| Teaming up with the National Office for Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observations, known as “Ocean.US,” and the Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION) Program, the 2006 competition is highlighting the new and dynamic world of ocean observing systems and the careers, organizations, and technologies associated with ocean observatories.
Student teams from across the U.S. and Canada are being challenged to develop vehicles that can deploy and network instruments for power and communications and recover equipment for maintenance and repair as well as to explore the practical applications and the research questions made possible by observing systems.
The NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab is hosting the event again this year. The competition is scheduled to take place in June 2006.
Employers - industry, businesses, research institutions, government agencies, professional societies, and foundations - are encouraged to become involved in the event by donating funds, equipment, supplies, facilities, time, and technical expertise in support of the competing student teams.
For information on how you can get involved with this year's event, contact Jill Zande at (831) 646-3082 or jzande@marinetech.org.
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