Marine Tech Talk

This episode begins a special four-part series on "Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first-ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle.

In this episode we are joined by Ben Allsup, The Technical Support and Operations Manager for Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Glider. Ben discusses how Silbo got its name, the overall plan for the voyage, how the various ports were determined, and some of the very interesting challenges that the glider faced on its way from Cape Cod to Ireland.

For more information on Slocum Gliders, visit our website at www.teledynemarine.com/slocum-glider. There is a press release on the website that also details the journey as well as a recorded webinar on the journey that can be found on our LINK Webinar channel. For more information on how Slocum gliders are helping researchers and commercial customers explore and understand the ocean, you can google Slocum Gliders or search Twitter for posts from our many customers.

In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we are joined by Brian Bradley, a faculty member of Cape Fear Community College's Marine Technology Program in Wilmington, North Carolina. Cape Fear Community College employs a range of equipment from Teledyne Marine in their program.

Brian teaches Hydrographic Surveying, Marine Instrumentation, and Marine Data Processing, and he also serves as an "at sea" instructor for three of the five oceanographic training cruises students are required to complete during their course of study.

Brian talks about the equipment and the program, and how the combination of the students' classroom and on-water experience creates a much faster and easier transition to the workplace after graduation.

For more information on the programs offered at Cape Fear Community College, log onto the school's website at www.cfcc.edu. You can also learn more about the school on Twitter or Facebook.

On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Dr. John Howe, a Senior Lecturer in Marine Geology at the Scottish Association of Marine Scientists (SAMS). His expertise is in fjord geomorphology and glaciomarine sedimentation. He is the operator of the UK Gavia AUV, Freya, and he has participated in more than 30 cruises to regions including the Arctic, Svalbard, Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea and the Chilean Patagonia.

John discusses several of his recent trips with the Gavia and the advantages that Autonomous Underwater Vehicles provide for researchers.

For more information about the work being done with Freya and the programs being offered at SAMs, follow along on Twitter or visit the official SAMs website.

On this episode of the podcast we speak with Dr. Joe O Callahan, a coastal oceanographer with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), and Khush Jhugroo, a PhD candidate in Physical Oceanography at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. They discuss the work they are doing with NIWA in the shelf seas around New Zealand. The team has been examining river washes out to the bays, and understanding the deep eddies in greater Cook Strait using two Slocum autonomous gliders, Betty and Manaya.

For more information on the work being done with Slocum gliders in the shelf seas around New Zealand, follow the Twitter handles for NIWA and Dr. O'Callahan.

In the first episode of the New Year, we are joined by Dr. Aaron Fisk, a Professor at the University of Windsor and Science Director for the Real-time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network (RAEON), Katelynn Johnson, Research and Operations Director at RAEON and Cailin Burmaster, a Marine Technician for RAEON. The team is using a Slocum Glider from Teledyne Webb Research to investigate the health of the Great Lakes.

For more information about the work being done in the Great Lakes by RAEON, check out the organization's Twitter handle or you can also follow along with the Fisk Lab.

In this final episode of the Marine Tech Talk, host Melissa Rossi and many of the seasons guests send their wishes from around the world to all of our listeners. If you have topics you'd like to hear us discuss on Marine Tech Talk, email your suggestions to us at [email protected]

Be safe, stay healthy, and help protect this great planet that we live on. We'll see you all next year!

In this fall series of podcasts, we introduce some of the winners and general entrants from the 2020 Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Teledyne's annual Photo/ Data Contest concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped the company donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of a charitable giving campaign.

In this final episode of the Teledyne Marine Photo Contest series, we chat with Jhon Mojica, a polar oceanographer from the Center for Global Sea Level Change at New York University in Abu Dhabi. Jhon submitted two images of a mooring deployment that incorporated a Benthos R2K Acoustic Release. Jhon's research work focuses on ocean dynamics in polar regions and interactions with ice shelves, characterizing the effects of sea-level rise in coastal cities such as Abu Dhabi.

For more information on the Center for Global Sea Level Change, check out the center's Twitter handle, or follow Jhon Mojica.

In this fall series of podcasts, we introduce some of the winners and general entrants from the 2020 Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Teledyne's annual Photo/ Data Contest concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped the company donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of a charitable giving campaign.

In this episode we speak with Maria Valladares Anton, an oceanography technician and glider pilot at the AquaPacífico Aquaculture Innovation Center at the Universidad Catholica de Norte in Angtofagasta, Chile. Maria submitted photos taken while deploying a Slocum glider in La Herradura Bay in Coquimbo, a coastal city in Northern Chile. Maria and an integrated team of scientists from other universities have been using the Slocum glider to study coastal upwellings and other oceanographic processes in the waters around Chile.

In this fall series of podcasts, we introduce some of the winners and general entrants from the 2020 Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Teledyne's annual Photo/ Data Contest concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped the company donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of a charitable giving campaign.

In this episode we speak with Leah Elllis, a Habitat Biologist in the Instream Flow Program at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Leah was one of our contestants this year in our Teledyne Marine Photo Contest and the winner of one of our Honorable Mention photo awards. Leah's photo was of her team out "in the elements" collecting data. The mission of their program is to acquire water rights in rivers and lakes for fish habitat protection.

To learn more about the work that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are doing, check out their website or follow them on Facebook.

In this fall series of podcasts, we introduce some of the winners and general entrants from the 2020 Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Teledyne's annual Photo/ Data Contest concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped the company donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of a charitable giving campaign.

In this episode we speak with Peter King, Facility Manager in the Autonomous Systems Maritime Laboratory at the University of Tasmania and one of our contestants this year in our Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Tim submitted two great photos, one of his team and their AUV, Nupiri Muka, which was outfitted with two Teledyne RD Instruments DVLs, just after recovery and another pre-deployment with the Thwaites Glacier as a backdrop. Peter explains the photo, how the RD Instruments DVLs aided their research, and a bit about their work as part of the Antarctic Gateway Partnership.

To learn more about the University of Tasmania and the Antarctic Gateway, check out the project's Twitter and Facebook. You can also keep pace with Peter King and his latest adventures via his Twitter account.