Facilities and services at MI include physical modelling in the flume tank at the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR), firefighting training at the Safety and Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre in Stephenville, specialized simulation-based training at the Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS), safety and emergency response training at the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC) in Foxtrap, and Marine Institute’s state-of-the-art living lab, The Launch, located in Holyrood, NL
Acoustics Tank/Underwater Acoustics Laboratory
The Centre for Applied Ocean Technology (CTec) underwater acoustics laboratory is designed to support applied research and development in the area of underwater acoustics. This includes design, development, testing and calibration of underwater acoustic devices and systems such as acoustic transducers, remote sensing devices (single and multi-beam sonars), acoustic modems and acoustic mechanisms.
Aquaculture Facility
The Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) aquaculture facility has five independent recirculating systems capable of using fresh or salt water and two flow-through fresh water systems, a live food culture laboratory (zooplankton and algae), a quarantine laboratory, a feed preparation area, a necropsy laboratory, a bacteriology laboratory, a histopathology laboratory and an alarm monitoring system with 24 hour on call personnel.
Ballast Control and Cargo Handling Simulator
The ballast control simulator replicates operations conducted in the ballast control room of an oil rig. The simulator is mounted on a two degree of freedom motion base and is supplemented by desktop trainers. Float-on/float-off vessels can also be simulated.
Dr. C. R. Barrett Library
The Dr. C.R. Barrett Library is a unique resource, housing one of Canada's largest marine related collections. The collections support research and teaching at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University and the Engineering Technology Centre of the College of the North Atlantic. They also serve the Newfoundland and Labrador marine, fisheries and engineering industries.
Dynamic Positioning Simulator
The Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS) houses three dynamic positioning simulators with custom built visualization systems designed by CMS. These simulators are used to replicate precision manoeuvring systems found on vessels operating in the offshore, scientific, cable-laying and cruise industries.
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) Simulator
The electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) displays the information from system electronic navigational charts (SENC) with positional information from navigation sensors to assist the mariner in route planning and route monitoring.
Full Mission Ship's Bridge Simulator
One of two full-motion ship's bridges in the Centre for Marine Simulation, the Full Mission Ship's Bridge Simulator is mounted on a six degree of freedom (DOF) aviation motion base. In addition to navigation and ship maneuvering training, this simulator is also extensively used in our industrial and applied research projects.
Indoor Environmental and Survival Training Theatre
The Indoor Environmental and Survival Training Theatre includes a 1008 cubic temperature regulated training tank, METS (Modular Egress Training System) or HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Trainer), a High-fidelity helicopter underwater escape trainer and more.
Marine Bioprocessing Facility - Bioprocessing Pilot Scale Plant
The pilot plant facility is outfitted with various tank systems, separation, particle size reduction and drying equipment that are used to perform scale-up studies. Key pieces of the facility are Atlantic Canada‘s only pilot-scale biodiesel production unit and an oil extraction line with a capacity of 1000 kg/h.
Marine Bioprocessing Facility - Bioprocessing Research Laboratory
The bioprocessing research laboratory is equipped for analytical work and small-scale process development. This 228 square meter facility features a laboratory-scale spray dryer and freeze dryer as well as a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry system, a variety of food chemistry and environmental analysis equipment.
Net Loft
The development of fishing gears for the commercial fishing industry has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Today's modern designs are more advanced and sophisticated as a result of increasing fuel costs, the need for species- and size-selectivity, stringent bycatch restrictions, and the necessity to minimize impact on the environment.
Simulated Electronic Navigation (SEN) Live Equipment Laboratory
Commissioned in 1994 and upgraded in 2010, the navigation instruments laboratory has been designed for a maximum of eight students and enables them to become familiar with the set up and operation of the various bridge gear as required by Transport Canada Simulated Electronic Navigation (SEN) 1A.
Underwater Cameras and Remotely Operated Vehicles
The School of Ocean Technology (SOT) has access to a number of cameras available for underwater video collection for both field work and tank projects. SOT also has a variety of small work class remotely operated vehicles (ROV) for training and observation.