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Acoustic Communication network for Monitoring of underwater Environments in coastal areas


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Funded by Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development - European Union under contract number EVK3-CT-2000-00039

Key Action - Sustainable Marine Ecosystems

 

Project Co-ordinator

Thales Underwater Systems SAS (TUSSAS, FR)

TUSSAS is a large company with experience in project co-ordination, underwater signal processing and system developments.

Contact: Jean-Michel Passerieux
Tel: 33 (0) 92 96 44 44
Fax: 33 (0) 92 96 39 77
Email: Jean-Michel.Passerieux@fr.thalesgroup.com

Thales Underwater Systems SAS
525, Route des Dollines - BP 157
06903 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX
FRANCE

 

Project Partners

TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory and TNO Institute of Applied Physics (TNO, NL)


Official Representative for the project/Technical responsible: Dr. Paul van Walree
TNO is a large research institute experienced in system engineering, underwater communications and sea trials.

Tel: 00 31 70 374 0726
Fax: 00 31 70 374 0654
Email: vanWalree@fel.tno.nl

TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory (TNO-FEL)
Attn. Paul van Walree
Oude Waalsdorperweg 63
PO Box 96864 2509 JG
2597 The Hague
The Netherlands

ORCA instrumentation (ORCA, FR)


Official Representative for the project : Jean-Michel Coudeville
Technical responsible : Gérard Ayela
ORCA is a small company specialising in underwater equipment, system developments and trials in general and in Underwater Acoustics in particular.

Contact: Stéphane Coatelan
Tel: 33 (0) 2 98 05 29 05
Fax: 33 (0) 2 98 05 52 41
Email: info@orca-inst.com

ORCA instrumentation
Attn. Stéphane Coatelan
5, rue Pierre Rivoalon
29200 BREST
FRANCE

University of Newcastle (UNEW, UK)

Official Representative for the project/Technical responsible: Alan Adams
UNEW is a university with a high level of expertise in communication and protocol algorithms.
Sub-contractor: IFREMER- SISMER, FR, responsible: Catherine Maillard
Role: Data banking for dissemination (WP 8)

Contact: Alan Adams
Tel: +44 (0)191 2227273
Fax: +44(0)191 2228180
Email: alan.adams@ncl.ac.uk
Web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/eece/

University of Newcastle upon Tyne
School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
Attn. Mr. A. E. Adams
Merz Court
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom

Ministry of Transports, Public Works and Water Management, Survey Department (RWS, NL)


Official Representative for the project/Technical responsible: Stefan Fischer
RWS is a large government organisation (end user) amongst others responsible for monitoring the coastal environment and maintaining the shipping lanes.

 

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The European Commision
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