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Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend a Short Technical Course from ATI
Posted by Val in General, Underwater Acoustics and Sonar, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on November 15, 2010
Here are the top ten reasons why you should attend a short technical course from ATI:
1. Our world class instructors love to teach
2. Both fundamental and advanced technical courses are offered
3. Convenient locations all around the country
4. Short courses take less than a week
5. Take only the classes you need
6. Our focus is on space and defense technology, just like yours
7. If there are eight or more people who are interested in a course, you save money if we bring the course to you.
8. If you have fifteen or more students, you save over fifty percent compared to a public course.
9. You will gain an understanding of the basic vocabulary needed in order to interact meaningfully with your colleagues.
10. After attending the course you will receive a full set of detailed notes from the class for future reference, as well as a certificate of completion
Since 1984, the Applied Technology Institute (ATI) has provided leading-edge public courses and onsite technical training to DoD and NASA personnel, as well as contractors. ATI short courses are designed to help you keep your professional knowledge up-to-date.
Our classes provide a practical overview of space and defense technologies which provide a strong foundation for understanding the issues that must be confronted in the use, regulation and development such complex systems. Whether you are a busy engineer, an aviation expert or a project manager, you can enhance your understanding of space-related systems without missing much time from work.
Course Outline, Samplers, and Notes
Determine for yourself the value of our courses before you sign up. See our samples (See Slide Samples) on some of our courses.
Or check out the new ATI channel on YouTube.
After attending the course you will receive a full set of detailed notes from the class for future reference, as well as a certificate of completion. Please visit our website for more valuable information.
About ATI and the Instructors
Our mission here at the Applied Technology Institute (ATI) is to provide expert training and the highest quality professional development in space, communications, defense, sonar, radar, and signal processing. We are not a one-size-fits-all educational facility. Our short classes include both introductory and advanced courses.
ATI’s instructors are world-class experts who are the best in the business. They are carefully selected for their ability to clearly explain advanced technology.
Dates, Times and Locations
For the dates and locations of all of our short courses, please access the links below.
Sincerely,
The ATI Courses Team
P.S. Call today for registration at 410-956-8805 or 888-501-2100 or access our website at ATIcourses. For general questions please email us at ATI@ATIcourses.com.
Applied Oceanography & Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Funding
Posted by Jim in Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on August 11, 2010
ATIcourses offer courses in Applied Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics. This announcement should interest some of our readers.
Resources
The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has begun establishing a Catalog that will help people find ocean data. The IOOS vision is that users will be able to find the information they want, for the location and time period of interest, from all available IOOS partners without having to know in advance what partners operate the actual observing systems and data servers. The functionality is still somewhat basic, and not every IOOS observing platform is presently included. IOOS welcomes comments and problem reports; please send them to ioos.catalog@noaa.gov
NOAA will solicit proposals for competitive funding for Regional Ocean Partnership activities that include or emphasize regional Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning efforts. This competition will focus on advancing effective coastal and ocean management through regional ocean governance and the goals for national ocean policy set out in the July 2010 Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. Total anticipated funding is approximately $20,000,000 and is subject to the availability of FY 2011 appropriations. Details on eligibility, deadlines and proposal requirements are available at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/funding/. The anticipated number of awards ranges from twelve (12) to thirty (30), and will be adjusted based on available funding. The document can be read here.
Source info@macoora.org
Ocean Surveillance Ships – T-AGOS
Posted by Jim in Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on August 3, 2010
Ocean Surveillance Ships – T-AGOS
Description
Ocean surveillance ships gather underwater acoustical data. The T-AGOS ships are operated by Military Sealift Command to support the anti-submarine warfare mission of the commanders of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
Description: Ocean surveillance ships have a single mission to gather underwater acoustical data. The T-AGOS ships operate to support the anti-submarine warfare mission of the Commanders in chief of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
Features: The ship is designed to tow an array of underwater listening devices to collect acoustical data. The ship also carries electronic equipment to process and transmit that data via satellite to shore stations for evaluation. The ship, the listening devices and electronic equipment are all part of a system called the Surveillance Towed Array System, or SURTASS.
Victorious class ocean surveillance ships are built on a Small Waterplane Twin Hull, or SWATH, design for greater stability at slow speeds in high latitudes under adverse weather conditions.
Impeccable class ships have a hull form based on that of Victorious. Acoustic systems should include an active low frequency towed array, which has a series of modules each of which houses two high-powered active transducers. These can be used with either mono or bistatic receivers.
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/navyfacts/blsurveillanceships.htm
Ocean Observing Systems Offer Real-Time Data
Posted by Jim in Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on July 29, 2010
In December 2009 the Canadian North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments (NEPTUNE) system went live at four ocean sites on the Juan de Fuca plate.
Ocean observing systems offers unprecedented opportunities for all researchers involved in the ocean and earth sciences. The real-time interactive design of NEPTUNE Canada will give scientists the ability to respond to rare oceanic events, observe ocean change over decades, and adjust experiments and sampling over time, all via the Internet.
Many ocean observing systems are being commissioned in Europe, Asia and in the Americas.
This web page offers a good review of the Ocean Observing Systems
http://ocean-news.com/home/338-special-feature
NEPTUNE Canada
Last December, the first data transmissions were observed on the NEPTUNE Canada observatory. Four months later, over 267,000 data files occupying more than 4.4 Terabytes contain raw data, complex data and recordings from streaming instruments. The Bottom Pressure Recorder (BPR) at Barkley Canyon was the most prolific, recording over 10 million samples. In addition to the growing data, the total number of registered users rose from 220 in January to 5,781 at the end of March.
VENUS
While NEPTUNE Canada is “putting the pedal to the metal” in its opening lap, VENUS has shown steady performance over the past 4 years in Saainch Inlet and 2 years in the Strait of Georgia. Two successful maintenance cruises were accomplished over the past year (Figure 4). VENUS is now looking to extend its research footprint to the water surface and encompass greater experimentation capacity to a wider region without the installation of additional cables.
OOI Regional Scale Node (RSN)
The concept of a regional cabled ocean observatory – a system that would provide continuous high power and interactive real-time high-bandwidth data transfer to and from shore – began to be seriously explored by scientists at the University of Washington (UW) in the mid 1990s. The original NEPTUNE concept was nurtured and developed at UW, a vision based upon decades of experience in at-sea research in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Subsequently, this past year, through its Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), the NSF awarded the implementation of the deepwater Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) to UW. The shallow-water, cabled coastal sites off the Oregon coast will be shared by the UW and Oregon State University.
KILROY
The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), based in Fort Pierce, Florida, installed a beta test array of 9 Kilroy Water Monitoring Units (http://www.teamorca.org/cfiles/kilroy.cfm) on the Eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in April. ORCA’s Kilroys are a wireless network of remote semi-autonomous aquatic sensor systems. A central supervisory system directs operations of the remote systems, collects data and relays that via the Internet to a geospatial database.
ANTARES France
First results from ANTARES (Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch project), a neutrino telescope residing in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon, France (Figure 1), have recently been published (http://iopscience.iop.org /1742-6596/203/1/012122).
CYCOFOS – TWERC Cyprus
Last year’s ON&T update reported on CYCOFOS (Cyprus Coastal Forecasting and Observing System), the buoy-powered ocean observatory that has been operating off the southern coast of Cyprus for the past five years. This observatory is currently undergoing an extensive expansion which, when complete, will result in the prototype Tsunami Warning and Early Response System for Cyprus (TWERC).
DONET – Japan
As forecasted in last year’s ON&T update, NEC Corporation deployed the Dense Oceanfloor Network System for Earthquakes and Tsunamis (DONET) for Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) in April this year. DONET measurements are delivered in real-time, 24/7 via the submarine cable’s optical fiber. Data is first sent to a ground-based station in Mie where it is then relayed for analysis to institutions that include the Japan Meteorological Agency, the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) and a range of universities. These observations are expected to make valuable contributions to the speed and accuracy of earthquake and tsunami warnings as well as the improvement of earthquake prediction models.
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$10.7BN INDIAN SUBMARINE DEAL
Posted by Jim in Defense, Including Radar, Missiles and EW, Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on July 15, 2010
ATIcourses presents courses on both underwater acoustics and submarine combats systems.
INDIA APPROVES $10.7BN SUBMARINE DEAL: The Indian Defence Ministry has approved a Rs500bn ($10.7bn) project to build six new-generation submarines for the Indian Navy. Under the program, which is codenamed Project-75 India (P-75I), all six diesel electric submarines will be built with air-independent propulsion systems and incorporate stealth, land-attack capability and a wide range of next-generation technologies, according to the Times of India. The request for proposal will be issued to global submarine manufacturers, including Rosoboronexport of Russia, DCNS/Armaris of France, HDW of Germany and Navantia of Spain. The construction cost for each of the six submarines will be around Rs85bn ($1.8bn). Three of the six submarines will be built at Mazagon Docks (MDL) in Mumbai. One will be built at Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam, in cooperation with a foreign company. The remaining two submarines are expected to be directly imported from the foreign collaborator or constructed at a private shipyard in India. The first submarine under P-75I is expected to be launched in six to seven years, according to a defence official. Currently, the Indian Navy operates an aging fleet of 15 diesel submarines.
Business Opportunities In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response USCG BAA. Do you have the knowledge and technical training to respond rapidly?
Posted by Jim in Space and Satellites, Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on June 16, 2010
The Federal government is looking for ideas in remote sensing and spill containment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Do you have the knowledge and technical training to respond rapidly?
All submitted White Papers meeting the requirements of this BAA will be reviewed and evaluated as they are received. Each White Paper will undergo an initial screening. The initial screening will result in a determination that either (1) the White Paper has a potential for immediate benefit to the spill response effort, (2) the White Paper submission needs more detailed investigation or evaluation and will be forwarded to the appropriate Government Agency overseeing that portion of the Deepwater Horizon Response (EPA, MMS, NOAA, or USCG), or (3) the White Paper submission does not support this incident. A Contracting Officer will provide a response to all properly submitted White papers identifying the initial screening determination.
This announcement constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subparts 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, to provide for the submission of White Papers (written description of the idea) in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response under the following five technology gap areas:
1. Oil Sensing Improvements to Response and Detection
(For example, tactical oil sensing, surface oil tracking and reporting, submerged oil detection, submerged oil tracking and reporting, etc.)
2. Oil Wellhead Control and Submerged Oil Response
(For example, wellhead spill control, wellhead shutoff measures, submerged oil collection, submerged oil treatment, etc.)
3. Traditional Oil Spill Response Technologies
(For example, booms, skimmers, surface collections techniques, absorbents, near- and on-shore response, innovative applications not commonly used for oil spill response, disposal, etc.)
4. Alternative Oil Spill Response Technologies
(For example, In-situ burn, alternative chemical treatments, innovative applications not commonly used for oil response, etc.)
5. Oil Spill Damage Assessment and Restoration
(For example, damage assessment techniques, tracking surface restoration technologies and submerged restoration technologies, etc.)
Paper copies of this announcement will not be issued. Offerors shall respond to this BAA by electronically submitting a White Paper at www.homeport.uscg.mil/RDC-BAA-DHR. All contractual and technical questions regarding this BAA must be in writing and sent to RDC-BAA-DHR [at] uscg [dot] mil. Informational questions and associated answers (i.e. FAQs) will be periodically posted at http://www.homeport.uscg.mil/RDC-BAA-DHR-FAQ.
White Papers shall provide technology ideas/solutions to support the five technology gap areas identified above. Offerors are hereby notified that it is highly likely that White Papers may be shared with several different Government agencies and other interested parties (which may include contractors) for review and consideration.
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Web Site on Sound and Soundscapes
Posted by Jim in Analysis and Signal Processing, Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on June 2, 2010
This is an interesting web site on sound and soundscapes.
Sound Libraries – Institutional and Collaborative Libraries
Borror Library of Bioacoustics – Hosted at Ohio State University. Has recently completed digitizing of their entire collection, which is especially rich in bird species (over 900). Samples are being prepared for sampling over the internet. http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/
British Library National Sound Archive Wildlife Section – The British Library Sound Archive’s wildlife collection is the largest of its kind in Europe and the most comprehensive in the world. Established in 1969 as the British Library of Wildlife Sounds, the collection now holds more than 150,000 scientifically organised and documented recordings of all classes of sound-producing animals from every zoogeographical region. http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/wildsounds/wildlife.html
The California Library of Natural Sounds (CLNS), located at The Oakland Museum of California, is a comprehensive regional collection of nature sounds, with a particular emphasis on California species and environments. It is located in the Natural Sciences Department of the Oakland Museum. Recordings in the library include insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, environmental sounds and natural sound ambiance’s from a variety of habitats. For a nominal fee, the library can fulfill your requests for sounds in all currently available formats from this enormous collection. Using the CLNS may be the most convenient way for you to obtain the recordings you need, free from legal encumbrances of copyrighting and licensing. http://www.naturesounds.org/clns.html
Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s MacCauley Library of Natural Sounds – MLNS is a major distribution and information center for research, educational, and conservation involving animal sounds. It uniquely combines the world’s largest animal sound collection with cutting-edge support and production capabilities. http://macaulaylibrary.org/index.do
Animal Sound Archive (Tierstimmenarchiv) of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin – Includes over 100,000 animal recordings, with free access to their database of sounds. http://www.tierstimmen.org/
World Soundscape Project – World Soundscape Project tape library is housed at the Simon Fraser University School of Communication. The chronological and subject index for the collection is available on the studio website. http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/srs/
Xeno-Canto – Incredible colleciton of bird songs and calls from the tropics of the Americas. You can browse for particular birds, or peruse biodiversity maps that identify recording locations. Includes over a hundred hours of recordings, of close to three thousand species. http://www.xeno-canto.org/
For more information go to http://www.acousticecology.org/recordings.html
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Sensing and Tracking the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted by Jim in Space and Satellites, Underwater Acoustics and Sonar, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) on May 28, 2010
Oil Spill and Ocean Observations Resources:
Many of ATI instructors and students are interested in the DeepWater Horizon oil spill. NASA is using remote sensing to track the spill. Oceanographers are using gliders to make measurements. Here are some useful links.
Rutgers University has a new IOOS-Oil Spill Website: http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/deepwater/ that includes a blog with daily updates of assets in the water. “May 25: It has been a busy day in the Gulf. Many teams are joining the effort, and the effort represents the largest and most distributed ocean glider effort in history. While there is a lot of effort, the highest priority is remain outside the operations of BP as it tries sealing the leak tomorrow… Also received input that NAVO has launched 2 Seagliders and drifters in the last few days. We also received an update from Breck Owens (WHOI) and Dan Rudnick (Scripps) are joining the effort… The second Rutgers glider and the University of Delaware glider should be shipped out tomorrow to the Mote team for deployment. We also got a late day update from the Mote team where the glider “Waldo” was launched late today and the data will be flowing the web sites. Data updates to follow tomorrow. For the Rutgers IOOS glider it continues heading offhsore. The two layer system shows a highly stratfied system. Interestingly we see chlorophyll increasing in the offshore bottom waters.7 “[sic]
The website also provides Google Earth KMZs – gliders, satellites, hf-radar, models. For example see the HYCOM Forecast of SSH, SST, Surface Salinity and Density with Currents – Data Provided Courtesy of the HYCOM Consortium
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New Course Explores Science of Noise Impacting Marine Mammals
Posted by Val in Underwater Acoustics and Sonar on May 17, 2010
The Beluga whale is one of over 120 species of marine mammals impacted by ocean noise.
Applied Technology Institute Introduces New Course:
Underwater Acoustics for Biologists and Conservation Managers
New course explores the science of noise that impacts marine mammals and other ocean life
(ANNAPOLIS. Md, May 17, 2010) Technical professional development training company, Applied Technology Institute (ATI), is introducing a new course, Underwater Acoustics for Biologists and Conservation Managers. The three-day course is designed for biologists and conservation managers who wish to enhance their understanding of the underlying principles behind underwater and engineering acoustics. Understanding this science is critical to the success of marine research facilities that are responsible for evaluating the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine life.
Target audiences will include marine research facilities like the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Currently the NOAA is overseeing the BP oil spill clean up that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico last week. The NOAA umbrella organization includes divisions responsible not only for environmental clean up emergencies, but also for assessing biological harm to marine life through the NOAA Fisheries Services division.
Take this course to make better assessments of the impact of sound on marine life
Specific course outline points include learning about key characteristics of man-made sound sources, evaluating sound fields from impulsive coherent and continuous sources, discussing how system characteristics are measured and calibrated, as well as what animal characteristics are important for assessing both impact and requirements for monitoring and mitigation. By the conclusion of the course attendees will have obtained the knowledge to perform basic assessments of the impact of anthropogenic sources on marine life in specific ocean environments, and to understand the uncertainties in their assessments.
Together, ATI Instructors, Dr. William T. Ellison and Dr. Orest Diachok, bring more than eighty years of expertise in marine acoustics and biology to share with attendees.
The full course outline can be viewed on ATI’s website at:
Course Outline: Underwater Acoustics Biologists Conservation Managers
Sample materials are available on ATI’s website for prospective attendees interested in seeing the value of the course before registering. Click on the following:
Sample Materials: Underwater Acoustics Biologists Conservation Managers
Date, Time and Location:
The first class will be offered from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on June 15-17, 2010 in Silver Spring, MD (just outside of Washington, DC). Space is limited. Call today to reserve a seat.
Sincerely,
The ATI Courses Team
P.S. For registration: Call today at 410-956-8805 or 888-501-2100 or go online now at ATIcourses.com
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The Applied Technology Institute (ATI) specializes in professional development seminars in the technical areas of Space, Communications, Defense, Sonar, Radar, and Signal Processing. For over twenty-five years, ATI has presented leading-edge technical training to defense and NASA facilities, as well as DoD and aerospace contractors. ATI courses provide a clear understanding of the fundamental principles and a working knowledge of current technology and applications. ATI has the unique capability to schedule and deliver courses in a matter of weeks. They offer customized on-site training at your facility anywhere in the United States, as well as internationally and over 100 public courses annually in dozens of locations. World-class design experts lead courses. To register or for an on-site quote, call (888) 501-2100, or visit them on the web at www.ATIcourses.com
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Your Opinion Counts. Tell Us What Training Courses You Want Near You
Your opinion is requested to help decide which courses should be scheduled at or near your facility from September 2010 to June 2011. The Applied Technology Institute (ATIcourses.com) specializes in technical training short courses in satellites, space, communications, defense, sonar, radar, and systems engineering. These courses help you stay current in today’s technologies so you can successfully complete company projects and boost your career. We use suggestions from technical training contacts and previous students to decide which courses and locations will have enough interest to plan our schedule. We are requesting your comments and suggestions with no commitment or obligation. Please tell us your recommendations for courses in your geographic area, with your estimate of the number of local students who may be interested in attending. An initial schedule listing available is posted at http://www.aticourses.com/schedule.htm
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