MarineLabs is built on a deep passion and respect for the ocean. Their mission is to protect Earth’s oceans and coastlines in the face of increasing weather risks to maritime industries and climate driven impacts on coastal infrastructure.
Based in Victoria, BC, MarineLabs has developed and commercialized an end-to-end subscription-based service called CoastAware that provides access to the world’s highest resolution real-time marine wind, wave, and other data. The data comes from an expanding fleet of their rapidly deployable, rugged, and modular coastal sensors that extend across North America from Atlantic Canada, and from Northern BC to Southern Vancouver Island.
Dr. Beatty will describe the history of the technology development, the design philosophy, validation methods, and testing strategies. He will present some of the technical challenges overcome and achievements such as measuring the worlds most extreme rogue wave off Ucluelet, BC and measuring Hurricane Fiona in Atlantic Canada.
Dr. Scott Beatty, Founder & CEO, MarineLabs, Victoria, BC
Dr. Scott Beatty is Canadian ocean deep-tech entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in Marine industrial and R&D sectors. He holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from University of British Columbia, with both MASc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Victoria where he conducted research on the design, optimization, control, and testing of ocean wave energy conversion systems.
Founded in 2017, under his leadership, MarineLabs has grown into a thriving company operating a North America wide fleet of sensors that provide coastal wind, wave and other data at the world’s highest resolution.
He has internationally recognized expertise and leadership in marine technology; with patents and highly cited publications on wave energy conversion technologies, test programs, and field campaigns. He served as convener of IEC standards technical committees and as a technical judge for US Dept. of Energy, Wave Energy Scotland, and Canadian funding agencies allocating >$75M in funds.