Sabertooth a Seafloor Resident Hybrid AUV/ROV System for Long Term Deployment in Deep Water and Hostile Environments

Underwater Intervention Conference

(UI 2013)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

15-17 January 2013

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AUV TECHNOLOGY

Sabertooth A Seafloor Resident Hybrid AUV/ROV System For Long Term Deployment In Deep Water And HOstile Environments...... 1 Anna Ostlund

COMMERCIAL DIVING

US Navy Diving Equipment Authorized For Military Use (AMU) Process...... 12 R. McGinn

Advancement In Hot Water Suit Design, Providing Improved Efficiency And Safety...... 19 D. Long, J. Bright

Using Electronic Diving Data Acquisition Systems In Support Of Offshore Diving Operations...... 31 L. Garand, T. Detke

DEEPWATER FIELD DEVELOPMENT

Non-Invasive Location And Removal Of Hydrates In Subsea Pipelines...... 32 J. Crawford, B. Baugh

MANNED SUBMERSIBLES

Development Of The Jiaolong Deep Manned Submersible...... 38 W. Cui

Pressure-Tolerant Li-Ion Batteries, Implementation And Certification On MUV ICTINEU 3 ...... 67 C. Parareda, P. Fores, M. Rodriguez

Development And Applications For Dual-Mode Undersea Vehicle Proteus...... 71 B. Geoghegan, R. Lindman, T. LoRusso

Global Ocean Center - For Our Liquid Planet...... 83 Chris Hartman

Status Report: Underwater Flight, November 2012 ...... 105 G. Hawkes

The Necessity Of New Technologies For The Next Deep Sea Submersible...... 114 I. Kawama

Global Overview Of Manned Submersible Activity In 2012/2013...... 119 W. Kohnen

Evolution Of SHINKAI 6500 ...... 150 J. Niikura, T. Komuku, S. Tsukioka

Development Of Research Submersible ICTINEU 3...... 155 C. Parareda, P. Fores

The Present And Future Of Deep Manned Submersibles MIR-1 And MIR-2 (To 25th Anniversary Of The Creation)...... 159 A. Sagalevich

The US Navy's Submarine Safety Culture...... 166 R. Schaffer

Deep Diving: Why Flipping Vertical Could Be The Answer...... 180 K. Stanley

Overview Of The Rule Change Proposals ...... 195 R. Thomas

MARINE EDUCATION

Student Created Water Quality Sensors...... 201 L. Hotaling

How Can ROVs Improve Science, Technology, Engineering And Math (STEM) Education? ...... 211 J. Zande, D. Sullivan, S. Fraser, E. Moulton, M. Gardner, J. Hertzberg

ROV In A Bag - An Introduction To Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) For The Classroom...... 218 E. Moulton

Sensor Technology In The Biology Class: A Paradigm Shift To Recruit Students Into Marine Technology Fields ...... 222 F. Donelson, L. Radloff

Technology And Women Working In Deep Water 2013...... 246 L. Armas

WC ROV

Safe, Reliable, Flexible Battery Solutions For Subsea ROV ...... 258 L. Adams, D. White

Automation Of Common ROV Pilot Tasks ...... 271 S. Barrow

BOP Intervention Methods...... 280 Steve Lazar

Fluid Performance At Depth ...... 292 Mark Miller

Environmentally Safe Lubricants ...... 307 Mark Miller

ROV-Based Intervention Technology Solutions For BOP Assist ...... 322 T. Bollmann, B. Niblock

Safe Use Of Subsea Hydraulics...... 334 R. McGarry

Author Index