Spencer Collins
Tuesday 10th Mar, 14:30-15:00
South Gallery Room 13
Spencer Collins graduated from the University of Plymouth in 1993 with a BSc Honors in Hydrography and Ocean Science. Spencer started his career as a project surveyor, field testing subsea positioning hardware, software and developing survey procedures for complex offshore operations. He has spent a decade offshore as a Senior Surveyor leading subsea positioning operations from batch setting deepwater oil and gas wells, installation of pipelines, manifolds and various offshore platforms. Subsequently he has taken responsibility for managing sales and operational support offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Houston in USA.
cNODE Sensor Logging Transponders for Seabed Deformation Monitoring
⏰ 14:30-15:00
📌 South Gallery Room 13
Presentation of the cNODE SLT designed for long term monitoring of seabed deformation or mean sea level. cNODE SLT’s monitor changes in elevation to better than 1cm per year, with an in situ calibration technique called A-0-A.
Periodically the pressure, inclination and baseline data can offloaded via an inbuilt acoustic modem, to HiPAP systems, installed on crewed or uncrewed vessels.