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LANDER LAB #10 BATTERY PACKS, CHARGING, AND CAPACITY TESTING Photo Credit: Hanumant Singh / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC n ocean lander has many strengths including that produces the current is irreversible. Examples include ? exibility of deployment
FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
highlighting ongoing scienti? c developments. Submarine volcanoes are largely unknown, in contrast with their sub-aerial (above-ground) counterparts. Kevin Mackay, marine ge- ologist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research (NIWA), New Zealand, said, “There are over one million underwater
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
. MTR participated in the 2022 event, but I skipped it as we went back out into the world with a minimalist approach in terms of the Contributing Writers Kevin Hardy number of team members sent to speci? c events.. Celia Konowe We have media serving the global maritime, subsea, offshore energy, ports and
More Power Stored electrical power in batteries permit the untethered operation of sea? oor instrumentation on ocean landers, among other things. By Kevin Hardy 40 Oi ‘24 ‘That’s a Wrap’ From new product debuts -- cables and connectors, vehicles, sub bottom pro? lers 40 -- to many deals done
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
as their cousins on the land and in the air. Fast track to 2024, and many of the topics discussed that evening are coming to fruition Contributing Writers Kevin Hardy now. Last month Boeing delivered the ? rst Orca XLUUV, essentially a small, uncrewed Celia Konowe Edward Lundquist military submarine that is
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
pioneered the ? eld of electroacoustics, more Contributing Writers than 75 years ago; carried forward by Don Massa until the leadership baton was earned Kevin Hardy by his daughter. Dawn is passionate about her company, technology and people, and it is Celia Konowe Edward Lundquist the latter that I found
; and lead to new or substantially im- proved intercity passenger rail transportation corridors. Keller • USDOT SMART – Strengthening Mobility and Rev- Kevin Keller is HDR’s intermodal transportation plan- ning lead, with more than 30 years of experience in olutionizing Transportation: Provides grants to
FEDERAL GRANT RESOURCES FOR U.S. PORTS Image courtesy HDR Leveraging IIJA Funds to Deliver Crucial Solutions for Ports By Nathan Macek, Aurah Landau, and Kevin Keller ike many ports, the Alaskan Port of Homer faces ag- Though federal funding levels in IIJA have increased, compe- ing infrastructure and capital
in a block of clear acrylic. Heat is the principal enemy of LEDs. Much has been written about topside luminaire design, including the use of Photo by Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design Commercial ? rms that manufacture self-powered/self-re- cording underwater camera and light systems include: Arctic Rays
MTR Lander Lab 9 100 UNDERWATER CAMERAS, LIGHTS AND OCEAN LANDERS Photo by Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC bservation is the ? rst step of the Scienti? c Method. tether), intervalometer or topside control, low light sensitivity, “What’s that?”, leads to
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Kevin Hardy is President Gallaudet, PhD, Rear of Global Ocean Design, Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret) creating components and is the CEO of Ocean subsystems for unmanned STL Consulting and vehicles, following a ca- host of The American reer at
to be the driver for the coming generation. Contributing Writers Via this edition we welcome contributing editor Wendy Laursen to our pages. Based in Kevin Hardy Celia Konowe Australia, Laursen is a long-tenured technical writer in the maritime, offshore and subsea Edward Lundquist space, and she is an
natural senior policy researcher and a professor in the Pardee RAND disasters. More recently, concerns about the potential conse- Graduate School; Dr. Kevin Jones, executive dean of the fac- quences of cyberattacks have become more widespread.” ulty of Science and Engineering University of Plymouth in Recently
Promoted Dugan Austal USA Promotes Young, Hires Overstreet DSC Dredge appointed Doy Dugan Luongo Marshall Austal USA promoted Chris Young to to succeed Kevin Dolan as vice president and chief ? nancial of? cer. It has also vice president of production operations. promoted Scott Laiche to the position
of a group of in water demonstrations off the docks facing Narragansett Bay. investors who showed up purely to “shop” Blue Tech. To kick things off, Kevin Rosa founder of Current Lab, Blue Venture Forum is known for bringing people, technolo- provided a high resolution forecast of the current conditions
of Oceanography/UCSD Machine Shop, Stephen Dexter “Handbook of Oceanographic Engineering Materials”; R. Frank Busby “Manned Submersibles”. Photo by Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design Figure 3 A brass MCBH bulkhead connector is isolated from an aluminum housing using a two-part Delrin insulator. The adapter
is ISO 9001 certi? ed. The reader is referred to the SME text “Tool and Manufac- turing Engineering Handbook, Volume III, Materials, Finish- Photo by Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design ing and Coating” for further discussion of Titanium metal- Figure 2 lurgy and fabrication. Corrosion of non-DFARS Titanium
, lightweight titanium housings for deepwater temperature and pressure loggers. LANDERS Photo courtesy of Keith Johnstone, RBR Ltd, Ottawa, ON, Canada By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design, MTR Columnist itanium is an ideal oceanographic material with high to be deployed for long periods of constant immersion
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Kevin Hardy is President Gallaudet, PhD, Rear of Global Ocean Design, Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret) creating components and is the CEO of Ocean subsystems for unmanned STL Consulting and vehicles, following a ca- host of The American reer at