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OCT 2017

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46 st / October 2017 www.sea-technology.com operations in the U.S. with the appointment of Sean Mc- Donald as vice president. McDonald has experience in U.S. offshore wind and oil and gas sectors, with a background in geology, geophysics and geotechnical engineering. He will be responsible for leading expansion in the offshore wind sector. Well-Safe Solutions announced the appointment of Graeme Murray as legal and commercial director and Glenn Wilson as chief technical officer. Joining Well-Safe from Dolphin Drilling, where he was managing director, Murray has more than 27 years of legal and commercial experience in oil and gas and was previously general counsel, company secretary and vice president for commercial and procurement with Subsea 7. Wilson has worked for Repsol Sinopec as decom- missioning program manager and as decommissioning and U.K. operations manager for Hess Ltd. in Aberdeen. ST UUV Aquabotix Ltd. announced the promotion of Ted Curley to chief devel- opment officer of its subsidiary, Aquabo- tix Technology Corp. Curley has more than 25 years of sales experience in the unmanned underwater industry, includ- ing sales at Teledyne Marine. He will be based in Massachusetts, overseeing all facets of the sales and business development functions. Sven Thy Christensen will develop ma- rine and power markets for Plan B Ener- gy Storage in the Mediterranean region. Christensen brings decades of experi- ence in green solutions for ship effi- ciency, emissions reduction and power generation including diesel and gas gen- eration, wind and solar energy. Christensen has worked at Odense Maritime Technology and as CEO at MAN Diesel and Turbo in Spain. He holds degrees in mechanical engi- neering and business administration from the University of Copenhagen. The University of Alabama, NOAA National Weather Ser- vice and NOAA Sea Grant announced Karen Bareford as the national water extension liaison at the National Water Center (NWC). As a member of the NWC and Mississippi- Alabama Sea Grant, Bareford will work with NWC scien- tists and Sea Grant extension professionals to ensure they understand what information decision makers need, as well as developing outreach products based on NWC science. NWC supports collaborative water resources services and resiliency. iXblue announced changes in leadership as Philippe De- baillon Vesque completes his tenure and leaves to pursue a new venture. Herve Arditty, the chairman and founder of iXcore, is taking over as iXblue CEO, with Fabien Na- politano as chief operating officer and Xavier Montazel and Herve Lefevre as executive vice presidents. McLaren Engineering Group hired Stephen Famularo, P.E., as its director of marine engineering. Famularo is an engi- neer and diver who has managed more than $75 million in substructure rehabilitation projects, including the Pier C Homeport at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as well as developing a Web-based management system for New York City water- front infrastructure. The Council of the Confederation of European Maritime Technology Societies presented Damen CEO René Berkvens with the CEMT Award. The council bestows the award an- nually in recognition of the substantial technological, po- litical or economic contribution made to the success of the European maritime industry by an individual, company or organization. Offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering con- sultancy Cathie Associates announced the opening of its October Issue 25 Years Ago 1992. Mark Cusano's ST feature asked if a synthetic data architecture for VTS might work better than the raw video approach then used for remote radar data transmission. … The "Marine Climatic Atlas of the World" was released. This compact-disc contained monthly climatological data from 1950 to 1970 that allowed the user to overlay analyses and print grid point data and contoured charts. … Five species of sea turtle—Kemp's ridley, leatherback, hawksbill, green and loggerhead—were protected by a NOAA National Marine Fisheries Services rule that created stricter requirements for shrimp trawlers to use turtle excluder devices. 15 Years Ago 2002. An analysis of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts pre- dicted 58,000 sq. km of shoreline at risk of flooding; among them were 25,000 in Louisiana, 6,500 in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the western Florida panhandle and 8,750 in south Florida. … An undersea data network project, the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS), was under- taken by MBARI, University of Washington, the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory and WHOI with $7 million from NSF. … The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin had recently commis- sioned a 26,000-sq. ft. combat system integrations labora- tory that replicated actual submarine command and control centers. 10 Years Ago 2007. Like a sci-fi scene, researchers found that moray eels have a scary way of eating: seizing prey in the jaws, with a second set of jaws located in the throat that reaches forward into the mouth and carries it back to the esophagus for swal- lowing. … Stefan Herion and Holger Huhn presented a new architecture for joints in offshore wind turbine connector tri- pods, using conical instead of round connections for better stress distribution. … Russian authorities inspecting a boat in Japan alerted the Washington State Coast Guard of five nests of the deciduous tree-destroying Asian gypsy moths, discovered aboard motor vessel Orto. ST st looks back people

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