Faces of Technology
A “Novel” Approach
to Engineering
Within its irst two weeks, any remote-controlled
or electronic toy Christopher Marot received
would be completely disassembled and put
back together with a new functionality.
“I often still joke that I don’t know what I want
to do when I grow up,” said Marot, president
and COO of Novel Engineering, located in
Satellite Beach. “But in hindsight, engineering is
absolutely the right path for me.”
Marot’s curiosity and desire for a challenge set
him on the path toward a technology career.
After graduating from the Florida Institute of
Technology (FIT), he passed on job offers from
well-known corporations for the opportunity
to join an engineering irm with just three
employees. The small business environment
sparked his passion for entrepreneurship and
he later had a hand in the launch of six startup
companies, including Novel Engineering.
Christopher Marot
President/COO
Novel Engineering | www.novel.engineering
Today, Marot leads the company’s engineering
team in the construction of next-generation
solutions for aerospace, transportation,
controls and government applications. Novel
Engineering’s embedded software and
electronics are similar to the computer found in
a car. Its signature Internet of Things product,
Remora, uses sensor technology to collect and
report on a range of real-time environmental
data, with uses ranging from water quality
monitoring to biometric identiication.
Marot also leads the research and
development of a virtual reality project,
Envision. Far from traditional 3-D glasses,
Envision simulates the same bird’s-eye view of a
360-degree camera for users sitting in a humansize bubble. He describes the technology as
“something you would see in a movie.”
In addition to these projects, Marot is excited
about Novel Engineering’s joint effort with
Cape Canaveral-based Craig Technologies
to compete in NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge.
In NASA’s irst in-space competition to create
an advanced cube satellite and send it into
orbit, Marot’s team has advanced past the irst
round of the competition and will continue to
Education: B.S., Applied Mathematics, Florida Institute of Technology
Company: Novel Engineering is a woman-owned small business
that offers the highest quality and most reliable software,
embedded electronics, and systems engineering services
for aerospace, transportation, controls and government/
DoD markets. With expert knowledge in the complete
development lifecycle, Novel can help companies
achieve product actualization beginning at any stage of
involvement.
compete in 2016 for the grand prize of $5 million. The team’s goal is to place the
satellite in lunar orbit, and eventually demonstrate its communication ability and
durability at nearly 2.5 million miles into deep space.
Marot’s passion for projects like the NASA challenge stems partly from his love
of team competition. A competitive rower for nearly 10 years, Marot was a
crew member at FIT where his former coach shared valuable lessons about
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