| Mel
Surdel, CEO of A-1 Marine Surveying is a 36 year US Navy veteran
and retired captain of the MOTU-2, the mobile training unit
comprising military and civilian personnel which provide technical
services and assistance to all naval forces.
He
has served aboard US submarines, and once designed, constructed
and operated a research submarine. More recently he has functioned
as a trainer of enlisted midshipmen and officers in ship handling
and piloting, and as a sailing instructor and master for the
National Security Agency.
Mel
belongs to the Society of Military Engineers and is a twenty
year member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers. Selected for fellowship in the American College
of Forensic Examiners (Marine Engineering), Mr. Surdel currently
serves as the US Naval Academy’s Information officer
for Illinois and Indiana.
A-1
Marine Surveying has successfully completed over 1000 marine
surveys on boats ranging from seventeen feet to the largest
ocean going ships. Mel will describe the use of Thermal Imaging,
today’s “hot” new technology, and its application
in marine surveys.
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