Hello everyone,
My name is Tyler Hackett and I have been choosen to be the MATE intern aboard the RV Langseth. I am currently a senior in Ocean Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. My main focus within the field of Ocean Engineering is Marine Technology which includes Remotely Operated Vehicles, Instrumentation, and sub-sea technologies. My senior design project that was completed last year invloved a mechanical and electrical overhaul of ROSCo (Remotely operated sea crawler).
I am very excited to have this opportunity to spend time at sea doing research that I have a passion for. I have already started packing for my departure next tuesday. While on board the Langseth we will be testing and using several different types of marine instruments. Some of the instruments that will be used include ADCP (Acoustic doppler current profiler), 3D Siesmic scanners, 2D seismic scanners, gravimeters, and magnetometers. Throughout my internship I will be going more into depth on how each of these instruments work and the data that can be obtained from them.