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!
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.
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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PRESIDENT'S LETTER |
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MTS ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT OCEANS 2021 |
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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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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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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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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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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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Join MTS on October 13, 2 p.m. EDT for an interactive discussion in our Women Leadership in Marine Technology and Science webinar series - We Don't Need Saving, We Need Allies. Empowerment is a critical element of gender equality, however gender equality is not a "women's issue," nor can it be advanced solely through women's efforts. Men are important actors who can share the responsibility and participate actively in this agenda. Why? Because men continue to hold many of the influential decision-making positions. Working in partnership with women, men can be game-changers in transforming cultures and institutions that uphold harmful gender norms. |
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REGISTRATION OPENS IN OCTOBER |
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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.
Wed Mar 22, 2023Sofar Ocean Smart Mooring Sensor Integrations: What’s Coming in 2023? Category: Webinars |
Wed Apr 12, 2023Women Leadership in Marine Technology and Science: Microaggressions Category: Webinars |
