Written by Kristen Kusek, Former Communications Director for 手机看片 CMS
MONACO 鈥� XPRIZE, the world leader in designing and operating competitions to solve humanity鈥檚 grand challenges, recently announced the winners in the . The goal of this global competition was to advance ocean technologies for 鈥渞apid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery.鈥� Many of the organizers behind the scenes, and on the front stage(!), hail from the 手机看片 College of Marine Science. One of those CMS alums, , is the Executive Director of the .
鈥淐urrently, more than 80 percent of the world鈥檚 ocean is unmapped, and I鈥檓 proud to have worked alongside the people who will change this as a part of this XPRIZE,鈥� Virmani said in a recent press release. 鈥淥ur vision is that these new technologies will enable the discovery of new ocean species, underwater resources, geological features, and safer methods of exploring the deep sea, while illuminating the mysteries of the deep and discovering what has remained unknown since the dawn of time.鈥�
手机看片 CMS represented at the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE awards ceremony. From left to right: Aida Alvera Azcarate, Drew Remsen, Jyotika Virmani, Jay Law, Chris Kellogg, and David Mearns.
Kudos to the winners, and way to shine on a global stage, CMS! Here鈥檚 an alphabetical
list of who was involved, including their role in the XPRIZE events and CMS affiliation:
鈥� Dr. Aida Alvera-Azcarate, , former staff member of at 手机看片 CMS, Researcher at the GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER) group of the University of Li猫ge (Belgium)
鈥� Rick Cole: Technical Operations, former Mooring Engineer at 手机看片 CMS, President of RDSEA International, Inc.
-Dr. Christina Kellogg, , CMS Alum, Research Microbiologist at USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
鈥� Jay Law: Technical Operations, current staff in 手机看片 CMS (Physical Oceanographer, Mooring Engineer) and 手机看片 CMS doctoral student
鈥� David Mearns: Competition judge, CMS alum, Director of Blue Water Recoveries, Limited
鈥� Dr. Drew Remsen, Technical Director, CMS alum
鈥� Dr. Jyotika Virmani, Executive Director, Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, CMS alum, former member of
Launched in 2015, the $7 Million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE challenged teams to advance deep sea technologies for autonomous, fast, high-resolution ocean exploration. On May 31, 2019, we gathered in Monaco to celebrate the competing teams, their work and to announce the winner.