The SODV oversight organizational structure is composed of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Ocean Leadership Alliance, and an external advisory committee, the Independent Oversight Committee (IOC).

National Science Foundation

The Marine Geosciences Section of the Ocean Sciences Division sponsors the SODV program.

Dr. Rodey Batiza, Section Head
Dr. James F. Allan, Program Director, Ocean Drilling Program
John F. Walter, SODV Project Officer

Ocean Leadership Alliance

The Ocean Leadership Alliance consists of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Inc. (Ocean Leadership), Texas A&M Research Foundation (TAMRF)/Texas A&M University (TAMU), and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (LDEO). Although management of the program is integrated across all the Ocean Leadership Alliance institutions, Ocean Leadership has oversight responsibility for the SODV acquisition process. TAMRF/TAMU is under subcontract from Ocean Leadership and is responsible for securing a contract for a suitable drill ship, converting the vessel to an SODV, and outfitting the shipboard science laboratories and support facilities. LDEO is under subcontract from Ocean Leadership and is responsible for securing a contract with a well logging service provider and assisting TAMRF/TAMU with the conversion of the logging specific areas of the SODV.

Independent Oversight Committee

The SODV Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) serves as NSF's independent review panel responsible for insuring that a quality product is produced using solid program management approaches. IOC accomplishes this by reviewing the progress on the development of the conversion of an existing drilling ship to a science research platform.

Mr. Rannie Boyd, IOC Chair

Mr. Stan Christman, ExxonMobil drilling expert - retired
8345 Winningham Lane
Houston, Texas 77055
sachristman@comcast.net

Dr. Susan Humphris, Senior Scientist
J. Seward Johnson Chair in Education
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MS #8
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525
Phone: 508-289-3451; Fax 508-457-2172
shumphris@whoi.edu

Dr. Kenneth G. Miller, Professor and Dept. Chair
Department of Geological Sciences, Wright Labs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066
Phone 732 445 3622; fax 732 445 3374
kgm@rci.rutgers.edu

Dr. Harold J. Tobin, Associate Professor of Geophysics
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1215 W Dayton St. Madison WI 53706
(608)265-5796
Email: htobin@wisc.edu
Office: 121 Weeks Hall

Findings

Feb 22, 2007
June 15, 2006