New Southeast Office

Freda Zifteh has joined NortekUSA to establish an office in Jacksonville, Florida, to provide local support for our diverse client base in the Southeastern USA. Please give Freda a call and welcome her to our growing company.

Funding Opportunity for Students

The 2009 NortekUSA Student Equipment Grant notice has been posted. At least two awards will be made to outstanding graduate students involved in any discipline of oceanography or engineering. Projects geared towards innovative coastal engineering or bio-physical applications are especially encouraged to apply.

Funding to establish Nortek Scientific

Nortek has been funded to establish the company Nortek Scientific as a Centre of Excellence in Advanced Doppler Processing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nortek Scientific will work in close collaboration with academic partners at Dalhousie University and Memorial University on research and development of innovative underwater acoustic Doppler instrumentation. The first project will focus on the optimization and commercialization of a prototype multi-frequency current profiler for high resolution measurements of current velocity and suspended sediments in aquatic environments.