March 2011

New Nortek 400 kHz AWAC with Ice Measurements!

We are pleased to announce the release of our new 400 kHz Nortek AWAC, which extends the wave and current profiling capability of this best-selling instrument to 100m. And for good measure, we added ice thickness capability. The 400 kHz retains the same geometric configuration as the earlier 1 MHz and 600 kHz versions, but gets a different "look" because of the larger transducers.  The ice measurements are implemented as a new detection algorithm that is more appropriate to the raw data recorded when the surface is covered with ice.   Please see this report for more details on ice measurements. 

Nortek Technical Symposium 2011

The Nortek team is anxiously anticipating the start of this year’s Nortek Technical Symposium, just a few short weeks away, coming 16-18 March in Newport, RI. As the final registration deadline passed, we saw an increased number of registrations. These attendees can look forward to the exciting presentations scheduled involving both our traditional themes in oceanography and marine sciences as well as this year’s Renewable Ocean Energy theme. Of course, as always with the Nortek team, the symposium will also include several engaging networking opportunities and an exciting tour. If you are not able to attend this year, we will miss you, but hope you will join us next time!   

Nortek on Facebook

In keeping with social media trends, Nortek has established a Facebook Fan Page. If you are a Facebook user, please visit Nortek's page and click "Like" to become a fan. Receive posts to your wall on the latest Nortek technical applications, funding opportunities and news blasts. Send us your comments and ideas about the articles we post and the questions we pose. We also invite you to let us know how the Facebook page can better serve you. Email us your ideas!  

2011 NortekUSA Student Equipment Grant

Once again, graduate students across North America have submitted their proposals for consideration in the highly coveted annual NortekUSA Student Equipment Grant competition. We received a good number of applications this year and the NortekUSA team is diligently working to review all proposals so that the difficult decisions may be made. Look for our selections to be announced in March, first via our Facebook Page and with a news blast to follow.  

IEEE/OES Tenth CWTM Conference

This March, Nortek will be well represented at the IEEE/OES Tenth Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement Conference (formerly CMTC) in Monterey, California. The workshop’s theme this year is "Advances in Lagrangian and Eulerian Measurement Techniques and Observations of Current, Waves and Turbulence" and ten papers featuring research performed with the use of Nortek AWACs, Z-cells, Aquadopps, and Vectrinos will be presented. We've included a preview list of the exciting papers to be presented at the conference.  Following the conference, if you would like a copy of any of the papers, please contact your local Nortek representative.

Energy Ocean International

The 8th Annual EnergyOcean International Conference & Exhibition is coming to Portland, Maine June 14-16, 2011! Hundreds of industry stakeholders representing every aspect of the Offshore Renewable Energy Industry will unite for the event’s industry leading technical program and on-site exhibition. No other Offshore Renewable Energy event provides attendees and exhibitors with more strategically targeted networking opportunities. Learn more at www.energyocean.com. 

Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars and look for the NortekUSA team at these coming events:

NortekUSA Technical Symposium, Newport, Rhode Island (16-18 March 2011)

IEEE/OES Tenth Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement Conference, Monterey, California (20-23 March 2011)

Coastal Sediments ‘11, Miami, Florida (2-6 May 2011)

Offshore Technology Conference 2011, Houston, Texas (2-5 May 2011)

Energy Ocean International, Portland, Maine (14-16 June 2011)