SeaState: The ON&T Podcast Ocean News & Technology

In this month's episode of SeaState, we sit down with Dawn F. Massa Stancavish, President, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer, and discover how a commitment to building long-term relationships has shaped the Massa Products Corporation’s unique history, and how a focus on developing “fit-for-mission technologies” has kept the company at the forefront of sonar and ultrasonic sensor engineering for over 75 years.

Erin Daily Donahue is a Trade Commissioner responsible for defense, aerospace, and ocean technologies at the Canadian Consulate General in Boston.  
 
Since joining the Canadian Consulate team in 2005, Erin has held a variety of positions within both the Consular and International Business Development divisions.  Prior to taking on responsibility for the defense and ocean technologies file, Erin was responsible for seafood and aquaculture technology sectors.  As part of the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, she provides strategic market information and market access solutions for Canadian companies looking to export, invest abroad, or develop innovation and R&D partnerships in the U.S. She also assists U.S. companies planning to establish or expand their operations in Canada. 
 
A Massachusetts native, Erin graduated from Clark University with a BA in Government and International Relations. Before joining the Trade Commissioner Service, she worked abroad at the Université de Versailles in France. 

In this episode of SeaState, Rhonda Moniz talks with the executive director of the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind, RWSC, Emily Shumchenia. It is the mission of RWSC to conduct and coordinate relevant, credible, and efficient regional monitoring and research of wildlife and marine ecosystems that supports the advancement of environmentally responsible and cost-efficient offshore wind power development activities in U.S. Atlantic waters collaboratively and effectively. Happy listening! 

“If we look back at the history of oceanology and marine science, there’s always been this legacy of the need to push the boundaries of technology, but what’s changed in the last couple of decades is that previously this meant putting people in harm’s way—people on ships, into storms, and difficult conditions—but now we can transfer some of that risk onto robots.”
Listen to this and other fascinating insights from Dr. Art Trembanis, an expert oceanographer and professor at the University of Delaware (UD), in the latest episode of ON&T’s SeaState podcast, in which we explore the growing utility of underwater drones in the marine domain. 
Art is also the deputy director of UD’s Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems (CARS), a collaborative group of researchers focused on integrating real-world solutions by fusing systems control technology with artificial intelligence, so the ideal guest with which to contemplate the recent advances in uncrewed assets for ocean exploration.

In our final episode for season 3, SeaState is talking to Chris Ostrander about Innovation and Marine Technology. Chris is an oceanographer and business development executive with extensive experience in building and leading complex organizations, advancing mission-driven partnerships, and guiding durable growth for a range of academic, government, and private organizations.  Prior to joining the Marine Technology Society, Chris served in a range of leadership roles at the University of Utah spanning technology licensing and commercialization, industry partnerships, foundation & corporate philanthropy, and research administration. Happy listening! 

"We're running gliders every year since 2013 from the Bering Strait all the way up to Barrow Alaska, that's like this 1800 km transect, just developing this time-series of acoustics. It's like we're eavesdropping on climate change because the marine mammals are incredible integrators of the ecosystem and now, we've got an incredible time-series to investigate how they respond." Hank Statscewich, Researcher at College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Institute of Marine Science in Alaska.