washington University. “This is where new tectonic plates are created, and where hydrothermal vent and mineral deposits form.” IN THE What’s All the Comm-ocean? The
even in remote locations like the Antarctic. Engineering and Mechatronics at Villanova And for users who tend to operate in areas with drastic University and a Master of Engineering changes in water density, strong currents, and storm condi- in Systems Engineering and Project tions – such as the
of Commerce, acting and Deputy Administrator of the ence degree from Shang- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and hai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex
Wabtec is huge, pervasive in power across in- the journey to your present position? dustries, but not broadly known globally in the I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an maritime sector. Please give a ‘By the Numbers’ undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering and started with look at the company
Battery Pack with Liquid Cooling”; L.H. Sawa, A. A. O. Taya and L. Winston Zhang; The Department of Mechanical Engineering, National About the Author University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. David Sundin is Founder and 2. “Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems”, David Sundin, Ph.D. En- gineered
. supportive of new vehicles organically built in Japan. Fortunately, that sort of extreme accuracy really isn’t required Recently, we supported Cornell University with a specially to capture operationally useful temperature, salinity, and sound con? gured and calibrated sensor for remote study of a deep
the path toward commercialization. By Greg Trauthwein To start us off, can you give us a by the numbers look at in Ocean Engineering at Oregon State University, which is Mocean Energy today? where I ? rst started working on Wave Energy. Next I went to Mocean Energy has been operating since 2016, today
of Commerce, acting and Deputy Administrator of the ence degree from Shang- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and hai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex
most transformational periods in its history. Campe has had a long and varied career, a career with his Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology as a foundation, and an entrepreneurial career built on research and develop- ment, including a stint working for famed Dutch astronaut
to build an autonomous underwater drone following a student research project at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), a public university in Switzerland. Professional divers and the Tethys ROV Underwater drone from Tethys Robotics with the after an underwater inspection operation
Floor research project at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule During Tethys Robotics’ ? rst discussions with Nortek, the Zürich (ETH Zurich), a public university in Switzerland. DVL500 Compact had just been released. This is a 500 kHz Tethys Robotics’ goal was to build an autonomous under- DVL in a small
SEAFLOOR MAPPING All images courtesy Curtin University Digital 3D model of WA Shipwreck he underwater remains of a ship built in Fremantle in reconstruction,” Professor Woods said. 1876 and which sunk off the coast several years later can “The new 3D model of the Star allows the wreck site to be now be
NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation undersea infrastructure, naval mine warfare, maritime security (CMRE) in La Spezia, Italy, the University of Porto’s Labo- operations, force protection, underwater warfare, amphibious ratory for Underwater Systems and Technology (LSTS), and operations
of Commerce, acting and Deputy Administrator of the ence degree from Shang- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and hai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex
and Ecuador. Currently, she is Frank pursuing her master of environmental Skucas Washington, D.C., partner Kimberly studies degree at Dalhousie University. Ruta Skucas is a federal energy Frank co-leads the ? rm’s global Power regulatory and wholesale electricity practice group and focuses her electric
minutes to fully deploy “Wind Challenger Plan,” an industry-academia project led by or retract the sail. The Wind Challenger sail is automated, de- The University of Tokyo. Since 2013, the team was chosen signed to make it easy for a normal crew to use the wind to to receive a subsidy on next-generation marine
; Lone Star State for Texas A&M Maritime for the ? ve ships. The cumulative package is delivered by GE Academy; and Golden State for California State University Power Conversion. Maritime Academy – and each had input on the design, from “It’s built from a redundancy for the safe return to port fea- the
recent years, Kytölä said. In 2022, the company dedicated €241 million (about $255 million) to R&D expenditure, or 4.1% of its net sales, up from €165 million (about $175 million) and 3.2% in 2018. In particular, the company has been working to maxi- mize the ef? ciency of its portfolio of gas, diesel
Jason Stockwell, ated by the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natu- director of the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory. ral Resources at the University of Vermont (UVM). The While the vessel will be used for limnological, ? sheries 64-foot-long aluminum catamaran was designed by Chart- and geophysical
24-hour operations, the newbuild le- man, SVP at Geodynamics. “This new best-in-class vessel will verages fundamental design elements of the Duke University provide an unmatched platform for our continued focus per- Marine Lab’s Shearwater and Blue Tide Puerto Rico’s Blue forming to the most stringent
? ciency and reduce emissions. promising frontier in the United States. A re- “That’s how we look at it,” said Jack Cammarota, director A port by the University of California Berkeley released in of marine operations at Blue Ocean Transfers. Blue Ocean August concluded that due to the nation’s long coastlines
in e1 Marine, building an charging. Another BSMC publication, prepared by Vander- electricity powered boat (with methanol input to the fuel bilt University’s Climate Change Initiative, “Pathways to cell) to be operated on the inland waterways by American Net-Zero 2050 in the North American Marine Shipping