Last week, MITAGS joined hundreds of people in-person and thousands virtually for the 2021 IPF Together Conference held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. IPF is the premiere offshore wind energy conference in North America.
Our very own, Colleen Schaffer, P.E., MITAGS’ Coastal & Simulation Engineer, spoke on a panel alongside representatives from Orsted, Blount Boats and Griffin Maritime Strategies, titled Full-Mission Navigation Simulator for Stakeholder Engagement & Industry Training.
The panel focused on how a full-mission navigation simulator provides a versatile environment that can be tailored to each stakeholder by placing the user on a familiar vessel (fishing, Coast Guard, tanker, research, container, pleasure craft, offshore supply). By transiting the wind farm in this known vessel, the user has a reference point that they can use to conceptualize the magnitude and layout of the wind farm. Additional training (fishing, towing, Coast Guard maneuvers) can be customized to include all stakeholders. The simulator serves as an effective “bridge” between paper diagrams and virtual reality.
Other panelists included Bill Blount, Blount Boats, J. Stuart Griffin, Principal of Griffin Maritime Strategies, Elizabeth Kretovic, Mid-Atlantic Marine Affairs Manager at Orsted, and Edward LeBlanc, Northeast Marine Affairs Manager at Orsted.
Check out this brief demo of the graphics and modeling capabilities of MITAGS’ simulation for Wind Farm Application.
Related Posts
Washington State Ferries MITAGS Partnership in Full-Scholarship Training
MITAGS Partners with Washington State Ferries to Train Future Ships’ Officers No Cost to Accepted Applicants for the 2-year Program Seattle, WA – July 31, 2023 – The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) is pleased to announce a new offering of its nationally-recognized Maritime Apprenticeship Program (MAP), in partnership with Washington State […]
MITAGS NSAP wins 2017 Plimsoll Award for Outstanding Service
Click here to download a copy of the award
MITAGS Announces 50th Anniversary Celebration Events
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 MITAGS is pleased to announce two special events planned for June 2023 in honor of our 50th anniversary year. We reached this milestone year of operation in 2022, and we look back with gratitude as we recognize how we have grown as an organization since 1972. Many of you have been […]