Antarctic Marine Vehicle (Nekton AUV)
Collaborators: Nekton AUV Team
Key Contributions
- Co-led the designing, prototyping, and manufacture of the next iteration Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for observation of polar-cap degradation at the Antarctic grounding line
- Redesigned the syntactic foam rear cone and thruster shroud in SOLIDWORKS to improve hydrodynamics
- Designed an onboard electronics module with efficient heat dissipation via passive cooling with the surrounding ocean waters
- Designed and manufactured mechanical ground support equipment for rapid field assembly and testing
Antarctic Marine Vehicle - Field Deployment
Antarctic Marine Vehicle - CAD Model
Highlights
- Redesigned syntactical foam rear cone and thruster shroud for improved hydrodynamics
- Designed electronics module with efficient passive cooling
- Led rapid prototyping and field assembly for Antarctic deployment
- Supported polar-cap degradation research at the Antarctic grounding line