Inventor stories
Behind the Innovation: Q&A with WHOI Software Engineer, Mario Carloni
As part of the Information Services: Science and Engineering team at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mario Carloni is no stranger to managing complex datasets when it comes to oceanographic data. His experience ranges from developing network device registration apps to creating sensor broadcast relays for research vessels and managing over 500 data streams from globally…
Read MoreBehind the Innovation: Q&A with WHOI Senior Engineer Paul Fucile about his journey from oceanography to space technology
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) senior engineer, Paul Fucile, has spent forty years working in oceanography. His work spans various disciplines, including work on sensors, bioluminescence detection, telemetry, and low-power instrumentation. In one of his latest projects, Fucile collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to study…
Read MoreNew Entrepreneur-in-Residence Joins WHOI Tech Transfer
The Office for Technology Transfer (OTT) is excited to welcome our new Entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR), Michael Hard, to WHOI. Michael will be joining OTT through December 2024. We look forward to having Michael on board to help and guide WHOI innovators and entrepreneurs in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Michael brings 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur,…
Read MoreDigitalReefs founder Anne Cohen discusses entrepreneurship and digital twin application in coral reef management.
Last month, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist and emerging entrepreneur Anne Cohen kicked off the Office for Technology Transfer’s (OTT) new series Pioneering Minds: Unleashing the Potential of Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs. Cohen discussed her project, DigitalReefs, and entrepreneurship at WHOI and shared how science drives impact in commercial applications. DigitalReefs, a groundbreaking online…
Read MoreWHOI scientists discuss plastic pollution and academia-industry partnerships in new Nature.com article
In a new article on nature.com, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Associate Scientist Collin Ward, Senior Scientist Chris Reddy, and partners from Eastman Chemical Company discuss how academia-industry partnerships could help overcome challenges in controlling plastic pollution and transitioning away from conventional plastics. Ward, Reddy, and Eastman share insights from their ongoing partnership and how expertise from…
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