National Visiting Committee

National Visiting Committee - "To Advise, Assess, and Assist."

"Following the award for large projects...the NSF program staff will work with the [recipient] to select a national Visiting Committee (NVC), a project-specific external board. The NVC is expected to help ensure the project's success by advising the project's staff, assessing the project plans and progress through reports to the project staff and NSF, and enhancing the dissemination of project results..." - from NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education's (DUE) Program Announcement and Guidelines MATE's National Visiting Committee consists of individuals who have distinguished themselves as national leaders in science, marine technology, education, and labor relations. These individuals have provided the MATE Center with invaluable advice and assistance through their review of the MATE Center's first year of existence. The members of MATE's NVC and their affiliations are listed below.

Mr. Jim McFarlane
Chairperson
McFarlane Marine Services

Dr. Lynne Carter
US Global Change Research Program

Ms. Lucy Casale
MESA Community College Programs

Dr. Robert Ford
Neo-Tech South Inc.

Dr. Karen Grove
San Francisco State University

Mr. Drew Michel
ROV Technologies
Chair, Marine Technology Society's ROV Committee

Mr. John Peterson
Oceaneering International, Inc.

Jerry Streeter
JP Kenny, Inc.
President, Marine Technology Society

Dr. Don Walsh
International Maritime Inc.

Honorary Member
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Deep Ocean Exploration and Research

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