Meet the Alvin 6500 Team: Francis Elder

By Hannah Piecuch | December 17, 2020

Francis Elder tests the new hydraulicly powered intensifier pump for Alvin’s variable ballast system. The new pump was designed and built in-house and will be able to withstand the pressure at Alvin’s new depth of 6,500 meters. (Daniel Hentz © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Lead Mechanical Engineer Francis Elder helps re-draw Alvin’s future. Read the full interview here.

AGU Alvin press briefing

By Hannah Piecuch | December 12, 2020

Watch the Fall 2020 Meeting Press Briefing: Overhaul to take Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin to greater extremes

WHOI reveals upgrades to iconic submersible Alvin

By Hannah Piecuch | December 11, 2020

An Alvin team member prepares the sub for recovery after its 5000th dive in November 2018. (Photo by Drew Beweley, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

One of the world’s most prolific research submersibles will put 99% of the ocean floor within reach of science community when it relaunches in 2021. Read the full press release.

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