Rov Commitee Awards

Student Scholarships

The Marine Technology Society is dedicated to supporting marine education and students. To that end, the Society offers annual scholarships for MTS students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in a marine related field. Scholarships range in value. The Charles H. Bussmann scholarship is a $2500 scholarship that is applied towards a student's tuition, books and other education-related expenses. The MTS Student Scholarship ranges up to $1000, and is applied towards a student's tuition, books and other education-related expenses. The ROV scholarships range up to $3000. The Dieter Family MTS Student Travel Scholarship pays a student's registration fee for the annual Oceans conference, and up to $500 for travel related expenses to and at the conference.

Take advantage of one of our four annual student scholarships, currently offered only to MTS student members:

· The Charles H. Bussmann Scholarship
· The Marine Technology Society Student Scholarship
· The ROV Student Scholarship
· The Dieter Family MTS Student Travel Scholarship

Award Nominations:
Nominations are now being accepted from ROV Committee members, in the categories listed below. Please contact the Committee Chair Drew Michel rovdrew@earthlink.net.

Awards Given:
Beginning in 1990, the ROV Committee began an awards program to recognize leaders in the ROV industry. The following awards were given as indicated:

Chairman's Award
Deam Given, Windate Enterprises Inc., Spring Valley, CA
Chuck Strickland, Photosea Systems, San Diego, CA
Advanced Robotics Technology Research Association, Tokyo, Japan
Kevin Peterson, Perry Tritech Inc., Jupiter, FL
Carl L. Wickizer, Shell Offshore, Houston, TX
Jack Jaeger, Custom Multimedia Products, San Diego, CA
Robert L. Wernli, NRaD, San Diego, CA
Doug Stroud, Perry Tritech Inc., Jupiter, FL
Chuck Richards, C.A. Richards & Associates, Houston, TX
Howard Shatto, Shatto, Houston, TX

Corporate Excellence Award:
Perry Tritech, Riviera Beach, FL
Eastport International, Upper Marlboro, MD
Schilling Development, Inc., Davis, CA
Shell Deepwater Inc., New Orleans, LA
Canyon Offshore, Houston, TX
C & C Technologies, Lafayette, LA
C A Richards and Associates, Inc.
Dynacon, Bryan,TX

Academic Excellence Award:
Don Barthelmess, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Richard Blidberg, University of New Hampshire, NH
Dr. M. L. Nuckols, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, Monterey, CA

International Award:
Mikhail D. Ageev, Institute of Marine Technology Problems, Vladivostok, Russia
ECA/CSI, Paris, France
Dr. Nikola Dukov, Center for Ocean Engineering, Varna, Bulgaria

Public Awareness Award:
Robert Ballard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Chris Nicholson, Deep Sea Systems International, Falmouth, MA
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Pacific Grove, CA

With his passing in 1990, the R. Frank Busby Student Paper Competition
was initiated with the following winners:
Russell Robinson, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
David Schloerb, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Scholarship Award:
Drew Michel established this subcommittee in 1994.
THE COMMITTEE IS MANAGED BY CHUCK RICHARDS
Since that date, $70,000 has been awarded to deserving MTS student members:

Thomas Wilcox - Florida Atlantic University, 1994
Jason McCanna - Florida Institute of Technology, 1995
Steven Howard - Texas A&M University, 1996
Blake Ashford Plain - Texas A&M University Galveston, 1997
Stacy Lee McIlvain - Florida Atlantic University, 1998
Carol Lyn Theilen - Texas A&M University, 1998
Brittany Goldsmith - Texas A&M University, 1999
Mandy Kay Upton - Texas A&M University, 1999
Brittany Goldsmith - Texas A&M University, 2000
Mandy Upton - Texas A&M University, 2000
Aaron Horine - Texas A&M University, 2001
Daniel Harrell - Monterey Peninsula College, 2001
Aaron Horine - Texas A&M University, 2002
Karl-Magnus W. McLetche - MIT, 2003

Outstanding Technical Paper Award:
Dr. Jerry Stachiw, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Frank Messina and Frank Pacifico, AT&T, Whippany, NJ
Robert P. Money, Aker Omega, Inc., Houston, TX and
John P. Upchurch, Phillips Petroleum Co., Bellaire, TX
Jeffery M. Johnson, Oceaneering International, Houston, TX
Carl Barrett, Perry Slingsby Systems, Jupiter, FL

In 1991, a Special Achievement Award for Exceeding 20,000 feet by ROV was given to:
Eastport International, Upper Marlboro, MD, (using the CURV III) and Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA (using the ATV)

In 1992, a Distinguished Achievement Award was given to:
Howard Talkington, NRaD, San Diego, CA

With the completion of the first decade of MTS only ROV conferences, the following were recognized for participating in all ten conferences:

Individual Recognition Awards (non-conference committee member)
Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
Richard Marsh, Tritech International, UK

Exhibitor Awards:
Innerspace Corporation, Covina, CA
Perry Tritech Inc., Jupiter, FL
Sea Technology, Arlington, VA
WAVES Magazine, San Diego, CA

Outstanding Professional Committee Award from the Marine Technology Society:
Undersea Vehicles/ROVs Committee, Roger Cook & Robert Wernli Co-Chairs, '86
ROV Committee, Robert L. Wernli, Chairman - MTS '90
ROV Committee, Drew Michel, Chairman - Oceans '97 MTS/IEEE