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This episode is slightly different as we welcome back a past host of the podcast, and our usual host is now in the hot seat!

Martin Stemp is an Ocean Technologist, and the Managing Director of RS Aqua, and a member of SUT Council. In this episode he talks about his personal journey into the subsea industry, including speaking about how RS Aqua was recently acquired by General Oceans.

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This week we speak with Tom Newton, a researcher in environmental fluid dynamics, and now Project Engineer (previously Science and Technical Lead for Upwelling) at Seafields. Seafields is a UK-based aquaculture business whose mission is to heal the climate and restore the oceans by domesticating, cultivating and valorising Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean.

Find out more about Seafields at www.seafields.ecoThe seaSINC project - www.seafields.eco/seasinc ---Click to see our host, Martin Stemp, RS Aqua on LinkedIn.

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This week we speak with Deborah GreavesOBE FREng,Professor of Ocean Engineering and Director of the COAST at Plymouth University, and leader of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub.

University of Plymouth - Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/centre-for-decarbonisation-and-offshore-renewable-energy

University of Plymouth – COAST Laboratory https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/facilities/coast-laboratory

Supergen ORE https://www.supergen-ore.net/

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This week we spoke with Jonathan Colby, innovator in the Marine Renewable Energy Industry.

Recorded in April 2024, Jonathan speaks about his life in the underwater world, from his experience in tidal energy to his work in Standards and Conformity Assessment in the IEC.

Jonathan is the President and Founder of Streamwise Development, a client-driven consultancy focused on enabling innovation and commercialisation in the renewable energy industry.

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This week we spoke with Julie Angus. As well as being Co-founder and CEO of Open Ocean Robotics, Julie was also the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland.

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This week we speak with Pete Girguis, Professor of Marine Sciences at Harvard University, and the 2023 winner of the SUT’s Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration.

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Click to find out more about the Girguis Lab at Harvard University.

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This week we're speaking with Dan Hook - Consultant Marine Technologist, qualified Naval Architect, and Chartered Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the unmanned marine industry.

Find Dan Hook on LinkedIn here.Click to find out more about RAD Propulsion, L3 Harris, andOcean Infinity.

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This week we’re speaking with offshore geotechnical engineer Professor Susan Gourvenec about her life and work in Perth and the UK. Susan is Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Southampton, and the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - specialising in Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering.

Find Susan on LinkedIn here.Find out more about the Royal Academy of Engineering's This is Engineering initiative and about The University of Southampton's Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering work.

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This week we’re speaking with Perth-based offshore engineer, Matt Allen who has pioneered reef engineering globally. He and his team have built 40 massive reefs for tourism, fisheries enhancement, decommissioning and habit enhancement, and will be telling us how he’s used underwater technology to design, construct and monitor the reefs.

Find out more about the artificial reefs here.

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In this episode we talk with Rustom “Rusty” Jehangir, founder of Blue Robotics and winner of this year's SUT Gwyn Griffiths Award for Underwater Robotics. Rusty speaks about his appreciation of receiving the award, and how he founded Blue Robotics to be a forward-looking, innovative supplier of robotics components enabling the future of ocean exploration.

Find out more about Blue Robotics at https://bluerobotics.com/ or get in touch with Rusty at rusty@bluerobotics.com

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In this episode, we talk with David Kerr, Director with Tidal Engineering and Environmental Services Ltd. David speaks about tidal range initiatives and the benefits that this can bring to the energy mix of the UK national grid.

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In this episode, we talk with Tyler de Gier, Engineering Manager for Ashtead Technology’s inspection and integrity engineering business. Tyler speaks about development and operation of their optical chain measurement system, and why it is critical to be able to provide accurate, reliable, and repeatable monitoring of mooring chains.

Watch the Chain Measurement System in action on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXNz_tFuwE

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In this episode, we talk with Sarah Brown, manager of the Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF). SMEEF is a fresh new opportunity and approach to funding projects in the marine and coastal environment. The fund will enable users benefiting from marine ecosystem services to voluntarily re-invest in the health and biodiversity of our seas.

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This week we talk with Fugro's Peter Richards, Designer and Chief Engineer and James Amos Business Development Manager for Marine Infrastructure Solutions. Peter and James talk about Fugro's development of a vertical boring machine (VBM™), a tool that accelerates the subsea construction phase of fixed wind turbines.

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In this episode, we talk with Dave Shaw, owner of Diving Services UK, and designer of the Underwater Stage, now managed by Dave on behalf of Pinewood Studios, London. Dave speaks about some of the complexities and technologies involved in setting up and capturing underwater scenes for TV and film, and more, giving us a fascinating insight into what goes on behind the scenes. He also speaks about his own background in diving and how this led to the Underwater Stage being built.

Dave also won the SUT's Houlder Cup in 2017 for Outstanding Contribution to Underwater Operations.

Find out more about Diving Services UK and the Underwater Stage at www.divingservicesuk.com or contact info@divingservicesuk.com **This is the last episode of season 3, join us in 2022 for season 4!

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In this episode we talk with Michele Stanley, Associate Director for Science, Enterprise and Innovation at SAMS - the Scottish Association for Marine Science. Michele talks about the work of SAMS in the field of seaweed farming and research, how seaweed can be cultivated as a sustainable energy and food source and its benefits for absorbing Carbon Dioxide.

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In this episode, we talk with Jill Zande, president of MATE Inspiration for Innovation. Jill speaks about her 20-year involvement in the MATE ROV competition, how this has grown to an internationally recognised competition with global participation, and how it is actively inspiring the next generation of marine and subsea engineers.

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In this episode, we talk with Tyler de Gier, General Manager of Welaptega, Ashtead Technology’s inspection and integrity engineering business. Tyler speaks about their best-in-class asset integrity inspection technology and how they have innovated to provide inspection as a remote operation.

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In this episode, we are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural SUT Gwyn Griffiths Award for Underwater Robotics. Alex Tomaszek, COO and co-founder of 1CSI speaks about the recognition of the Gwyn Griffiths award, how she arrived at a career in underwater robotics and gives an insight into the work of 1CSI. Alex also speaks about women in engineering and how we can all be inspired to work towards an all-inclusive industry.

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In this episode, we talk with Martin Sayer, Managing Director of Tritonia Scientific and interim chair of the SUT's Diving and Manned Submersibles Special Interest Group. Martin speaks about the work of Tritonia Scientific in development of diving survey techniques and his extensive background in diving and marine science.

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In this episode, we talk with Jeff Neasham, senior lecturer at Newcastle University and principal of the SEALab research group. Jeff speaks about a range of exciting developments in acoustic technology including an acoustic listening project which led to findings of quietening in the oceans during COVID lockdown. Jeff also speaks about involvement in the UK Acoustics Network (UKAN), a special interest group dedicated to research in underwater acoustics.

UK Acoustics Network - https://acoustics.ac.uk/

A link to the buoy on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ANGY-SEALAB

and here is a nice example of dolphins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd3CNLgN1-k

The SEAlab Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SEAlabNewcastle/

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nIn this episode we talk with Dr Atmanand from the Indian Institute of Technology. Atmanand speaks about involvement in the forthcoming IEEE/MTS Oceans 2022 conference held in India, and an extensive career in subsea technology developments including deepsea mining, manned submersibles, ROVs, water desalination, coastal protection, tsunami warning, and thermal energy recovery from tropical ocean regions.

Find out more about the Oceans 2022 conference in Chennai here and submit your abstracts.

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Welcome to Season 3 of the Underwater Technology Podcast!

In this episode, we talk with Ross MacFarlane, USV Policy and Public Affairs Advisor with Fugro. Ross speaks about the MASSPeople programme, intended to improve regulation and people competencies in the fast-growing field of autonomous and uncrewed surface vessels.

The MASSPeople working group will safeguard progression in the technology-people partnership identifying the workforce's changing needs and providing recommendations on new competency standards; as well as proposing specialisms, training structures and qualification requirements for operators now and in the future.

Find out more here:

Fugro website - https://www.fugro.com/
MASSPeople Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass-people
Maritime and Coastguard Agency Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/company/maritime-and-coastguard-agency/
SeabotXR website - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seabot-xr/

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We're back with a special bonus episode to tide you over between seasons 2 and 3!

We relive some of our favorite subsea facts from season 2 and give you some interesting stats about the podcast. We have had an amazing variety of facts, but also a variety of types of facts, from understanding the scale and size of various subsea tech, and those breaking world records, to unusual findings from the natural world and fascinating subsea stories.

We also hear a new subsea fact from our podcast editor, Emily Boddy of the SUT!

Thank you to all of our excellent podcast guests for contributing their subsea facts!

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In this episode, we talk with Paul Cook, Senior Product Manager for Renewables at Proserv. Paul speaks about their ECG™ development, Electro Cable Guard, in collaboration with Synaptec and BPP Cable Solutions, a game-changing technology for real-time health monitoring of critical offshore wind subsea cables.

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In this episode, we talk with Professor Stephen de Mora, IMarEST ambassador for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Stephen, who is an SUT Oceanography Award winner, talks about his career in ocean science, and key messages, initiatives, and goals for the UN decade.

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and find out more about IMarEST here www.imarest.org

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In this episode we talk with Katie Cross, Lucy Shuff and Nathan Formosa from the SUT's Marine Environmental Science Special Interest Group, a newly-created forum for professionals from industry, academia, and government to discuss and share ideas, technologies, applications, concepts, and policies for marine environmental science. We learn what work they do in their respective professional roles, and what the activities and goals are of the Group.

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In this episode, we talk with Nicolas Droushiotis of CHC (Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company). Nicolas talks about the Eastern Mediterranean energy market, subsea tieback developments, and how Cyprus fits in with the European Energy Strategy both for today and for the future. Nicolas also talks about development of a new Eastern Mediterranean branch of the SUT and what this means to the region.

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How do you complete a survey operation in Norway and deliver real-time survey data to the US without stepping out the door of your facility in Ireland?

We find out how with James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN. James talks about offering ocean data collection as a turnkey service, and how XOCEAN achieves this using uncrewed surface vessels to provide remotely captured survey data to global clients.

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In this episode we talk with Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director at Orbital Marine Power Ltd. Oliver talks about the development of their O2 tidal turbine, the world's most powerful tidal turbine, and how this can help in the path towards the goal of clean energy.

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In this episode, we talk with Tricia Hill, Chair and President of the SUT US branch. Tricia talks about her background in the subsea industry, her involvement in the SUT, and what work the SUT US branch is doing to promote the subsea industry.

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This week we speak with Andrew Connelly, our Underwater Technology Podcast host! Andrew is an active SUT Member serving on SUT Council and the SUT Aberdeen branch, but also has a day job working as the Product Line Manager at Imenco, providing smart solutions to the ocean industries.

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In this episode, we talk with Teo van der Kammen from ORE Catapult. Teo talks about his background in tidal energy developments and the work that ORE Catapult is doing with the TIGER project to promote the development of tidal energy technology.

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In this episode, we talk with Fraser Milne, Engineering and Projects Director at Balmoral. Fraser talks about the Balmoral product line past, present, and future, and how they are adapting to keep up with changing markets in the offshore world.

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In this episode, we talk with Oliver Steeds from Nekton. Oliver talks about what Nekton is doing to drive creation of ocean conservation areas, ensuring that local authorities are involved in conservation and research initiatives and how technology can play a part in the protection of the ocean.

Find out more about Nekton at https://nektonmission.org/
Listen to Oliver's podcast - for people who love the sea - www.catchourdrift.org

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In this episode, we talk with Toby Powell, SUT Fellow and Engineering Manager for Geotechnics, Pre-Commissioning & Technical Safety with Subsea 7.

Toby talks about what is involved with a role in geotechnics and site investigation and how energy transition is affecting this.

He also talks about his involvement with the SUT, the OSIG committee, and the International OSIG conference.

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In this episode, we talk with Steve Sasanow, the founding editor of Subsea Engineering News and author of the Subsea Watcher blog. Steve talks about how Subsea Engineering News was founded and what subsea engineering and technology was like in the 1980's.

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In this episode we talk with Paul Slorach, Business Development Director at EC-OG, a subsea technology solutions provider based in Aberdeen, UK. We talk about EC-OG’s technology developments in the arena of subsea power including their Halo battery technology and how this can make a difference to offshore operations.

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Welcome to season 2 of the Underwater Technology Podcast! To kick us off, Andrew speaks to the SUT’s new CEO, Dr. Cheryl Burgess. We find out about her background in the subsea industry, her love for the underwater world, her future plans for the SUT, and how she thinks we can inspire the next generation to get excited about careers in the ocean.

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Join us for Season 2 of the Underwater Technology Podcast on 1st April 2021.

So far we’ve had 50 episodes covering a huge range of topics, such as Ocean Exploration, the Blue Economy, and numerous Subsea Innovations. We've put a small handful of highlights in this trailer; there were so many great clips we would have loved to include! Catch up on Season 1 now, all episodes available on Buzzsprout or your favorite podcast provider.

In season 2 we’ll be interviewing a wide variety of experts such as technology companies, ocean science organisations, technology users and SUT special interest groups. We're also going to learn about some interesting and unusual subsea facts from people who have built a career in the subsea industry. We will have a return of the Q&A episode so send your questions in about anything to do with the underwater world and we will do our best to answer them!

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In this episode, SUT council member Andrew Connelly speaks with Anna Lambert – Head of Programme Delivery at SubSea Craft based in Havant UK. Anna talks about SubSea Craft's background and their current development of 'VICTA', a specialist submersible craft that delivers divers discreetly. She focuses on the building blocks of such a project's development cycle and how students and younger people can be motivated to get involved in engineering.

A 90 second video clip on VICTA can be accessed via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgOXA5smmFs

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This week SUT Council Member Andrew Connelly speaks with Joe Nicolette from Montrose/EPS in Georgia, USA about how Net Environmental Benefit Analysis based Comparative Assessment (NEBA-CA) can be applied to offshore and subsea decommissioning projects, potentially resulting in long-term benefits to ecological, social, and economic values.

A 13-minute video on NEBA-CA as applied to offshore decommissioning can be accessed via the following link: https://montrose-env.com/content/maximizing-ecosystem-service-benefits-while-managing-site-risks-neba-applied-to-offshore-decommissioning/

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This week SUT Council Member Andrew Connelly speaks to Dr Ed Steele from the UK Met Office in Exeter about the range of ocean and weather data products that the Met Office is able to provide to offshore industry users including ship operators, offshore hydrocarbons platforms, helicopter ops, and marine renewables. Ed is also active in the South West Chapter of our South of England Branch.

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Professor Richard Whitehouse is a long-serving SUT member who has been involved with our special interest groups on Environmental Forces & Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics. His specialist area is understanding sediment dynamics around seabed structures such as wind farm monopiles. In this interview, with our former CEO, Steve Hall, Richard talks about how HR Wallingford constructs physical scale models of these sort of structures, to test using specialist flume tanks.

Listen to our first interview with HR Wallingford here, where Laboratory Manager David Todd talks about how they solve the World's most complex water challenges.

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In this episode, SUT council member Andrew Connelly speaks with Marco Gilissen – Global UXO Marine Risk Mitigation Director and Offshore Wind Site Appraisal and Design Array Solution Owner at Fugro. Marco talks about UXO risk mitigation and the processes involved to deal with UXO issues that are experienced by different markets around the globe.

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In this interview, our former CEO Steve Hall speaks to Professor William Megill, Matt Silver-Vallance, Dr Björn Backeberg & Nick Cunningham-Moorat about their proposed international hybrid electric/human-powered submarine racing series. It brings together science, diving, engineering, and endurance sports for an exciting future race that would take place in stages at spectacular coastal locations around the world.

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In this episode, our former CEO Steve Hall speaks to Leigh Storey from the NOC.

Leigh is an ex-RN submariner now Associate Director of National Marine Facilities at the UK's National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. Leigh is heading up a new programme about net zero carbon oceanographic research capability and talks about the challenges of developing new ways of undertaking research at & under the sea with the lowest possible carbon footprint. This includes new sensors and autonomous systems but also looks at how the research ship fleet can be re-fitted with novel propulsion technology, and eventually be replaced by new ships that are as close to net zero carbon as is technically possible.

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In this episode, our former CEO Steve Hall talks to David Todd, Laboratory Manager at HR Wallingford. David introduces the work of HR Wallingford including how they build massive scale models of real-world ports, harbours and estuaries to physically model water flow, turbulence, behaviour of ships and platforms for a variety of global customers.

This is the first of three HR Wallingford interviews which will be aired over the coming weeks.

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This is part 2 of a discussion between our former CEO Steve Hall and oceanographer Don Walsh.

Don back at University, sponsored by US Navy 02:24
Back in regular US Navy service 08:20
On secondment to State Department, UN law of the Sea 18:50
Hanging out with Arthur C Clarke in Sri Lanka 23:15
Antarctic work 25:35
Leaving the navy, policy work in Washington 28:50
Academia then starting a business in the old Soviet Union 41:45
Russian partners try to build a brothel alongside the dive shop business! 55:00
Expedition cruise ships 57:04
Working with James Cameron and Victor Vescovo 01:04:41
Don Walsh award, SUT/MTS links 01:15:10

This episode is broadcast in association with the Marine Technology Society (MTS). mtsociety.org

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This is part 1 of a discussion between our former CEO Steve Hall and oceanographer Don Walsh.

How did Don end up on submarines? 16:42
Don sees the bathyscaphe for the first time (check out how he pronounces it too - I’ll use his pronunciation as the default from now on, it’s scaphe with an ‘a’ like cat) 19:20
Taking USS Rasher to 300 feet, before long he’d be at 36000 feet 25:55
The deep dives 30:55
After the deep dive 36:19
How Don’s career moves on 42:30
Finding deep ocean tech wasn’t straightforward in the early days 45:00
Becomes XO of a submarine, Vietnam war starts 53:51
Don goes to Texas A&M University to study for a Masters degree 59:40

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Episode 40, 17th December 2020 - This week former SUT CEO Steve Hall, SUT Publications & Communications Officer Emily Boddy, and SUT Council Member Andrew Connelly answer the listeners' questions on the underwater world with the expert help of SUT friends in various marine industries.

How much of the seabed have we mapped?
What are the records for saturation diving, and is it really worth the risk?
What is the deepest depth a human-occupied submersible can reach?
How advanced is current underwater communication?
Ocean carbon capture - what are we doing to protect and enhance natural systems?

Thank you to our experts, Dr Helen Snaith, Martin Sayer, Geraint West, and David Vega Maza.

We'll be back over Christmas and New Year with two feature-length episodes where Steve Hall interviews ocean exploration legend Captain Don Walsh, first human, with Jacques Piccard, to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep back in 1960.

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Episode 39, 10th December 2020 - This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews acclaimed author and specialist in open source intelligence 'H I Sutton' about his work documenting and illustrating via his books & Covert Shores website http://www.hisutton.com the secretive world of swimmer delivery vehicles, AUVs, military submarines and a particular niche as THE specialist author on the shadowy world of narcosubs, the semi- or fully-submersible craft used by drug and arms smugglers.
H is highly regarded for his attention to detail and the excellent cut-away drawings and layouts he illustrates himself, and are widely used in the print and internet media - not always with his permission!
By the nature of his work H I Sutton is a pen-name, and we won't reveal his identity or ask the usual questions about his background.
We'll be back next week 17th December with our Christmas Questions and Answer special episode, then over Christmas and New Year we'll have two feature length episodes where Steve interviews ocean exploration legend Captain Don Walsh, first human, with Jacques Piccard, to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep back in 1960.
This is Steve's last episode as SUT CEO, but you'll hear his voice for several more episodes as he's recorded a batch before moving on to join the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum as their CEO from 15th December - maybe he'll start a podcast there! Emily Boddy and Andrew Connolly will take over the recording and production of future SUT podcasts, there's plenty more to come :)
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Podcast episode 38, 3rd December 2020 - this week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Professor Ralph Rayner, who has served the global ocean science and technology community in many capacities since the late 1970s. Ralph's unusually broad career has included periods in research, industry, policy, and supporting international sustained ocean observing at governmental level on both sides of the Atlantic. Initially fascinated with the technology of diving and training as a scuba diver as a student, Ralph found his way into a career in underwater technology via a biology Bachelor's degree, then after a Masters in Underwater Science and Technology he undertook PhD work in the remote Chagos islands of the Indian Ocean. Ralph then entered industry, working in a variety of fields connected by a common thread of ocean technology, data and an ever-deepening understanding of the broad ocean science picture, eventually attaining senior level in several well-known companies. He first joined SUT in 1978 thanks to his interest in underwater technology and marine science education, and has served several times on Council, most recently as SUT's President. Ralph is Chair of Sonardyne Group, as well as supporting the US Integrated Ocean Observing System through his role in the NOAA IOOS Program Office. He serves on the advisory Boards of the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Trustee Board of Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Ralph's influence in our community has been very much a result of his keen interest in a broader than usual range of subjects, and he's still learning, exploring, and eager to spread the word about the value of ocean science and technology for the benefit of our global community, including supporting the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and encouraging closer ties between SUT and the Marine Technology Society Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org If you'd like to attend our AGM on 14th December, see https://www.sut.org/event/sut-agm/ to register. Thanks to Emily Boddy for creating the podcast artwork, and composing & performing the podcast theme music. Contact SUT at info@sut.org - especially if you'd like to feature in a future podcast episode. We'll be back next week with an interview with open-source intelligence specialist H.I.Sutton

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Podcast episode 37a, 27th November 2020 - in a change to the advertised schedule, this week we're using an edited audio version of the webinar that Nick Swift, chair of the Society for Underwater Technology's Defence Special Interest Group, gave on 16th November 2020. You can view the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/mpRxaoFT1QM
Nick talks about the role of the SIG, the projects that it is engaged in such as producing a position paper on the legal and policy aspects of armed autonomous underwater vehicles, and the rapidly changing technology that will impact how opponents contest the underwater battle space.
Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, you can contact Nick at defence@sut.org or via info@sut.org
Well be back next week with the interview with Professor Ralph Rayner that was originally scheduled for 26th November.
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Podcast 36, 19th November 2020 - this week SUT CEO Steve Hall speaks to member Vahid Walker, founder & CEO of Walker Subsea engineering about the innovative subsea engineering sector in North East England, where an industry that was once dominated by heavy engineering such as shipbuilding has adapted to the requirements of technology-driven innovation, support for emerging industries, and where innovation in the region's automotive sector is able to feed technology into subsea systems too.
Steve & Vahid also talk about the need to encourage the next generation into subsea engineering, science and technology and the value of SUT as a Society able to nurture and support individuals in their career journey.
Find out more about Walker Subsea at www.walkersubsea.com
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Podcast Episode 35, 11th November 2020 - this week SUT CEO Steve Hall speaks to Adrian Phillips, Chair of SUT Middle East Branch about his career, the founding of SUT's first Branch in the Middle East, and the rapid growth in the region for companies engaged in subsea engineering, technology and services. Adrian highlights the importance of ADIPEC as the key trade show and networking opportunity in UAE and the advances being seen in encouraging local young people to enter the sector too. There's also a brief mention of Oceanology Middle East due to take place in September 2021.
You can contact Adrian at ME@sut.org and see https://www.sut.org/branch/middle-east/ for more abut the Branch.
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Podcast episode 34, 5th November 2020 - SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews David Ince of Reed Exhibitions, the company behind Oceanology International, Offshore Europe and All-Energy. David speaks about the role that exhibitions and conferences play in supporting the underwater technology community through knowledge sharing, awareness building, an opportunity to network and encourage the next generation too. It's been a tough year for the sector thanks to COVID, and David talks about the ways that conference & exhibition organisers have had to adapt to online delivery, including the Oceanology Connect event that will take place in December 2020.
Find out more about SUT at SUT.org, you can mail Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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Podcast episode 33, 29th October 2020 - SUT CEO Steve Hall interview Chris Gilson, General Manager of Canada's 2G Robotics (now part of the Sonardyne Group) about the company's role in bringing dynamic laser scanning to the subsea sector, which has enabled users to visualise underwater structures in great detail, and can even be used effectively for mine field scanning.
The talk includes details of 2G Robotics development of technologies that enable ROVs and AUVs to capture high resolution images, to enable enhanced levels of autonomy and also touches on the challenges of dealing with the enormous file sizes of the data sets that are generated with these techniques.
Find out more about 2G Robotics at https://www.2grobotics.com/
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Podcast 32, 22nd October 2020. This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Peter Bromley, who has recently been appointed as the new Engineering Director of Seiche Water Technology Group. He talks about their line of products, including the Autonaut autonomous surface vehicle, how underwater sound measurements are used across industry, and about the challenges of making sustained ocean observations at an affordable cost.
Find more more about Seiche at https://www.seiche.com/, Ashridge at http://www.ash-eng.com and about Autonaut at http://www.autonautusv.com
Contact me at steve.hall@sut.org - we're planning on a Q&A special edition before Christmas so please send in your questions which can be for any of our guests so far or to me and the SUT staff and members.
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Pod 31, 15th October 2020 - SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Luke Alden, a Mechanical Designer working for International Submarine Engineering in British Columbia, Canada. Luke's background is in industrial design, working on projects such as the design of aircraft cockpit instrument layouts and watertight doors for lifeboats. He moved to Canada and joined ISE, a company that has been a pioneer in the development and operation of marine autonomous systems, industrial remote operated vehicles and semi-submersible platforms for long-range surveillance and patrol.
Luke tells us some of the rich history of ISE, which included the famous 'Theseus' vehicle we spoke to Bruce Butler about back in Pod 15, and moves on to the present-day 'Explorer' vehicle, before talking about future developments.
Find out more about ISE at http://www.ise.bc.ca/ & you can contact Luke at lalden@ise.bc.ca
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We're making a special Question & Answer episode for broadcast in December 2020 so please get in touch if you have questions on any aspects of ocean technology or for our previous guests.
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Episode 30, Thursday 8th October 2020 - SUT CEO Steve Hall speaks solo with an introduction to the 'Blue Economy' - the wide range of ocean activities such as offshore energy, fossil & renewables, deep sea minerals, offshore aquaculture, pharmaceuticals, leisure, defence and the associated legal and policy services that are needed to support it. Also about the autonomous systems and sensors that will enable it to grow and prosper.
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Podcast episode 29, 1st October 2020. This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Alastair McKie, Director of Remote Operations for Europe and Africa at Fugro. Alastair explains that advances in digital communication & control technology now enables operators of offshore systems, & their associated seafloor infrastructure, to bring staff onshore, and that ultimately almost all staff who currently need to work onboard offshore platforms may be able to work from a remote operations centre on land. By having a global network of remote operations centres, you can hand over operations from a Scottish centre to a US or Australian centre providing 24/7 coverage and backup in case a centre goes offline. Onshore operations are also expected to help diversify the workforce in the sector, providing a working environment that is more conducive to work/life balance and family commitments.
The technology today is mainly applied in an offshore energy context, to include hydrocarbons and renewables, but is suited to future industries such as offshore hydrogen, carbon capture & storage operations, and perhaps defence operations. Challenges include the continued requirement to repair and maintain systems, and new risks need to be mitigated such as cyber-attack on digital systems.
Find out more about Fugro at https://www.fugro.com/
Contact Steve Hall if you would like to be featured in a future episode - also we want to make a Christmas Special based on questions asked by our listeners, going back to previous guests or to new voices who can answer your questions about all aspects of underwater technology.
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Podcast 28, 24th September 2020. SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Moya Crawford - who was the Society for Underwater Technology's first female Fellow - about her fascinating life in deepwater salvage & decommissioning. Moya literally 'ran away to sea' from the island of Foula age 17 with the man who became her husband, Alec Crawford, to salvage the wreck of the 'undiveable' White Star Liner 'Oeanic', and later they formed a successful salvage company Deep Tek. Moya speaks about her extraordinary life, some of the highlights of her involvement in salvage down to considerable depths, and later moving into the growing area of decommissioning. Sound advice too for young people thinking of entering the industry, and about how being a SUT member has benefited her networking and ability to learn and share ideas.
Today much of Deep Tek's work is based in Norway - find out more at www.deeptek.no and Moya also co-founded the D'Arcy Thompson Simulator centre which creates an immersive environment for high-tech collaboration.
Moya's excellent first book 'Deep Water' has been out of print for a while but can still be found online, ISBN 9780901281838. Alec Crawford has also just published his own book of salvage stories 'Treasure Islands: True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter' ISBN 9781780276014

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Podcast episode 27, 17th September 2020 - This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews David Strachan, who writes as Strikepod - see https://www.strikepod.com He's an author specialising in imagining future scenarios where rival autonomous systems engage in conflict in the underwater battlespace in various ways - not just combat, but by attaching themselves to seabed infrastructure, injecting payloads such as viruses into subsea digital systems, deliberately shutting down pipelines or opening valves, even attaching themselves to the anechoic stealthy coating of submarines to hitch a ride and transmit position to friendly forces at an opportune time. Publications include the well-regarded 'Operation Indigo Spear and the Second Tanker War of 2022'
Some of the technologies we talk are still in the future, but others are not (even micro-nuclear power plants) and what David writes is eagerly read by professional defence analysts, military personnel, and presumably by potential opponents. All of us who work in underwater technology need to be aware of these forthcoming technologies - they'll change the way we work, and the way our nations might need to fight.

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Pod 26 - In an extra-length episode, SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews John Englander, author and expert advisor on sea level rise. In his long ocean-focused career that has included serving as CEO of the Cousteau Society, running a diving business, advocacy work and much more, John has gained an international reputation as a trusted source of knowledge on a range of marine issues and is an acclaimed speaker.
In the interview he explains the reality of sea level rise, emphasising that even if all human greenhouse emissions ended today, the momentum in the Air-Sea-Ice system means that we've already banked hundreds of years of inevitable rising seas. There's abundant observational evidence that the rate of rise is speeding up, and that rises of over 1 metre this century are entirely realistic. The impact on coastal regions will be enormous, impacting habitation, infrastructure, ports and harbours, estuaries, low-lying island states and much more. We should be planning for world where the sea level is 3 or 4 metres higher than it is today. There's nothing we can do to stop it, only adapt.
John goes on to mention the planned establishment of the Rising Seas Institute, and looks forward to working with SUT, IMarEST and other Learned Societies & Decision Makers to help the world prepare for the coming situation.
Find out more about John at https://johnenglander.net and check out his influential bestselling book 'High Tide on Main Street' - next year his new book 'Moving to Higher Ground' is due for publication.
The September 8th 2020 update to John's graphic on sea level rise can be seen at https://johnenglander.net/400000-year-graphic-shows-sea-level-temperature-and-co2/
For the highly regarded presentation John gave at the Royal Institution in May 2019 'Sea Level Rise Can No Longer Be Stopped, What Next?' go to https://youtu.be/MvqY2NcBWI8
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Episode 25, Thursday 3rd September 2020. SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Professor Gwyn Griffiths, who has had a long career pushing the boundaries of new technology in ocean engineering within the oceanographic sciences community, starting as keen young scientist at school in Holy Island, North Wales, building underwater communications equipment while still a student.
Gwyn Griffiths received his B.A. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Essex, U.K. in 1975, and M.Sc. degree in underwater systems engineering from the University of Birmingham, U.K. in 1976. He joined the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, U.K., in 1976 and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. at its formation in 1995, retiring as Chief Technologist in 2012. From 2000 to 2012 he held a part-time Chair in Underwater Systems at the University of Southampton, U.K.
His research interests centre on underwater technology and applications for oceanography, especially on instrumentation and autonomous marine vehicles and fostering their use by the research, defence and commercial sectors - and also the history of ocean science & instrumentation.
Under Gwyn's leadership, the Autosub AUV quickly demonstrated success as a scientific instrument able to gather valuable data from hitherto hard to reach locations such as underneath polar ice, and he was innovative in bringing in talent from outside the traditional marine science community to help deliver successful missions, using expert statisticians and risk analysts to help plan science, sensor deployments and data-gathering systems able to work in all weathers in under-sampled areas of ocean.
Gwyn has strong trans-Atlantic links and has worked extensively with colleagues in the USA and Canada. He remains a highly regarded and influential technologist, continuing to write, publish and encourage the real-world use of advanced equipment.
Gwyn can be contacted via his business http://www.autonomousanalytics.com/ or via SUT.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the SUT, a past Chair of the SUT Council and a Past President. His awards include the David Partridge and President’s Awards from the SUT and the IEEE OES Distinguished Technical Achievement Award.
Many of his publications are available via www.researchgate.net/profile/Gwyn_Griffiths3
Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
Thanks to Emily Boddy for podcast artwork, and for composing and performing the theme music, & thanks to Zapsplat.com for ambient underwater sounds.
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August 27th 2020, in today's episode of the Underwater Technology Podcast, SUT CEO Steve Hall speaks to solicitor Andreas Dracoulis, a partner at Haynes and Boone LLP helping clients resolve problems in the energy, shipping and construction sectors.
The focus of discussion is the subject of consequential loss - an area of contract law where an offshore operator (corporate or individual) may find themselves in complicated legal waters when a project doesn't go according to plan, and perhaps gets sued for damages. Andreas talks us through the subject, helping clarify what consequential loss means, and how to take the risks into account when working on a project - fallout from consequential loss can arise at any stage in your career so it's worth learning about it.
If you'd like to find out more about Andreas please see https://www.haynesboone.com/people/d/dracoulis-andreas - in future we hope to ask him back for episodes where he can help provide answers to your questions on legal issues pertaining to energy, shipping and construction, but please note that this podcast has been recorded for information purposes only, highlighting issues of general interest and importance. It is not intended to and does not constitute legal advice and you should always seek professional advice from a legal professional like Andreas on any relevant contract or matter - content is provided for education and information only!
To find out more about SUT please contact Steve Hall, or visit our website. Thanks to Emily Boddy for podcast artwork and composing and performing the theme music.
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Episode 23 of the SUT Underwater Technology Podcast features Steve Hall interviewing Lou Cooperhouse, CEO of innovative San Diego company BlueNalu who aim to be one of the first to market with sustainable, tasty, real fish meat (not a vegetarian substitute) made from cultured cells - 'Cellular Aquaculture' rather than wild-caught fish. You're making fish muscle tissue, not the head, organs, scales so it's efficient and cruelty-free.
The technology is scaleable, can be applied to many species of fish & shellfish, and will enable consumers to purchase a delicious and healthy fillet of fish, complete with omega 3 oils and other beneficial trace components, without the carbon footprint, environmental damage, or sometimes unsustainable efforts of wild fish capture. This offers the possibility for wild fish stocks to recover, for fishers to focus on small, high-value 'luxury food' catches, with the potential bulk of the market one day supplied from shore-based manufacturing plants.
The implications for sustainable use of wild ocean resources are immense, & enable projected future 9 billion-plus human population to be fed without destroying wild ecosystems.
In the interview Lou explains the technology and vision of the company, how far they are from market, and how the product is intended to help achieve the UN sustainable development goals to protect life under water, and ensure healthy food for human populations.
Find out more about BlueNalu at https://www.bluenalu.com and for their corporate responsibility programme see https://eat.blue
Find out more about SUT at https://www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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Episode 22, 13th August 2020 - In a longer than usual episode SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Dr Jon Copley about his career in deep-ocean exploration and research. Jon was an SUT-sponsored student back in his university days, and has gone on to become one of the world's leading experts on the deep ocean environment, currently he's the Associate Professor in Ocean Exploration & Public Engagement in the School of Ocean & Earth science at the University of Southampton, and also works as a freelance science communicator, contributing to publications such as New Scientist magazine, and training scientists how to communicate effectively.
Jon is one of the small number of human beings who've spent time exploring the abyss on board human-occupied vehicles such as the DSVs Sea Cliff, Shinkai 6500, Johnson Sea Link and others. Jon is also a user of deep-rated Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) - indeed he followed Steve Hall's stint as 'Autosub Science Missions' Programme manager at the UK National Oceanography Centre in the early 2000s, taking the work to the next level as the 'Autosub Under-Ice Science Missions' Programme Manager.
Jon speaks about hydrothermal vent ecosystems, the technology needed to explore them, what it's like to dive into the depths of the ocean far beyond the limits of military submarines, and includes tips for young people interested in a career in ocean discovery. We also talk about using robots to explore the oceans of other worlds, and how today's work in Earth's ocean will make that possible in the not-too-distant future.
He also speaks briefly on deep ocean mining to supply raw materials for a post-hydrocarbons world, and the need for effective planning and legislation to ensure it is conducted in the safest & most sustainable manner.
Find out more about Jon at http://www.joncopley.com
His book 'Ask an Ocean Explorer' is available from the usual sources, ISBN-13: 9781473696877.

Find out more about the Society for Underwater Technology at www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org with feedback or questions and especially if you'd like to be featured in a future podcast - we have listeners all over the world.
Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. Thanks to Emily Boddy for composing and performing the podcast theme music, and creating podcast artwork. Thanks to Zapsplat for ambient ocean sounds.
Next week Pod 23 we'll be learning about breakthrough technology in sustainable aquaculture using vat-grown fish cells.

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Podcast 21, 6th August 2020. This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews PhD student Karen Boswarva of the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Dunstaffnage, Scotland, about her almost-finished doctorate using the SAMS Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) 'Freya' to conduct environmental surveys in sea lochs, and overseas on fieldwork in Chile.
Contact Karen via the SAMS website (linked above) or follow on Twitter as '@bozwoz'. Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall here especially if you've got a subject for a future episode of the podcast.
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30th July 2020 - this week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Professor Ed Hill, OBE, who is Executive Director of the UK's National Oceanography Centre, which is based on two sites in Southampton & Liverpool. The National Oceanography Centre is the United Kingdom’s centre of excellence for oceanographic science, with a remit to provide national capability and leadership for big ocean science. It is home to two of the UK's fleet of Royal Research Ships, RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook, and houses major national facilities for marine autonomous systems, sensor development, the national oceanography library, the British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Marine Equipment Pool, and much more. NOC leads the UK delegation to UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and provides expert advice to government, industry and stakeholders across the world.
Read the NOC 'Big Science for Big Challenges' here. We are honoured that NOC is also a long-standing member & supporter of SUT.
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For podcast 19 SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Mick Cook about his long career in offshore site investigation, geotechnics and geophysics.
Mick talks through how he entered the sector in the 1980s, how the technology and techniques have evolved, and how particular incidents & individuals influenced and shaped how he learned to interpret and add value to the data that constantly-improving instrumentation, software and sensors provided him. He speaks about the work of the SUT Offshore Site Investigations Committee (OSIG) and of the help and support being a member of the Society for Underwater Technology has given him throughout his career. He heartily recommends that young people enter the field, there's plenty to do as the world moves forward with renewable energy, carbon capture & storage and other disciplines that will require knowledge about the sea floor.
Contact Mick at mick@mickcook.com, find out more about SUT at https://www.sut.org and contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org if you'd like to be featured in a future podcast episode.
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SUT Underwater Technology Podcast episode 18, 16th July 2020 - Steve Hall interviews Alexander Fuglesang of FASTsubsea & FSubsea AS, Norway, about subsea pumping systems - essential tools for offshore industry, be it traditional oil and gas, future carbon capture & storage, deep sea mining and even aquaculture - fish farms turn out to also be major users of subsea pump systems. Many human activities below sea level would quite literally be impossible without effective, reliable pumping systems.

In the FASTsubsea partnership the standardised Hydromag™ Drive Unit from FSubsea is developed in partnership with Aker BP, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Lundin, NOV, OMV and Voith Turbo. It combines the a powerful magnetic coupling with a proven Hydrodynamic Variable Speed “Torque” Converter. The Multiphase Pump Hydraulics are from Aker Solutions, based on the qualified MultiBooster™ , in partnership with Aker Energy, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Equinor, Chevron, Shell and Total.

Find out more about FSubsea at http://fsubsea.com, about FastSubsea at https://fastsubsea.com
Alex can also be found easily on LinkedIn.
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Judith Patten MBE is one of those people who isn't a marine engineer or scientist but has nonetheless Made Things Happen for our broad offshore community for years. She's been there in the background, organising trade shows and events, facilitating meetings between companies, researchers and policy makers, lately in particular a champion of the offshore renewables sector via the show All-Energy, which she created.
SUT CEO Steve Hall spends an enjoyable half an hour talking to Judith about her career, her enthusiasm for what we do, what it was like being a woman in the industry in the early days, and reveals that she'd like to be reincarnated as an Engineer - well done Judith!
Pour yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy her company.
Find out more about SUT at sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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Second of the AUV under-ice double bill we've recorded for the week beginning 29th June 2020, following from Pod15's interview with Bruce Butler about the 1996 mission of the ISE Theseus vehicle to lay fibre-optic cable under Canada's Arctic ice.
For this episode, Pod16, SUT CEO Steve Hall speaks to Peter King of the University of Tasmania about their missions at the other end of the world - underneath the ice of Antarctica using an 'Explorer' AUV also from ISE.
You can follow Peter on Twitter as @AuvPeter with his most recent paper about 'Cold Ocean Cavity and Weak Basal Melting of the Sørsdal Ice Shelf Revealed by Surveys Using Autonomous Platforms'online at: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JC015882
Also here's web link to Peter's facility: https://www.amcsearch.com.au/amsl and to the project: https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/antarctic-gateway-partnership
This is a link to a University of Tasmania article on the Thwaites mission, which includes some video: https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/news/news-items/researchers-celebrate-antarctic-under-ice-voyages-of-underwater-vehicle

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This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Canadian engineer Bruce Butler about the extraordinary, and history-making, mission of the 'Theseus' autonomous underwater vehicle from ISE to lay a cable under Arctic Ice in 1996, following several years of development. See https://ise.bc.ca/product/theseus-auv/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theseus_(AUV)
In the 1990s Canada and the USA needed to find a way to attach fibre optic cable to monitoring equipment located under the sea ice of the Canadian Arctic - the innovative solution found under Project Spinnaker was to develop a cable-laying autonomous underwater vehicle to unspool the delicate cable under hundreds of kilometres of ice.
In the interview Bruce outlines his career to date, and the development of Theseus, finishing with the successful mission and aftermath.
Bruce has written an excellent book 'Into the Labyrinth: The Making of a Modern Day Theseus - the book website is at http://www.theseusbook.com/ - also see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Labyrinth-Making-Modern-Day-Theseus/dp/0994953836/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= that covers the project in great detail - it's available as paperback, e-book and audiobook.
You can see a sample of Bruce's book at https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B07JN6VNJ1&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_UHW-EbMQ8PYA6
Find out more about SUT at sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org Thanks to Emily Boddy for composing and performing the theme music, and for creating the podcast artwork. Thanks to https://www.zapsplat.com/ for ocean sound effect.

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Underwater Technology Podcast Pod14, 25th June 2020 - this week Steve Hall interviews Keith Broughton, a highly experienced underwriter who specialises in underwater systems including autonomous underwater vehicles and seabed-systems. Keith was a Royal Navy officer and mine clearance diver for a decade before entering the insurance sector, and is also an accomplished sailor and a qualified marine biologist. Keith speaks about underwriting, the evolution of marine insurance legislation and the value that being an active SUT member has given him throughout his career.
If you have questions Keith welcomes contact via Keith.Broughton@beazley.com, see the Beazley website at https://www.beazley.com/london_market.html to find out more about the company. Contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org and find out more about SUT at https://www.sut.org
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In podcast 13 SUT CEO Steve Hall talks to Steffan Lindsø of Oceaneering, who introduces the 'Freedom' resident ROV/AUV, a radical new design that can behave as an AUV in transit to the work area, or for missions such as pipeline survey, then can be operated via blue laser communications as a ROV with multitool attachments fore and aft. It also features inductive charging technology so that it can be 'refuelled' from a base station on the seabed. Think of it as a resident ROV that can operate as an AUV without a tether to go off and conduct missions down to 6000m depth.
Find out more about the Freedom vehicle at: https://www.oceaneering.com/brochures/freedom-rov/
There's also a presentation online about the vehicle at https://www.oceaneering.com/tradeshows/freedom-autonomous-vehicle-development-overview/
Find out more about SUT at https:/www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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On World Oceans Day 8th June 2020 we issued a feature length podcast episode 10 featuring Steve Hall interviewing UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Chair Ariel Troisi of Argentina, and a second interview with Dr Francesca Santoro who looks after IOC's Ocean Literacy initiative from their Venice office.
By popular demand we're adding the interview with Francesca as an additional episode 'Podcast 12' for listeners who wanted a stand-alone interview on Ocean Literacy as part of the follow up to World Ocean Day. Think of it as 10.1 really :)
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For our 11th podcast experienced industry professional Charles Reith talks to SUT CEO Steve Hall about why it is helpful for offshore and subsea engineers to undertake lifelong continued professional development, seek accreditation from professional bodies, and never stop learning.
We speak about the value of training such as SUT's well-established Subsea Awareness Course (offered by many of our Branches), and in particular about the specialist training that is available from providers like his own company, https://seafloconsultancy.com, who have developed new modular high-end courses aimed at subsea engineers, technicians & managers who are aiming at professional registration with IMarEST, MTS, SUT & IMechE.

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In Pod10 of the Underwater Technology Podcast SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Ariel Troiso, Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, & Dr Francesca Santoro of the IOC office in Venice in a special extra edition for World Oceans Day (should of course be 'Ocean' without the 's' - One Planet, One Ocean!). They talk about sustained ocean observing, the forthcoming UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, ocean literacy, and the role of industry and learned societies like SUT in ensuring that scientists and policymakers have access to ocean data, and that humanity exercises good stewardship of ocean resources. Did you know that scientists are even looking at creating digital twins for ocean processes?
Apologies for audio quality of first interview - we struggled to get a good clear recording with Ariel - gremlins on those deep ocean internet cables from Argentina!
You can learn about ocean literacy at https://oceanliteracy.unesco.org/ and the Ocean Decade at https://www.oceandecade.org/
Find out more about SUT at https://www.sut.org and contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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Thanks to https://www.zapsplat.com for soothing real ocean waves background track.

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Podcast 9, 3rd June 2020 - this week SUT Education Committee Chair Susan John interviews Dr Garry Momber, CEO of the Maritime Archaeology Trust https://www.maritimearchaeologytrust.org which is hosted at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Gary is a member of SUT's Diving & Manned Submersible Committee and is a highly experienced scientific diver, author, and one of the contributors to our book for children 'Can a Lobster be an Archaeologist?'
Garry talks about the exploration of humankind's underwater cultural heritage, ranging from diving on submerged Bronze Age settlements to 1st World War shipwrecks, of which there are about 1000 just along the south coast of the British Isles. He explains how technology is used to map the sites, and that yes, a lobster did help the team of divers discover ancient human habitations. Garry reminds us that sea level has risen by many metres since the last ice age, and that understanding what happened in the past will help us plan for the future.
This is a change to the originally scheduled Pod9 on training which will be uploaded as soon as possible.
Podcast 10 will be uploaded June 8th for World Ocean Day

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For Podcast episode 8, 28th May 2020, SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Mark Burnett, CEO of Seiche Water Technology Group https://www.seiche.com about how advanced, compact, long-endurance marine autonomous surface vehicles such as 'Autonaut' are able to perform a wide range of duties including environmental monitoring, in particular measuring acoustic levels at sea, even in very close proximity to offshore installations. The are marine biology and defence applications for such systems, which can even tow short acoustic arrays.
To contact Mark email m.burnett@seiche.com, to contact Steve Hall email Steve.hall@sut.org
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Podcast 7, 22nd May 2020 - SUT Chair of Education Committee Susan John interviewing Mark Beattie-Edwards, CEO of the Nautical Archaeology Society, about the discovery, excavation to date, & future plans for the wreck of the 'London' - a rare English civil-war-era warship, that was lost in a massive explosion in the Thames Estuary off Southend in 1665. London has been described at Southend's very own 'Mary Rose', and Mark discusses the possibilities of how she could be raised as a future education and archaeology project - but that time is short, as the wreck lies just off a major shipping lane and is in danger of destruction by erosion.
This is an extra episode timed for the UK late May bank holiday weekend.
See also https://thelondonshipwrecktrust.co.uk/save-the-london/ & the following Twitter Feeds - @SaveTheLondon @StevenEllis3 (Steve's the main diver working the wreck) and @NautArchSoc
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In episode 6 of the Underwater Technology Podcast, SUT Fellow and long-standing Aberdeen member Tony Laing speaks about how we will accelerate economic growth in the emerging blue economy. He looks at the role of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI, http://www.nsri.co.uk ), the maturity of emerging subsea technologies, the huge opportunities for the UK to be a major player in Blue Growth for the coming decade.
Tony looks at energy transition, marine autonomous systems, floating wind, reduction of carbon footprint, decommissioning, advanced materials, cyber security, obsolescence, defence requirements, evolution of new standards and much more - a helpful introduction to the challenges facing an industry sector entering a period of transition.
He says we don't know all the answers but we're learning fast and can help one another rise to the challenges that face us all.
Contact Tony at tony.laing@nsri.co.uk Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org. Cover art created, and theme music composed, by Emily Boddy. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe our podcast - thank you!

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Uploaded for 13/5/2020 - In episode 5 of the Underwater Technology Podcast, Tony Globe talks about his lifetime in the field of tribology - the science & engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. In the subsea engineering world, that means lubrication, friction & wear of systems such as valves, connectors and other components of seabed-based systems that may have to work with minimal or zero maintenance for many years. Tony talks about the choice of lubricating fluids depending on application, how long they last in service, pros and cons of different approaches and more. Find out more from tony.globe@subseatribology.com
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In Podcast 4 Steve Hall interviews leading oceanographer Professor Rachel Mills, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. Professor Mills talks about diving to the mid-ocean ridges on board research submersibles such as 'Alvin' and the Russian 'Mir', a life in science, and the new opportunities made possible by remote operated vehicles, new sensors and autonomous systems. She suggests that gender equality is well underway in ocean science, but that the challenge we still need to tackle is ensuring opportunity for people from ethnic & cultural minority backgrounds too - our community is very 'white'.
Follow Rachel on Twitter as @RachelAnnMills or email at rachel.mills@soton.ac.uk
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Podcast 3 - this week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews Jim Hanlon, CEO of the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE Ocean https://coveocean.com) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jim explains that the Atlantic Canada region is a hub for innovation in underwater technology with several SUT Member companies having operations in the area. Jim talks about the role of COVE, the range of technology activities taking place in Canada, the rising profile of offshore renewables, the strong university & research institute presence in Halifax and schemes available for companies who might wish to locate in the region. Finally he mentions that as he nears retirement, there's a vacancy for CEO - see https://coveocean.com/news/2020-03-02/cove-seeks-a-new-chief-executive-officer-
Please note that SUT's 1st Canadian branch has started in St John's Newfoundland, in time we hope to be thriving in Canada.
Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact Steve Hall at steve.hall@sut.org
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In the 2nd episode of the Underwater Technology Podcast, Society for Underwater Technology CEO Steve Hall interviews Geraint West, Sonardyne's global business manager for oceanography, on the subject of determining position accurately at sea, especially for submerged systems such as autonomous underwater vehicles. Geraint has worked in the sector since the 1980s, serving with the Royal Navy as a hydrographic surveyor, then with Fugro, and as head of National Marine Facilities at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton before joining Sonardyne https://www.sonardyne.com
If listeners have any questions he can be contacted at geraint.west@sonardyne.com
Podcast music composed, and artwork created, by Emily Boddy. For more information about SUT see www.sut.org or email info@sut.org - Steve Hall's email is steve.hall@sut.org

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Welcome to the new Podcast from the Society for Underwater Technology, 'The Underwater Technology Podcast'. Pod1 features CEO Steve Hall talking to Susan John about who the SUT are, what the Society does, how it was formed and giving an idea about the areas of interest that the weekly podcast will cover. For more about SUT see www.sut.org, or to contact Steve Hall mail steve.hall@sut.org
This is our first podcast and we can hear that the recording levels vary in the interview - we've learned a lot from making the first episode so please be patient, as our skills improve you'll be able to hear the difference!
Thanks to Emily Boddy for composing the music for our podcast, and creating the podcast artwork, she can be contacted via Steve.

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