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Underwater Visualization for Dredgers Short Course

Fees: $250  

When:
Monday, June 24, 2024
Time:
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM 

 

Where:
JW Marriott Tampa
510 Water Street
Tampa, FL 33602

 

 

 

 

Short Course Description

This classroom course provides dredgers with an overview of acoustic instruments used at various stages in dredging projects.  At the end of the module, the student should gain the following knowledge. 

  • Understand basic acoustics and how temperature, salinity and pressure variations affect sonar signals.
  • Be familiar with various acoustic sensors: their design, their function, and their applications
  • Be comfortable selecting the appropriate acoustic sensor at the correct time in a dredging project’s work-flow. 

The course focuses on the following acoustic instruments and their application. 

  • High-Resolution Scanning Sonar. Application: site survey and clearance and diver supervision.
  • Dual Axis Sonar for real-time siltation monitoring. Application: dam reservoir siltation management; trigger for dredging operations.
  • Multibeam imaging sonar. Application: site supervision and slope monitoring
  • Real-time dredge monitoring for cutter suction dredges, backhoes and clamshell grab dredges
    • Single beam echosounder
    • Dual Axis Sonar
    • Multibeam echosounder
  • Multibeam Echosounders and Unmanned Surface Vessels for bathymetric survey
  • EK80: combination acoustic doppler current profiler and split beam wideband echosounder. Application:  real time turbidity and environmental monitoring.
  • Sub-bottom profilers. Application: detection of solid objects below the mudline. 

Course Format:  The short course will be conducted in classroom style over a half day (1300-1700) and will include up to 100 participants from government agencies, the private sector, non-profits, academia, and other organizations.  Instructors will include technical leaders from the public and private sectors.  Course participants will be provided with access to all class materials and presentations. 

Course Organizer: Konrad Mech, Kongsberg Discovery

PDH's:
This course qualifies for 4 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Certificates will be issued via email after the Dredging Summit & Expo.

Instructors:

  • Konrad Mech
    • Konrad serves as Sales Director – Coasts, Ports and Inland Waterways with Kongsberg Discovery Canada Ltd. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia (non-practicing) and a Project Management Professional certified by the Project Management Institute. Konrad also holds a BA in Commerce and Masters of Business Administration with Distinction.
  • Mark Atherton
    • Mark is an experienced commercial diver. explosives expert and sonar instructor. Author of Echoes and Images: The Encyclopedia of Side-Scan and Scanning Sonar Operations, he is considered an expert on single beam scanning sonar operations. He is currently an adjunct instructor for Northwestern Michigan College’s Marine Center.
  • Jessica Daignault PhD, PE, M ASCE
    • Jessica is Technical Sales Manager for Kongsberg Disccovery in Upper Michigan. She is an expert in water and wastewater management, having worked in consulting engineering, mining operations, and academia on staff at Montana Technical University. Her focus is on monitoring and understanding rapidly changing, turbid environments that drive siltation and its management.
  • Jordan Palk
    • Jordan Palk holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Geomatics, and is a former Geomatics Officer (Hydrography) with Public Services and Procurement Canada, experienced in surveying the most frequently surveyed river in the world (the Fraser). Jordan is Sonar Field Application specialist for Kongsberg Discovery Canada.
  • Alissa Johnson
    • Alissa was Chief Hydrographic Survey Technician for NOAA, based in Alaska. She has a Bachelors’ Degree in Environmental Studies from Eckard College, with minors in Biology and Coastal Management. She is a Field Service Engineer for Kongsberg Underwater Technologies Limited in Lynnwood, WA.
  • Richard Dowdeswell, PhD
    • Richard has a Bachelors of Mining Engineering, a Law Degree from Northumbria University, a Bachelors of Oceanology, and a PhD of Instrumentation and Management from Cranfield University. He is Chief Commercial Officer of Geoacoustics in Great Yarmouth, UK.
  • Bryan Landry
    • DSC Dredges

Registration:
WEDA is offering this short course as part of our mission to share knowledge and information about dredging. 

The Underwater Visualization for Dredgers registration is on the Dredging Summit & Expo registration page. The course can be added to your registration or purchased separately. Dredging Summit & Expo registration is mandatory to participate in this course.

All participants: $250 each 

If you have any questions or need assistance registering, please get in touch with us at info@westerndredging.org.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you in Tampa!