Since last October, Dr. Song and his students, Brodie Alexander, Anika Cho, and Emily Briggs, have been mentoring the robotics team at the local Northridge High School (NHS), which has a group of amazingly talented students. With our support, the NHS students learned robotics/electronics basics, soldering, waterproofing, buoyancy, etc. During the 2022 spring semester, the team designed and built their own unique underwater robots, namely remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). They participated in the 9th Annual Northern Gulf Coast Regional Competition for the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) program from April 29 to May 1, 2022. In the three-day competition at Dauphin Island, they piloted their ROVs through a series of simulated science missions in a swimming pool. They showcased their robotics design through engineering presentations. Combining the technical demonstration and engineering presentations, the two sub-teams of the NHS won the following two awards: NHS H.O.W.A.R.D. Inc.: the first place in the Navigator class (intermediate level) NHS PureTide: the second place in the Ranger class (advanced level) We thank Mrs. Fuller for sponsoring the robotics team. Without her support, we would not have had this trip. We thank the undergraduate researchers, Brodie Alexander and Anika Cho, for their support/help around the clock.
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Author: Dr. Song @ muNet lab
Dr. Aijun Song is an experienced researcher in subsea communications, intelligent signal processing, and marine robotics. He has published more than thirty journal papers on underwater technologies. Active in the professional societies, Dr. Song served as the General Co-Chair of the 2018 NSF Workshops on Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking. He was the General Co-Chair of the 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems. Dr. Song is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2021). Archives
October 2023
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