Alexandre Sousa

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Oceanscan MST Marine Systems Technology
Engineering Systems For Oceanic Surveys And
Surveillance

• Alexandre Sousa
• alex_at_mst.pt

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Outline

• Company profile
• Highlights from OI 08

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Profile
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Storyline

• Spin-off from Porto University
• Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory
  (USTL)
• Seed funding
• Neotec Initiative Portuguese Innovation Agency

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Key ideas

• Need for sustained presence in the oceans
• Advancements in key technologies
• Sensors/Computer systems/Communications
• Composite materials
• Networking
• Internet PC analogy
• 90s Few companies/closed systems/high costs
• Solution Diversity of players/open systems/low
  costs
• Our approach
• Working on low cost/high technology open systems

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Services
Bathymetry Results

• Oceanographic Surveys
• Discharge Monitoring
• Bathymetry Profiling
• Underwater Inspection
• Real-time Environmental Monitoring with Sensor
  networks

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Networking systems/people

• Pursue our vision
• Low-cost/high technology
• Technology push and applications pull
• Cooperate with key stakeholders and users
• Evangelize...
• Deploy vehicles and systems
• Operate, learn, operate, learn....

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Highlights from OI 08

• Oceanology International 2008
• London, 11-13 March

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Present Technologies

• MOST DISCLOSED
• ROVs (Remote Operated Vehicle)
• Buoys
• Drifters
• AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)
• Boat Surveying
• Others

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Sensors

• Acoustic (DVL, ADCP, Modems)
• CTD, Oxygen, Turbidity, Chlorophyll, Rhodamine,
  etc.

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Actuators

• ROVs for all types of applications
• Inspections (wall, bottom, hull)
• Interventions (oil industry)
• Surveys (pipelines, cables)

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Live demos

• Side Scan Surveys
• Bathymetry maps
• ROV inspection

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AUV TECH

• Everyone is interested to explore this technology
• The big ROV companies want to know more about
  this tech.