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April 2014 Contents Volume 57 Number 3 24 Education 24 SeaPerch Finals The Fourth National SeaPerch Challenge, the Underwater Robotic Championship, is set for next month in Mississippi, bring together students, industry and government. 6 Editorial 46 People & Companies 50 OI 2014 Tech Overviewech Over 56 Products 61 Classifeds 64 Ad Index USV 16 Meet Anaconda-2 A collaboration between Swiftships and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette delivers Anaconda-2. By Susan Buchanan 16 20 Case Study 20 Alvin Passes the Test WHOI’s submarine Alvin is back from a $2m overhaul that has dramatically upgraded its capabilities. Chris Linder , W oods Hole Oceanographic Ins titution Swif tships 46 People & Companies Birns celebrates 60 • Deals are done @ OI ‘14 • Harkand expands in the Gulf • New guidance for subsea installations 50 April 2014 4 MTR 42 Pipeline Inspection 42 Laser Scanning Underwater laser based micro- bathymetry is becoming a valuable tool for subsea pipeline and asset inspection. By Jason Gillham MTR #3 (1-17).indd 4 4/10/2014 9:52:49 AM
