Innovation to confront the ocean challenges of our time
C.A. Goudey and Associates is a marine engineering consultancy founded by Clifford A. Goudey, providing solutions to ocean and marine challenges. It designs and develops specialized marine systems including autonomous vessels, offshore aquaculture structures, and custom marine equipment. Its project work, often supported by federal sponsors like ARPA-E, spans offshore macroalgae farm design, autonomous tow vessels, and mechanized systems for mariculture operations.
Clifford A. GoudeyFounder
Provides comprehensive technical design for custom marine vessels, uncrewed platforms, offshore moorings, and structural systems deployed in challenging ocean environments.
Develops low-cost, uncrewed towing craft and automated propulsion systems optimized to support industrial-scale ocean farming and transport tasks.
Designs integrated offshore farming layouts, catenary arrays, and variable displacement spar buoys engineered for exposed, high-energy marine environments.
Creates custom powered equipment and mechanical solutions, such as automated cage-flipping systems, to reduce manual labor in shellfish and seaweed farming.
Marine · Government · Natural Resources
Woods Hole, MA · Marine · Client: ARPA-E MARINER
Designed and developed Drone Tug, a low-cost, uncrewed towing vessel optimized for slow-speed, high-efficiency transport in ocean farming. The craft achieves seven times the towing power of conventional multi-purpose propulsion systems.
Alaska · Government · Client: ARPA-E MARINER
Developed highly efficient, integrated seaweed farm designs and replicable model systems in Alaska for sugar kelp production, utilizing displacement variable spar buoys and catenary arrays.
Caribbean Sea · Marine · Client: ARPA-E MARINER
Designed a single-module catenary system and deployed variable displacement spar buoys to support tropical seaweed cultivation and year-round biomass production in the Caribbean Sea.
Humboldt Bay, CA · Marine · Client: Greenwave & Cal Poly Humboldt
Designed and installed multi-line cultivation systems to culture nereocystis in challenging tidal environments, supporting natural habitat restoration efforts.