[SEMCO] Science Made Public at WHOI

Thu Jul 24 09:08:04 EDT 2014

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WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION <http://www.whoi.edu>

Alvin 50th

    Science Made Public

During the month of August, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's 
<http://www.whoi.edu> Exhibit Center and Information Office are 
sponsoring a series of public talks by WHOI scientists and engineers 
designed for a lay audience about WHOI's human-occupied submersible 
/Alvin/. Everyone is welcome to attend.

All talks begin at 3 PM (except August 19 which will be at 2:30 PM) in 
Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole.

Dana Yoerger, Ocean Engineer

          August 5, 2014 . 3 pm

      Autonomous Underwater Robots: How They Work

*Dana Yoerger, Ocean Engineer *
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) like WHOI's REMUS, /Sentry/, and 
/SeaBED/ are important tools used to explore the ocean. They are 
controlled by on-board computers and powered by internal batteries; they 
keep track of their own motions and ensure that their sensors are 
operating properly. Learn about the science and engineering that goes 
into creating vehicles that can carry out missions with little or no 
help from people.

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Maurice Tivey, Marine Geologist

          August 12, 2014 . 3 pm

      /Alvin/ and the Wet Wi-Fi

*Maurice Tivey, Marine Geologist*
Sound has traditionally been the communications medium of choice in the 
ocean, but engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution developed 
an underwater "optical modem" that uses light to transmit information at 
a much higher rate than is capable with sound and that was recently used 
by scientists and engineers to collect data from a seafloor borehole 
observatory. Learn more about this new tool, how it was used, and what 
the data from a recent /Alvin/ dive on the Juan de Fuca plate showed.

Bruce Strickrott, Alvin Group Manager

          August 19, 2014 . 2:30 pm

      Humans in the Deep Ocean, From Imagination to Reality

*Bruce Strickrott, /Alvin/ Group Manager*
In 1870, Jules Verne penned his famous novel, /20,000 Leagues Under the 
Sea/, putting on paper as fiction what many had dreamed about--the 
ability to visit and explore the unknown depths of the ocean. Since 
then, Verne's dream of deep ocean exploration has become a reality and 
has resulted in profound discoveries about the ocean and our planet . 
Learn about the history of human-occupied submersibles, starting from 
the early primitive designs and working toward how we operate /Alvin/ 
today, as well as plans to take /Alvin/ even deeper over coming years. 
*During this presentation, Strickrott will moderate a live phone call to 
the research vessel /Atlantis/ to hear first hand about /Alvin's/ latest 
adventures.*.

Susan Mills, Marine Biologist

          August 26, 2014 . 3 pm

      Life in an Earthquake Zone

*Susan Mills, Marine Biologist*
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites host dense communities of animals in a 
food web built on chemical energy from beneath the seafloor. These sites 
experience frequent disturbances, like volcanic eruptions, that 
sometimes wipe out entire communities. How does life return to sites 
after such an event? Learn how a site on the East Pacific Rise was 
recolonized by distant populations of animals after a 2006 eruption and 
how its transformation has added to our understanding of how these 
communities persist in this unstable environment.

*** All talks will take place in Redfield Auditorium located at 45 Water 
Street 
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in Woods Hole.

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Happy 50th <em>Alvin</em>
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