The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) will host a Competitors Day event for its Forecasting Floats in Turbulence (FFT) challenge to provide information to potential competitors on the objectives of the DARPA FFT challenge. The DARPA FFT challenge Competitors Day will be hosted as a virtual webinar on October 7th 2021, from 2:00 to 3:00pm EDT. Advance registration is required.
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The IEEE-OES and MTS will be hosting the next annual conference Oceans 2022 in Chennai India. As a prelude to Oceans 22, MTS India Section organized a Women Leadership in Marine Science event on September 14. The event involved women engineers, technologists and scientists focusing on students for career opportunities in the marine sector and served as a platform to spread awareness on the IEEE and MTS activities to students across India and globally. The event, which was UN Decade endorsed, featured speakers including: Zdenka Willis, President MTS; Susan Kathy Land, President IEEE; Dr Cleopatra Doumbia Henry, President, World Maritime University Sweden; and Geetha Muthiah, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai India. In addition, the event featured two short video presentations on two of the UN Decade outcomes: (1) A Clean Ocean (2) A Healthy & Resilient Oceans by three school children. |
As we return from summer break, and parents send their children back to school, we have to wonder – what hasn’t changed? Everything looks a little different this year, whether it’s remote work, masking in schools, social distancing in public places, or reaching for hand sanitizer every time we come home. Our world is a far different place in 2021 than it was in 2019 and getting back to “normal” may take more time than any of us had anticipated.
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There are two positions open for the 2021 MTS Board Elections: Treasurer and Vice President of Budget and Finance Vice President of Section Affairs. MTS members may vote through 5:00 p.m. EST on September 21, 2021. |
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Join us for an interactive discussion with Dr. Jax Kirtley, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Jim Costopulos, CEO, Global Oceans. |
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Join the Washington, D.C. Section of MTS and Oceaneering for the MTS Tech Forum: Intelligence and Observations: The Nexus of Undersea Technology Virtual Panel on September 30, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT. Hear from a panel of leaders in marine technology with opening speakers Phil Beierl, Senior Vice President of the Aerospace and Defense Technologies segment (ADTech) within Oceaneering International, Inc. and Jake Sobin, chair of the Washington, D.C. section of MTS and sales manager at Kongsberg Maritime. Panelists include: Vice Adm. Jeff Trussler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare; Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator, NOAA's OAR Office; Dr. Leigh McCue, Associate Professor, George Mason University; and Zdenka Willis, Panel Moderator, MTS President. |
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This event resulted in the creation of the official Hindi UN Decade logo. |
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On September 13-16, join this premier online event in the field of hydrography, ocean mapping, cartography & marine geomatics. Register and submit papers: http://www.thsoa.org/event-4303159 |
As an Ocean Decade U.S. Nexus organization, MTS plays a crucial role in advancing actions in the UN Decade. Learn about MTS's contributions to the Decade including the May/June open access issue of the MTS Journal featuring the Decade and our efforts to foster diversity and inclusion amongst ocean science professionals. Read our featured Nexus Member Story here: https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/us-national-committee-on-ocean-science-for-sustainable-development-2021-2030
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Rutgers University held two weeks of summer camp programs for undergraduate students with a focus on HF radar in the first week and underwater gliders in the second. Throughout the camps, students participated in classroom and field activities that introduced them to the technologies and the many applications they support. MTS President Zdenka Willis visited the camp and presented to students about her career experiences in marine technology. For more information on these camps contact Josh Kohut, [email protected]. |
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MTS Headquarters staff Monica Ostrander and Amanda Johnston traveled to the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this month. We exhibited, networked and met with our members. We also held a networking reception at the Hotel ZaZa where MTS President-Elect Justin Manley spoke to MTS members about upcoming MTS initiatives and events. If you attended OTC and have photos or information to share about the conference, please reach out to [email protected]. |
The American Blue Economy Podcast, launched in April on the American Shoreline Podcast Network, a Coastal News Today production. Retired Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD, CEO of Ocean STL Consulting hosts the monthly podcast. Admiral Gallaudet is the former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator, and before that Oceanographer of the Navy.
