In this episode, Martin speaks to Atle Lohrmann, President of General Oceans. Atle is a successful entrepreneur, founding multiple companies in the oceanographic sensor space from 1999 onwards, including global ADCP and DVL leader, Nortek. In 2021, he founded General Oceans: a customer centric technology leader including Nortek, Tritech, Klein, Strategic Robotic Systems, Reach Robotics and RS Aqua.

Find out more about General Oceans and the Creative Destruction Lab.

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This episode is slightly different as we welcome back a past host of the podcast, and our usual host is now in the hot seat!

Martin Stemp is an Ocean Technologist, and the Managing Director of RS Aqua, and a member of SUT Council. In this episode he talks about his personal journey into the subsea industry, including speaking about how RS Aqua was recently acquired by General Oceans.

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This week we speak with Tom Newton, a researcher in environmental fluid dynamics, and now Project Engineer (previously Science and Technical Lead for Upwelling) at Seafields. Seafields is a UK-based aquaculture business whose mission is to heal the climate and restore the oceans by domesticating, cultivating and valorising Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean.

Find out more about Seafields at www.seafields.eco

The seaSINC project - www.seafields.eco/seasinc

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This week we speak with Deborah Greaves OBE FREng, Professor of Ocean Engineering and Director of the COAST at Plymouth University, and leader of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub.

University of Plymouth - Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/centre-for-decarbonisation-and-offshore-renewable-energy

University of Plymouth – COAST Laboratory https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/facilities/coast-laboratory

Supergen ORE https://www.supergen-ore.net/

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This week we spoke with Jonathan Colby, innovator in the Marine Renewable Energy Industry.

Recorded in April 2024, Jonathan speaks about his life in the underwater world, from his experience in tidal energy to his work in Standards and Conformity Assessment in the IEC.

Jonathan is the President and Founder of Streamwise Development, a client-driven consultancy focused on enabling innovation and commercialisation in the renewable energy industry.

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This week we spoke with Julie Angus. As well as being Co-founder and CEO of Open Ocean Robotics, Julie was also the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland.

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This week we speak with Pete Girguis, Professor of Marine Sciences at Harvard University, and the 2023 winner of the SUT’s Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration.

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This week we're speaking with Dan Hook - Consultant Marine Technologist, qualified Naval Architect, and Chartered Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the unmanned marine industry.

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Click to find out more about RAD Propulsion, L3 Harris, and Ocean Infinity.

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