The program's field season was a great success, resulting in a detailed picture of the ocean, atmosphere, and ice across the Beaufort Sea — from the fully frozen period in March to melt, breakup and right through refreezing in early autumn.

The joint venture between OceanGate and APL-UW to produce a manned submersible capable of reaching depths few others can has entered the next exciting phase: sea trials.

CIMU researchers are investigating a noninvasive method to fragment kidney stones using ultrasound pulses rather than shock waves. Consecutive acoustic cycles accumulate and concentrate energy within the stone. The technique can be 'tuned' to create small fragments, potentially improving the success rate of lithotripsy procedures.

The U.S. Navy's goal is to get half of its energy from renewables by 2020. Over the next 4 years, APL-UW researchers are advancing existing renewable energy technologies and concepts to perform at naval facilities and help the Navy reach its energy targets.

Brian Marquardt's spin-off company is featured on the UW's monthly news magazine for October. Marquardt describes the company's Raman probe technology — an idea that originated in pure science and is now applied across many industries.

The village of Igiugig, Alaska, was the test site for an electricity-generating turbine harnessing the power of its river. The UW Mechanical Engineering/APL-UW team that is expert in marine tidal energy conversion sites was there in late summer to take detailed measurements of the river's turbulence near the turbine as well as the turbulence produced by it.