NOC says farewell to a technology leader as Gwyn Griffiths retires

摘要

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK, has said farewell to a research leader who has been at the forefront of UK underwater technology development for three decades. Professor Gwyn Griffiths, the Centre's chief technologist and founding head of the Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems (MARS) facility, retired at the end of 2012 after a 36-year career with NOC and its predecessor institutions. Professor Griffiths is perhaps most closely associated with the Autosub programme, which led the way in the development of autonomous underwater vehicles in the UK. These are provided for the national marine science community by NOC, on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council and have been instrumental in a series of important scientific discoveries.