The Planet Ocean
Seminar Series
is free and open to the public.
The seminar is held in the
Hodder Hall of Mentors, the
main auditorium at the UNCW
Center for Marine Science,
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane. The
seminar will begin promptly at
6:30 p.m. Refreshments will
immediately follow.
November 11, 2014
UNCW Center for Marine Science Auditorium
Seminar 6:30 p.m. / Refreshments 7:30 p.m.
ROVing the Oceans:
UNCW’s Undersea Vehicles Program
Due to limited seating,
reservations are required.
Advance registration for
Bluefish Society members will
end Oct. 24. The general
public may begin registration
on Oct. 27.
To reserve seats, call the
Center for Marine Science at
910-962-2301.
For driving directions and
more information about CMS:
www.uncw.edu/cms
with Lance Horn, Jason White and Glenn Taylor
UNCW Center for Marine Science
The UNCW Undersea Vehicles Program (UVP) was formed in 2010 after
the National Undersea Research Center (NURC) lost federal funding
and was dissolved in 2009. UVP is a part of the oceanographic
operations division at UNCW's Center for Marine Science, and
supports undersea research with a variety of robotic vehicles. These
medium sized remotely operated vehicles (ROV) are “fly away”
systems that can be deployed rapidly and are operated by two
experienced staff. UVP is dedicated to providing efficient undersea
intervention with experienced ROV and autonomous underwater
vehicle (AUV) support. With over 27 years of conducting undersea
research, the UVP team possesses the skills and knowledge required to perform extensive
end-to-end mission coordination and logistics, professional vehicle operations, and
quality data collection. As NURC and UVP, the team has completed 2,448 ROV dives. We
have completed 141 missions with 77 different principal investigators and worked on 48
different vessels. The longest ROV dive was 10.9 hours and the deepest ROV dive was
1030 ft deep. We have taken over 83,000 digital still pictures during the 3,056 hours we
have spent on the seafloor with ROVs.
Lance Horn received his A.S. in Underwater Technology from Florida Institute of
Technology in 1984. In 1987, after working as a surface supplied diver, Lance became
the chief ROV pilot for UNCW and is now Operations Director for UVP. Lance has been a
part of 125 ROV missions with a total of 1,591 ROV dives, 12
AUV missions, 25 manned submersible missions, 83 scuba dive
missions, 12 Aquarius saturation habitat missions, and 5
surface supplied diving missions.
Jason White received his B.S. in Marine Science and
Meteorology from N.C. State University in 2008. After
graduation he worked as a hydrographic surveyor in the Gulf
of Mexico conducting NOAA marine debris surveys and Oil &
Gas surveys. He then worked as a satellite oceanographer in
the commercial fishing industry before joining UVP in 2013 to
replace Glenn Taylor after his retirement.
Accommodations for disabilities may
be requested by contacting CMS
three days prior to the event.
Glenn Taylor received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clarkson College of
Technology in 1969. Glenn came to work at UNCW in 1991 and has played many
different roles while he was here including; Day-Boat Coordinator, Mission Coordinator,
AUV Technician, and ROV Pilot/Technician. Glenn spent 17 years working with ROV’s
before retiring in 2013.
Bluefish Society membership entitles you to preferred seating at Planet Ocean seminars
and much more. Please join our school of Bluefish Society members and help us keep the
outreach tradition at CMS afloat. For details, call us at 910-962-2408.