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AUV Sentry submerges. Photo by Luis Lamar © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

How does Sentry know where it is?

Sentry has acquired some new smarts, in the form of terrain relative navigation software developed…
Climate & Weather
Wide angle shot of marsh, two people gatherin samples in the distance, purple lupines in the foreground, a tidal greet with red clay down the middle

An introduction to marsh bothering

A sea-level modeler plunges into fieldwork on Prince Edward Island
Ocean Tech

Who is Alvin and what are sea trials?

If you like the deep sea and exploring for science, you’re going to love Alvin!
Ocean Tech
Sentry

How to study an underwater earthquake from shore

Scientist Chris German on a successful AUV Sentry mission when the science team could not…
Ocean Tech
Justin Fuji

Meet the Sentry Team: Justin Fujii

Research engineer Justin Fujii on working with autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry
Ocean Tech
Mario Fernandez standing in front of Jason in Blake Lab.

Meet the Jason Team: Mario Fernandez

A mechanical engineer, pilot, and expedition leader on vehicle design and adventures at sea
Ocean Tech
Amanda Sutherland working on the Sentry Van, which is a shipping container

Meet the Sentry Team: Amanda Sutherland

A Mechanical engineer on independent workflow and collaboration
Ocean & Human Lives
Sailors gathering around below deck

Five idioms for ocean lovers

Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster,…
Ocean Tech
Alvin Certification Coordinator Lisa Smith standing in front of an updated HOV Alvin which is tucked on board the newly refurbished R/V Atlantis (Photo Ken Kostel ©WHOI).

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lisa Smith

Alvin Certification Coordinator Lisa Smith on working with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to get…
Ocean Tech

Summer with Sentry: Intern Renee Gruner-Mitchell

Renee Gruner-Mitchell on her internship working on AUV Sentry at the National Deep Submergence Facility…
Alvin pilot Drew Bewley

Overhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes

Work on Iconic Sub Will Put 99% of The Ocean Floor Within Reach
Ocean Tech
Rose Wall

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Rose Wall

Alvin Engineer Rose Wall on joining the Alvin Group during an overhaul and the pandemic.
Engineer and Alvin Pilot Drew Bewley working in the Alvin Birdcage

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Drew Bewley

Alvin engineer and pilot Drew Bewley on what best prepared him to work on a…
Ocean Tech
A 3D rendering of the East Pacific Rise

Racing an undersea volcano

Using AUV Sentry to make a high-resolution, near-bottom, seafloor map before the next volcanic eruption…
Danik Forsman testing Alvin’s new variable ballast pump.

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Danik Forsman

Interview with Danik Forsman, Alvin Pilot and mechanical section leader on rebuilding Alvin for 6,500-meters…
Lane Abrams

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Lane Abrams

Lane Abrams talks about designing electronics for the bottom of the ocean and project management…
Francis Elder testing new variable ballast pump for Alvin

Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder

An interview with Francis Elder, lead mechanical engineer for the Alvin Group. Find out how…
Ocean & Human Lives
RV Armstrong

On the high seas

A cruise with a view: The deck of the Armstrong was a welcome change of…
Ocean & Human Lives
Microplastics in the ocean

WHOI establishes new fund to accelerate microplastics innovation

With the backing of a handful of family foundations, WHOI is launching a Marine Microplastics…
Alvin Disassembly

Overhaul to take Alvin to greater extremes

The Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) Alvin returned to Woods Hole, Mass. this spring for the…
A disentanglement team attempts to free a right whale from fishing gear. EcoHealth Alliance, NOAA Permit #932-1905.

Untangling Impacts on Right Whales

Whale scientists look for new ways to mitigate whale entanglements in fishing lines
How the Ocean Works
MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student Jessica Dabrowski with MIT EAPS graduate student Mukund Gupta, getting ready for on-deck sampling work in the Arctic.

Tracking Radium in the Arctic

Jessica Dabrowski is an ocean chemist and a second-year graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint…
How the Ocean Works
Meet the ChemYak!

Meet the ChemYak!

WHOI scientist Anna Michel discusses our new ocean surface robot.

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