Marine Technology Society

Short description: Professional society in the field of marine technology

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) is a professional society that serves an international community of approximately 2,000 ocean engineers, technologists, policy-makers, and educators. The goal of the society, which was founded in 1963, is to promote awareness, understanding, advancement and application of marine technology.[1] The association is based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

The society consists of 29 technical disciplines and presently has 17 sections, including overseas sections in Japan , Korea and Norway . In addition, MTS has 23 student sections at colleges and universities with related fields of study.

The flagship publication of the society is the MTS Journal. The journal is published 4 times annually and primarily features themed issues consisting of invited papers. The journal has a current Scopus Cite Score of 1.6.

MTS sponsors several conferences of note, including the OCEANS Conference (co-sponsosed with IEEE/OES), Underwater Intervention (co-sponsored with ADCI), Dynamic Positioning Conference, biennial Buoy Workshop (co-sponsored with the Office of Naval Research), and the hot-topic workshop series TechSurge.

In 1969 the group held its annual convention in Miami Beach.[2] The convention was addressed by Spiro Agnew, who was then Vice President of the United States.[3]

In 1993 the laser line scan, a U.S. Navy photography secret, made its debut at the society sponsored trade show in New Orleans.[4]

In 2023 the MATE Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Competition joined MTS as a fully integrated program within the Society. For more than 20 years, the MATE ROV Competition has given children, youth, and young adults an inclusive platform to think critically about real-world problems in a way that strengthens communication, builds peer-to-peer community, and inspires entrepreneurship. Since its inauguration, the annual competition has reached more than 20,000 students in 46 regions around the world.[5]

## References

1. ↑ "Home Page". https://www.mtsociety.org/home.aspx.
2. ↑ "Sea Group Picks Beach For Parley". The Miami News. October 10, 1967. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LDs0AAAAIBAJ&pg=3890,1679949&dq=marine-technology-society&hl=en. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
3. ↑ "Agnew Asserts Budget Will Bar 'Full Speed' on Ocean Research". The New York Times: pp. 18. June 17, 1969. https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/17/archives/agnew-asserts-budget-will-bar-full-speed-on-ocean-research.html. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
4. ↑ Broad, William J. (1997). The universe below: discovering the secrets of the deep sea. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 88-89. ISBN 0-684-81108-1.
5. ↑ "MTS and MATE II officially come together to inspire the next generation of ocean leaders". MATE ROV Competition Home Page. July 1, 2023. https://materovcompetition.org/blog/mate-ii-and-mts-officially-come-together-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-ocean-leaders.html. Retrieved 3 January 2024. .

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