Posts by mbaumgartner
New Mentor Opportunity
OTT is looking for experienced business professionals to help mentor WHOI Scientists and Engineers. Each September OTT hosts a Shark Tank competition – also called the Translational Research Funding Program (TRFP). The objective of the TRFP is to provide internal funding for the production of commercial prototypes for gathering market relevant data for commercially promising…
Read MoreAcoustic Buoys Incorporate EOM Stretch Hose Technology
A new Oceanus article discusses a mooring that utilizes EOM Offshore’s Stretch Hose Technology to detect endangered whales in the busy shipping lanes of New York Harbor. Sounds from humpback, fin, sei, and endangered North Atlantic right whales have been detected in New York waters by an ocean mooring developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The DMON…
Read MoreEOM Stretch Hose Featured in Wave & Tidal Energy Network Magazine
Engineers at WHOI have spent the last 20 years developing highly compliant, fatigue-resistant mooring elements for power and data transmission –from surface to seafloor, in order to meet the challenging requirements for ocean systems. EOM Offshore (EOM) is a startup company founded in 2009 to commercialize key specialized mooring technologies resulting from that work, and remains…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2016 Now Available
Find out what we were up to in 2016. Check out our Annual Report- now available to view and download:
Read MoreOceanus Article Discusses PHORCYS Technology
Biological Oxygen Demand as an indicator of the metabolic state of an organism, is of particular interest in many oceanographic studies, and can benefit from in situ measurement. PHORCYS is a semi-autonomous submersible sensor system which passively samples the water column in situ. The sensor performs real time, direct oxygen consumption measurements for quick turn-around.…
Read MoreNereid HT: Hybrid ROV/AUV
Nereid HT was recently featured in both Ocean News and Technology and ROV Planet Magazine. Check out the articles to read about the recent trials in Panama. Nereid HT (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MoreFrom Oceanus: New Buoy Could Prevent Entanglements
Oceanus recently published an article on Jim Partan and Keenan Ball’s On-Call Buoy, a technology designed to prevent marine mammal entanglement in fishing lines. Ball and Partan are working with the Office for Technology Transfer (OTT) to patent the “On-Call” buoy and OTT has filed a provisional application. Learn more about the need for this…
Read MoreWHOI Looking for Volunteers With Industrial Experience
Several exciting startups are in the works at WHOI! The Office for Technology Transfer needs volunteers to lead these companies to commercial success. We seek product development professionals with commercial leadership experience in hardware, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electronics, or ocean technology. If interested, please send a brief summary of your background- highlighting your industrial experience,…
Read MoreOTT In the News
Check out the Cape Cod Times article on the WHOI OTT Shark Tank (Translational Research Fund) featuring Ropeless Lobster Fishing technology from Jim Partan and Keenan Ball.
Read MoreWHOI Announces Issued Patent for Innovative Wind Turbine Monitor
WHOI announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9,395,338 for self-regulating terrestrial turbine control through environmental sensing. Wind energy is a widespread clean alternative to energy from fossil fuels. The increasing number of wind turbine installations highlights the need for comprehensive consistent environmental data, and the ability to instantaneously regulate the operation of wind turbines…
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