NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad toured CCOM's facilities during a visit to UNH to announce the expansion of NOAA and UNH's 24-year mapping partnership with a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping.

As part of her GEBCO experience, recent program graduate Daina Mathai sailed on the NOAA vessel Bay Hydro II as it mapped the St. Mary's River, using an Echoboat 240 USV for the most shallow areas. The St. Mary's hadn't been thoroughly mapped since 1974 so the data they captured during this survey will be used to update NOAA's charts.

Elias Adediran sits in front of multiple monitors.

CCOM master's student Elias Adediran is having a summer to remember! First he sailed on the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster and has just returned from an expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus. Catch up with Elias with this blog post from Ocean Exploration Trust.

Still shot of yellow BEN moving through the water tree-lined shore in background.

CCOM's ASV BEN was featured in a story on WVBC's Chronicle. ASV Team Leader Val Schmidt talks about how useful and cost-effective a vehicle like BEN is and recaps some of BEN's adventures, while grad students Jenna Ehnot and Natalie Cook share their excitement about mapping the ocean floor. It's a great story! 

A ceremony held at the UNH pier in New Castle, NH marked the opening of the new Maritime Autonomy Innovation Hub—anchored by a partnership between CCOM and French robotics company Exail. Exail has a longtime relationship with CCOM due to their collaboration on the USV DriX. We are excited about all the ways this new Hub will strengthen UNH's commitment to the blue economy!

CCOM/JHC in the News

Jeanne Shaheen Press Release
Sep. 19, 2023

NOAA and UNH are expanding a 24-year ocean mapping partnership through the creation of a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping. 

Senator Maggie Hassan Press Release
Sep. 19, 2023

NOAA and UNH are expanding a 24-year ocean mapping partnership through the creation of a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping. 

Foster's
Sep. 19, 2023

The University of New Hampshire, with $20 million in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is set to build an ocean and lakes mapping center as part of a major mixed-use development. 

Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Ben Grassian
Postdoctoral Investigator

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Friday, Sep. 29, 2023, 3:10pm
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Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University

Friday, Sep. 22, 2023, 3:10pm
Jeffrey Herrmann
St. Abbo of Fleury Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Catholic University of America

Friday, Sep. 15, 2023, 3:10pm

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An open-source project — jointly steered by AusSeabed, NOAA OCS and UNH CCOM — has recently released the first version of QAX, an innovative tool to facilitate quality assurance of seabed mapping data.