The Marine Technology Society (MTS) is a professional society that serves the international community of approximately 3,800 ocean engineers, technologists, policy-makers, and educators. The goal of the society, which was founded in 1963, is to promote awareness, understanding, advancement and application of marine technology. The association is based in
Washington, District of Columbia
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, United States. Former executive directors include Martin Finnerty, Judith T. Krauthamer and Richard Lawson.
The society consists of 29 technical disciplines and presently has 17 sections, including overseas sections in
Japan
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,
Korea
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and
Norway
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. In addition, MTS has 23 student sections at colleges and universities with related fields of study.
The flagship publication of the society is the MTS Journal. The journal is published 6 times annually and primarily features themed issues consisting of invited papers. The journal has a current ISI Impact Factor of .763
MTS sponsors several conferences of note, including th
OCEANS Conference(co-sponsosed with IEEE/OES), Underwater Intervention (co-sponsored with ADCI),
Dynamic Positioning
Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompass ...
Conference, biennial Buoy Workshop (co-sponsored with the Office of Naval Research), and the hot-topic workshop series TechSurge.
In 1969 the group held its annual convention in Miami Beach. The convention was addressed by
Spiro Agnew
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, who was then
Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
.
In 1993 the laser line scan, a U.S. Navy photography secret, made its debut at the society sponsored trade show in
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[Broad, William J. (1997). The universe below: discovering the secrets of the deep sea. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 88-89. .]
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Engineering societies based in the United States
Marine engineering organizations
Organizations based in Maryland
Oceanography
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