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people & companies Greenwood Joins Cortland/PSR Puget Sound Rope said that Michael Greenwood has joined Cortland/Puget Sound Rope as Technical Sales Manager. He has more than 34 years in the rope industry, beginning with the family rope company, Tubbs Cordage Company of San Francisco in 1976. For the last 24 years he has been in sales and sales management with Samson Rope Technologies. Greenwood’s past positions includ- ed, Western Regional Sales Manager, National Sales Manager, Director of Sales Commercial Marine and final- ly Director of New Product Development. NRC Canada Orders OceanServer AUV OceanServer Technology said that the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada took delivery of a new AUV. The Iver2 AUV, equipped with OceanServer’s dual port camera system, side scan sonar and backseat driver/remote helming capability will be used in a broad range of upcoming research initiatives. The EP42 Expandable Payload (EP) plat- form includes a dedicated CPU with disk to enable the installation of a user-selected operating system, sen- sor drivers and behavioral software. In addition, the EP vehicle ships with a well-documented Application Protocol Interface (API) with select vehicle command options to permit backseat driver control of the Iver2. Tritech Tools Assist Winning SAUC-E Teams Tritech International supported several successful AUV teams at the recent Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge Europe (SAUC-E), in La Spezia, Italy. SAUC-E challenges multi-discipli- nary teams of aspiring student engi- neers to design and build subsea vehicles capable of performing autonomous missions in an under- water environment. The competition encourages stu- dent engineers to consider underwa- ter technology and its future possi- bilities, as well as build closer links with organisations involved in underwater robotics. Tritech sensors enhanced the capabilities of compet- ing Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), specifically designed and built for the challenge. In first place, the University of Girona’s (Spain) winning Sparus AUV integrated a Micron DST imaging sonar, Tritech’s ultra com- pact mechanical scanning sonar. Kongsberg Selected for Alaska Region Research Kongsberg Maritime will supply a suite of acoustic systems, including multibeam and scientific echosounders for the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV), R/V OMA Academy Kicks Starts Trainees Academy Director, David Martin (center) with the six trainees. Six trainees from coastal commu- nities in the South West started their new careers this week as Offshore Marine Academy kicked off its first training program. The Academy, an independent organi- zation within the Offshore Marine Management (OMM) group of companies, spent weeks interview- ing and short-listing candidates aged between 18 and 25 for the upcoming Academy courses and the final candidates will now join the 12-month intensive Bristol- based course. Chairman at RESON A recent change in RESON’s board of directors will place Michael Brock as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Brock has a background as M.Sc in acoustics and comes to this position with a wealth of knowledge and experience includ- ing terms as CEO of BK medical; Divisional Director at Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement; and Managing Director at GN Otometrics. Greenwood 36 MTR October 2010
