NOC Working with Business - March 2018

Marlan Maritime Technologies win Innovation award Congratulations to our business partner Marlan Maritime Technologies on picking up the award for the hotly contested 'Innovation' category at the prestigious Mersey Maritime Awards 2018 earlier this month. The NOC has been working with Marlan for the past few years on the hydrographic radar system that secured the award, and you can expect to hear lots more from the team in the near future. Meanwhile, find out more about how Marlan are delivering innovative maritime solutions that are delivering outstanding results for their customers at their website http://marlan-tech.co.uk Deep6 becomes Innovation Centre partner Visionary hybrid marine drone developer, Deep6, has joined the NOC's Marine Robotics Innovation Centre as a Strategic Partner.  This brings the total number of companies currently working in partnership with the Innovation Centre to 26. Deep6 is headed up by New Zealand-born CEO Kohen Judd, a graduate of the Royal College of Art who has long been interested in exploration and ecology. CTO James McVay, also New Zealand-born, is a skilled mechatronics engineer who has worked with global clients to develop custom electronic solutions for a wide of range of pioneering projects.  The company is currently developing an Autonomous Surface Vehicle that deploys and recovers a tethered underwater 'drone' which is capable of autonomously gathering a wide range of sensor and video data at depth.  W-SENSE joins the Innovation Centre Pioneering underwater wireless networking and communications systems developer W•SENSE Ltd has joined the NOC's Marine Robotics Innovation Centre as a Strategic Partner. The company was initially established as part of the Sapienza University of Rome, specialising in monitoring and communication systems with pioneering patented solutions in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT).  W•SENSE director, Professor Chiara Petrioli, said: "We are extremely honoured to be welcomed into the NOC family. It's a great step for W•SENSE and a massive vote of confidence. We're very much looking forward to further developing and testing our technology with input from the talented team at the NOC. The W•SENSE team is looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together." 'Boaty' completes first historic under-ice Antarctic mission One of the NOC's Autosub Long Range AUV's, known affectionately around the world as 'Boaty McBoatface', was successfully recovered last month following its first under-ice mission beneath the Filchner Ice Shelf in West Antarctica. This success marks a significant milestone in proving the vehicle's capability. During January and February 2018, the AUV was deployed in the southern Weddell Sea as part of the Filchner Ice Shelf System (FISS) Project. 'Boaty' spent a total of 51 hours under the Antarctic ice, travelling 108km over the duration of the deployment. 'Boaty' reached depths of 944m, and spent 20 hours exploring beneath a section of the ice shelf that was 550m thick. Read the full story on our website. Autosub Long Range (ALR) is not only enabling world-class science, but is also being used to demonstrate the potential of pioneering industry applications. For example, NOC recently partnered with Sonardyne, Fugro and research partners in a successful Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) project, investigating the use of ALR, equipped with sonar and geochemical sensors, for detecting potential leakage from subsea Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) reservoirs in areas such as the North Sea. http://noc.ac.uk/projects/carbon-capture-monitoring-system NOC at Oceanology International 2018 Oceanology International 2018 took place at London Excel last week and it was the biggest year yet for the NOC at the trade show. In addition to two stands - showcasing the NOC's marine data products and business development services - we chaired and contributed to a wide range of high-profile conference sessions. The event also saw a strong presence from our partners and members, demonstrating their latest innovative products and services to a global audience.  We're now looking ahead to this year's next big event when we host the Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS) in November. If you're interested in an early discussion about exhibiting at MATS2018, get in touch via email. Marine data user survey The NERC environmental data centres are commissioning a service to make the data they hold more discoverable and accessible for users, including business and industry, via a single portal. In order to identify requirements for such a service a survey has been put together. It takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and the input will help NERC improve its data services to users. If you have an interest in accessing and using data held by NERC then please take the time to complete the survey, all input is welcome. The survey can be found at: https://kwiksurveys.com/s/v3MDWVEN#!/0 Date for your diaries - see us at: 13-15 November 2018 - Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase The NOC's annual technology event is back. A call for submission of abstracts will be announced in April and the full programme will follow on our conference website later in the year.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom