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Kaitlyn Becker is a PhD candidate in the Microrobotics Lab at Harvard University, where she works on the design and fabrication of soft robots. She completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering at MIT in 2009 and has worked in medical device manufacturing and nano-fabrication research before returning to school to create unusual robots. Some of … Continued
On Friday, March 11, 2011, a colossal 9.1Mw earthquake stroke the coast of Japan. It It was the fourth most powerful earthquake since modern record-keeping began in 1900. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves, thought to have been as high as 40.5 meters. It cost the lives of thousands of people, and around $34.6 billion … Continued
Emery Nolasco is an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) Operations Engineer at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute). She graduated from the University of California, Merced with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. During her time at UC Merced, Emery was president of the Robotics Society competing in Autonomous Land Vehicles and Combat robots. She also worked on systems … Continued
Take a journey from the dawn of seafloor discovery to today’s cutting edge technology in this week’s update. With insights into multibeam sonar and remotely operated vehicles to Alien metaphors and titanium manipulator fist-bumps, there is something for everyone in this video on the #DeepCoralDiversity at #EmperorSeamounts expedition.
Eric Klingberg is a B.S. student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in his senior year in the Global Environmental Science (GES) program, and pursuing the Sustainability Science track with an interest in fisheries management. He is apart of Dr. Jeffrey Drazen’s Deep-Sea Fish Ecology Lab, studying size structures of bait-attending communities in the Clarion-Clipperton … Continued
Andy Collins manages the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and has been working for NOAAʻs Office of National Marine Sanctuaries since 2001. He has led several expeditions, and teacher programs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and works on education and outreach to share the stories these kupuna islands have to tell … Continued
Joost Daniels is a senior research technician in the Bioinspiration Lab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). His education includes a bachelor’s and master’s degree in applied physics from Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, with a specialization in plasma & radiation physics and a minor in sustainable energy technology. As part … Continued
Dr. Les Watling observed patiently as the ROV team ran through the pre-dive checklist, making sure ROV SuBastian was ready to complete another successful mission to the deep sea. After hours of high resolution multi-beam mapping, the experts on board zeroed in on one promising area of the Suiko seamount: a rough protrusion near the … Continued
This expedition will feature exploration of the Emperor Seamount Chain while researching biodiversity and its drivers. Using currents, mapping, and radio isotopes to track water masses – as well as genetic sampling of corals – the team will determine the driving force behind coral distribution in this region.
Discovering the pattern language to connect seemingly disparate elements and systems is the common thread within the art and design-based work I create. I use these discoveries to call attention to the ever-present interconnectedness of our environment. I was thrilled to be selected as the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-At-Sea onboard the R/V Falkor to join … Continued
