Hawaii Engineering

Leading the way in Hawaii Engineering… Makai Ocean Engineering was founded in 1973 as a diversified ocean engineering company focused on providing design engineering and development services to a broad range of clientele both foreign and domestic. Practice areas include engineering for ocean based renewable energy (OTEC and SWAC), large underwater pipelines, software for planning, simulation, installation and recovery of submarine cables and arrays, and software for visualizing scientific 4D/5D data.

Makai Ocean Engineering takes pride in its extensive record of success in achieving innovative solutions to difficult problems for its partners and clients and continues to serve leading industrial and commercial firms as well as federal, state and local governments worldwide.

Makai has maintained the highest caliber of quality Hawaii engineering services because of an uncompromising selection of talented engineers in various disciplines. The vast majority of Makai employees hold advanced degrees in engineering as well as the physical and computer sciences.

Dr. Andres is Makai’s President and CEO. He is responsible for all aspects of Makai’s diverse portfolio of business and leads a team of technical program managers in all areas of Makai’s Hawaii engineering research and design. After assuming leadership of the company from Dr. Van Ryzin in 2006, Dr. Andres led the rapid growth of the company and created the newest division of the company – the scientific visualization software division, to which he continues to contribute to as a technical lead.

Dr. Andres’ extensive technical expertise includes his service as the Senior Ocean Engineer and Division Head of Makai’s Cable Control Software division. Over the last 25 years under Dr. Andres’ direction, the cable control software grew from an R&D project into the #1 worldwide standards for telecom subsea cable lays, and has been used for the installation of over 200,000 km of subsea cable. The software has also been utilized in defense applications such as the installation of U.S. Navy and Australian Navy acoustic ranges and in towed arrays from surface and underwater platforms. The functionality and accuracy of Makai’s cable control software is unrivaled in the industry and we look forward to expanding its application to new markets.

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