NSU’s Halmos College Hosts 2nd Annual Ocean Glider Event

Halmos College is becoming a center of robotic oceanography! In cooperation with Teledyne Webb Research (TWR), the Halmos College Physical Oceanography Laboratory is pioneering the application of a new family of ocean gliders that, for the first time, can operate in strong currents like the Gulf Stream. These robotic instruments provide an unprecedented spatial resolution and report data through a satellite.

On February 10-14, eighteen participants from various institutions, companies, and government agencies from the USA, Canada, Estonia, Peru, Spain, and France gathered at NSU’s Oceanographic Campus to share experience and be trained in piloting these ocean gliders. This was the second annual glider training event conducted at NSU Halmos College’s Ocean Engineer Terry Thompson and Graduate Research Assistant and master’s student Mikayla Craven joined the ranks of trained glider pilots.