Marine engineering at the Int’l WorkBoat Show and NASA’s Stennis Space Center

Bart Kemper, PE and Linda Cross, EI attended the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, La.   Workboats are just that — boats other than pleasure or fishing craft.   They include uses such as cargo transport, diving, offshore fabrication support, surveying, and military or police patrolling.  Kemper Engineering Services has an established history in marine engineering, ranging from shipyard support to diving systems to shipboard equipment and marine structures.

The following week Bart and Linda were at the NASA Stennis Space Center for the Marine Industry Small Business Summit.  We reconnected with past contacts as well as learned about upcoming needs in the international and Gulf Coast needs in ship building, ROVs, AUVs, and general research.

KES has attended the US Coast Guard/ASME marine technology workshops as well as Underwater Intervention, including giving multiple presentations at both.  This is KES’ first attendance at the International WorkBoat Show.  Bart and Linda plan to present at the 2017 Underwater Intervention program sponsored by the Marine Technical Society.   KES actively supports our Gulf Coast marine industry.

Bart Kemper and Linda Cross at the 2016 International Work Boat Show. Hank’s Boats are one of our South Louisiana neighbors in Morgan City, near our operations in Franklin.

Linda mans the bow gun of a patrol boat designed and built by Shark Boats. The 2016 International Work Boat Show.

Bart Kemper and Linda Cross at the demonstration portion of the Marine Industry Small Business Summit conducted at the NASA Stennis Space Complex in Mississippi. A scientific sensor platform shown in the background is one of the many areas of interest being developed.

Linda Cross, EI by one of the few science-class ROVs that can operate down to 6000 meters. It is stationed at the NASA Stennis Space Complex as part of the Univ. of Southern Mississippi’s growing coastal engineering program.

Linda Cross, EI at the controls of the 6000M Pelagic Research Systems ROV as part of the briefing at the Small Business Summit at the NASA Stennis Space Complex.