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seminars
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special
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technology,
archaeology,
and the deep sea
conference '02
toward
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conference '99
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SPECIAL EVENTS
MATE National ROV Competition
June 19-21, 2003
Zesiger
Center, MIT
DeepArch is co-sponsoring
the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center National ROV design
and building competition at MIT. The goals of the competition are to increase
the awareness of marine technical fields and to encourage students to
participate in them, while also helping students develop the skills they
will need for a career in marine technology. Another important goal is
to facilitate connections between students and educators and professionals
working in the marine field.
For more information, see:
http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/index.php
or contact Jill Zande at jzande@marinetech.org.
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Public
Lecture: Deep-sea Archaeology via Telepresence
Dr. Robert Ballard, University of Rhode Island & Institute
for Exploration
May 1, 2003
2:00 PM, Bartos
Theater (MIT Building E15, Media Lab Lower Level)
Hear about the future
of deep sea exploration from the man who led the expedition that
found the Titanic. Dr. Robert Ballard has discovered numerous shipwrecks
and archaeological sites in the deep ocean, from Titanic and Bismarck
to well-preserved ancient Phoenician, Greek and Roman wrecks. He
and his research team are currently developing the next generation
of technology to bring scientists to the deep sea floor remotely
as never before.
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Mini-Symposium: Civil
War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor
John Broadwater (NOAA),
Director & Chief Archaeologist, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Maria Jacobsen, Chief Archaeologist, Hunley Project
Brendan Foley (MIT), “Naval Engineering in the Civil War”
David Mindell (MIT), “Technology and Experience aboard the
Monitor”
Merritt Roe Smith (MIT), moderator & commentator
April 25, 2003
1:00 - 4:00 PM, Killian
Hall (MIT Building 14W Room 111)
In the last few years,
archaeologists have recovered two of the Civil War’s most startling
inventions: the Union ironclad warship Monitor and the Confederate
submarine Hunley. Come hear about the high-tech projects that have
brought these inventions to light from the deep sea, and what they
teach us about technology and the Civil War.
For a video link to the
mini-symposium, go to http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/122/.
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Public Lecture: To
the Far Depths: A Personal Odyssey
Dr. Donald Walsh, USN (Ret.)
March 14, 2003
5:00 PM, Gilliland
Auditorium (MIT Building 66 Room 110)
Did you know that the
record for the world’s deepest dive was set in 1960? (more than
35,000 feet!) Come hear the man who made this epic plunge, and his
story of technology, the Cold War, and descent into the abyss.
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