sustainable oceans in Singapore

Martin Gutowski, Sensor and Robotics’ Sales Director at Kongsberg Maritime Singapore gave several presentations at local schools over recent years about the application of technology in research and conservation of the marine environment.

The classes are part of the SeaKeepers educational sessions that focus on marine conservation and also include beach clean-ups and floating classrooms. Martin engages secondary school students by explaining how nature inspires developments of systems that are used to make the underwater world visible. Underwater sound is used my marine mammals for communication and sourcing food as it is by human technology to survey the oceans. Sonar systems produce maps that are used as nautical charts for navigation, for studies of the environment and to look for missing aircrafts and assess and protect fish stocks.

Martin, who holds a PhD in marine geophysics, says that he is exited revisiting his academic roots sharing his knowledge and kindling interest in our technology and its use towards a sustainable use of the oceans. He says that all students were well aware that Mount Everest is the highest point on earth but less knew that the Mariana trench is the deepest point in the oceans, and they discovered that Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain when measured from its base in the deep sea to its peak in Hawaii.