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MTS Welcomes New Gold Member - Sea-Bird Scientific

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OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads in on the East Coast Horizon

MTS Releases September/October Journal

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MTS Houston Section Hosts Annual Barbecue Social and Fundraiser

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President's Letter - November Currents

For the United States, November has our Thanksgiving, and I would like to start by thanking all of you have volunteered on MTS efforts. Thank you to the Section and Committee leaders, the 2021 MTS Awards Committee, 2021 Board Nominating Committee, academic advisors for our Student Sections, the Captain Don Walsh joint (with SUT) selection panel, Local Organizing Committees for OCEANS 2021-2024, Editorial board, Woman Leaders in Technology and Science organizing committee, the many presenters on our webinars, board members, and thank you to the fabulous HQ team who keeps MTS moving forward.

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UN Decade for Ocean Science Launches Next Ocean Laboratory Focused on A Clean Ocean

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MTS Maritime Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Committee Chair Serves on Virtual Panel - Watch Recording

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Maritime TV to Feature Oceans in Action November 4 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Today, November 4 at 2 p.m. ET, tune into Maritime TV for Preparing for the Summit, a pre-event webcast for Oceans in Action 2022 scheduled for March 7-10, 2022 in Biloxi, MS. Oceans in Action/Port Security Summit is co-hosted by MTS and the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MSET).

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Meet MTS Small Business Member: AquaGoat

MTS reached out to Jhunehl Fortaleza, Project Manager at AquaGoat to learn more about the company and the work they do. Read the interview below.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE - OCTOBER

A successful conference can be measured in the impact it had on its participants not only during the event, but in the industry advancement and connections sustained long after the final networking session took place. OCEANS 2021 San Diego-Porto has gone the distance and a month after the conference closed, its contributions to marine technology are making waves!

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COVE study finds surge in Canadian high-tech companies enable the wider Blue Economy

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MTS AND SUT ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF THE 2021 CAPTAIN DON WALSH AWARD FOR OCEAN EXPLORATION

  • Winners carried out the Five Deeps Expedition described by a distinguished member of The Explorer’s Club as “The most ambitious exploration expedition of the century”

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) are proud to announce that the 2021 Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration has been won jointly by Commander Victor Vescovo, USN, Retired and Patrick Lahey for the 2019 Five Deeps Expedition and further dives of scientific or historical interest in subsequent years.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CMARTECH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM & MARINE SCIENTIST CERTIFICATION - LEARN HOW YOU CAN BECOME CERTIFIED

 

This summer, the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) launched the Marine Technologist Certification program. In 2020, the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) entered into a pilot program to offer the Chartered Marine Technologist (CMarTech), in an effort to provide members with an opportunity to advance their professional profile through certification. Now, all MTS and SUT members have the opportunity to apply for Marine Technologist Certification through your own professional society - at all three levels of certification: Chartered Marine Technologist (CMarTech), Registered Marine Technologist (RMarTech), and Marine Technician (MarTech).

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PRESIDENT'S LETTER - SEPTEMBER CURRENTS

PRESIDENT'S LETTER

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MTS ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT OCEANS 2021

MTS ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT OCEANS 2021

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MTS ANNOUNCES ITS 2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS AT OCEANS SAN DIEGO-PORTO

The diverse field of individual recipients—students, young professionals, career professionals, international programs—have distinguished themselves in their work, through technological accomplishment, volunteer service, or mentorship. In addition, MTS is honoring a company for its outstanding contribution for the advancement in a marine technology and our MTS Sections who are foundational to the advancement of the MTS mission. "Our awardees work with unfailing commitment to tackle problems that impact our globally connected society in real and tangible ways that many people aren’t fully aware of," said MTS President Zdenka Willis.

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MTS AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SIX STUDENTS AT OCEANS 2021 SAN DIEGO-PORTO


At the MTS State of Society and Awards Presentation at OCEANS 2021 San Diego-Porto, MTS announced its scholarship recipients for 2021. We are honored to present the following scholarships to students in marine technology:


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MTS, IEEE OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY, SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION AT OCEANS 2021

 

Dr. Jyotika Virmani, executive director of Schmidt Ocean Institute; Zdenka Willis, MTS President; and Christopher Whitt, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society President at the Student Poster Competition at OCEANS 2021 San Diego-Porto Gala congratulate first place Student Poster Competition winner Schuyler Nardelli, Rutgers University.

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REGISTER FOR OCTOBER 6, 11 AM EDT, BLUE ECONOMY EVENT - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Join us for an interactive discussion with Liesl Hotaling, coeditor of the book "Preparing the Workforce for the New Blue Economy," and with Mildred Coyne, Broward College, Workforce, Education & Innovation. 

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MTS INDIA HOLDS UN DECADE ENDORSED WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP EVENT

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.

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