| December
2003
(December 10, 2003. East Falmouth,
MA). Hydroid announced today the recent hiring
of Bob Melvin for the position of Senior Electrical
Engineer. Melvin has both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s
degree in electrical engineering, completing his undergraduate
studies at the University of Maine, and his graduate
work at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Bob also
brings with him seventeen years of technical experience.
Commenting on the hiring of Mr. Melvin,
Hydroid’s president Ken Jordan stated that, “Bob
brings a wealth of technical experience that will enable
us to meet our corporate growth objectives and better
serve our growing customer base. Hydroid has embarked
on an effort to build a world class engineering team
to continue the REMUS tradition started by the engineers
at WHOI. Bob will assist us in taking the REMUS technology
to the next level.”
Melvin will provide Hydroid with valuable
software, hardware, and digital signal processing experience.
He holds three U.S. patents applying digital signal
processing to discriminate analog signals. He was previously
employed by, among others, Taqua Inc., Benthos Inc.,
BAE Systems, and the National Security Agency.
Hydroid presently supports a growing
customer base, as REMUS technology continues to expand
into the domestic and international markets. There are
presently over fifty-five REMUS systems in operation
around the globe.
Hydroid Inc. holds the exclusive license
from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the
manufacture and further development of the REMUS Autonomous
Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology.
For further information
contact Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Marketing
at Hydroid at Tel 508-563-6565, e-mail kmccarthy@hydroidinc.com.
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