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Douglas C. Webb Honored

11/08/2005

Douglas C. Webb, of Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) received two awards honoring his contributions to ocean research technology.
During the MTS/IEEE (Marine Technology Society/Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Oceans 2005 conference in Washington, DC, Webb received the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society's 2005 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award. The award states "Through his technical innovation, from drifting floats to underwater gliders, Mr. Webb is changing the way that we observe the oceans."
The second honor came at Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab in New Brunswick, NJ. A classroom at the facility was named the Webb Room in recognition of "a lifetime of achievement providing future generations with new tools to explore and understand the world's oceans".
Webb, who was born in Canada in 1929, received his Masters degree in electrical engineering in 1954 from Manchester University in England. With his wife, Shirley, he moved to Falmouth in 1962 to join the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Webb retired from WHOI in 1982 as a Senior Research Specialist. During his career he authored or co-authored 45 scientific publications and participated in more than 50 research cruises. In 1988, Webb was a co-recipient of the Henry Bryant Bigelow Award in Oceanography, awarded by WHOI, in recognition of development of SOFAR, a technology used to map deep ocean currents.
Webb founded Webb Research Corporation (WRC) in 1982. He remains active in managing the company, which employs 22 and is located in the Falmouth Technology Park. WRC develops and manufactures specialized instruments used in ocean research, and serves customers in 17 nations.