Underwater Intervention Conference 2015

(UI 2015)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10-12 February 2015

ISBN: 978-1-51080-651-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOR THE COMMERCIAL DIVE INDUSTRY ...... 1 Rick Lesser

DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE TOOL PACKAGE FOR AN UNDERWATER ROBOTICALLY OPERATED VEHICLE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING OIL FROM A SUNKEN SHIP...... 22 Aaron Glanville

MANDARIN ROV: GOING INTERNATIONAL WITH YOUR ROV PROGRAM...... 36 Fred Donelson

"DUAL-BODY" ROBOTIC OCEAN PLATFORMS...... 60 Matt Jewell

(R)EVOLUTION IN ROV SEMI-AUTONOMY: LESS IS BECOMING MORE; BRINGING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO SMALLER PLATFORMS AT REDUCED COSTS ...... 69 Sean Newsome, Ben Kinnaman

DIVER’S FULL FACE MASK HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM USING WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY...... 77 Dennis G. Gallagher, Richard J. Manley

HOW AUTONOMY AND ADVANCED CONTROL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE CAPABILITIES OF OBSERVATION-CLASS ROVS...... 85 Marybeth Gilliam, Ben Kinnaman

PRACTICAL FEATURE-BASED NAVIGATION USING FORWARD LOOKING SONAR FOR ROV POSITIONING ...... 92 Ben Kinnaman, Marybeth Gilliam

SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CONTROL FOR WROVS ...... 104 Ian Griffiths

THE ROV ROAD TO MEETING API S53 CLOSING TIMES...... 112 N/A

THE SEAL CARRIER - A FAST SURFACE BOAT ABLE TO SUBMERGE...... 119 Rickard Berg, Anders Jango

THE VERTICAL INTEGRATION MOTIVE...... 127 N/A

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUBSEA HYDRAULIC MANIFOLDS...... 133 Pete Herder

SENSEIT - STUDENT CREATED WATER QUALITY SENSORS...... 144 Liesl Hotaling

INTEGRATED SENSOR PACKAGE AND SOFTWARE FOR TARGET ACQUISITION / RE-ACQUISITION ON OBSERVATION CLASS ROVS ...... 155 Mark W. Fleming

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TRELLEBORG: SYNTACTIC FOAM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLES ...... 164 Bob Kelly

PRACTICAL FEATURE-BASED NAVIGATION USING FORWARD LOOKING SONAR FOR ROV POSITIONING ...... 174 Ben Kinnaman, Marybeth Gilliam

SEPRO TECHNOLOGY...... 186 Jesper B. Kristensen

U.S. NAVY DEEP DRONE ROV UPGRADE ...... 201 Timothy Coop, Pete Lehardy

MEDICAL ISSUES IN REBREATHER DIVING ...... 212 Petar Denoble

METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOM UNDERWATER SYSTEMS ...... 215 Matthew Cook

LEGISLATIVE DRIVING FORCES FOR BIODEGRADABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE LUBRICANTS IN WORKCLASS ROVS ...... 228 Mark Miller

THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN JUST ROV ACCESS CHECKS !...... 238 Barbara Oliveira, Didier Renard

PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNITION: (A PAPER FOR PRESENTATION TO UNDERWATER INTERVENTION 2015)...... 262 David G. Parkes

ICTINEU 10KWH PRESSURE-TOLERANT LI-PO BATTERY QUALIFICATION FOR 6.000M...... 268 Carme Parareda, Pere Fores, Miquel Angel Rodriguez

FIRST YEAR PHYSICS AND BUILDING AN ROV...... 276 Kevin McKone

HYPERBARIC RESCUE FACILITIES US GOM LESSONS LEARNED...... 289 Edwin Klein

BRIDGE TIMBER PILE JACKET REPAIRS...... 297 William J. Castle

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR A CAREER AS AN ROV TECHNICIAN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN EDUCATOR ...... 310 David Cummins

MARINE EDUCATION: STUDENT-DESIGNED SOLUTIONS TO MARINE TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS - MERGING LASER SCANNED 3D DATA WITH A SIMPLE ROV SIMULATOR TO EXCITE STUDENTS ABOUT UNDERWATER EXPLORATION...... 317 N/A

ROV WORK METRICS HOW FAST CAN WE WORK?...... 334 Andrew Resnick

VALIDATING FEA METHODOLOGY: STRAIN PREDICTIONS AND TESTING...... 343 Kyle Robinson

ROV OPERATIONS IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS ...... 373 Fredrik Rydén

DEEPWATER PIPELINE REPAIR SYSTEMS ...... 383 John Charalambides, Moe Salhi

DEEP CHALLENGER 1/5TH SCALED MODELLING PROGRAM...... 399 Bruce Sutphen

SYSTEM ANALYTIC VIEWS ON HYPERBARIC EVACUATION ...... 421 Gary Kane

REDUCING YOUR TOTAL COST OF RISK: A SEMINAR ON OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT ...... 433 Curt Shaw

3D MODELING AS THE BACKBONE OF MISSION SPECIFIC INNOVATION...... 465 Cyril Poissonnet

OVERVIEW OF THE UNDERWATER RULE CHANGE PROPOSALS FOR 2015...... 475 Roy Thomas

UPTIME IS NOT ENOUGH – IDENTIFYING NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE DEEP WATER PRODUCTIVITY...... 480 Matthew Thompson, Michael Coyne

BUILDING OF SUBMARINES IN FINLAND - PAST AND PRESENT...... 501 Hannu Tiainen

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT OF ROV FLEETS ...... 508 Joseph Podrebarac

METHODS FOR ON-VEHICLE HD VIDEO TRANSMISSION...... 519 Aaron Steiner

DOING MORE WITH LESS: ROV ADAPTATIONS FOR CABLED INSTRUMENTATION MAINTENANCE...... 527 Andy Stewart, James Joslin, Brian Polagye

DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A 3-D SCANNING SONAR ON AN INSPECTION CLASS ROV ...... 536 P. Ranelli, B. Joseph, B. Anthony, K. Uetz, T. Whitaker, J. Robertson, C. Hendrickson

A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO APPLIED TRAINING IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY AT NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE...... 543 Hans Van Sumeren

SUBSEA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ...... 549 Jason R. Caulk

THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTION AND DATA PROCESSING CHALLENGES OF UNDERWATER SURVEILLANCE METHODOLOGY WITHIN CANADA’S NAVAL MINE COUNTER MEASURES COMMUNITY ...... 559 Jim Covill, Joe Podrebarac, Tim Dunbar

MATE ROV COMPETITION 2015: CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO ENGINEER ROVS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS ...... 567 Jill Zande

INTERNATIONAL ROV CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON 2-YEAR COLLEGES...... 575 N/A

COMMERCIAL VS MIL SPECS IN THE SUBSEA INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY ARENA: WHO IS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE?...... 585 Paula Christina, Alex White

SEADAWGS ROV TEAM...... 594 J. Moorhead, A. Hebert, B. Calhoun, A. Purser, H. Rawson

OFFICE-ASSISTED REMOTE SERVICES ...... 601 John Robideaux

USE OF NIGHT VISION GOGGLES IN THE UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT...... 610 Dennis G. Gallagher, Richard J. Manley, Charles M. Edmondson

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND SAFE DEMILITARIZATION OF UNDERWATER ORDNANCE ...... 619 John Herbert, Alessandro Vagata

RTD-INCOTEST: FEBRUARY 2014...... 635 Riccardo Scottini, Alessandro Vagata, Domenico Bellistri

DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND TESTING OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC (CFRP) STRUCTURES FOR DEEP UNDERWATER APPLICATIONS...... 649 Spyridon D. Volonakis, Elias V. Chatzidouros

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