Marine Technology Reporter, March 2011

<BODY> <div> www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 51 people & companies Batten to Head Marine Energy Center Belinda Batten, head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, will be the new director of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center beginning in July. Medeiros Joins OceanWorks OceanWorks welcomes Lisa Medeiros to its team in the posi- tion of Business Development Manager. Acting as Business Development Manager for the off- shore oil and gas industry. Medeiros joins the OceanWorks team from the Offshore Division of OYO Geospace in Houston and brings over 15 years of offshore and marine industry expe- rience. www.oceanworks.com Caswell Wins Humboldt Research Award Hal Caswell, a senior scientist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), was awarded a 2010 Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany. The award is given "to internationally renowned scientists and scholars whose fundamental dis- coveries, new theories or insights have a significant impact on their own dis- cipline and who are expected to con- tinue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future," accord- ing to the foundation. Caswell is known for his work on population dynamics and demography. His recent research in this area has focused on developing models for studying threatened species, such as right whales and polar bears. Waggoner Rejoins BMT BMT Scientific Marine Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, said that Mark Waggoner was appointed as the new Service Manager. He rejoins BMT after a five year absence, having worked previ- ously as a Field Instrumentation Inspector/Field Engineer. Bluefin Names III as East Coast Representative Bluefin Robotics announced a regional partnership with International Industries, Inc. (III), provider of marine, hydrographic and survey equipment and software. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, III will promote and sell Bluefin products in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Rapp Hydema Delivers Icelandic Trawler Rapp Hydema has completed sea trials of electric winches for the F/V Thorunn Sveinsdottir, an Icelandic fishing-trawler. The substantial winch suite supplied includes Split Trawl, Sweep Line, Gilson, Cod-End, Out-Haul, Auxiliary and other winches, net reels, and Anchor Windlass. Rapp has been a long-time supplier worldwide of such devices — but this was a unique order. Rapp has some of its newest research-and- development achievements on dis- play. Perhaps most important, Rapp’s new liquid-cooled motor is aboard— patented, and then awarded—at last May’s OTC in Houston. MirTac Implement Star for Seatec MirTac has completed the imple- mentation of asset management sys- tem Star IPS at Seatec. MirTac sup- ports Seatec in its maintenance, safe- ty and audit operations for its diving and ROV projects. Seatec Underwater Systems B.V. provides worldwide technical solutions and services to clients in various sectors such as On- and Offshore Contractors, Dredging Industry, Shipyards and Government Departments. www.MirTAc.nl Farsounder Upgrades Software FarSounder released SonaSoft ver- sion 2.3; an upgrade to the software which powers all FS-3 series sonars. This upgrade includes significant processing, user interface, and display improvements. Upgrade features include: (Photo cour tesy Or egon State Univ .) </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>