Come celebrate the holidays with us! The San Diego chapter of the Marine Technology Society will be hosting its annual Holiday Dinner. We will be hearing presentations from the students who participated in our Summer Internship Program, now in its 13th year, as well as enjoying some fine dining with friends and colleagues!

And of course, we will be holding our traditional white elephant gift exchange. So if you'd like to participate in the fun, don't forget to bring a wrapped gift!

Continuing our tradition, we will be having a raffle with some great prizes! Tickets will be sold during the dinner and a drawing will take place at the end. All funds will go to benefit Section programs, such as the High School Student Internship.

Corporate tables of up to 10 people are available! For more information and to pay online, click here

For more information and to pay online, click here

Bring your toys along with your entry for the annual Chili Competition. In addition to having lots of chili on hand, we'll be grilling carne asada and pollo asado with all the fixings along with hot dogs and other goodies. The highlight of the day is sure to be the build-it-yourself sailboat contest - always a creative challenge for kids of all ages!

For more information and to pay online, click here

We will be playing 9 holes at the Sail Ho Golf Course (Liberty Station). Cost is $45 which includes lunch and a chance for every prize. Prizes will be awarded for Best Score, Best Weighted Score, Worst Legitimate Score, Closest to the Pin, and Best Golf Outfit. Tell your colleagues and join us for another excellent day at Sail Ho Golf Course!

Opportunities are available to sponsor a hole ($500/hole). Contact Beth Berkley (619-450-4000 ext. 126) for sponsorship information or general event information.

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The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center coordinates an international student underwater robotics competition and a network of 20 regional ROV contests that take place across U.S. and in Canada, Hong Kong, Scotland, and Japan. Student teams from upper elementary, middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges, universities, and community organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club and 4-H, participate. The competitions consists of three different "classes" that vary depending on the sophistication of the ROVs and the mission requirements.

In addition to technical skills, the events help students to develop the ability to problem solve, think critically, and work as part of a team. By connecting students with employers and professionals from the workplace, the competitions also expose students to ocean-related career opportunities and help them to see the pathways to those careers.

Come watch student teams from all over southern California compete with their ROVs. Or better yet, come up and help judge the event - no experience is necessary.

Click here for more information on the event.

For information on judging, please contact Scott Fraser at (562) 938-4505 or sfraser@lbcc.edu

Come join us at the annual MTS San Diego Holiday Dinner. We will have a raffle, our famous white elephant gift exchange, and we will honor our summer 2010 student interns. Reservations are required and space is limited, so please RSVP to rsvp@mts-sandiego.org with your name and the number of people in your party.

Corporate tables of up to 10 people will be available! So make sure to sign up early!

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Please join us for a presentation on Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV) Development by Sheldon Rubin, Director of Engineering at SeaBotix, on Wednesday, September 29 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be at the SeaBotix corporation, 2877 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 100 in San Diego's Liberty Station.

Sheldon began his undersea career as a crewmember onboard manned deep submersibles such as the bathyscape Trieste and Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle II (Avalon). He also participated in many first-of-a-kind projects, such as the world’s first ROV, El Tortuga, a swimming video camera intended for use during the internal examination of a sunken US nuclear submarine in 18,000+ feet of seawater. His company's latest project, the SARbotTM, is a rapid response underwater rescue system.

Please email Kevin Delaney (kdelaney@scimar.com) if you’re coming to the lecture, so we can know how many folks to expect.

Bring your family, beach toys and best chili entry to Liberty Station NTC Park for an afternoon of fun for the whole family. Games will be on hand for kids of all ages. The highlight of the day will be the build-it-yourself Sailboat contest! Carne asada, pollo asada, hot dogs and hamburgers are also on the menu.

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The San Diego Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers has extended an invitation to MTS SoCal eNews readers to join them on a factory tour. Jacobson Plastics has been an innovator and respected supplier of rotationally molded parts for 30 years to such well-known companies as Hobie Cat, Rubbermaid, Levelor, Callaway Golf, Sharp Electronics, Quicksilver, Sony Pictures, DeepSea Power & Light, and others. There is *no cost* to participate, but please RSVP for headcount only. Carpooling available from San Diego. Meet at 0800 at DeepSea Power & Light, 4033 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123. Depart at 0815 sharp. (~2 hour drive).

Please RSVP by August 5 to rsvpsme44@me.com, so we know how many will be coming. Please indicate if you're willing to drive. Riders requested to chip in $5 to driver for gas. Non-members welcome.

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime experience as tales of this singular adventure of great exploration are recounted. The Trieste's home port was San Diego, and these men were, and many still are, neighbors. Speakers will include Don Walsh, Commander, USN (ret), pilot of the deepest dive; John Michel, Chief of the Boat; and Capt. Charles Bishop, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, sponsor of the U.S. Navy's acquisition and upgrade of the bathyscaph Trieste.

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Come celebrate the holidays with us! The San Diego chapter of the Marine Technology Society will be hosting its annual Holiday Dinner. We will be hearing presentations from the students who participated in our Summer Internship Program, now in it's 11th year, as well as enjoying some fine dining with friends and colleagues! And of course, we will be performing our traditional white elephant gift exchange. So if you'd like to participate in the fun, don't forget to bring a wrapped gift!

Corporate tables of up to 10 people will be available! So make sure to sign up early!

For more information and to pay online, click here

To view pictures from the event, click here

We need to have enough people to guarantee our spot, so please RSVP to Laurence Currier at l.currier@sidus-solutions.com as soon as possible, and let's make this a memorable event!

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Please join MTS in recognizing the students who participated in this year's Summer Internship Program. This year the program celebrated its 10th anniversary and a record number of students were able to participate, working for a 6-week period in a number of MTS-member companies in the San Diego area. The dinner will be at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse (2150 Harbor Island Drive), Friday, October 24th, at 6:00 PM.

Please click here to sign up!

To view pictures from the event, click here

Bring your toys along with your entry for the annual Chili Competition. In addition to having lots of chili on hand, we'll be grilling carne asada and pollo asado with all the fixings along with hot dogs and other goodies. The highlight of the day is sure to be the build-it-yourself sailboat contest- always a creative challenge for kids of all ages!

For more information and to pay online, click here

To view pictures from the event, click here

This year's Corporate Appreciation Dinner will be held at Tom Ham's Lighthouse, where attendees will enjoy eye-catching vistas of the San Diego Bay, Coronado Bridge and the San Diego skyline. In addition, at the dinner you will be able to check-out the winners of the MTS-sponsored Science Fair.

Corporate Tables for 8-10 are available!

For more information or to pay online, click here.

Opportunities are available to sponsor a hole.

For more information, including contact information for our co-sponsors (Leonard Pool and Sean Newsome), please click here. To pay online, click here.

Building upon the success of last year's workshop at the MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference in Vancouver, this year's workshop promises to be even better!

The workshop will take place in San Diego (location to be determined) on April 4th, 2008. Cost is $50 for MTS members and $65 for non-members.

For a list of the topics to be covered, please click here
To register for the workshop, please click here

Recipients of "The Five Year Award", recognizing member companies who have participated in the MTS-SD Summer Internship Program for five years in a row. From left to right: Larry Nordell (receiving on behalf of InterOcean Systems), David Velasco (SonTek/YSI), Nicole Taplit (receiving on behalf of Teledyne RD Instruments, where she interned in the 2007 program), and Leonard Pool (Sidus Solutions)

Students who participated in the 2007 Summer Internship Program, along with their parents.