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Deepsea Coral Sample Container, Sara Passantino, Andrew Noble, Casey Smith, Thomas Smith
Deepsea Coral Sample Container, Sara Passantino, Andrew Noble, Casey Smith, Thomas Smith
Mechanical Engineering
In order to better understand the health of our oceans and the species that inhabit them, scientists often collect samples for later analysis onshore. The demanding deep-sea environment makes this collection process a challenging engineering task. Samples must first be located, then removed from the seafloor and stored for transportation to the surface. The performance of the engineered solutions that complete each of these tasks is critical in allowing marine scientists to maximize the insight obtained from their expeditions. Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) is an organization that performs such collection of organisms with the help of remotely operated …
Deep-Sea Water Collector, Chandler Jones, Jenny Verheul, Michael Di Giorgio
Deep-Sea Water Collector, Chandler Jones, Jenny Verheul, Michael Di Giorgio
Mechanical Engineering
Properties such as nutrients, DNA, pH levels, and primary productivity are difficult to measure onboard an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (UROV) as mobile submarine sensors are highly expensive and conventional water capture devices are too large to be equipped. However, these properties provide an integral view into our oceans, the species that inhabit them, and our influence on the environment. Collected samples of seawater taken back to labs allow researchers to see a clearer picture of ecosystems’ inhabitants and lifecycle with the analysis of Environmental DNA (eDNA) among many other properties. The scope of this project is to design a …
Modular Cable Buoy, James J. Marinas, Gabriela Vargas, Anthony Catello, Joseph Heald
Modular Cable Buoy, James J. Marinas, Gabriela Vargas, Anthony Catello, Joseph Heald
Mechanical Engineering
Cable terminations are often the least reliable and most expensive components of a maritime system. These cables are suspended in water by a buoy to reduce wear at the terminations. The Naval Information Warfare Center requires a modular auxiliary float with tunable buoyancy that can be placed along such cable. Our system must be able to be deployed, adjusted, and retrieved quickly and easily during operational use. This report focuses on our team’s final design concept and includes all analysis to justify our design direction along with safety, maintenance, and repair considerations. The report further elaborates on cost analysis, manufacture …